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B-Real speaks on Smokeout’s diversity and history.

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Hip-hop superstars Cypress Hill and promoters Guerilla Union have assembled another stellar lineup for this year’s SmokeOut festival. Taking place this Saturday, Oct. 16, at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino, Calif., the roster includes MGMT, Incubus, Manu Chao, Erykah Badu, Paul Oakenfold, Nas and Damian Marley, Deadmau5, Living Legends and many more.

As impressive as the artist lineup is, it’s another aspect of this year’s festival that a lot of people will be watching very closely: the legal use of medicinal marijuana onsite. As Guerilla Union president Chang Weisberg tells Spinner, the “Sonoma County Fairgrounds and Harmony Festival have had [dispensary] Peace in Medicine onsite and it’s such a normal part of the culture.” Still, the free use of pot is unprecedented at a festival of this size.

In fact, Goldenvoice head Paul Tollett, a longtime friend of Weisberg who books the Coachella festival, is amazed that it’s being allowed. “There’s never been a massive festival that has had medicinal marijuana,” Tollett says. “Chang has been talking about it for the last couple of years and when I first heard it I thought, ‘You’ll never get that, Chang.’” Now that he has, Tollett sees it as hugely important moment. “It’s the most significant feature of a music festival in a couple of decades,” he says.

Weisberg agrees. “It’s not too far from the future right now where you could see responsible 21-and-over use of medical marijuana,” he says. “If we can harness this particular industry, be a positive advocate and help create policy, this could have a substantial change on my business. That means it will have a big impact for musicians as well.”

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Cypress Hill has made no bongs about where its allegiances lie. The venerable South Gate-raised rhymers have been teaching America how to get high and the right ways to do it, since Bush père owned the Oval Office. And since 1998, the group’s struck the match for the Cypress Hill Smokeout, along with Guerilla Union (the organization behind Paid Dues and Rock the Bells).

Following a hiatus, the festival returned last year with performances from a reunited Sublime (minus the late Bradley Nowell), Goodie Mob, the Geto Boys, Redman & Method Man, and Slipknot. This year’s event, slated for Oct. 16 at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center, features headlining performances from Incubus, Manu Chao, Nas and Damian Marley, Erykah Badu and MGMT.

But perhaps the most interesting story about the festival’s latest incarnation is that it boasts a dedicated consumption area for medical marijuana patients. The fruits of an arrangement brokered between Guerilla Union and local municipal and law enforcement officials, the safe haven is the first known pact of its kind in Southern California concert history. In advance of the festival, Pop & Hiss spoke with Guerilla Union’s Chang Weisberg about how the deal went down.

What was the process behind persuading the local authorities to permit this sort of safe haven for medical marijuana cardholders?

It was a long one. We had to get the OK from the police department and the city of San Bernardino. None of them will endorse what we’re doing, or even say that they’re behind this. However, they took a major step by saying, ‘We’ll work with you, we’ll give you this opportunity and privilege.’ It stems from having succesfully executed Paid Dues, Rock the Bells and the Smokeout for over a decade.

But this is about more than just a place where people with medical marijuana cards can smoke marijuana freely. We have a medical marijuana expo where we promote activism, compassion and education. We believe that medical marijuna is the gateway to responsible tax-regulated consumption. Obviously, big alcohol, big medicine and big tobacco fan a lot of negative stereoytypes regarding cannabis.

How is this sort of arrangement going to work?

If you have a verified recomendation or card, you will be allowed to enter the venue and go to a specific area and smoke — provided that you’re over 18. We’re creating our own reality in allowing patients to exercise their rights. They’ll be able to smoke it and vaporize it, but I don’t think we’ll allow people to eat it. I don’t need the kind of press that the Electric Daisy received.

This sort of arrangement isn’t unprecedented. In Northern California, several concerts have done similar things and in the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum where the Oakland A’s play, you can smoke in a dedicated smoking area if you have your medical marijuana card. Eventually, we hope this is going to lead to people being able to walk into Wal-Mart or Rite-Aid and get their medicine, whether it will come in cigarette form, or salves, or lotions. Or better yet, to educate people to grow their personal amounts and save their money.

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This past weekend Cypress came into town to visit Sydney to do what they do best! The crowd was rocking especially when this track dropped. Fools wanted to start a mosh pitt, it was fun being in the middle of it especially grabbing punks by the throat and throwing them across the room.

To all the Australians out there make sure you catch Cypress in your city over the next 2 weeks! SA ALL DAY!!

Shout out to AustinSurreal for this ultra rare Cypress

Download – Cypress Hill live at The Underground Houston, TX April 10, 1992

Download – Matt Sonzala Interview with Cypress Hill – April 10, 1992 at the Underground in Houston, TX

With being the front man of arguable the most important Latino Group in Hip Hop history, Cypress Hill (and selling over 18 million records worldwide), B Real has amassed nearly 20 years of timeless albums alongside countless productions credits and features.

Having accomplished more than he had ever imagined, B Real is preparing himself for the next challenge. In the vain of some of the world’s greatest athletes, he has decided to go back to the streets and show the new class how to perfect his craft.

The end result is “The Harvest Vol. 1″. Featuring 20 bangers, B Real has recruited some of the hottest underground artists to stand by his side. After releasing the first Cypress Hill album in 5 years earlier this year, B couldn’t imagine a better time to begin planting the seeds for the next crop of emcee’s to bless the mic.

via RBC Records @ 9/28/2010 / undergroundhiphop.com