Cypress X Rusko

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{{Infobox album

| name = Cypress X Rusko

| type = EP

| artist = Cypress Hill and Rusko

| cover = Cypress X Rusko.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 5, 2012 (digital download)
August 14, 2012 (vinyl)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

• Hip hop
• dubstep

| length = 16:17

| label =

• V2
• Cooperative Music

| producer = Rusko

| chronology = Cypress Hill

| prev_title = Rise Up

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = Elephants on Acid

| next_year = 2018

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Rusko

| type = EP

| prev_title = Songs

| prev_year = 2012

| title = Cypress X Rusko

| year = 2012

| next_title = Kapow

| next_year = 2012

}}

{{Singles

| name = Cypress X Rusko

| type = EP

| single1 = Roll It, Light It

| single1date = February 21, 2012

| single2 = Can't Keep Me Down

| single2date = October 17, 2012

}}

}}

Cypress X Rusko is a collaborative extended play by American hip hop group Cypress Hill and British dubstep producer Rusko. The five track album was released on June 5, 2012 digitally{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cypress-x-rusko-01-ep/732927781|title=Cypress X Rusko 01 - EP by Cypress Hill & Rusko on Apple Music|website=iTunes|language=en|access-date=2017-03-11}} and on August 14, 2012 on vinyl.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cypress-X-Rusko-Cypress-X-Rusko-EP-01/release/3849161|title=Cypress* X Rusko - Cypress X Rusko EP 01|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-03-11}} It debuted at number 50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/1487820/cypress-x-rusko/chart|title=Cypress X Rusko - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-11}}

The EP produced two singles, "Roll It, Light It"{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/cypress-hill/61597 |title=Cypress Hill to release 'dubstep' EP in April – video |publisher=NME |date=23 January 2012 |accessdate=1 March 2012}} and "Can't Keep Me Down" which features Damian Marley. On the amalgamation of the two styles of music, Sen Dog of Cypress Hill explains "I think dubstep is a natural progression of hip-hop... Especially the way that we formulated it with Rusko. There's definitely some roughness to it."{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/cypress-hill-x-rusko-roll-it-light-it-20120221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222150904/http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/cypress-hill-x-rusko-roll-it-light-it-20120221 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |title=Roll It, Light It |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=21 February 2012 |accessdate=1 March 2012}}