Elephants on Acid

Elephants on Acid
Studio album by
Publication (s)	28th September 2018
Label (s)	BMG Rights Management
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Alternative hip-hop , Latin hip-hop , psychedelic rap
Title (number)	21st
running time	51:49
production	DJ Muggs
chronology Rise Up (2010) Elephants on Acid -
Single releases 15th June 2017 Reefer Man 3rd August 2018 Band of Gypsies August 24, 2018 Muggs Is Dead September 14, 2018 Crazy 23rd September 2018 Locos

Elephants on Acid ( English for elephants on LSD ) is the ninth studio album by the US rap group Cypress Hill . It was released on September 28, 2018 and is the band's first release on the BMG Rights Management label and the first studio album since 2010.

production

Elephants on Acid , like most of the group's previous albums, was produced entirely by band member DJ Muggs .

Cover design

The album cover is in dark blue-green and gray tones and shows the Hindu god Ganesha , who owns an elephant's head and holds spears, a skull and other objects in his hands. At the top right there are the white writing Cypress Hill and Elephants on Acid .

Guest Posts

In addition to Cypress Hill, other artists are represented on eight songs on the album. The singer Brevi is involved in the songs Oh Na Na , Reefer Man , Crazy and Stairway to Heaven . The Egyptian musicians Sadat and Alaa Fifty can be heard on Band of Gypsies , while the rapper Sick Jacken has a guest appearance in Locos . In addition, the pieces Jesus Was a Stoner and Blood on My Hands Again are collaborations with the singer Gonjasufi .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Tusko (intro)		DJ Muggs	0:48
2	Band of Gypsies	Sadat and Alaa Fifty	DJ Muggs	3:49
3	Put Em in the Ground		DJ Muggs	2:21
4th	Satao (interval)		DJ Muggs	0:29
5	Jesus Was a Stoner	Gonjasufi	DJ Muggs	3:25
6th	Pass the knife		DJ Muggs	3:37
7th	LSD (interval)		DJ Muggs	0:37
8th	Oh well	Brevi	DJ Muggs	2:57
9	Holy Mountain (interval)		DJ Muggs	1:15
10	Locos	Sick jackets	DJ Muggs	3:18
11	Falling down		DJ Muggs	2:20
12	Elephant Acid (Interlude)		DJ Muggs	0:52
13	Insane first floor		DJ Muggs	1:23
14th	The 5th Angel (Instrumental)		DJ Muggs	2:01
15th	Warlord		DJ Muggs	3:17
16	Reefer Man	Brevi	DJ Muggs	3:22
17th	Thru the Rabbit Hole (Interlude)		DJ Muggs	1:54
18th	Crazy	Brevi	DJ Muggs	2:52
19th	Muggs Is Dead		DJ Muggs	2:11
20th	Blood on My Hands Again	Gonjasufi	DJ Muggs	3:20
21st	Stairway to Heaven	Brevi	DJ Muggs	5:41

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Elephants on Acid   DE 27 05.10.2018 (3 weeks)   AT 16 October 12, 2018 (3 weeks)   CH 9 07.10.2018 (5 weeks)   UK 64 10/11/2018 (1 week)   US 120 October 13, 2018 (1 week)

Elephants on Acid entered the German album charts at number 27 on October 5, 2018 and stayed in the top 100 for three weeks.

As the first single already in 2017, the song appeared Reefer Man as part of the soundtrack to the movie Grow House . Shortly before the album was released, the band of Gypsies , Muggs Is Dead , Crazy and Locos were released . All songs could not be placed in the charts.

reception

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	75%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Juice
allmusic

Elephants on Acid received mostly positive reviews from critics. The Metacritic site calculated an average of 75% from eleven reviews from English-language media.

From laut.de the album four out of a possible five points received. The reviewer Dominik Lippe thinks that "B-Real and Sen Dog still complement each other excellently vocally" and that DJ Muggs get "the most far-reaching development opportunities", which has a positive effect on the production. Cypress Hill would create "their own heaven on earth" with the album.

Vincent Lindig from Juice magazine rated Elephants on Acid three out of a possible six crowns. It seems “like a collection of sketches and skits that you could later condense into a crisp album.” The “versatility of DJ Muggs' productions and the routine delivery of the MCs are positively emphasized.” However, “the really catchy, melodic hooks were missing ", Whereby" less sound experiments "would have been desirable.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources (albums): DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Chart tracking Elephants on Acid on officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com (English)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: laut.de
6. ↑ ^{a b} Rating: juice.de
7. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com (English)