Soul Assassins
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Soul Assassins are a loose collective of musicians and graphic artists affiliated to the hiphop group Cypress Hill, formed in the early 90s. It is also the name of Cypress Hill's publishing company.
In 1997 and 2000 two albums under the name Soul Assassins were released. Both albums featured an army of rappers and both were almost entirely produced by Cypress Hill's beatsmith DJ Muggs, with minor contributions by The Alchemist (three songs) and DJ Khalil (one song) on the second volume. A third volume is in the making and was announced to be released in 2007 on DJ Muggs' new label Angeles Records.
Soul Assassins are not connected in any way to the 80s UK hiphop group Assassins With Soul.
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[edit] "Members"
Artists who so far appeared on Soul Assassins recordings, listed in the order of appearance
- B-Real
- Dr. Dre
- Goodie Mob
- RZA and GZA
- Cypress Hill
- LA the Darkman
- MC Eiht
- KRS-One
- Mobb Deep
- Infamous Mobb
- Call 'O Da Wild
- Wyclef Jean
- Kool G Rap
- G.O.D. pt. III
- Xzibit
- King Tee
- Kurupt
- Hostyle
- Chace Infinite
- Krondon
- Ras Kass
- Phenam
- Dilated Peoples
- Roscoe
- Everlast
- Self Scientific
- Buc Fifty
One-time members were House of Pain (Everlast, DJ Lethal and Danny Boy). After the release of House of Pain's second album in 1994 a feud erupted between them and Cypress Hill. By the time Everlast has launched his solo career he rejoined the Soul Assasins.
Graphic artists
- Mister Cartoon
- Estevan Oriol
- Rob Abeyta
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1997: Soul Assassins - Chapter 1 (Columbia);# 20 US, # 86 UK, # 14 CAN
- 2000: Soul Assassins - II (RuffLife/Intonation); # 178 US
[edit] Singles
- 1997: Soul Assasins featuring B-Real and Dr. Dre - Puppet Master
- 2000: Soul Assasins featuring GZA - When The Fat Lady Sings
