Mm-hmm

... or to, uh, or say, "Yeah, we're gonna just do like a reggaeton" or, or what's hot right now, you know? We needed to represent ourselves as Cypress Hill in this genre.

And all the styles that we incorporated is, are, are, are styles that we all listen to outside of, of this, so we have an understanding, you know, and we're, we're fans of it.

So we were able to incorporate the cumbia thing, uh, and put that into hip hop.

It w- it was, like seamless.

And we, we did it Organically and authentically, and that was very, very important, and that was important for me to, to, to help bring that out.

That's why this calls to me." You know what I mean? And, uh, I think just more time, more people talking about it, more acknowledgement of it

itmore embracing of it, you'll, you'll see the understanding grow, and it won't be such a s- surprise to anybody anymore, you know? But yeah, I mean, the foundations of all the, the Latino music that's based off of, let's say, salsa, merengue, and, and the rest are based off of African rhythms in, in, in the, in the foundation of it.

Mm-hmm

...

the, uh, or say yeah, we're gonna just do, like, a reggaeton or, or what's hot right now, you know? We needed to represent ourselves as Cypress Hill in this genre.

And all the styles that we incorporated is, are, are, are styles that we all listen to outside of, of this, so we have an understanding, you know, and we're, we're fans of it.

So we were able to incorporate the cumbia thing, uh, and put that into hip hop.

It w- it was, like, seamless.

And we, we did it Organically and authentically.

I think music definitely bridges the gap because, I mean, realistically, unless you're doing the, the, the knowledge on that, like looking for it for yourself, you're oblivious to it until someone puts you onto it

So, um, yeah, you- how about you, Sen?

Well, I f- I feel the same way.

It's the, it's the right time to represent your heritage, you know, the, the, the culture, being Latino and understanding, you know, everything that's going down, um, in the United States and around the world with Latino gente and, and just, you know, taking a stand and being proud of, of who we are and what we are.

It, it took him a while, but he got it done, and we respect that, so.

He was really adamant in wanting to be part of this when we first approached him.

You know, uh, Trueno, I've, I had known his dad when I was first living out there, um, you know, and, uh, just the fact that now he's really representing the Latin culture, the Latin hip hop, and he's really a student of that.

And, um, you know, it just all came together really, really nice.

And, uh, again, we respect him as an MC, and, uh, we're glad that we were able to do something with him.

So, you know, learning that kinda helped me later, but, you know, our styles are completely different, but he was definitely one that influenced me.

He, and when I've heard, like, the demos of you, like, sounding like Rakim, it was not bad at all.

I mean-

Yeah

... and, and people, you know, when you have a group like Prophets, you know, out there, you gotta appreciate, you know, what you got while, while you have it out there.