Cypress Hill's B-Real Talks Up Smoke Out '99
Stock up on your munchies: Cypress Hill's second annual Smoke Out festival will be hitting San Bernadino, California this Saturday.
The cannabis-loving hip-hop crew will be joined for the show by a diverse lineup that also includes KRS-One, Gang Starr, De La Soul, the World Famous Beat Junkies, Ozomalti, the Deftones, the Long Beach Dub All-Stars, Fishbone and others (see [article id="1427763"]"Cypress Hill Taps Deftones, KRS-One For Smoke Out '99, Adjusts Spanish Album Plans"[/article]).
Last year, after three summers of playing on the House Of Blues' Smokin' Grooves tour, the men of Cypress Hill came to the realization that they could put together their own festival. That gig, the Smoke Out, served as a giant record release party for their then-new album, "Cypress Hill IV." The group's B-Real recently explained the thinking behind the fiesta to the MTV Radio Network.We figured if people are coming to [Smokin' Grooves] and labeling it as ourtour," B-Real began, "why not just make our own festival where we can put it together the way we want it? We can get the groups that we would like to do shows with, that we have a mutual respect for, rather than something conjured up by somebody else.
In addition to the multitude of musical acts, Smoke Out '99 will include carnival rides, a haunted house, a psychedelic light show, and several dance tents.We're totally happy with the results so far," B-Real added, noting that the festival is expected to draw 20,000 people based on current ticket sales. "Come Saturday, we'll see if all the hard work was worth it.The MC added that the group is thinking about turning the event into a full-fledged tour in the future, though there are no concrete plans just yet.Meanwhile, Cypress Hill's Spanish language greatest hits album, "Los Grandes Exitos En Español," is due in stores this fall, with the group's fifth studio album, "Skull And Bones," due to follow inFebruary of next year.
The crew is already working on the follow-up to "Skull And Bones," an album said to be a rock record with rap vocals, but there's no word as to when that effort will see the light of day (see [article id="1427764"]"Cypress Hill Juggles Three New LPs"[/article]).
