Swedish singer Buster Moe puts a bluesy spin on Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain." 2Pac's "Hail Mary" and Eazy-E's "Boyz-n-the-Hood" are flipped into folksy numbers with plenty of guitar strumming. I would say it's a Woodstock-ish version of Cypress Hill." (Courtesy of PRMD Music)
"I was like, 'How am I going to make that better than it already is? It's impossible.' But I found my own vibe immediately when I went into the studio.
"When I was 10-11, I listened to Cypress Hill all day long, so for me it was an honor," said Moe.
Dre, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Ice Cube and more completely reimagined largely by unsigned acts that were discovered online.īuster Moe, a 24-year-old soulful Swede who is working on his debut album, poured some bluesy grit on 1993's "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill. Released Friday, "Cold Chilling: Compton" sees songs by Dr. "Taking a page of that playbook, I thought about what was currently happening in pop culture, and last year 'Straight Outta Compton' was such a major movement." Lee and the team at PRMD came up with the idea for a series called "Cold Chilling," which features reinterpretations of classic West Coast gangster rap tracks. What's special is how you recontextualize it, give it a theme and brand it, and 'Jock Jams' was amazing at that," Lee said. "A compilation of different songs put together is not special.
"I remember 'Volume 2' went on to sell over 1 million copies." When PRMD (pronounced "pyramid") - an independent label founded by Avicii's manager Ash Pournouri - decided to start its own series of compilations, Lee looked to "Jock Jams" for inspiration. "It was the grandfather of all compilations," recalled Lee, who is now global chief operating officer of PRMD Music & Publishing. During the peak of "Jock Jams," Victor Lee was rising through the ranks of Tommy Boy Records, the New York label that distributed the collection also known for releasing classic hip-hop albums from Afrika Bambaataa and Queen Latifah.
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