South Gate, California veterans Cypress Hill going full Spanish for his or her eleventh studio LP. Consisting of B-Actual & Sen Canine on the mic in addition to DJ Muggs on the boards & Eric Bobo on percussion, the quartet would take the west coast by storm a little bit over 3 many years again off their eponymous debut underneath Ruffhouse Data in tandem with Columbia Data due to Muggs’ distinctive manufacturing type & their pro-marijuana legalization themes. Different standouts within the group’s discography embrace Black Sunday, my private favourite Cypress Hill III: Temples of Increase, the criminally underappreciated Cypress Hill IV, Elephants on Acid & the Black Milk-produced Again in Black via MNRK Music Group. Contemplating they’ve made Spanish songs previously, Dios Bendiga appeared like a very long time coming & the HYBE Company getting concerned was much more of a shock.
“Wacha Trucha” that includes Alemán begins speaking about staying alert & getting ready for what’s to come back whereas my favourite single “Campeones” reunites with O.G. member Mellow Man Ace so the discussing the brand new type that the crew’s using. “Rosas Verdes” continues from there speaking about having solely the greenest roses of their backyard whereas “Run” that includes Poe Leos cautions towards getting away from them in the event that they pull up on you.
Coyote groups up with B-Actual & Sen Canine on “Sueños” to ship one of many strongest visitor appearances explaining that the times of their desires are something however small whereas “Estamos Listos” ends the first half speaking about how they at all times keep prepared. “Voló” that includes Sick Jacken kicks off the 2nd leg discussing the struggle & everybody smoking what they grew up with within the streets main into “Saca La Bolsita” that includes Trueno speaking about there being hassle if somebody crosses the road with them.
“No Tengo Miedo” that includes Sick Jacken admits to them not being afraid of loss of life & leaving slowly each time their time comes whereas “Barrios Prendidos” that includes La Santa Grifa talks about Mexican bandits turning towards neighborhoods. “El Perro Y El Coyote” that includes Guapo pleads for his or her guardian angels to allow them to relaxation & an extended reside burdening them whereas the reggae-influenced closing observe “Otra” sends off Dios Bendigaspeaking about their love of smoking weed.
It’s a bit stunning to me that Cypress Hill waited 1 / 4 of a century after the Los Grandes Exitos En Español compilation got here out to make their full Spanish debut however as a lot as I wanna prefer it, there are some flaws sadly. The rapping’s on level from each B-Actual & Sen Canine together with a majority of the visitor appearances, my greatest challenge with Dios Bendiga lies extra with the manufacturing missing the identical consistency Again in Black had earlier this decade.
Rating: 6/10