Cypress Hill (album)

Cypress Hill
Studio album by
Publication (s)	August 13, 1991
admission	1989-1991
Label (s)	Ruffhouse, Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative hip-hop , Latin hip-hop , west coast hip-hop
Title (number)	16
running time	46:54
production	DJ Muggs
chronology - Cypress Hill Black Sunday (1993)
Single releases July 11, 1991 The Phuncky Feel One / How I Could Just Kill a Man 1991 Hand on the pump 1992 Latin Lingo

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

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic

#	title	producer	length
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

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Cypress Hill   UK 81 05/14/1994 (2 weeks)   US 31 01/04/1992 (89 weeks)

Singles

The Phunky Feel One / How I Could Just Kill a Man   US 77 02/15/1992 (8 weeks)

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

1. ^ RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Cypress Hill
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ 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 . 
4. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ US Charts: Cypress Hill Albums