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Wasn't sure how to rate this one Catchy beats, enjoyable for the most part - but incredibly repetitive I recognised a lot of the music/samples and I actually really enjoyed the spanish rap parts So I guess overall good? 4 ⭐️
Liked this one, these songs are some that I like to listen as well
This is one of those albums I listened to when I was waaaaay to young to be listening to such a thing :) I discovered both Metallica and Cypress at the same time, but only Metallica stuck. Anyways I'm surprised the author picked this album instead of Black Sunday, I doubt both are in, but I also like this one.
Classic stoner hip hop with really well done beats, samples, and vocal performances. I've always really liked their sound as it's so approachable and fun and the quality rarely dips. It's cool and silly and really carves out an interesting little niche for itself inside of hip hop. In my opinion they have that kind of universal enjoy-ability, kind of like Snoop, where you would be hard pressed to find fans of the genre who dislike them as a group. If this album is on this list then "Black Sunday" has to be as well. I'm rating this one a 4, as it's like a 3.8 for me and enough to round up. I wouldn't feel right giving it a 3.
This is kinda like the most east coast sounding west coast hip hop album. Liked it very much, but maybe not as good as some others like the Wu Tang album, Doggystyle, Chronic and so on. Low 4
#429. I mean, this one's a classic and it's fairly easy to see why. You'd have to really dislike the genre in general to not enjoy yourself here. 4/5: banger
Who knew I liked gangsta rap? Not me. DJ Muggs stellar production and B Real's distinct sound won me over.
Really enjoyed it at the beginning, trailed a bit but it was solid enough for a 4 for me
i wonder if they know insane in the brain
ACAB
good beats, good bars, good vibes
Cypress Hill step out of the reefer fog and lace the joint with their blazing debut album, a potent and powerful enough strain that can elicit several more hits out the bong in order to understand its effect. The Chronic before The Chronic, this doobie is some good shit. Go light another while this plays. Favorites: Pigs, How I Could Just Kill a Man, Hand on the Pump, Hole in the Head, Light Another, The Phuncky Feel One, Real Estate, Stoned is the Way of the Walk, Latin Lingo, Born to Get Busy.
4.0
Not bad, some nice funky and jazzy beats. Some really interesting tracks with experimental, raw sounding and feels very early 90s sound which it is.
爽 soul 爽
Nope.
Really good.
Pretty fun old school hip hop
7/10…Hip Hop, recht kreativ und abwechslungsreich
Made for a great driving album. Classic hip hop, though I wish the beats were a little more varied.
If you like “Insane in the Brain,” you’ll love this. Fun, but with a dark undercurrent.
Funky and very good West coast hip-hop, a quality debut album by Cypress Hill. I enjoyed it quite a lot!
Surprised by how much I liked it. Mostly remembered them as like a 2 hit wonder, but this whole album went hard.
Banging
wau massiivinen nostalgia videopelistä mahtava theft auto san andreas! mutta arvatkaas mitä herrasväki... ei pahemmin vaikuta aivotoimintaan! ei se ole muuta kuin musiikkia... tarvi riehumaan rupemaan koska poikamiehenä tuli kuunneltua... psyko alffa disko beetta... varokaa polleja ...... pollat vittu pistää bileet nurin... koppalakit voi syödä mun pölyä!!! ei koskaan saa kiinni kytät... hei, hei kaikille sinivuokoille viesti: haistakaa kukkanen!! jou jou party people!! skoudet on matkalla tänne nyt livohkaan kaikki!!! HANAA VITTU KOUKUT ON KOHTA IHAN KIINNI.......... polleeee polleeee menkää kartanolle......... latin lingo
Great rap album! Cypress Hill is one of the classics of the early 90s! I grew up listening to How I Could Just Killed Man, as it was played on GTA SA radio stations hahaha so yes, this is all very familiar to me. I'll leave 4 stars.
Groovy
Fun album
ACAB: The Album! We now know where Danny Brown got his flow, and with how catchy this album is, we don’t blame him
https://voca.ro/1h8V5kSlH8Wm
Bangin
Super fun and creative album. A relic from an era of rap that was the wild west when the genre was innovating at warp speed.
Finalmente um disco de hip hop envolvente de ponta a ponta. A latinidade garantiu mais melodia além das batidas.
It's a classic for a reason
Great beats, lyrically pretty interesting, no idea that RATM song was a cover from this album, overall really enjoyed
A lot of fun. I loved how adventurous they were with the sampling.
Really liked it. First time hearing it.
cypress
Started off a little too angry for me but then leveled out a bit. Good hooks. Liked the beat of most songs.
I’d definitely listen to this again, but no one track stood out to me. Not yet anyway.
