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For the 10th straight year, Los Angeles based rap group Cypress Hill played a pre-Halloween show at the Nokia Theater on Friday night. The sold-out show, aptly named Haunted Hill, was filled with rock and rap fans of all ages.
Cypress Hill was one of the first groups to blend a mix of rap, rock, and Latino beats into an original sound that is still remains popular today. The group, made up of rappers Sen-Dog and B-Real, as well as DJ Muggs, are also extremely vocal proponents of marijuana, and the topic features heavily in their songs. Due to the upcoming Halloween, many attendees came to the show in costumes ranging from sexy witches to black hatted rabbis, and even, fittingly, a giant pot leaf.
Cypress Hill hit the stage right after 10pm, and the theater instantly became a churning mess of mosh pits, pot smoke, and wild costumes, accentuated by the chest pounding low end bass that was felt more than heard. The entire audience sang along to every song, shouting out the choruses on songs like Hand On The Pump and A To The K.
With the smell of marijuana thick in the air, and essentially one gigantic cloud of smoke drifting above the audience, the group butted together songs such as I Wanna Get High and Hits From The Bong while B-Real smoked an incredibly large joint right on the stage in between verses. It seemed that virtually every member of the audience was smoking something as well, and the Nokia Theater could easily have been mistaken for a marijuana convention, which, in a sense, every Cypress Hill concert is.
The energy and talent of the show was unmistakable as well, as the crowd was constantly jumping and moshing to the crushing beats of the music. The rapping was impeccable, and due to the unique setup of the Nokia Theater, fans had the choice of standing on the floor, or sitting in the general admission seats in the rear of the theater. Flat screens were spread throughout the venue, displaying a static shot of the stage to people sitting far back or waiting at the bar.
Saving their biggest hits for last, the theater got especially rowdy during the popular Insane In The Membrane, and even more so for the group’s heavy metalesque encore, Rock Superstar. While the mainstream rap-metal scene may have died out in the beginning of the decade, for those few minutes it might as well have been 2001 again.
The annual Cypress Hill Halloween show is truly a fantastic concert experience for rap fans as well as rock fans. The group has a tight sound and superb showmanship, and the energy in the crowd matches that of the most intense metal shows. While not recommended for those with an aversion to marijuana or at risk of a drug test, both die hard and casual Cypress Hill fans would do well to buy tickets as soon as next year’s show goes on sale as it sells out every year. Cause when the sh*t goes down, you better be ready.
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