Cypress Hill IV

Cypress Hill IV
File:Cypress Hill IV.jpg Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released	October 6, 1998
Recorded	November 1997 - July 1998
Studio	Ameraycan Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	West Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Conscious hip hop, Psychedelic hip hop, Latin hip hop
Length	73:17
Label	Ruffhouse Records/Columbia Records
Producer	DJ Muggs

Cypress Hill IV is the fourth studio album by American Latin Hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on October 6, 1998 via Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. It is the follow up from their previous effort Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom in 1995. Recording sessions took place at Ameraycan Studios in North Hollywood, California through November 1997 to July 1998. Production was handled entirely by group member DJ Muggs. It features guest appearances by MC Eiht, Barron Ricks (of Call O' Da Wild) and Chace Infinite. The skeletons on the cover are posing as the three wise monkeys (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil).

The album peaked at #11 both on the Billboard 200 and on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States. Cypress Hill IV released the singles: "Dr. Greenthumb", "Tequila Sunrise" and "Audio X". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for over 500,000 units sold.

Track listing

1. "Looking Through the Eye of a Pig" - 4:06
2. "Checkmate" - 3:36
3. "From the Window of My Room" - 5:00
4. "Prelude to a Come Up" (feat. MC Eiht) - 3:24
5. "Riot Starter" - 4:17
6. "Audio X" (feat. Barron Ricks) - 3:19
7. "Steel Magnolia" (feat. Barron Ricks) - 3:30
8. "I Remember That Freak Bitch (From the Club) / Interlude Pt. II" - 5:22
9. "(Goin' All Out) Nothin' to Lose" - 3:53
10. "Tequila Sunrise" (feat. Barron Ricks) - 4:44
11. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" - 2:47
12. "Feature Presentation" (feat. Barron Ricks and Chace Infinite) - 3:45
13. "Dr. Greenthumb" - 4:24
14. "16 Men Till There's No Men Left" - 4:20
15. "High Times" - 4:13
16. "Clash of the Titans / Dust" - 4:45
17. "Lightning Strikes" - 5:54
18. "Case Closed" - 2:00

Samples

Looking Through a Eye of a Pig

• "The Rill Thing" by Little Richard
• "Pigs" by Cypress Hill

Checkmate

• "Crackdown" by The 25th of May
• "Squib Cakes" by Tower of Power

From the Window of My Room

• "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
• "Sparse Pedestrian Pass Bys With Walla and Footsteps..." by The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library

Prelude to a Come Up

• "Kismet" by Amon Duul II
• "Know Da Game" by Frankie Cutlass feat. Kool G Rap, M.O.P. and Mobb Deep
• "East West Coast Killas" by Dr. Dre feat. Group Therapy

Steel Magnolia

• "2:06:02" from Serpico
• "How I Could Just Kill a Man" by Cypress Hill

Tequila Sunrise

• "Very Busy Sidewalk" by The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library

Dead Men Tell No Tales

• "La Huella De Mi Amor" by Los Angeles Negros

Feature Presentation

• "New Direction" by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
• "The Mental Traveler" by David Axelrod
• "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and The Fantastic Five

Dr. Greenthumb

• "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett
• "Roller Coaster" by Henri Rene & His Orchestra

16 Men Till There's No Men Left

• "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
• "A Divine Image" by David Axelrod
• "Time" by Pink Floyd
• "Aftermath" by Quincy Jones

High Times

• "Winter Child" by Charles Kynard
• "Rammellzee and Shock Dell at the Ampitheatre" by Rammellzee and Shock Dell feat. Grand Mixer DST

Clash Titans / Dust

• "Is Anyone There" by Hookfoot

Lighting Strikes

• "Squib Cakes" by Tower of Power