Cypress Hill (album)

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Cypress Hill
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released	August 13, 1991
Recorded	1989-1991
Genre	Latin rap/Gangsta rap
Length	46:54
Label	Ruffhouse/Columbia Records
Producer(s)	DJ Muggs
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone October 3, 1991 Q May 1997 p. 137
Cypress Hill chronology
	Cypress Hill (1991)	Black Sunday (1993)

Cypress Hill is the debut album from the rap group of the same name, released in August of 1991. It was both critically and commercially hailed eventually allowing it to be certified double Platinum by the RIAA. It was known for its funk/rock-sampled beats as well as gangsta rap and Marijuana advocation lyrics. Steve Huey of All Music Guide calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop." [1] Rolling Stone calls it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages." [2] In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Partial list of samples 3 Album singles 4 Album Chart Positions 5 Singles Chart Positions 6 Personnel

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pigs" (Freeze, Muggerud) – 2:51
2. "How I Could Just Kill A Man" (Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes) – 4:08
3. "Hand On The Pump" (Bouldin, Freeze, Muggerud) – 4:03
4. "Hole In The Head" (Freeze, Muggerud) – 3:33
5. "Ultraviolet Dreams" (Muggerud) – :41
6. "Light Another" (Freeze, Muggerud) – 3:17
7. "The Phuncky Feel One" (Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:28
8. "Break It Up" (Muggerud) – 1:07
9. "Real Estate" (Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:45
10. "Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk" (Freeze, Muggerud) – 2:46
11. "Psycobetabuckdown" (Freeze, 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" (Freeze, Muggerud) – 4:01
15. "Tres Equis" (Muggerud, Reyes) – 1:54
16. "Born To Get Busy" (Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:00

[edit] 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 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

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
• "Johnny Ryall" by the Beastie Boys

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

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

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

Tres Equis

• "Sophisticated Funk" by John Roberts

Born to Get Busy

• "Bootleg" by Booker T. & the MG's

[edit] Album singles

Single cover	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", "Hand On The Glock"

[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Heatseekers
1992	Cypress Hill	#31	#4	#5

[edit] 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	-

[edit] 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