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 enlarge | Artist: Cypress Hill
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 17759
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 53931
UPC: 074645393124
EAN: 0074645393124
ASIN: B00000295Y
Release Date: July 20, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 CYPRESS HILL ARE BOMB ASS LOCC'S November 7, 2005
hockeyplaya187 (Compton, CA)
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
CYPRESS HILL ARE BOMB ASS LOCC'S CA THEY ARE 1 STONER ASS GROUP. MY FAV. PERSON IN THERE GROUP IS DJ MUG HE IS KICK ASS MAN. THIS CD HAS SOME TITE ASS BEATS MAN U GOT TO GET THIS CD SO U CAN JAM ALL DAY TO. CYPRESS HILL ARE JUST SOME STONER LOCC'S FORM CALIFORNIA WHERE I AM FROM CEPT. I AM FROM COMPTON WHERE EAZY-E IS FROM THE TRUE LOCC I AM A BIG FAN OF CYPRESS HILL THEY ARE DA BOMB MAN.
HOLLAR FOR CYPRESS HILL
mota rica! August 10, 2000
avdr (san diego, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
black sunday has to be one of the best albums ever.these guys have been in the hip hop scene since 91,no wonder their stil around today.its not your average rap group because dj muggs drops some smokey beats.if your gonna sample from other artists,do it like dj muggs,his hits from the bong has the beat from dusty springfield's "son of a preacher man" its classic.i remember listening to this album everyday,you know back in the day when rap was still donr for the love of it.anyways,this is cypress hill's best album.get it!
 A decent sophomore effort (3.5 Stars) May 3, 2005
Darius F (Toronto, ON Canada)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of those reviews where I think, "Am I listening to the same album as everyone else?" Even 4 stars is a bit too generous. Don't get me wrong, Black Sunday can be a blast to listen to, but it has many flaws that make it far inferior to their classic self-titled debut.
B-Real's high-pitched whine sounded fresh on their debut and it still has certain uniqueness on Black Sunday. However, lyrically he shows no growth at all. B-Real often strays back to the same subjects of weed and guns, and the lyrics aren't as clever as they were on the debut.
Sen-Dog, on the other hand, isn't much of a rapper; he's more of a Latin version of Flava Flav. He kicks a few verses here and there, providing a ying to B-Real's yang in terms of voices and vocal dimension, but his main purpose seems to end up being to repeat what B-Real says in each hook in formulaic fashion.
The best part about Black Sunday is most definitely the beats. DJ Muggs provides a great backdrop to B-Real's paranoid rhymes with horns, sirens and haunting basslines everywhere. The beats never get redundant, and it's hard to imagine Black Sunday sounding any different. Samples are used kind of sparingly compared to other rap from '93, but songs like "Hits From The Bong" contain some extremely clever dug-up samples, as opposed to easily-recognizable ones.
The last real beefs I have with Black Sunday is that the two interludes in the middle of the album completely destroy what would otherwise be impeccable song pacing. Also, the album seems a bit rushed, like something's missing; perhaps a result of the formulaic hooks - I can't quite put my finger on it.
Other than the flaws (most of them minor), Black Sunday is a blast to listen to. The songs range from classic (Insane In The Brain, Hits From The Bong, Cock The Hammer) to lukewarm (A To The K). Fans of the Hill should have this in their collection. New fans should cop the classic self-titled debut instead, no matter how tempted they are to buy this one because of Insane In The Brain.
Best moments: Hits From The Bong (personal favourite), Insane In The Brain, Cock The Hammer, Lil' Putos, I Ain't Goin' Out Like That.
Cazy Insane, Got No Brain! November 7, 2005
Loco-E (Watts, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Now this is a classic done by B-Real, Sen Dawg & DJ Muggs! Growing up in South Gate, CA just east of Watts, CA and north of Lynwood, CA, Cypress Hill were the 1st Latino Gangsta Rap group to hit national sucess with their 1st album reaching out to the Afro-Hispanic crouds mostly, then in 1993 Cypress Hill dropped Black Sunday with the Stoner Hit "Insane In The Brain" which Cypress Hill's newer crouds were White-Suburbanites & fans of Alternative Rock music.
I don't care who you are, this is still Cypress Hill's best Album from 1-14, Man!
Rap in its prime March 27, 2006
Mino (New York ,NY USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although Cypress Hill is as laid back as they portray themselves to be, they can very much bring color, ingenuity and astonishing lyrics. From tracks like 'I Want to Get High' to 'Insane in the Membrane', this is one of the best rap albums in the past two decades.
This team of three originated from latin poetry in the mid-80s to a hardcore rap format. Influenced by the likes of Wu Tang and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill have managed to make many hits, and along the line influence Naughty By Nature, Redman and Dialated People. This album is exceptional in the sense that the lyrics are humorous, factual, powerful and poetic.
This group is legendary for their constant refrence to weed; a source that potentially helped them become one of the most popular artists in rap. This is a five-star album - enjoyable and a timeless classic.
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