Black Sunday

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If Cypress Hill’s debut had alerted hip-hop to a potent and funky new force, Black Sunday dragged everybody else into the smoke. The group felt Chubb had ridiculed their style on his song “Yabadabadoo” from his 1992 album I Gotta Get Mine Yo. Reuniting with their AWOL producer DJ Muggs, they delivered their best record since 1995’s Temples Of Boom. With giant clouds of legalised weed fumes billowing in their sails, Cypress Hill were in imperious form on their ninth album.

Lees ons privacybeleid en cookiebeleid voor meer informatie over hoe we je persoonlijke gegevens gebruiken. Everybody knows and loves (Rock) Superstar, but thanks in part to contributions from guitarist Dino Cazares and bassist Christian Olde Wolbes (both then members of Fear Factory), songs like Valley Of Chrome and Can’t Get The Best Of Me were equally great and startlingly heavy. Recorded at 38 Fresh and Image Recording, Hollywood, CA, USA, Soundtrack, Baby Monster, Green Street and Chung King Studios, New York City, USA, and Studio 4 Recording, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Retrospectively, STEREOGUMraved, “ The Cypress Hill of Black Sunday were better than anyone else, possibly in rap history, at the straight-up rapped hook, the phrases repeated at just the right cadence and tenor to get them stuck permanently in your brain. Comfortably half the length of most of the Hill’s albums, their tenth is laudably lean and mean at 32 minutes, and there is not a scrap of filler to be found. Best known for certified bangers like (Rock) Superstar and Insane In The Brain, Cypress Hill have long been recognised as the hip-hop act most likely to appeal to rock and metal fans.

Cypress Hill was the first latino group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums and one of the first rap groups to gain a following with fans of hard rock and metal.

Eschewing the esoteric madness of Elephants On Acid in favour of dark, hard and inventive underground hip-hop, Back In Black was produced by red-hot studio guru Black Milk, and his beats come close to equalling the best of Muggs’ efforts over the years. I never wanted to do what other hip-hop acts were doing, but also [his bandmate] Sen Dog and myself have sisters and we wouldn’t want them to be talked to that way. You were one of the hip-hop acts that crossed the divide and attracted fans who were into other genres.

This comprehensive collection not only boasts the original Black Sunday in its entirety, but it also features five bonus tracks, including two brand new remixes. Some will, understandably, miss the mystical signature of Muggs (fear not: there’s more Muggs music in the pipeline) but it remains thrilling to hear B-Real and Sen Dog passing the lyrical baton in any musical context. Track 11 contains elements from "Get Out Of My Life" (Toussaint) published by Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. Tres Equis was a true story about a girl Sen Dog used to date and I Remember That Freak Bitch was also based on some real shit, but other than that it wasn’t our messaging.Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! After a surprising, six-year wait, Cypress Hill’s eighth album continued the genre-hopping approach of Till Death Do Us Part, but with much more red-eyed pizzazz.

So if you walked up to somebody and said, ‘I’m crazy insane, got no brain,’ you’d better be ready to prove that shit. From noirish, jazzy cuts like Illusions, Let It Rain and the genuinely menacing Boom Biddy Bye Bye, to rugged anthems like Throw Your Set In The Air and Strictly Hip Hop, Cypress Hill’s lyrical and musical world was reaching its peak potency. Notable for collaborations with Tom Morello, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian, Rise Up is easily the most rock-friendly album in the Hill’s catalogue. Track 10 contains elements from "Son Of A Preacher Man" (Hurley/Wilkins) published by Tree Music (BMI), performed by Dusty Springfield courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.Bolstered by the bonus material and the legendary 14-track rollercoaster, the 30 Th Anniversary Edition invites complete immersion in the inimitable sonic framework of the LP and the culture of Black Sunday. Track 14 contains elements from "Money In The Pocket" (Zawinul) published by Zawinul Music (BMI), performed by Joe Zawinul courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. Als u niet wilt dat wij en onze partners cookies en persoonsgegevens voor deze aanvullende doeleinden gebruiken, klik dan op ' Alles weigeren'. As seminal creators of the west coast/ 90s hip-hop sound, how have you viewed genres that have mutated from it, such as British grime?