Not their biggest, still decent
a smoking pressure cooker of an album, banging beats and samples, and relentless, loping, cross-talking raps and wordplay
August 1990: Hair metal was still huge. boy bands and pop and top40 adult contemporary stuff was all over the radio. Zeppelin, Hendrix, Skynyrd all gone. Rap was still for black people and considered “words and NOT music”. Heavy Metal was still underground music for psychos and drug addicts. August ‘91: The music world went absolutely nuts. Top of the charts the month Cypress Hill started recording their debut (August of 1990): Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Poison and Bel Biv Devoe had albums in the top 10 and top 10 singles. Madonna. The number one album in the country? MC hammer. Maybe rap has a future after all…… Summer of ‘92?? The year after what we can only call a gigantic shift in culture. Megadeth, Pearl Jam Ten and RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magik were all too 10 records and Sir Mix A Lot had a song in the top 10 about women with large butts. What the fuck happened???? Ronald Reagan and Wall Street Happened. MTV and Yo MTV raps and Headbangers Ball happened. Just like underground clubs and radio before them the unacceptable underground became mainstream. And goddamn if they weren’t sick as hell at listening to Republicans telling them what was good for them. Trickle Down economics turned out to just be a trick and as the economic divide worsened all things 80’s had to die: and quickly. If you smelled even vaguely of the ‘80s you were despised by the youth and the disaffected. August to October of 1991 is considered by many to be one of (if not THE) greatest periods of new music release ever. EVER. In ten weeks or so Metallica’s Black Album hit the mainstream, then over the course of WEEKS came Nevermind, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, G’n’R Use Your Illusion I and II, Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears, Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden, The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, Temple of The Dog, Niggaz4Life by NWA and more and more and more …. Primus, Ice Cube, Tupac and on and on. Oh and some new band with a mix of Hip Hop and Metal formed that summer. Rage Against The Machine. The revolution happened while I was 16 years old… EXACTLY your age Owen. And so what about this album, Cypress Hill. The cassette tape that I owned and listened to repeatedly in my room in that house along with Fear Of A Black Planet (until I loaned it to a friend and never saw it again) . The album that always gets lost in the shuffle behind Nevermind, Ten, Metallica and all the others. But goddamn if it didn’t blow my mind. Songs about Cops being NOT your friend. Songs about drugs and crime and trying to fight for scraps. And wait a second…. Are they black? Mexican? White? Hold up…. Maybe, just maybe it doesn’t matter…. I just listened to it while driving- probably the first time since high school. I had quickly turned to grunge and expanded my musical horizons but I never forgot about Cypress Hill, PE, Boyz N The Hood, Judgement Night, Anthrax and Chuck D or Aerosmith and RUNDMC. This is where I really learned color doesn’t matter, circumstances do. Words matter but so does action. Neither works without the other. Music CAN CHANGE THINGS. It already has time and time again. To go from DooWop to James Brown, Early Beatles to Mature Beatles or The Byrds to the Doors is the same as going from MC Hammer to Cypress Hill, Mariah Carey to Alannis Morrissette or Poison to Metallica. Sometimes you don’t even know you’re a part of something until it has passed. I was at Lollapalooza in Philly when Rage Against The Machine stood there naked with PMRC (a governmental censorship group) written on their chests. I (we) saw Pearl Jam while they were putting together their own shows while protesting Ticketmaster and ‘The Man’. I went to Woodstock ‘99 where they literally locked a bunch of teenagers in an open field and tried to sell them $8 waters and wondered why they rioted. It doesn’t matter if it’s Bob Dylan, Rage Against The Machine or Taylor Swift (FUUUUCK YOU scooter AND the court system!!! I’ll just re-record EVERY song I ever wrote so that I can own them again) music and art can and does change things. So Cypress Hill, I’ll give y’all a 4. It’s a great record that still feels like it could be released today. Now puff puff pass. Best Song: How I Could Just Kill A Man Worst Song: Break It Up
Fun listen. Very nostalgic
Cyprus Hill has a distinctive style I really enjoy and this is one of the most entertaining hip hop albums I've ever heard. Smoke-drenched vibe that's menacing yet playful. Nimble, creative uses of sampling and a unique flow that's somehow both assertive and easygoing. Fave Songs: How I Could Just Kill a Man, The Phuncky Feel One, Light Another, Hand on the Pump, Latin Lingo, Hole in the Head, Something for the Blunted
Magnificent.
this the type of hip hop i like just solid tunes all round 4.4/5
7/10 I love the hooks and the flow and the other Hip Hop words. This definitely stands out and has some very good tracks 6-12-2024
A great album but over produced. Still a classic.
3.75
I'm not a hip hop listener but I enjoyed this album. Catchy hooks and an easy flow made this album enjoyable. There are some songs where the instrumentation is a standout. Appreciate this album (and this website) for opening my eyes a little to the world of hip hop. FAVORITE SONGS: - Pigs - How I Could Just Kill a Man - Tres Equis 3.5/5
4.5 stars!
