Cypress Hill (album)
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August 13, 1991 |
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1989-1991 |
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Label (s) | Ruffhouse, Columbia Records | ||||||
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16 |
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46:54 |
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Cypress Hill ( English for cypress hill ) is the self-titled debut album by the US rap group Cypress Hill . It was released on August 13, 1991 via the Ruffhouse and Columbia Records labels , and went double-platinum in the US for more than two million units sold .
Cover design
The album cover is split in half. On the left is the Cypress Hill logo in red. It consists of a skull with a cannabis leaf on its head and a spear running straight through its nose. Above and below the skull are the words Cypress and Hill . Another spear runs vertically through the logo. On the right you can see a black and white photo of the band members standing between the garbage and burning bins.
Track list
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1 | Pigs | DJ Muggs | 2:51 |
2 | How I Could Just Kill a Man | DJ Muggs | 4:09 |
3 | Hand on the pump | DJ Muggs | 4:04 |
4th | Hole in the head | DJ Muggs | 3:33 |
5 | Ultraviolet Dreams (Skit) | DJ Muggs | 0:42 |
6th | Light Another | DJ Muggs | 3:17 |
7th | The Phuncky Feel One | DJ Muggs | 3:29 |
8th | Break It Up (Skit) | DJ Muggs | 1:07 |
9 | Real estate | DJ Muggs | 3:45 |
10 | Stoned is the way of the walk | DJ Muggs | 2:46 |
11 | Psycobetabuckdown | DJ Muggs | 2:59 |
12 | Something for the Blunted (Skit) | DJ Muggs | 1:15 |
13 | Latin Lingo | DJ Muggs | 3:59 |
14th | The Funky Cypress Hill Shit | DJ Muggs | 4:02 |
15th | Tres Equis | DJ Muggs | 1:55 |
16 | Born to get busy | DJ Muggs | 3:01 |
Chart successes and singles
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In the US, the album rose to number 31 and was able to stay in the charts for a total of 89 weeks. Cypress Hill did not reach the German charts .
The Phunky Feel One / How I Could Just Kill a Man , Latin Lingo and Hand on the Pump were released as singles, none of which could be placed in the German Top 100.
Individual evidence
- ^ RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Cypress Hill
- ↑ album cover
- ↑ Kevin Powell: Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill. In: Music Reviews. Rolling Stone , October 3, 1991, archived from the original on September 23, 2009 ; accessed on July 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ US Charts: Cypress Hill Albums