Los grandes éxitos en español

Infobox Album |
Name = Los Grandes Éxitos en Español
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Cypress Hill


Released = October 19, 1999
Genre = Latin hip hop, West Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop
Label = Ruffhouse
Columbia Records
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xe5j8qb9btm4 link] |
Last album = "IV"
(1998)
This album = "Los grandes éxitos en español"
(1999)
Next album = "Skull & Bones"
(2000)

Los Grandes Éxitos en Español ("The Greatest Hits in Spanish") is the title of a 1999 release by Cypress Hill.

It was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Album information

With exception of the last track, which was previously unreleased, with "Latin Lingo," and "Tres Equis" which appeared on their first album, it features old songs with new, Spanish lyrics.

The Instrumental of the song 'Siempre Peligroso', would later be re-used in 'We Live This Shit', on "Skull & Bones".

Reception

"Professional reviews":

Spin (1/00, p.127) - 8 out of 10 - "...recutting some of their best tracks in a nimble, L.A.-spawned 'espanol' that never sounds literal or clumsy..."

"Q" magazine (8/00, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Weird that not getting a single word makes them seem somehow more likeable."

Alternative Press (1/00, p.79) - 4 out of 5 - "...new takes on old favorites...put this album 'pista y hombros' above your everyday best-of comp."

CMJ (12/27/99, p.26) - "Hip-hop's stoned raiders reinterpret their most well known anthems in their native tongue on this exceptional Spanish-language greatest hits package....interesting new spins on old classics, while later cuts...benefit greatly from the creative switch..."

Vibe (2/00, p.167) - "...they satisfy the hunger [for a full-length album 'en espanol'] like a plateful of 'carne asada'.... [It] not only breaks the language barriers but also further validates Cypress Hill's importance as a hip hop entity..."

NME (5/27/00, p.40) - 6 out of 10 - "It's as good as its many words....enough to send you loco en el coco."

Track listing

#"Yo Quiero Fumar (I Want to Get High)"
#"Loco en el Coco (Insane in the Brain)"
#"No Entiendes la Onda (How I Could Just Kill a Man)"
#"Dr. Dedoverde (Dr. Greenthumb)"
#"Latin Lingo" with Dj Bubie
#"Puercos (Pigs)"
#"Marijuano Locos (Stoned Raiders)"
#"Tú No Ajaunta (Checkmate)"
#"Ilusiones (Illusions)"
#"Muévete (Make a Move)"
#"No Pierdo Nada (Nothin' to Lose)"
#"Tequila (Tequila Sunrise)"
#"Tres Equis"
#"Siempre Peligroso" (featuring Fermin IV of Control Machete)

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)