Banger Hill. It does only get 4 stars because a lot of the album blends together at times, kinda hard to pick apart most of the songs.
shoutout gta Sam Andreas for putting me on this
Bravi bravi bravi cazzo Non li conoscevo ma hanno quel sound old school che mi ha conquistato subito
90s gangsta rap is so fun. Some of the lyrics don’t age very well but the groove and flow is peak hip hop for me. B Real has a unique voice
So awesome. Weirdly so much more upbeat than I ever thought as a kid (the album covers seemed so scary to me). A groovy time. Good for lifting weights and burning off your anger.
This pig harassed the whole neighborhood.
Well aware of Cypress Hill, I had some songs on my burned CDs in grade school, but never listened to a full album. I'm not really into rap or hip hop but I dig this. These guys like weed and dislike cops I think.
Hell yeah
Good
It's Cypress Hill.
Solid
Another great early rap album! A few of these songs sounded familiar and I enjoyed this over all. Great to listen to on a Friday. I never knew Cypress Hill was a rap group, though, for some reason I though they were like pop or folk, maybe because it reminded me of One Tree Hill.
This was a great one! I know I've heard of this album and group, but this is my first time hearing them, and it's pretty great. I would've guessed these guys were from NY based on the sound, but they're from LA which is cool too. Solid rapping, nice old-school beats, just a really solid '90s rap album. Glad to hear it. Favorite tracks: How Could I Just Kill a Man, Hand on the Pump, Stoned is the Way of the Walk, Something for the Blunted, Latin Lingo, Born to Get Busy. Album art: I've definitely seen this one around a lot, again it contributes to why I would've guessed NY. A black and white image of some dudes huddled around a barrel fire in the city, trash abound. The image and the band logo both seem to be stretched or compressed to fit on the album together, not entirely sure why they did it that way but it's not bad. Logo is cool. 4/5
Some great songs on this one but i do prefer Black sunday
Quality record, not quite as good as Black Sunday though
I’m between a 3 and 4 on this, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and score it the latter for its uniqueness and sheer influence on many hip-hop artists today. While it may lose a bit of its steam by the end, it’s undeniable that the group had some amazing song ideas and coupled them with purely singular styles
Cool rap, liked it
I really liked this in most ways. The sound is great, very nostalgic hip hop which has clearly influenced a lot of others. Its well put together, interesting for the most, and most songs I can see myself listening to a lot in the future. Im not really into hiphop that much but whenever I hear something like this I’m always keen to hear more. My only real problems is that it does get quite samey, and the content of the lyrics themselves are a bit naff. Aye, you like a tab and a scrap, i get it, move on!
Definitely surprised by how much I enjoyed this! Funky beats, interesting and unique vocals, and a delicate balancing act between the aggressive lyrics and not-self-serious delivery. Really a master class that I wish had a little more consistency towards the end. Top tracks: How Could I Just Kill A Man, Hand On The Pump, Hole In The Head, Light Another, The Phuncky Feel One, Psycobetabuckdown
Really cool vibe. Funky, and B-Real sounds like a proto Danny brown
Gritty, yet funky and vibrant, but more violent than I remember Cypress Hill. Then again I had gotten on the Cypress Hill bus on Black Sunday (which is beautiful and dark). Had a good time listening to this - and it avoids the skits to make a more condensed and packed Latino gangster album.
DJ Muggs production is amazing on this one. The blues and soul samples are killer.
Lyrics are essential for me and so are these. Great debut album.
Fuck man, this album holds up well for hip-hop from 1991. Both the music and the delivery still sound great. I don't normally think of Cypress Hill as being part of the golden age of sampling with bands like Tribe Called Quest and Beastie Boys, but the samples on this album feel similar to that. Just a fucking beast of a hip-hop album that came out of nowhere in a lot of ways 4/5
Classic
so fun
Super creative old school beats, cheeky Rhymes about smoking weed and gangter shit, memorable hooks that became quotable refrains throughout the '90s. This is so fun to listen to - some lines hold up better than others, but the west coast party flow and funky ass beats are supreme.
Didn’t age well
i'm finding throughout this whole project, i am really enjoying this era of hip hop. it's not something i ordinarily listen to on a daily basis but i really enjoy the bars and the sampling/beats. this album is no exception, really good beats and bars - not my favorite of the era that i've heard so far, but fine enough
Good shit. Don’t love to sit down to a whole Cypress Hill album all the time, but I get it.
Listen with an eye at the lyrics. Fundamental hip-hop album
Letsgo😭 scho etz excited für das, we already KNOW we’re gonna love Ahhh eifach stabil.
- thoroughly enjoyed real estate and psycobetabuckdown
More than interesting. I'm very surprised that this album is more than 30 years old. It has a great political (mainly against the police) commentary and so many tongue in cheek and pretty funny references to dope smoking. The songs chug along wonderfully with some exceptional rhythms, beats and samples. Great album, definitely worth many listens.
