Cypress Hill (album)

Cypress Hill
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released	August 13, 1991[1]
Recorded	1990–1991
Genre	Golden age 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)
Singles from Cypress Hill
"The Phuncky Feel One"/"How I Could Just Kill a Man" Released: July 11, 1991[2] "Hand on the Pump"/"Real Estate" Released: 1991 "Pigs" Released: 1991 "Latin Lingo" Released: 1992

Cypress Hill is the eponymous debut studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released on August 13, 1991. It was critically and commercially successful, becoming their second-most successful album with over 2 million copies sold and getting certified double Platinum by the RIAA.^[3] The album is broken down track-by-track by Cypress Hill in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A+[6]
Q	[7]
Robert Christgau	A−[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Rolling Stone Album Guide

Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."^[5]

In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.^[10] 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."^[9]

• Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".^[11]
• Ranked #57 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".^[12]
• Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s".^[13]

Track listing

• All tracks produced by DJ Muggs

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pigs"	2:51
2.	"How I Could Just Kill a Man"	4:16
3.	"Hand on the Pump"	4:03
4.	"Hole in the Head"	3:33
5.	"Ultraviolet Dreams"	0:41
6.	"Light Another"	3:17
7.	"The Phuncky Feel One"	3:28
8.	"Break It Up"	1:07
9.	"Real Estate"	3:45
10.	"Stoned Is the Way of the Walk"	2:46
11.	"Psycobetabuckdown"	2:59
12.	"Something for the Blunted"	1:15
13.	"Latin Lingo"	3:58
14.	"The Funky Cypress Hill Shit"	4:01
15.	"Tres Equis"	1:54
16.	"Born to Get Busy"	3:00

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

• "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
• "Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom
• "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix
• "Reading the Comics" by Fiorello La Guardia
• "Come on In" by The Music Machine

Hand on the Pump

• "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler
• "Cold Feet" by Albert King
• "He Ain't Give You None" by Freddie Scott
• "In the Middle" by James Brown
• "Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament
• "Shotgun" by Jr. 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

• "The Breakdown (Live)" and "The Breakdown (Part II)" by Rufus Thomas
• "La Di Da La Di Day" and "More Peas" by The J.B.'s
• "Introduction to Star Time!", "Make It Good to Yourself" and "Blues and Pants" by James Brown
• "Look-Ka Py Py" by The Meters
• "You Can Change My Life for Me" by White Heat
• "Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers
• "Life Is What You Make It" by Kool & the Gang
• "I Can't Turn You Loose" by Bar-Kays
• "Feel It (The Mexican)" by Funky 4 + 1

Break It Up

• "Military Cut - Scratch Mix" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
• "Compared to What" by Les McCann & Eddie Harris

Real Estate

• "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon & the Belairs
• "Humpin'" and "Copy Cat" by Bar-Kays
• "The Fuz and Da Boog" by Fuzzy Haskins
• "Underdog" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Cramp Your Style" by All the People

Stoned Is the Way of the Walk

• "Easter Parade" by Ingrid
• "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Bill Cosby
• "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green

Psycobetabuckdown

• "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
• "Foxy Lady" by Willie Hutch

Something for the Blunted

• "Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Smokin' Cheeba-Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band

Latin Lingo

• "Mongoose" by Elephant's Memory
• "A Gritty Nitty" by The Pazant Bros. & the Beaufort Express

The Funky Cypress Hill Shit

• "The New Dance Craze" by Five Stairsteps
• "Hector" by The Village Callers
• "Wah Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited
• "Richard Pryor Dialogue" by Richard Pryor
• "Hobo" by Malcolm McLaren
• "Rock the House" by The B-Boys
• "Copy Cat" and "Humpin'" by Bar-Kays
• "Fencewalk" by Mandrill
• "You Are My Sunshine" by Aretha Franklin

Tres Equis

• "Sophisticated Funk" by John Roberts

Born to Get Busy

• "Dr. Feelgood" by Aretha Franklin
• "Boot-Leg" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• "History of Marijuana" by Jack S. Margolis

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 of the Walk (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
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
• Photography - Mike Miller

References

1. Steve Huey. "Cypress Hill". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
2. "Phuncky Feel One [Vinyl Single] - Cypress Hill". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
3. "American album certifications – Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
4. Coleman, Brian (2007). Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies. New York: Villard. ISBN 978-0-8129-7775-2.
5. Huey, Steve. "Cypress Hill > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
6. Bernard, James (October 4, 1991). "Cypress Hill (1991): Cypress Hill". Entertainment Weekly. Time (#86). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
7. "Cypress Hill". Q. Bauer Media. May 1997. p. 137. ISSN 0955-4955. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
8. Christgau, Robert. "Cypress Hill". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
9. 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.
10. "100 Best Rap Albums". The Source. New York (#100). January, 1998. ISSN 1063-2085. Retrieved November 10, 2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)
11. "Essential Recordings of the 90's". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. May 13, 1999. p. 72. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
12. "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s". Spin Magazine. September 1999. p. 148. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
13. "90 Best Albums of the 1990s". Q. Bauer Media. December 1999. p. 70. ISSN 0955-4955. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

External links

• Cypress Hill at Discogs (list of releases)