B-Real

“Cause I'm a Gemini man, I flip sides like that. One minute I'm over here and the next I'm over there.”

“Be honest with who you are and what your music is about.”

“Well, my top three rapper list would be - you know, it always KRS-One at the top, Eminem and then Jay-Z as rappers go.”

“A$AP Ferg is one of my favorites. He just finds a way to come with different styles. From the look to how he spits it, he's one of my favorites.”

“We've always been geared towards touring and live shows and winning people over that way.”

“I mean, 'Insane in the Brain' and 'Rock Superstar' are the ones that got significant radio play for us. But everything else was us going out and touring and winning people over that way.”

“Many years ago, I used to hang out at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles. It was a legendary rock spot where all the people in rock music, metalheads, classic rock legends and stuff like that used to hang.”

“We got a good little vibe and chemistry with Black Milk. He kept giving us different style of beats that felt like this is something Cypress Hill would work with. We just kept working and it turned out to be an album.”

“I like to keep it moving.”

“I want Cypress Hill to be the Grateful Dead of hip-hop. The Dead never wore out their welcome, and I hope in terms of rap our group is the same way.”

“Most rappers try to put themselves in a box to try to be the image of what Tupac and Biggie were. Mostly Pac, because Biggie's image is hard to replicate. You have to be a certain dude to replicate the image of Biggie.”

“People thought we were only gonna be around for one record, that it was a one-shot deal.”

“We go against the grain - always have.”

“Our whole thing was that we wanted to challenge ourselves and go out of the box that everyone else was doing, and even what we were doing. We challenged ourselves.”

“Groups like Naughty By Nature, groups like De La Soul, groups like the Beastie Boys - they were pivotal in introducing us to two worlds. So we'll always love and appreciate De La Soul.”

“Yeah, I've been in a couple games. I was in one of the 'John Maddens' or actually a couple of the 'John Madden' games as a hidden character in there. Hidden character in a few games, actually.”

“We always had this work ethic, like 'got to get it done.'”

“When you're younger, you're distracted by the life.”

“It's always been a struggle for Latin artists within hip-hop. Even though we started it with everybody else, we never really got the props for doing so.”

“Snoop is a busy man, he's on it. I try to stay on it in my lane and we always find a way to work with each other because we have a big mutual respect for each other as people. Before music and anything like that, as people, this is my friend.”