Sandman
10-05-2008, 06:41 PM
I sure hope so.
With his first solo album just out, rapper Sen Dog is looking forward to new projects with his group concerns.
The MC, who released "Diary of a Mad Dog" this week and plans to do some touring soon to promote the album, tells Billboard.com that Cypress Hill is "in the process" of making a new album, which will be the follow-up to 2004's "Till Death Do Us Part." "We've got 30 songs done," says Sen Dog, who describes the album as "definitely hard-core hip-hop. I wouldn't say it's overly hardcore, but it's definitely a hip-hop album."
The set will include writing and production collaborations with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello on a track called "Rise Up" and with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on another song. Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash, meanwhile, plays on a tune called "Front Line." But Sen Dog (real name Serien Reyes) says the final guest list will be relatively small.
"I mentioned that to B-Real; I said, 'Hey, B, are we gonna have some guest artists, like Snoop Dogg or anybody?" Sen Dog recalls. "And he goes, 'No! F*ck no! Me and you are f*cking tearing this shit up now. We don't need no help.' And I'm like, alright, dawg, as long as you're happy...'"
Sen Dog says the trio hopes to finish the album in December and have it out by the spring of 2009, pending a new label deal following its departure from Ruffhouse/Columbia. "There's already major-label interest out there," he reports. "We're gonna basically turn in a done album and see what's the best deal for us."
Cypress Hill Jams With Slash, Tom Morello (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003869704)
Cypress Hill is one of my favorite rap groups and I'd love to hear these songs with Rage, Slash and Shinoda.
With his first solo album just out, rapper Sen Dog is looking forward to new projects with his group concerns.
The MC, who released "Diary of a Mad Dog" this week and plans to do some touring soon to promote the album, tells Billboard.com that Cypress Hill is "in the process" of making a new album, which will be the follow-up to 2004's "Till Death Do Us Part." "We've got 30 songs done," says Sen Dog, who describes the album as "definitely hard-core hip-hop. I wouldn't say it's overly hardcore, but it's definitely a hip-hop album."
The set will include writing and production collaborations with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello on a track called "Rise Up" and with Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda on another song. Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash, meanwhile, plays on a tune called "Front Line." But Sen Dog (real name Serien Reyes) says the final guest list will be relatively small.
"I mentioned that to B-Real; I said, 'Hey, B, are we gonna have some guest artists, like Snoop Dogg or anybody?" Sen Dog recalls. "And he goes, 'No! F*ck no! Me and you are f*cking tearing this shit up now. We don't need no help.' And I'm like, alright, dawg, as long as you're happy...'"
Sen Dog says the trio hopes to finish the album in December and have it out by the spring of 2009, pending a new label deal following its departure from Ruffhouse/Columbia. "There's already major-label interest out there," he reports. "We're gonna basically turn in a done album and see what's the best deal for us."
Cypress Hill Jams With Slash, Tom Morello (http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003869704)
Cypress Hill is one of my favorite rap groups and I'd love to hear these songs with Rage, Slash and Shinoda.