Excellent album. Again I had forgotten about how good this was when originally released. Such a good listen!!
Overall, I quite liked Cypress Hill. The songs were funky and upbeat without sounding too annoying (which is more than what some of the other hip hop albums i have looked at can do) and the rapping was pretty cool as well. I also found the usage of audio logs in some of the songs cool as well. This is definitely one of the better hip hop albums i have looked at. Best Song: How I Could Just Kill a Man Worst Song: Pigs
Classic. High school throwback
Funky and fun rather than "shoot loads of people and slap some hoes around"
Managed to be ahead of its time, which is no easy feat past the year 2000. Some classic songs on here but is a bit unpolished. Damon was still finding his feet with this project at the time, and you can pick up on this when comparing to later albums
Classix
This Latin Lingo of an album was great Real Estate on the album a day. Might have to Light Another from these guys.
super enjoyable! kind of beastie boys vibes at times which makes sense
I could use some latino rap today. Sure. 1991, damn I was only 12. I'm really liking this album actually. I only ever listened to Black Sunday. I like it for all the spanish references and latino rappers :P Loved it. 4 stars
I’m not a big hip hop or rap guy, but Cypress hill is unique if nothing else
Set the tone for a lot who came after. So many samples from this album used in subsequent songs
Cypress Hill's eponymous debut album, released in 1991, is a groundbreaking entry into the hip-hop scene. Fusing West Coast hip-hop with Latin influences, the group, led by B-Real and Sen Dog, introduced a distinctive sound. Tracks like "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Hand on the Glock" showcase their gritty lyricism and innovative beats. The album's impact on the rap landscape is undeniable, influencing a generation of artists. While some tracks might feel rooted in the early '90s, the raw energy and cultural fusion make "Cypress Hill" a timeless classic, earning a solid 4/5 rating for its groundbreaking contributions to hip-hop.
This album rules. It’s a bit repetitive but it’s got some great samples, some great bars, and its an all around good time.
Amazing classic hip-hop album of 90s
I had a blast with this. Just a lot of fun and great beats.
Good album. A lot of nostalgia
While I prefer Black Sunday over the S/T, this album is full of bangers.
Not much to say on this one but i greatly enjoyed it
This album came out earlier than I thought it did, and it's clear that this set the stage for a lot of hip-hop that came afterwards. Pioneers to the 90s hip-hop sound. Great record.
4. This is a great start to Cypress Hill. It has a lot of character
Inventive samples and fun wordplay. An enjoyably brief album that was well worth it.
Love it
Un album divertissant qui a un son quand même rafraîchissant en comparaison à tout le reste du old school hip hop. Pas 100% mon style, mais je vois ça grandir sur moi. J'aime l'influence plus funky/rock présente. 8/10
Brilliant
Weer een hiphop album! Tot mijn grote schaamte heb ik echt nog nooit naar Cypress Hill geluisterd, dus ik ben heel erg benieuwd! Nummer 1 maakt in elk geval 1 ding duidelijk: Deze rappers zijn moslim of Joods want ze zijn duidelijk geen fan van varkens. Qua teksten doet het me heel erg denken aan de agressie van N.W.A. maar vind de instrumentals veel vrolijker klinken? Waar N.W.A. of Wu-Tang veel aggressiever klinkt is dit qua instrumentals bijna lijkend op Tribe voor mij. Heel duidelijk early 90s boombap hiphop. Lekkere kennismaking met Cypress Hill is dit voor mij! Ik vind dit nicer en beter oud geworden dan bijvoorbeeld een Public Enemy. Het is wel heel duidelijk een product van die tijd, dus je zou deze soort hiphop niet snel nu meer horen. FAVO: How I could just kill a man, hole in the head, Real estate, The funky Cypress Hill shit
Best wel grote naam die je hier en daar hoort, echt een hiphop klassieker. Zelf nog nooit geluisterd, dus interessant album. Ik vind de productie heel vet, voelt als een mooie combinatie tussen klassieke hiphop en moderne invloeden zeker voor die tijd. Al met al zeker het luisteren waard, ik denk dat ik er meer uit haal als ik me meer kan concentreren op de teksten Favorieten: Light Another, The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
I've only listened to a couple of songs from Cypress Hill before. This was actually great. It's unique and different than other Hip Hop from the same era.
Entertaining hip hop from rap’s greatest stoners. Whilst the weed talk gets a little wearying, the beats are great, the samples are smart and the rhymes are lively.
Driving and dynamic, funky and swinging. While not exactly timeless – lotsa '90s vibe – this record still feels relatively fresh. The Parliament-sampling tune is best. "Stoned Is the Way" is a close second.
Yeah this was good. Touch repetitive by the end.
Just some of that funky cypress hill shit init
Classic 90s Hip-Hop.
