We caught up with Eric "Bobo" Correa from the multi-platinum hip-hop group Cypress Hill, on the heels of their "We Legalized It 2024 Tour," where the group is joined by a lineup of special guests each night, including The Pharcyde and Souls of Mischief. In line with their deep ties to cannabis culture and history of pro-marijuana advocacy, Cypress Hill is making a charitable contribution to the national non-profit, The Last Prisoner Project, this tour season. In support of the organization's efforts to reform the United States criminal justice system through progressive drug policy, the group will pledge $1 of each ticket sold to be donated. We caught up with Bobo to hear all about it...and more, including his musical legacy, his dad, the legendary Willie Correa, getting his start with the Beastie Boys, and his upcoming show with the London Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall. This is a LifeMinute with Bobo Correa.
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00:00Yo, yo, what's good, everybody?
00:01This is Eric Bobo from the mighty Cypress Hill,
00:04and you are watching Life Minute TV.
00:07Check it out.
00:09♪ Insane in the membrane ♪
00:11♪ Insane in the brain ♪
00:13♪ Got the one on the flam ♪
00:15♪ Boy, you can't but just cross that hand ♪
00:17♪ And the frying pan like spam gets on my mind ♪
00:19The tour has been going great.
00:20I think the combination of Cypress
00:24and Farthest Sides Social Mischief is pretty special.
00:28I mean, we all go back a ways
00:32between ourselves as peers
00:36and as well as with the fans.
00:40You know what I mean?
00:40You're seeing three classic groups
00:43that have a great catalog,
00:46and you're gonna get classics,
00:49songs that you know and love.
00:51You're gonna also have some surprise,
00:56as we call them, flips,
00:58you know, different combinations of things.
01:02And also just, you know what I mean?
01:05You're gonna see a raw show,
01:08a raw hip hop show.
01:10It's gonna be great.
01:12Back to rehearsal, please.
01:13The London Symphony Orchestra is tuned and ready.
01:17Did we actually order the London Symphony Orchestra?
01:21You know, it's such an honor
01:24to be able to do something like this.
01:27We were doing a bunch of symphony shows last year.
01:33And I think that to do it with the London Symphony,
01:36which is one of the top,
01:39if not top,
01:43music ensembles ever.
01:45I mean, a lot of the classical symphonies,
01:51they look up to the London Symphony Orchestra
01:53as far as, you know, power, sound, everything.
01:57For us to do stuff like that
01:59and have our songs reimagined, so to speak,
02:05it's crazy.
02:06It's a blessing.
02:12At first, I was doing stuff with the Beastie Boys.
02:14I was on tour with them on that very same tour,
02:17which was the 1992 Check Your Head Tour.
02:21They came on board the final two weeks
02:25of that tour, meeting Cyprus.
02:27And we just kind of hit it off from there.
02:31And it was incredible.
02:34Playing with the Beastie Boys
02:36was such a learning experience for me,
02:39being able to record and make music with them
02:42and write songs with them and perform with them.
02:47It was such a big highlight
02:50in my life and in my career,
02:53especially with me being a fan of theirs,
02:59you know, from their first record.
03:01And just to think that I was actually performing with them
03:06and making music and the people going,
03:08wow, playing in these festivals that are just ginormous.
03:15Yeah, it's incredible.
03:20Yeah, it's incredible.
03:22Ever since I was, you know, in preschool, kindergarten,
03:27they say, well, what do you want to be when you grow up?
03:29You know, of course you have the typical policeman
03:33or fireman or whatever, doctor.
03:36And I always said musician.
03:38Even when I couldn't fully say musician,
03:41I was taking out the pots and pans and beating on them.
03:45To my mother's, you know, on her side of it,
03:47it was like, man, he's taking out my pots.
03:50I need to cook.
03:51But my dad is like, no, let him do it.
03:52Like, you know, he's expressing himself.
03:54And it's not that my dad taught me this.
03:58I just kind of went and I gravitated to it.
04:01I was able to learn from him.
04:03He passed away when I was 15,
04:04but I had performed with them many, many times.
04:08And it was a great time for me.
04:11Music, it helps, it heals.
04:14It makes you think.
04:19It has a lot of different qualities
04:21that, you know, it's hard to decipher.
04:26But music has always been a source of healing.
04:30And it's incredible how far back that goes
04:38for like, you know, ancient tribes, you know,
04:41using it also in meditation,
04:42using it to signal, you know, war,
04:46all different types of emotions, you know.
04:49That's music.
04:51I enjoy playing Lick A Shot,
04:53Harkness, Killer Man, Rock Superstar.
04:56♪ Do you wanna be a rock superstar? ♪
04:58♪ Flip floor, big house, pop door, break door. ♪
05:02We all roll together.
05:03It's great.
05:05Those are my bros, you know, my brothers.
05:07And we still enjoy performing and making music.
05:12And being around each other and making, you know,
05:16each other laugh and, you know, sharing good times.
05:19And, you know, enjoying the time that we have, you know,
05:25together as a band to, you know,
05:28do it as best as we can, you know.
05:31Whenever we say, all right, the time has come,
05:35you know, we could say that we left out on a high note.
05:38You know, I mean, we really value
05:40giving the fans, you know, 1000%.
05:45Like with our live show,
05:46we always try to do something different
05:48just to keep ourselves on our toes and, you know,
05:51try different things or, you know,
05:54cool things can kind of come out of a mistake.
05:59We just try to keep open with it.
06:01And I think, you know, in trusting each other like that,
06:05we're able to make, you know, some really good music.
06:08It's really a brother love thing.
06:11You know, a couple of us, you know,
06:13we're riding our bikes, brought our bikes out.
06:15We used to do that, you know, back in the day,
06:18but I think now as we're older
06:21and we go to some of these spots, you know,
06:23I'm not one to just stay in a hotel, you know.
06:26I like, you know, I want to venture out.
06:28I want to get a feel of what the city is and get a vibe.
06:33And I think, you know, doing stuff like that,
06:36bike riding and, you know, reading
06:38and just laying back in the Jacuzzi when you get one
06:42and just relax, those kinds of things, you know,
06:45just to take a little edge off because it is a lot.
06:50I get inspired by, you know,
06:53watching younger musicians that they're
06:55going after their dream.
06:57And for me, I think I still have to feel like
07:00that strong love and passion that needs to be there.
07:05So, you know, I just try to keep a positive mind state
07:10about, you know, things and not get caught up in a hype.
07:14We're excited about, you know,
07:16making some new music and getting that out there.
07:19I think right now we're in a good stride.
07:22So a lot of good, cool things are going to be coming out.
07:27So stay tuned.
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