Till Death Do Us Part sees
Cypress Hill more restless than ever, flirting with Jamaican music of most stripes -- dancehall, dub, and ska included. On "What's Your Number?,"
Rancid's
Tim Armstrong is drafted in to help replicate the dubby lope of
the Clash's "Guns of Brixton"; though it would've been more fitting to hear
B Real spit another grimy rhyme in this setting, he chooses instead to spin a tale of picking up a woman. Unsurprisingly, the highlights all take place when the group sticks to what it has done best in the past. The
Alchemist-produced and
Tego Calderón-assisted "Latin Thugs" is one example of the group retaining its strengths, since it's full of fire and swagger. ~ Andy Kellman