This album is the one that made me realize why I like 90s hip hop so much more than anything released today. The incorporation of funk music makes it so much more gripping than anything else. These are really talented musicians with that understanding. So, once again, we have an incredibly fun 90s rap album here. Favorite track: The Phuncky Feel One
Pretty dated but still feels good like
Funky rap classic, would be a 4.5 if possible, if only because it sounds a bit more dated than Black Sunday.
A classic
Solid
First time hearing this entire album, but I had heard some of the songs before. It was a good album and I enjoyed it. I would listen to it again. It was better than a 4 but not really a 5 so I rounded down.
This is an excellent debut. I have come to the conclusion that the early-mid 90s is a gap in my music immersion. That is largely attributable to infants and limited time, energy and hours. I enjoyed this when it was released, but it deserves much higher praise. There are elements throughout this release that pave the way for what hip-hop would become in the next decade. I am also a sucker for fat beats and this one has them in volume.
This was fun and had a lot of substance to it. Pigs is a great intro song and the energy falters a little here and there, but for the most part, they maintain that high. Loved the lyrics, great structure and flow. Very enjoyable. 4/5
Solid album
I blame my infatuation with early 90s hip hop ENTIRELY on GTA San Andreas
Leipe soort rap eigenlijk, kan het wel waarderen
I thoroughly enjoyed this album. Cypress Hill does a great job of conveying the attitude of “don’t fuck with me” machoism, which gave hip hop the juice needed in the early 90s to stop sounding like nursery rhymes. Listening to this album makes me want to crack open a case of Modelos, take a giant rip off a spliff, and do some hood-rat shit.
When it comes to old-school hip-hop, this album definitely does justice to the genre. Liking it so far. A song from GTA San Andreas is in the album. Nostalgia hits hard.
Heh, dope. Cypress Hill is dope, and Cypress Hill loves dope. Love the sound of both Sen's and B Real's voices, and even though the follow up to this album, Black Sunday, is the one I'll always prefer, I still really like this S/T as well.
Reminds me of playing Tony Hawk, and it was pretty fun. I thought it'd get same-y, but it didn't quite. I'd listen again. 3.5/5
I’m famous with Black Sunday, but not Cypress Hill’s other material. This sounds a little more primitive, not necessarily in a bad way, but it’s also not something that I see myself coming back to regularly compared to the Big album. B
Stuningly beautiful album. From start to finish.
Super fun, wild and crazy. Legendary.
The duo-plus-DJ configuration is a 90s stalwart, and Cypress Hill show off another way it was valuable. The sound is confident for a debut, the themes blindingly Californian and authentic and varied. The sequencing of Cypress Hill breaks down a little near the end, a quiet destination and the conclusion that the Latin elements were, after all, implicit. More forward than the use of two languages is what I read as punning: More dimensions.
Not quite as iconic as Black Sunday but still a solid banger. Changed rap as the 90s knew it. Not as "alt" as their later stuff, but still has that cypress sound. Can't say I like everything that it inspired, but yeah nothing to dislike here. 4/5.
Funky early 90's West Coast stoner rap. Can't say it's entirely my thing, but the beats are catchy and danceable, the sampling is excellent, the Latin flavours are neat and the subjects of police brutality and corruption are sadly still very relevant over thirty years later. Decent catchy album though. Favourite: Hand On the Pump
Top production, nice rhymes, very distinctive voice.
A seminal hip hop album
Canny
This is a fun album. The beats, the samples, the smooth nasally rhymes, Latino flavors and of course weed. I liked it way more than I expected to.
It's an amazing thing to be completely unique yet sound so familiar, with hints of NWA, Grand master flash and a tribe called quest these guys were rapping about topics still viable today and we also viable 20 years before them. This has beats you can dance to.
3.5
Love this
Basso pömpöttää... eh... Treblehän se vinguttaa... Albumissa ei hulluja biisejä... Puuha pete...rakennetaan palikoita...toistensa päälle.... Biisit sujahtavat kätevästi toistensa perään.. Näkyy.. ALBUMI OLI HYVÄ KEKSINTÖ! näille kavereille.. siinä ero nykypäivän pömpöttäjiin.. heille ei albumi suolto ole hyvä asia... kun paskaa levytetään ja rahat kääritään suuriin kasoihin.. Roope ankan rahasäiliö konsanaan.. Lyhyet biisin nämä herrat osaavat tehdä... ahneita ei olla... roope ankan rahasäiliö konsanana....Muut hiphop albumit ovat päässet tänne kun siellä viisasteltu.. 10 min biisejä...Kriitikot ovat haltioissaan tästä.. 'GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME" Pitkä biisi sopii luomaan tunnetta.. itse pidän niistä... Ei kaikki ymmärrä.. Toisaalta pitkät biiseillä saadaan helpot tähdet.. paskanen albumi pelastuu 10 minuutin päähän naulaamisella. "Heheh radio-asemat voivat lopettaa tässä vaiheessa... Laitamme teille fade outin.. avittaaksemme teidän työtänne... Beep... Noniin ne jotka nauttivat biisistä.. voivat jatkaa" - Joku toinen albumi jonka olen täällä kuullut... kriitikoiden perseitä ei olla noultu.. vahingossa tai ei.. tässä ei olla... masterointi silti huippuluokkaa... Biisien lyhyys ja kompaktiuus ei estä nauttimista.. harvinaista... ja palkittavaa.. Ansaitut 4 tähteä.. menee päähän
This album has this really rough, handcrafted feel. Even with the sampling, the lyrics are angular, plosive. They sit in odd spots in the mix. Its real nice. Psychobeatabuckdown.
