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Cypress Hill Studio album by Cypress Hill Released August 13, 1991 Recorded 1989-1991 Genre Golden age hip hop
Hardcore hip hop
Latin hip hop
West Coast hip hopLength 46:54 Label Ruffhouse/Columbia/SME Records
CK 47889 (North America)
468893 (international)Producer DJ Muggs Cypress Hill chronology Cypress Hill
(1991)Black Sunday
(1993)Cypress Hill is the self-titled debut album of Cypress Hill, released on August 13, 1991. It was critically and commercially successful, getting certified double Platinum by the RIAA.[1] The album is broken down track-by-track by Cypress Hill in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.[2]
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [3] Robert Christgau (A-) [4] Rolling Stone [5] Entertainment Weekly (A+) [6] Q [7] Piero Scaruffi [8] Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."[3]
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.[9] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Rolling Stone called it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages."[5]
- Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".[10]
- Ranked #57 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".[11]
- Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s".[12]
Track listing
- "Pigs" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:51
- "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 4:16
- "Hand on the Pump" (Bouldin, Freese, Muggerud) – 4:03
- "Hole in the Head" (Freese, Muggerud) – 3:33
- "Ultraviolet Dreams" (Muggerud) – 0:41
- "Light Another" (Freese, Muggerud) – 3:17
- "The Phuncky Feel One" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:28
- "Break It Up" (Muggerud) – 1:07
- "Real Estate" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:45
- "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:46
- "Psycobetabuckdown" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:59
- "Something for the Blunted" (Muggerud) – 1:15
- "Latin Lingo" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:58
- "The Funky Cypress Hill Shit" (Freese, Muggerud) – 4:01
- "Tres Equis" (Muggerud, Reyes) – 1:54
- "Born to Get Busy" (Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:00
Partial list of samples
The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for Cypress Hill.
Pigs
- "Ali; Funky Thing" by Chuck Cornish
How I Could Just Kill a Man
- "Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom
- "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
- "Come on In" by The Music Machine
- "Are You Experienced" by Jimi Hendrix
- "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies
- "Escape-ism", "I Got Ants in My Pants", & "I Got to Move" by James Brown
- Speech by Fiorello La Guardia
Hand on the Pump
Hole in the Head
- "The Bird" by Jimmy McGriff
Ultraviolet Dreams
- "Tom Cat" by Muddy Waters
Light Another
- "Good Times" by Kool & the Gang
The Phuncky Feel One
- "More Peas" by the J.B.'s
- "Hector" by Village Callers
- "Look Ka Py Py" by the Meters
- "Give it Up" by Kool & the Gang
- "La Di Da La Di Day" by the J.B.'s
- "Blues and Pants" by James Brown
- "Fight the Power" by the Isley Brothers
- "The Breakdown Pt I & II" by Rufus Thomas
- "Life is What You Make It" by Kool & the Gang
Break It Up
- "Compared to What" by Les McCann & Eddie Harris
- "Down By Law" by Fab Five Freddy
Real Estate
- "Copy Cat" by the Bar-Kays
- "Humpin'" by the Bar-Kays
- "Underdog" by Sly & the Family Stone
- "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Avalon & the Belairs
- "Cramp Your Style" by All the People featuring Robert Moore[disambiguation needed ]
Stoned Is the Way of the Walk
- "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green
Psycobetabuckdown
- "Foxy Lady" by Willie Hutch
- "Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
Something for the Blunted
- "Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield
- "Smokin Cheeba Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
Latin Lingo
- "Mongoose" by Elephant's Memory
- "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
- "Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On" by Edwin Starr
- "A Gritty Nitty" by Pazant Brothers and the Beaufort Express
The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
- "Fencewalk" by Mandrill
- "Hector" by Village Callers
- "The New Dance Craze" by Five Stairsteps
- Dialogue excerpt from the film Car Wash
Tres Equis
- "Sophisticated Funk" by John Roberts
Born to Get Busy
- "Bootleg" by Booker T. & the MG's
Album singles
Single information "The Phuncky Feel One" - Released: July 11, 1991
- B-side: "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
"Hand On The Pump" - Released: 1991
- B-side: "Real Estate"
"Latin Lingo" - Released: 1991
- B-side: "Stoned is the Way (Reprise)", "Hand On The Glock"
Album chart positions
Year Album Chart positions Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top Heatseekers 1992 Cypress Hill #31 #4 #5 Singles chart positions
Year Song Chart positions Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 1991 "Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk" - #1 - - 1992 "Hand On The Pump" - #49 #2 - "How I Could Just Kill A Man" #77 - - - "Latin Lingo" - - #12 #44 "The Phuncky Feel One/How I Could Just Kill A Man" - - #1 - Personnel
- B-Real - Vocals
- Sen Dog - Vocals
- DJ Muggs - Arranger, Producer, Mixing
- Joe Nicolo - Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing
- Jason Roberts - Engineer
- Chris Schwartz - Executive Producer
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering
- Ponch - percussions
References
- ^ "American album certifications – Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Cypress+Hill%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ^ Coleman, Brian (2007). Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies. New York: Villard. ISBN 978-0812977752.
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Cypress Hill > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Cypress Hill". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Cypress+Hill. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ a b Powell, Kevin (October 3, 1991). "Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 614). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071112233725/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cypresshill/albums/album/120531/review/5945013/cypress_hill.
- ^ Bernard, James (October 4, 1991). "Cypress Hill (1991): Cypress Hill". Entertainment Weekly (Time) (#86). ISSN 1049-0434. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20230356,00.html. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "Cypress Hill". Q (Bauer Media): p. 137. May 1997. ISSN 0955-4955. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583316&desc=1. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Cypress Hill". Scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/cypress.html. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "100 Best Rap Albums". The Source (New York) (#100). January, 1998. ISSN 1063-2085. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm#100albums. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
- ^ "Essential Recordings of the 90's". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow): p. 72. May 13, 1999. ISSN 0035-791X. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583316&desc=1. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Spin Magazine: p. 148. September 1999 . ISSN 0886-3032. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583316&desc=1. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ "90 Best Albums of the 1990s". Q (Bauer Media): p. 70. December 1999 . ISSN 0955-4955. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583316&desc=1. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
External links
- Cypress Hill at Discogs (list of releases)
Cypress Hill Studio albums Cypress Hill · Black Sunday · Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom · Cypress Hill IV · Skull & Bones · Stoned Raiders · Till Death Do Us Part · Rise UpCompilations Los grandes éxitos en español · Greatest Hits from the Bong · Super Hits · Collections · Strictly Hip Hop: The Best of Cypress HillLive albums EPs Unreleased and Revamped · StashSingles "How I Could Just Kill a Man" · "The Phuncky Feel One" · "Latin Lingo" · "Hand on the Pump" · "Insane in the Brain" · "When the Shit Goes Down" · "I Ain't Goin Out Like That" · "Lick a Shot" · "Throw Your Set in the Air" · "Illusions" · "Boom Biddy Bye Bye" · "Dr. Greenthumb" · "Tequila Sunrise" · "Rap Superstar" · "Rock Superstar" · "Highlife" · "Can't Get the Best of Me" · "Lowrider" · "Trouble" · "What's Your Number?" · "Latin Thugs" · "Get 'Em Up" · "It Ain't Nothin'" · "Rise Up" · "Armada Latina"Related articles Categories:- Cypress Hill albums
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