This hip-hop crew took the genre by storm in the late '80s, describing an L.A. County subculture that had been invisible to outsiders. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" revealed a violent world with a tense sound both anxious and head-bobbing. Cypress Hill soon settled into its role as the premier proponents of another kind of lifestyle, with the squealing, immediate crossover smash and green-leaf salute "Insane in the Brain". In time, their sound became more sophisticated, as heard in the lush, gleaming atmospherics of "Boom Biddy Bye Bye".