Didn't know anything about them beyond Insane in the Brain but I liked this a lot. Boom bap rules.
Prefs: Pigs (Intro), How I Could Just Kill a Man, The Phuncky Feel One, Psycobetabuckdown, Latin Lingo, The Funky Cypress Hill Shit Moins pref: Tres Equis
CD
A blast* (*I want to write an essay of a review but don't have the time)
DJ muggs production is nuts
Ikonischer Sound, der gut gealtert ist.
i can't ever play it around my kids but it's cool
OG west coast rap, rimelig legendarisk
Certified classic hits from the bong.
Really good
Such a great album
It rules
Clairement un game changer dans le genre, tant pour la production que pour la mise de l’avant de la culture mexico-latine dans le hip-hop.
Je préfère Black Sunday qui a été un plus grand succès, mais ce premier album est hyper important pour tout le nouveau qu'il a apporté. Je l'ai déjà dit, mais je le répète, j'adore le style de DJ Muggs. Leurs voix avec leurs flows unique font en sorte qu'on ne s'ennuie pas. Souvent ils ne se prennent pas au sérieux et arrivent tout de même à passer des messages et faire voir la réalité de leur culture. Comme Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill a été un des rares groupes de Hip Hop que j'ai aimé instantanément à une époque où je détestais le genre.
Stoned out hip-hop with guitar-based beats and B-Real’s signature delivery (no shade towards Sen-Dog). I can imagine it’s not for everyone but I couldn’t tell you who.
Bra
Classic west coast hip hop, one of the most influential groups in hip hop history. The production on this is insane (in the membrane), all the songs flows well together. It’s a perfect balance of funky but still charged. I think the first half is much stronger vs the later tracks, might be because the delivery gets old after a while. Not the best album to listen all the way through each time but when you break it down this is just a classic.
I'm not a big hip-hop guy, but this is a fun groovy album with some great bass lines. I love the amount that this album talks about weed, because I just love weed. I also appreciate this album for giving me one of my favorite Rage Against The Machine songs which I also just learned was a cover. I really enjoyed this album.
This album was a complete surprise for me, I really enjoyed it and it wasn't a genre I would normally listen to.
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would - great jams on here
Finally an album I was actually familiar with, although I hadn’t listened to it as a unit since I was a young teenager, sinking into the backseat of somebody’s grandmother’s Oldsmobile. Still really holds up, but I did get hit with a huge wave of nostalgia. Hand on the pump is my favorite from the entire album, also amazing pigs, how I could just kill a man, light another, tres squid, stoned is the way of the walk. Not a fan of psycobeta and funky cypress hill shit which get a little repetitive in a bad way.
Old school funky hip hop track with a crazy experimental flow which makes it amazing
It was fun to hear some early 90s west coast hip hop. Not my usual genre but the beats were fucky AF. 3.5 stars but I'll round up to 4.
was good, not the worst i heard
Classic hip hop; political, funny, great beats and great rhymes. Love it. Best Tracks: Pigs; How I Could Just Kill a Man; Hand on the Pump;
Cool beats and lo-fi rhymes
interesting, this is something new, I liked it, listened to it on a light, it was a little monotonous, but this is hip-hop, so I even added a few tracks
I don't think I put Cypress Hill on the same plane as the great rap artists, but this is a solid effort. Tons of samples, some good (Good Times on Light Another, More Peas on The Phuncky Feel One), some a bit annoying (Duke of Earl on Hand on the Pump). Super funky album and decent lyrics - they just don't have the same bite as a Chuck D, Tupac, or Jay-Z (among other great lyricists) and are a bit too juvenile at times. First half of the album (up to Real Estate) was great (especially How I Could Just Kill a Man - Rage also does an awesome rendition on their panned, but beloved by me, album Renegades), got bored at times after that. Still, real solid.
