I was just listening to some C.R.E.A.M. the other day too.
Whole album is classic! Wu-Tang and Cypress Hill were always my favorite hip hop bands. Hip hop from that era always had that rebel attitude and especially Wu-Tang displayed a sense of originality that always resonated well with Metal fans like me.
Yes it is. I was a big fan of both too. Cypress Hill's first album was my favorite. UGK was probably my favorite from that era and is probably still my favorite rap group though. I guess being a kid from the South I connected to it more than the others. I remember we would buy bootleg cassettes at the local flea market, of course at 11 or 12 you don't know what a "bootleg tape" was
Then when I hit 15 I think it was, was when they started checking ID's on explicit tapes. So I had to wait a year to legally buy them so we definitely hit the flea market for bootlegs.
My favorite Wu-Tang line: "diversify your bonds" off of Chappelle's Show