This week in... 1993
The Song
Insane In The Brain
The Artist
Cypress Hill
The Lyrics
Insane in da membrane / Insane in da brain
The Results
The US hip-hop group's crossover hit was the first single from their second album Black Sunday. It hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Insane In The Brain was one of the best-selling records in 1993, selling up to 600,000 units in the US. It also earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in that same year.
That was then...
Black Sunday hit No. 1 on both the US Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, achieving triple platinum in the US after selling more than three million units.
Cypress Hill are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast rap and hip-hop in the early 1990s, receiving critical acclaim for their first three albums.
This is now...
Members B-Real, 46, DJ Muggs, 48, Sen Dog, 50, and Eric Bobo, 47, revealed that they will be releasing a remastered version of their 1991 self-titled debut album to celebrate Cypress Hill's 25th anniversary.
The special edition album comes in a black resin skull sculpture and has a 100-plus page booklet with interviews of the band and archival photos.
Lead rapper B-Real told Rolling Stone magazine: "I thought (the skull reissue) was a great idea; it goes along with the imagery that we've carried throughout the 25 years of our career."
Only 1,991 copies of the skull will be made. Pre-orders start on Aug 13 at getondown.com.
- Tracy Low
This week in... 1993
The Song
Insane In The Brain
The Artist
Cypress Hill
The Lyrics
Insane in da membrane / Insane in da brain
The Results
The US hip-hop group's crossover hit was the first single from their second album Black Sunday. It hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and No. 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Insane In The Brain was one of the best-selling records in 1993, selling up to 600,000 units in the US. It also earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in that same year.
That was then...
Black Sunday hit No. 1 on both the US Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, achieving triple platinum in the US after selling more than three million units.
Cypress Hill are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast rap and hip-hop in the early 1990s, receiving critical acclaim for their first three albums.
This is now...
Members B-Real, 46, DJ Muggs, 48, Sen Dog, 50, and Eric Bobo, 47, revealed that they will be releasing a remastered version of their 1991 self-titled debut album to celebrate Cypress Hill's 25th anniversary.
The special edition album comes in a black resin skull sculpture and has a 100-plus page booklet with interviews of the band and archival photos.
Lead rapper B-Real told Rolling Stone magazine: "I thought (the skull reissue) was a great idea; it goes along with the imagery that we've carried throughout the 25 years of our career."
Only 1,991 copies of the skull will be made. Pre-orders start on Aug 13 at getondown.com.
- Tracy Low
No-drug pledge, written tests for China's athletes
China have asked Olympic-bound athletes and coaches to sign a pledge not to use banned drugs and pass a written test, as they seek to enforce their zero-tolerance stance on doping, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
Gao Zhidan, vice-director of China's General Administration of Sport who will lead China's 711-member delegation, told Xinhua that rule violators would be punished severely and those who failed the written test - which requires 80 out of 100 points to pass - would be barred from travelling to Rio de Janeiro.
"China have been firmly against doping and have a zero-tolerance approach to this particular problem," he said.
"We have made it very clear that we want to ensure fair play and the well-being of athletes."
The country will send 416 athletes to the Games next month, their largest overseas delegation in Olympic history.
- Reuters.
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