So much to like about this album. I like B Real's unique rapping style. Lots of cool grooves. This is another example of rappers taking samples and making it their own. This is probably the closest I've gotten to a 5 for a rap album - I just still have a hard time giving a 5 when the lyrics are so coarse (gang killings, sex - and, hey, just because it's in Spanish (Tres Equis) doesn't make it better). But this is one of my favorite rap albums so far. Favorite tracks: How I Could Just Kill a Man (look for the video on YouTube where Cypress Hill played this live with Rage Against the Machine - that version is amazing), Hand on the Pump, Hole in the Head (fun little ditty about getting a hole in your motherfuckin' head), Light Another (great example of taking a direct sample - in this case, Kool & the Gang's Good Times - and clearly making it a new song), The Phunky Feel One, Real Estate, Stoned is the Way of the Walk, Latin Lingo (great drum samples on this one).
Funky beats and the flow is there. Listening to an album from thirty years ago talking about police brutality and corruption sure does make me sad. Would I listen to it again? Don't see why not, but it's not as strong as some of its precursors and contemporaries.
Less of an album and more of a collection of singles. Songs are good though. Funky beats
Great beats, great album
me listening to Hole In Your Head while meal prepping my little salad
The birth of nasal rap.
Beats still fresh as fuck
Quintessential gangsta-stoner rap. Goes down like Mother’s Milk.
11th April 2022 Listened on the drive back from Yosemite to LA after a disappointing start to the holiday! Great to listen to west coast legends while driving down the west coast!
Of its time but also so unique in its style compared to the other rappers around. Those iconic voices and the Latino flavor really made this album an awesome debut.
Didn't expect much, actually it's bloody brilliant.
One of originator's of West Coast Rap, Cypress Hill's debut. In the gangsta rap category but when I think of Cypress Hill I think of only one thing; and, yeah, most songs are about that. "Light Another", " Stoned is the Way of the Walk", "Something for the Blunted". Most songs have a great groove with interesting sampling and mixing. This style is unique in that it can be described as "laid back" hip-hop/rap (to me). Jeez, I wonder why. There's no doubt this an influential album and group. Rage Against the Machine covered "How I Could Just Kill a Man" in a much more aggressive way. "Ultraviolet Dreams" has a great "Fight the Power" groove and riff. Besides a great name, "Psycobetabuckdown" delivers some 70's funk. When you think of Stoner Rap, this group is at the top of the list. This album as a whole is a laid-back enjoyable listen and a much less "in-your-face" version of " gansta" rap when put it in that category.
The beats were pretty entertaining, could be worth another listen. 7/10
Didn't finish
I enjoyed the sound of this album quite a bit more than I thought I would. DJ Muggs created a variety of groovy sounds and beats all the way through. I liked the combination of B-Real and Sen Dog's voices playing off each other and the frequent Spanish appearing with ease. It does raise that age-old question of how to appreciate a really good jam that has challenging themes and lyrics. At best it's not going to join the family singalong, and at worst some of it is repellent to me, but it certainly doesn't veer too far from the tried and true themes of its genre. As such it was more enjoyable and interesting to me than a lot I've heard.
I've never listened to a complete Cypress Hill album, as I assumed it might be a bit much for me...and I was right. I did really enjoy the beats and loops on many of the tracks. I even enjoy the nasal rap style of B-Real. The lyrics and lyrical themes (when I grasp the picture being painted) just don't excite me. I suppose that most of it is intentionally over the top, but it doesn't make it anymore interesting for me. I kinda wish the lyrical content was more inspiring to me, because I would really really dig this album then.
Lots of catchy beats. I was happiest when I wasn't paying attention to the lyrics.
Had this as a kid. Still lyrically dubious, but I still enjoy the samples, Pigs is a great sample choice. Listening now, I'm getting a lot of Shock G in the vocals - someone I'd never heard of back then, so definitely of its time. Enjoyed the nostalgia trip.
Fav Song: Pigs
Another damn good rap/hip hop album. This one's got a healthy dose of humor which I enjoyed quite a bit. Funky in spots, it's also got an indie vibe that keeps me interested and entertained. 3.75 🌟
They really are Loco
Sick stuff
Pretty groovy tunes, Will come back to it again, Thanks for suggesting. 7/10
I really enjoyed this one. Super easy to digest and enjoy hip-hop. Funky stuff can't complain
Hatte lustigerweise vorgestern schon das eine cypress hill album gehört und gestern war dann das andere dran. Die beats sind stimmig und für sich alles banger, insgesamt aber ein bissssschen same-y. Dass das oft auf mehr als 90bpm stattfindet finde ich eine gute Sache. Die stimme von b-real ist natürlich ein bisschen geschmackssache, war für mich aber eins der highlights des albums. Über die texte hab ich im grunde nichts zu sagen außer dass ich lachen musste über "you get blasted you dumbass bastard", psycobetabuckdown auch eh mein liebster track glaube ich. So isset
Hey ich fand das richtig gut. Oft schon im Laden nebenbei gepumpt aber jetzt erstmals ganz als Album. Finde die Flows haben sich so gut gehalten, sind wirklich on Point und ne wirkliche Steigerung von N.W.A. Era Rap. Die können sich halt immer noch ohne Einschränkungen hören lassen. Die Beats sind richtig fantastisch gecraftet. So Feelgood Funk Soul Sample zu nehmen und dann diese drückenden Drums drüber zu legen, die die nötige Aggressivität für die Texte schaffen ist richtig genial. Auch die Pausen in den Instrumentals mit Breaks und allem was dazugehört, wirkt immer noch wie ein Boom Bap Standard. Wir reden hier von 30 Jahren mittlerweile - merkt man wirklich null. Das ganze wirkt auch irgendwie verspielt und witzig aber ist nicht so corny wie letzens der Eminem. Die Tracks und der Flow nutzen sich leicht ab übers Album, ist aber wirklich nur ein kleiner Makel. Mann muss sich nur mal Danny Brown anhören, dann merkt man welchen Eindruck das heute noch hinterlässt. Starke 4!
