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Cypress Hill - No Entiendes La Onda

Music Video | 1999
ArtistCypress Hill
SongNo Entiendes La Onda
DirectorSoul Assasins
DirectorEstefan Oriol
GenreRap and Hip Hop
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
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Synopsis

Cypress Hill perform the Spanish-language version of "How I Could Just Kill a Man" in a stark, streetwise video built around the group's intimidating presence and hard-edged rap delivery. The visual treatment matches the song's themes of danger, weapons, police pressure, and barrio life without turning the track into a conventional narrative. Performance footage, urban imagery, and flashes of menace reinforce the feeling of a volatile world where threats can escalate quickly. The recurring bilingual chorus connects this 1999 reinterpretation to the group's breakthrough original.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "No Entiendes La Onda" is the Spanish-language remake of Cypress Hill's 1991 debut single, "How I Could Just Kill a Man."
  • The track appeared on the 1999 compilation *Los Grandes Exitos en Espanol*, which re-recorded material from several Cypress Hill albums in Spanish.
  • The video is performed primarily in Spanish, but the familiar English phrase "How I Could Just Kill a Man?" remains in the chorus, preserving the song's most recognizable hook.
  • The Spanish version was released during Cypress Hill's established association with Chicano and Los Angeles street imagery, making the video feel like a cultural reframing rather than a completely new concept.
  • The song's closing line, "All I wanted was a Pepsi," references Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized," another influential Los Angeles hardcore track.
  • The original English version later gained a new audience through its inclusion on the soundtrack of *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas*.
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