Way Back Wednesday: Cypress Hill

In honor of their 20th anniversary of their first record, Cypress Hill performed at the Troubadour on Saturday night.  My friend Janette was nice enough to let me tag along as her plus one. (Yay, thanks Janette!)  Initially, they were going to perform their self-titled debut from start to finish and then throw in some hits at the end.  Instead, they reconfigured the set list and just did all the hits.  Ok, well that works too!  We got hits like "Hand on the Pump," "I Wanna Get High," "Dr. Greenthumb," "Insane In The Brain," "How Could I Just Kill A Man" and "I Ain't Goin' out Like That."  Whether you know it or not, Cypress Hill was in the forefront of a lot of cool shit back in the day.  They were the first Latino rap artists to go platinum.  Remember "Jump Around" by House of Pain?  Well, DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill produced that song and gave us that legendary song.  College wouldn't have been the same without it.  And, you'll never know how many hits they have until you go and see them live and realize that they can fill a whole set with songs you know and love.  Not many bands can do that.  Happy anniversary Cypress Hill!