Cypress Hill - Haunted Hill
About This Event
Cypress Hill brings its early‑1990s West Coast rap catalog and DJ Muggs’ sample‑heavy production to Irving Plaza in a themed set billed as "Haunted Hill," favoring groove and vocal grit over polish. The bill also includes Mellow Man Ace, whose bilingual English‑Spanish delivery and percussive phrasing trace the early Latin‑hip‑hop strand, while Planta Industrial is listed on the lineup.
About Haunted Hill
“Haunted Hill” arrives in New York as a live hip-hop/R&B bill at Irving Plaza, using the venue as a pressure test for cross-generational rap. The lineup—Cypress Hill, Mellow Man Ace, Planta Industrial, Immortal Technique, and Lord Sko—maps a spectrum from West Coast legacy to New York’s present-tense lyric culture. No specific NYC premiere history is widely documented for this event, but the setting matters: Irving Plaza has long functioned as a mid-size room where scenes are measured in real time. One clear takeaway is the program’s insistence on politics and groove sharing the same stage.
About the Artists
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is a hip-hop group associated with early-1990s West Coast rap, built around DJ Muggs’ dense, sample-driven production and a fusion of old-school rhythms with rap-rock edge. Their catalog moves between groove and vocal grit, with an emphasis on atmosphere over polish.
Mellow Man Ace
Mellow Man Ace is a Cuban-American rapper whose work is built around bilingual rhyme and quick shifts between English and Spanish. Raised in Los Angeles after leaving Cuba as a child, he emerged in the early wave of Latin hip-hop, pairing novelty-wordplay instincts with a rhythmic, percussive delivery.
Planta Industrial
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