it as the hip-hop "bible", despite giving the album (i think) 4 mics, ripped Cypress for the Insane video bc there were next to no black ppl in it, that really tarnished their esteem i the "real" hip hop camps but made them even more loved by the MTV set

i still like the 1st album the most...How I Could Just is like a qualifyer for top 10 hip-hop songs EVER...they bridged that east-west gap before it was even an issue really (Cube & QTip in the vid, in NY i believe) which made B Real a natural choice years later on East Coast West Coast Killers

also, their association w/ House of Pain can't be overlooked when speaking on their appeal to alt white kids