Cypress X Rusko

Cypress x Rusko
EP by Cypress Hill and Rusko
Released June 5, 2012 (Digital download)
August 14, 2012 (Vinyl)
Genre Hip hop, dubstep
Length 16:17
Label V2, Cooperative Music
Producer Rusko
Cypress Hill chronology

Rise Up
(2010)
Cypress X Rusko
(2012)
Rusko chronology
"Songs"
(2012)
"Cypress X Rusko"
(2012)
"Kapow"
(2012)

Cypress x Rusko is a collaborative EP by hip hop group Cypress Hill and dubstep producer Rusko. The EP of 5 songs was released on June 5, 2012 digitally and was released August 14, 2012 on vinyl. The first single off the EP is "Roll It, Light It".,[1] and the second single is "Can't Keep Me Down" which features Damian Marley.

On the amalgamation of the two styles of music, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill explains "I think dubstep is a natural progression of hip-hop... Especially the way that we formulated it with Rusko. There's definitely some roughness to it."[2]

Track listing

No. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Lez Go"  Rusko 2:54
2. "Roll It, Light It"  Rusko 3:06
3. "Shots Go Off"  Rusko 3:01
4. "Can't Keep Me Down" (featuring Damian "Jr Gong" Marley)Rusko 3:22
5. "Medicated" (featuring Young De)Rusko 3:53

References

  1. "Cypress Hill to release 'dubstep' EP in April – video". NME. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. "Roll It, Light It". Rolling Stone. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.