IV (Cypress Hill album)

IV
Studio album by
Publication (s)	October 6, 1998
admission	1997-1998
Label (s)	Ruffhouse, Columbia Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative hip-hop , Latin hip-hop , west coast hip-hop
Title (number)	18/19
running time	73:26 / 77:33
production	DJ Muggs
chronology III: Temples of Boom (1995) IV Skull & Bones (2000)
Single releases 1998 Dr. Greenthumb 1998 tequila Sunrise

IV is the fourth studio album by the US hip-hop group Cypress Hill . It was released on October 6, 1998 on the labels Ruffhouse and Columbia Records and was awarded gold in the USA for over 500,000 copies sold .

Cover design

The album cover is kept in a dark green tone. It shows three standing skeletons, the left one covers its eyes with its hands, the middle one hits the side of the head or over the ears and the right one covers its mouth with its hands. The writing Cypress Hill IV is at the top of the picture.

Guest Posts

Six or seven tracks on the album contain guest appearances by other artists. MC Eiht raps a verse on Prelude to a Come Up . The rapper Barron Ricks of the group Call O 'Da Wild is represented on six songs ( Audio X , Steel Magnolia , I Remember That Freak Bitch (From the Club) , Tequila Sunrise , Rags to Riches , Feature Presentation ). In the latter, the rapper Chace Infinite also appears.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	Looking Through the Eye of a Pig		DJ Muggs	4:06
2	Checkmate		DJ Muggs	3:36
3	From the Window of My Room		DJ Muggs	5:00
4th	Prelude to a Come Up	MC Eh	DJ Muggs	3:25
5	Riot starter		DJ Muggs	4:17
6th	Audio X	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	3:19
7th	Steel Magnolia	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	3:31
8th	I Remember That Freak Bitch (From the Club) / Interlude Part 2	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	5:22
9	(Goin 'All Out) Nothin' to Lose		DJ Muggs	3:54
10	tequila Sunrise	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	4:44
11	Dead Men Tell No Tales		DJ Muggs	2:48
12	Feature Presentation '	Barron Ricks and Chace Infinite	DJ Muggs	3:45
13	Dr. Greenthumb		DJ Muggs	4:25
14th	16 Men Till There's No Men Left		DJ Muggs	4:20
15th	High times		DJ Muggs	4:13
16	Clash of the Titans / Dust		DJ Muggs	4:46
17th	Lightning strikes		DJ Muggs	5:54
18th	Case closed		DJ Muggs	2:01
19th	Rags to Riches (Special Edition Bonus Track)	Barron Ricks	DJ Muggs	4:07

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

IV   DE 17th October 19, 1998 (25 weeks)   AT 21st 10/25/1998 (18 weeks)   CH 14th 10/18/1998 (7 weeks)   UK 25th 10/17/1998 (4 weeks)   US 11 October 24, 1998 (16 weeks)

Singles

Dr. Greenthumb   DE 47 02/01/1999 (9 weeks)   UK 34 04/10/1999 (2 weeks)   US 70 09/19/1998 (11 weeks) tequila Sunrise   CH 48 10/11/1998 (1 week)   UK 23 10/10/1998 (2 weeks)

The album entered the German charts at position 17 in the 43rd week of 1998. In the following weeks it took the 20th place; 25 and 20. In total, IV stayed in the top 100 for 25 weeks. In the US, the album debuted at number 11 and left the charts after 16 weeks.

As singles, Dr. Greenthumb and Tequila Sunrise released.

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
allmusic
RapReviews

From laut.de the album four out of a possible five points received. The reviewer Alexander Cordas thinks that IV is better than its predecessor and would "boom loosely and flaky out of the speakers." In terms of sound, Cypress Hill is "thanks to the dexterity of DJ Muggs at the top of the hip-hop league." dark sounds, distorted guitars and a rap style that comes along in staccato like a machine gun. "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Search result Gold and Platinum Awards from Cypress Hill. RIAA
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Chart sources (singles): DE AT CH UK US
4. ↑ ^{a b} Rating laut.de
5. ↑ Review allmusic.com
6. ↑ Review RapReviews.com