RAP AND METAL had occasionally flirted with each other through the 80s, but it wasn’t until the early 90s when they finally got into bed together. Faith No More’s breakthrough single Epic and Anthrax’s Chuck D-assisted cover of Public Enemy’s Bring The Noise had laid the groundwork for the rap-metal movement that would explode a few years later with Rage Against The Machine’s righteously incendiary debut album.
But at the start of the 90s, it was largely one-way traffic. It was rare to see a hip hop group embrace, and be embraced by, metal. That was until the arrival of Cypress Hill, and their game-changing 1993 hit Insane In The Brain -a song that bridged the gaps between the two genres, captured the hearts of metal fans and turned the LA group into one of the greatest crossover hits of the decade.
“Obviously we loved hip hop and rap, LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C.,
