Greatest hits from the bong

Greatest hits from the bong
Compilation album of
Publication (s)	December 13, 2005
admission	1989-2005
Label (s)	Columbia Records , Sony BMG
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	12/15
running time	48:20 / 63:57
production	DJ Muggs The alchemist DJ Khalil T-Ray Kazzanova Fredwreck
chronology Till Death Do Us Part (2004) Greatest hits from the bong Rise Up (2010)

Greatest Hits from the Bong ( English for the greatest hits from the bong ) is a best-of album by the US rap group Cypress Hill . It was released on December 13, 2005 on the Columbia Records and Sony BMG labels .

content

The best-of compilation mainly contains singles from the first seven studio albums by Cypress Hill. The debut album Cypress Hill has the largest share with three songs. There is also a remix for Latin Thugs and the two new tracks The Only Way and Ez Come Ez Go on Greatest Hits from the Bong. In Europe, the album was released with three additional bonus songs.

production

The majority of the songs selected for the best of were produced by the group's own producer DJ Muggs . Only five of the 15 beats were contributed by other producers. These are The Alchemist , DJ Khalil , T-Ray, Kazzanova and "Fredwreck" Nassar.

Cover design

The cover of the album reads Cypress Hill in the middle , with a little smaller Greatest Hits from the Bong underneath . The background is dark, with isolated skulls in a yellowish hue.

Guest Posts

In addition to Cypress Hill, other artists are represented on three songs on the album. The rapper Tego Calderón can be heard on the track Latin Thugs and the associated reggaeton mix, while Barron Ricks has a guest appearance on the bonus song Tequila Sunrise .

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	album
1	How I Could Just Kill a Man		DJ Muggs	4:08	Cypress Hill
2	Hand on the pump		DJ Muggs	4:02	Cypress Hill
3	Latin Lingo		DJ Muggs	4:00	Cypress Hill
4th	Insane in the brain		DJ Muggs	3:27	Black Sunday
5	I ain't goin 'out like that		T-Ray	4:25	Black Sunday
6th	Throw your set in the air		DJ Muggs	4:06	III: Temples of Boom
7th	Dr. Greenthumb		DJ Muggs	4:25	IV
8th	(Rock) superstar		DJ Muggs	4:36	Skull and Bones
9	Latin thugs	Tego Calderón	The alchemist	3:47	Till Death Do Us Part
10	The only way		DJ Khalil	3:42
11	Ez Come Ez Go		Fredwreck and Cypress Hill	4:05
12	Latin Thugs (Reggaeton Mix)	Tego Calderón	DJ Kazzanova	3:37
13	Tequila Sunrise (bonus track in Europe)	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	4:42	IV
14th	Can't Get the Best of Me (bonus track in Europe)		DJ Muggs	4:14	Skull and Bones
15th	Lowrider (bonus track in Europe)		DJ Muggs	6:41	Stoned Raiders

Chart successes

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Greatest hits from the bong   AT 40 02/03/2006 (4 weeks)   CH 61 02/05/2006 (3 weeks)

The album reached the charts in Austria and Switzerland, where it was 40 and 61 respectively. In contrast, it missed entry into the German Top 100.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
cdstarts.de
allmusic
RapReviews

The album received 7.5 out of a possible ten points from cdstarts.de . The reviewer Tanja Kraus writes that “most of the songs in this collection” could “score audibly”, with the spoken chant “being superbly combined with the unusual beats.” The two new songs were also rated positively.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources (singles): DE ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Rating: cdstarts.de
4. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
5. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com