Bambu
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Bambú is a brand of rolling paper sold by Bambu Sales Inc. of Westbury, New York. The company writes that Bambú began manufacturing paper in Spain in 1764, originally for the Bible. The paper it sells is still manufactured in that country, by Miguel y Costas & Miguel, S.A. It offers a number of paper sizes—regular, big, half extra, and double wide—and a line of pure hemp papers.
Big Bambu
album. Since then, it has had many other musical references in pop culture by artists such as The Notorious B.I.G.
, Method Man
, A Tribe Called Quest
, and others. Most recently Bambú appeared on the front cover of a book Pot Culture. In the world of art, the Bambú name was used to title the Big Bambú
roof installation by Doug and Mike Starn
at New York City's Metropolitan Museum.
Cultural influence
Bambú became a pop culture reference during the 1970s with the release of the Cheech and ChongCheech and Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their films and stand-up routines, which were based on the hippie and free love era, and especially drug culture movements, most notably their love for...
Big Bambu
Big Bambu
Big Bambú is the second album by Cheech & Chong, released in 1972. The name Big Bambu is a reference to a type of rolling paper made by the Bambu company; the original LP sleeve was designed by Ernie Cefalu and manufactured to look like a giant rolling paper package, and originally contained a...
album. Since then, it has had many other musical references in pop culture by artists such as The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...
, Method Man
Method Man
Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
, A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
, and others. Most recently Bambú appeared on the front cover of a book Pot Culture. In the world of art, the Bambú name was used to title the Big Bambú
Big Bambú
Big Bambú: You Can't, You Don't, and You Won't Stop is a piece of installation art by identical twin artists Doug and Mike Starn.Big Bambú had its first installation in the artists' studio in Beacon, New York. In the summer of 2010 it was the featured exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
roof installation by Doug and Mike Starn
Doug and Mike Starn
Doug and Mike Starn are American artists and identical twin brothers who produce their works of art as a team.The Starn brothers grew up in New Jersey and attended School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, graduating in 1984. They continued to live in Boston until 1989, when they moved to New...
at New York City's Metropolitan Museum.