| Cypress Hill | |
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 Studio album by Cypress Hill | |
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Released |
August 13, 1991 |
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Recorded |
August 1990 - May 1991 |
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Studio |
Image Recording Studios |
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Genre |
West Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Latin hip hop, Golden age hip hop |
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Length |
46:54 |
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Label |
Ruffhouse Records / Columbia / SME |
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Producer |
DJ Muggs, Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo (exec.), Chris Schwatz (exec.) |
| Cypress Hill chronology | |
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Next |
Black Sunday (1993) |
Cypress Hill is the self-titled debut studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released in August 13, 1991 on Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album were held at Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles from August 1990 to May 1991. The majority of the production was handled by DJ Muggs.
The album peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200, #4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #5 on the Top Heatseekers chart in the United States. Cypress Hill released the singles: "How I Could Just Kill a Man", "Latin Lingo", "Hand on the Pump", "The Phuncky Feel One", "Real Estate" and "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk". The album was critically and commercially successful proving to be a major success for the group. The album was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for over 2 million units sold in the U.S.. In 1998, it was selected by The Source magazine as one of the 100 Best Albums.
Track listing[]
All songs performed by Cypress Hill. All songs produced by DJ Muggs.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pigs" | Freeze, Muggerud | 2:51 |
| 2. | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" | Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Hand on the Pump" | Bouldin, Freeze, Muggerud | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Hole in the Head" | Freeze, Muggerud | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Ultraviolet Dreams" | Muggerud | 0:42 |
| 6. | "Light Another" | Freeze, Muggerud | 3:17 |
| 7. | "The Phuncky Feel One" | Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes | 3:29 |
| 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" | Freeze, Muggerud, Reyes | 3:59 |
| 14. | "The Funky Cypress Hill Shit" | Freeze, Muggerud | 4:02 |
| 15. | "Tres Equis" | Muggerud, Reyes | 1:55 |
| 16. | "Born to Get Busy" | Muggerud, Reyes | 3:01 |
Samples[]
Pigs
- "Ali Funky Thing" by Chuck Cornish
How I Could Just Kill a Man
- "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
- "Tramp" by Lowell Fusion
- "Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix
- "Come On In" by The Music Machine
Hand On the Pump
- "Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler
- "Shotgun" by Jr. Walker & the All Stars
- "Cold Feet" by Albert King
- "In the Middle" by James Brown
- "He Ain't Give You None" by Freddie Scott
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
- "Look-Ka Py Py" by The Meters
- "More Peas" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
- "La Di Da La Di Day" by The J.B.'s
- "Life Is What You Make It" by Kool & the Gang
Break It Up
- "Compared to What" by Les McCann and Eddie Harris
- "Military Cut - Scratch Mix" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and Kevie Kev Rockwell
Real Estate
- "The Fuz and Da Boog" by Fuzzy Haskins
- "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon & the Belairs
- "Humpin'" by Bar-Kays
- "Cramp Your Style" by All the People feat. Robert Moore
- "Underdog" by Sly & the Family Stone
- "Copy Cat" by Bar-Kays
Stoned Is the Way of the Walk
- "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Bill Cosby
- "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green
Psycobetabuckdown
- "Foxy Lady" by Willie Hutch
- "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
Something for the Blunted
- "Love Potion-Cheeba-Cheeba" by Mighty Tom Cats
- "Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield
- "Saturday Night" by Schoolly D
- "Busy Bee at the Ampitheatre" by Busy Bee
Latin Lingo
- "Mongoose" by Elephant's Memory
- "A Gritty Nitty" by The Pazant Brothers and The Beaufort Express
The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
- "Wah Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited
- "Fencewalk" by Mandrill
- "Hector" by The Village Callers
- "You Are My Sunshine" by Aretha Franklin
Tres Equis
- "Sophisticated Funk" by John Roberts
Born to Get Busy
- "Boot-Leg" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
- "Dr. Feelgood" by Aretha Franklin
- "History of Marijuana" by Jack Margolis