Your type of constructive and well-thought posts is exactly what this forum needs.
*sigh*
Cypress are old school cats. They've always done their own thing and they deserve mad respect for that. Whether you feel their style or not.
On the beef: i dont think WSC killed them. Cypress hit back pretty hard with that Ice Cube Killa track. I'd say it was a draw. But it's yeeeeears ago and the beef is long since over, so not really interesting.
thats very subjective of course. i like their new shit. i thought Stoned Raiders, to name a newer album of theirs, a very dope and refreshing piece. then again, one of the reasons ive always liked them is because they weren't "afraid" to step outside the rap cubicle and experiment with rock influences.