Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
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| Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom | |||||
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| Studio album by Cypress Hill | |||||
| Released | October 31, 1995 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994-1995 | ||||
| Genre | Latin rap, Hardcore rap, Horrorcore, West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop | ||||
| Length | 55:54 | ||||
| Label | Ruffhouse Columbia Records |
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| Producer | DJ Muggs RZA |
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III: Temples of Boom is rap group Cypress Hill's third album released in 1995.
The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
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[edit] Album information
With this album the band turned towards a more tranquil, sedate, slower sound with beats. The dark mood of this album reflects the strife within the band during this era, when member Sen Dog temporarily left the band to pursue other projects.
Wu-Tang Clan members RZA and U-God both make appearances on "Killa Hill Niggas". Also notable was track "No Rest For The Wicked" which ignited the feud between Cypress Hill and rapper Ice Cube's band Westside Connection, who they claimed, stole material from the band.
On many shows of the "Temples Of Boom" tour, the group would take time in between songs to talk about this feud and get the crowd to yell obscenities about Ice-Cube. This track was answered by Ice-Cube's Westside Connection group's album, which featured track "King Of The Hill".
[edit] Reception
Professional reviews:
Rolling Stone (11/16/95, p.109) - 3.5 Stars - Good - "...half of III bumps with a new and improved Cypress Hill sound that marks producer Muggs' progress....For all the rude immediacy of its rhymes, III is an album of many musical hues...Cypress Hill still wield an intoxicating power that's all their own..."
Q magazine (1/96, p.124) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "The production is sophisticated, incorporating Indian sitar and sloping, almost psychedelic bass grooves to create a vaguely threatening ambient hardcore."
Melody Maker (10/28/95, p.39) - Bloody Essential - "...resonates with freakish cheese-wire paranoia....a gobsmacking paradox of expansive claustrophobia....The funk patters like an erratic heartbeat, the voices are stretched to bursting with menace and loathing and mockery..."
Rap Pages (1/96, p.32) - 7 (out of 10) - "B-Real spits out lyric after lyric lambasting critics, ex-homies and anyone else not down with his familia....Some of the record might sound familiar, but, hey, that's the Cypress sound."
NME (10/28/95, p.54) - 7 (out of 10) - "At its most powerful, tuneful, sarcastic and entertaining, it's sneering '90s hip-hop....In the weeks of the OJ fall-out and the Nation Of Islam Million Man March, Cypress Hill have made the album which reflects US and, therefore, global paranoia with spookily apt timing."
[edit] Track listing
- "Spark Another Owl" (Freese, Muggs) – 3:40
- "Throw Your Set in the Air" (Freese, Muggs) – 4:08
- "Stoned Raiders" (Freese, Muggs, Reyes) – 2:54
- "Illusions" (Freese, Muggs) – 4:29
- "Killa Hill Niggas" (featuring RZA & U-God) (Diggs, Freese, Reyes, Hawkins) – 4:03
- "Boom Biddy Bye Bye" (Freese, Muggs, Reyes) – 4:04
- "No Rest for the Wicked" (Freese, Muggs) – 5:01
- "Make a Move" (Freese, Muggs) – 4:34
- "Killafornia" (Freese, Muggs) – 2:56
- "Funk Freakers" (Freese, Muggs) – 3:16
- "Locotes" (Freese, Muggs, Reyes) – 3:39
- "Red Light Visions" (Freese, Muggs) – 1:46
- "Strictly Hip Hop" (Freese, Muggs) – 4:33
- "Let it Rain" (Freese, Muggs) – 3:45
- "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (Freese, Muggs) – 3:05
- "Smuggler's Blues" (Japanese Bonus Track) (Freese, Muggs) - 4:23
[edit] Disc 2
- "Buddha Mix" (Muggs) - 20:54
[edit] Personnel
- B-Real - Vocals
- Sen Dog - Vocals
- Shag - Backing vocalist
- Bobo - Conga
- Red Dog - Organ, Bass guitar
- DJ Muggs - Arranger, Producer, Mixing
- Jason Roberts - Engineer, Mixing
- RZA - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Guest vocals
- U-God - Guest vocals
- Ben Wallach - Assistant Engineer
- Lamont Hyde - Assistant Engineer
- Dante Ariola - Design
- Jamie Caliri - Cover Photo
- Codikow - Representation
- Ricky Harris - Interlude
- Manny Lecouna - Mastering
- Joe Nicolo - Mixing
- Ross Donaldson - Mixing
- Jay Papke - Design
- Ken Schles - Photography
- Chris McCann - Photography
- Happy Walters - Management
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | 3 |
| 1995 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 3 |
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