How DJ Muggs Reunited Two Members Of N.W.A For “Soul Assassins 3” Album

December 04, 2018

Boasting 19 tracks and contributions from some of Hip-Hop’s most celebrated MCs, the album is another colorful chapter in Muggs’ continually evolving catalog of hardcore Hip-Hop.

DJ Muggs returned with Soul Assassins 3: Death Valley in late August, the follow-up to 2000’s Soul Assassins 2. Boasting 19 tracks and contributions from some of Hip-Hop’s most celebrated MCs, the album is another colorful chapter in Muggs’ continually evolving catalog of hardcore Hip-Hop. But it also begs the question—what next? DJ Muggs has been a millionaire since his early 20s when Cypress Hill became one of the biggest rap acts of the 1990s.

Beginning in 1991 with their self-titled debut, the members of Cypress Hill—B-Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs and Eric Bobo—took the rap world by storm, smacking them in the face with songs such as “How I Could Just Kill A Man” and “Hand on the Pump.” Yes, N.W.A had been doing the gangster rap thing since the late ’80s, but this was the first Latino group to go down that road. To their surprise, the album received major air-play on urban radio and college radio, which helped propel them to the forefront. The album was ultimately certified double platinum in the U.S. with more than two million units sold.

But it was Cypress Hill’s sophomore album, Black Sunday (which just celebrated its 30th anniversary), that made them international superstars. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling roughly 261,000 copies in its opening week. It simultaneously became the highest Soundscan recording for a Hip-Hop group at the time. With Cypress Hill still on the charts, they also became the first Hip-Hop group ever to have two albums in the Top 10 at the same time. The album went 4x-platinum and cemented the group’s legacy thanks to songs like “Insane in the Brain” and “I Ain’t Going Out Like That.”

The group went on to release eight more studio albums, including 2022’s Black in Black. Muggs has been one of the most consistent producers in the game, delivering project after project for a litany of artists, including Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Ice Cube and Goodie Mob. His solo discography alone consists of 11 albums.

Now, Muggs can pick and choose what he wants to do. There are no label obligations, no pressure to get a No. 1 album—he’s done it all. Speaking to AllHipHop in a recent interview, Muggs talked about getting Ice Cube, MC Ren and B-Real on “Dump On Em,” the advantages of technology and having nothing to prove.

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