If we get some calls like "Hey, you guys are sellin' records over here" or "This promoter or this company or this organization is down with you guys and they want you to come and play," we're like "Damn, we're there!" We're ain't really tryin' to be just an East LA band." We've done a little bit of everything based on who's buyin' our records. We're gonna go to Texas, we're gonna go to New York. So it kinda worked out in our favor, somehow people all across the board liked our sound and were able to get past all of the stereotypes, you know what I mean? Like "You guys are an East LA band and that's how you're gonna sound." We were like "Hell no! We're gonna go to Europe, we're gonna go to South America. I mean if you come of sounding too one way or another, it seems like nowadays you'll just get pigeonholed or you're just gonna be considered this type of group and that's it and the kids will be on to the next group. And it just kind of got accepted by the same kids that were likin' Cypress and also the same kids who were into rock-&-roll and alternative at the same time. So that's when we got heavily into our whole different sound, what with the Latin horn samples and way more Spanglish and just more like a Latin street vibe. We knew we were comin' up under Cypress so we knew we couldn't sound like one of their clones. But we weren't really seein' it like that. I think when we came out, at the time we were kinda takin' a little bit of a chance. I mean you have Fat Joe and you had Big Pun, and most folks know the Old School history of hip-hop, what with the Latin Quarter and what not, but even in the early days most Latino MCs were part of a larger, racially mixed crew. IGN For Men: What would you say are the perils or more specifically, the trials and tribulations of being a Latino hip-hop crew? The one group in recent memory that has crossed over and transcended that pigeonhole has been Cypress. Styles and they talked about the new album, the group's longevity, and what it truly means to have a delinquent habit. recently caught up with DH turntable wizard O.G. Not bad for a hip-hop crew that most Amerikkkans are still ignorant of. Hell, these guys not only toured with Korn, but they get mad props in Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and the Czech Republic. They have carved out a niche for themselves that stretches beyond the limiting confines of "spanglish spewing Latino MCs" to become a worldwide underground phenom. What's most amazing about these three hombres, however, is their will to survive in the most tumultuous of sonic genres.
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Hell, one of the tracks, "Return of the Tres," made it onto the Double Take soundtrack and even featured prominently in the movie itself. There latest joint, Merry Go Round has been selling briskly via the underground network the band has set-up not only via constant touring, but through word-of-mouth. Now the year is 001 and the three delinquents are a little wiser, a little older, and much more seasoned.
The crew followed this up with Here Comes The Horns, a sophomore effort that due to label problems ended up getting lost in a scuffle. The three amigos dropped a well-received debut entitled Deliquent Habits in '96 and spawned a hit with "Tres Deliquentes," a rousing whoride jammy that mixed South-of-the-border verve with hardcore L.A.
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