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This reputation would propel them to live gigs at the Woodstock Festival and the

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The Platform (2xLP) Cypress Hill and Jamie CullumOn the West Coast, gangsta rap held sway in hip hop as the 21st century began. The alternative and conscious rap music of the early to mid 90s had all but faded into the underground. The scene was set for a comeback, perhaps as a backlash to the perceived violence and misogyny of gangsta raps content. Leading the resurgence of alternative hip hop were groups like Jurassic 5, and recent signees to Capitol Records; a West coast trio that had been