Cypress Hill and London Symphony Orchestra detail forthcoming album, Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall

In its 1996, “Homerpalooza” episode, The Simpsons, joked that Cypress Hill had accidentally booked a gig with the London Symphony Orchestra while under the influence. After years of fans hoping for such a collaboration to become reality, Cypress Hill reached out to the LSO over social media and the collaboration was born.

“It’s a trip to see that hip hop can be done in this form — and at a venue as prestigious as the Royal Albert Hall. It was truly an honor and a privilege, and now that experience can be shared,” said B-Real following the event.

Cypress Hill and London Symphony Orchestra: Black Sunday Live at the Royal Albert Hall will be released in select US cinemas, although there are currently no UK/EU dates for a release on the big screen.

The classical embellishments to Black Sunday — as well as an assortment of cuts spanning the Cypress catalog — are the masterful work of conductor and arranger Troy Miller, who comments: "I’ve always been excited by the idea of merging genres, and to do it with the most prolific hip hop group of all time and the most exquisite symphony orchestra in the world was an honour! The band gave me free rein on the arrangements and we made something truly unique and mesmerising - what a sublime collaboration!”