Cypress Hill New Album: 'Insane In The Brain' Rappers Dish On First LP In Five Years

Old-school rap fans have been waiting too long for Cypress Hill to finish a follow-up to 2010's Rise Up.

But with plans to release a new studio album next spring, the boys from CH are teaming up with DJ Muggs to wreak havoc again.

"It's definitely a different sound, but it definitely has that Cypress Hill flavor," B-Real told Billboard. "We haven't worked with Muggs for quite some time and this is the first album coming back into his production style and so far it's been pretty aggressive songs here and there and pretty tripped-out songs psychedelic-style. It's gonna be different, but I know that Cypress fans are gonna love that s---. Some new fans might dig it too."

The last time Muggs fully produced a Cypress album was 2004's Til Death Do Us Part.

"Muggs has got so many tricks up his sleeve in the studio," B-Real said. "So the track could start off one way and it'll end up a whole different way, so you can't get used to it when you're recording it. And as far as Sen Dog and myself we've managed to get in front of a lot of different music in all this time. We've had a chance to write to so many different things that we can pretty much adapt to anything that somebody gives to us as productions. We can come up with something cool."

The group just finished up a gig at Made In America, where they were one of the oldest artists on the bill.

"We know that there are different fans out there that may not know who the hell Cypress Hill is, but by the end of that day they're gonna know," B-Real said. "It's beautiful to see when people who don't know you are jumping the f--- up and down and cheering to your s---, even though they don't know you."

Meanwhile, Sen Dog is all about pushing Cypress to a new generation of fans.

"You see guys, the dude that brings their 14, 15-year-old kid to see Cypress Hill for the first time," he said. "They're witnessing the same music that their dad did. It's a special feeling to know the band has lasted generations to where teenagers are able to see Cypress Hill today the same way that their pops saw it 27 years ago. There's a connection there and it's based on Cypress Hill music."

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