Cypress Hill (album)

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 hop
Length	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]

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

1. "Pigs" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:51
2. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 4:16
3. "Hand on the Pump" (Bouldin, Freese, Muggerud) – 4:03
4. "Hole in the Head" (Freese, Muggerud) – 3:33
5. "Ultraviolet Dreams" (Muggerud) – 0:41
6. "Light Another" (Freese, Muggerud) – 3:17
7. "The Phuncky Feel One" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:28
8. "Break It Up" (Muggerud) – 1:07
9. "Real Estate" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:45
10. "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:46
11. "Psycobetabuckdown" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:59
12. "Something for the Blunted" (Muggerud) – 1:15
13. "Latin Lingo" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:58
14. "The Funky Cypress Hill Shit" (Freese, Muggerud) – 4:01
15. "Tres Equis" (Muggerud, Reyes) – 1:54
16. "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

• "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler
• "Shotgun" by Junior Walker & the All Stars

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

1. ^ "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
2. ^ Coleman, Brian (2007). Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies. New York: Villard. ISBN 978-0812977752. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Huey, Steve. "Cypress Hill > Review" at Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Cypress Hill". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Cypress+Hill. Retrieved October 19, 2011. 
5. ^ ^{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. 
6. ^ 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. 
7. ^ "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. 
8. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Cypress Hill". Scaruffi.com. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/cypress.html. Retrieved October 19, 2011. 
9. ^ "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. 
10. ^ "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. 
11. ^ "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Spin Magazine: p. 148. September 1999 (1999-09). ISSN 0886-3032. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583316&desc=1. Retrieved October 19, 2011. 
12. ^ "90 Best Albums of the 1990s". Q (Bauer Media): p. 70. December 1999 (1999-12). 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)