Big album!
Great Cypress Hill album, had not listened to it for many years.
Ah, the eponymous debut album. Why do artists do it? But, that aside, this is something else - a "sonic blueprint" apparently - I get that. Musically tight, historically important. And thankfully, no 'Insane in the membrane'. It's very good. For 1991.
Great songs, and high ratio of head bobbers. I forgot that "How I Could Just Kill a Man" was their song, since I heard the RATM version first. Not sure which one I like better. The beats are just insanely catchy.
I knew of Cypress Hill as a stoner rap band, but had not really listened to them outside of a couple of their more popular songs. I liked the music and production - really funky and interesting. Not a fan of some of the lyrics which covered your standard rap topics like threatening people with guns, getting high, bragging about how cool you are, getting laid, hating cops, etc.
literally half of these lines are about weed this is awesome
Would do 3.5 if I could. Solid rap album with an all time classic on it.
Hadn't heard their first album all the way through before. Epic.
Pure funky west coast hip hop.
Yesssss.
Mucho flow, mucho ritmo y qué onda el español metido ahí en dos canciones, jaja. 8/10
First exposure to Cypress Hill past "Insane in the Membrane" which I remember from back in the 90's. Good beats on this one! This is hip-hop I can listen to, perhaps it reminds me of the Beastie Boys. 4
Got the got the funky flow
Did not expect to like this album. But really liked it.
Top hiphop album, heeft ook wel wat punk influences en lekker donker
Really enjoyed it. Wouldn't want to listen to it all the time though
30 years on and this still sounds fresh.
I say goddamn... this is bread and butter meat and potatoes gangster rap. Awesome samples, hard-hitting lyrics, nasty grooves. One of the best.
Klasičan rap album gospode Cypress Hill. Odličan početak njihovog kataloga, još k tome posjedujem vinyl ovog albuma. Volim taj sirov zvuk i pucketanje na trakama.
very fun, old-skool, group hip-hop
Good one
Haven't listened to much rap, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I liked it.
33. No me gustan las cucarachas en la oficina. Me atrapan junto a la cocina y me suben las piernas. Me quedo quieto. ¡Que te calles! ¡Que se joda la policia, viniendo bajo la tierra! MotA: Pigs "This pig harassed the whole neighborhood / Well this pig worked at the station"
not what i expected but still good
Phenomenal beats throughout, and every track is a lyrical blast. Opens strong and just gets stronger. Added to the rotation!
Great shit. Beat can get a bit monotonous song after song, but generally each song on it's own is solid and the album is great.
No pense que me fuera a gustar mucho el rap de los 90s clasico pero me sorprendio tengo varias canciones favoritas: Real State, Pigs, How I Could Kill A Man, Stoned is the Way of the Walk, The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
SHEEESHHHHHH
It's no Black Sunday, but there are some solid jams on here. I especially love "Psycobetabuckdown"!
Klassiker
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Pretty good
Tara insists this is a fucking 4.
Rap/hip-hopzinho bem bom, ouviria pra pegar estrada ou algo assim.
really enjoyable listen, funky
Good 90s rap
Good album, good concept and good rhymes... it closes a bit claustrophobic.
How I Could Just Kill A Man es el obvio referente y ninguna de las otras canciones se le acerca en popularidad. Resaltan las canciones en español y los coros que acentúan la voz principal en ciertos momentos en la mayoría de las canciones, al igual que los sampleos, muy diferentes a lo que hemos escuchado hasta ahora. 3.5 estrellas que después de mucho debate suben a 4 porque está a la par de los otros 2 o 3 discos de hip hop que me han gustado.
Bars bars BARS
Loved hearing it from back in the day ... starts off really strong and fades in the middle a bit before coming back at the ends.
4.20
Cypress cypress Hill y’all.
7/10
3.5/5. I liked this. I haven’t listened to much west cost hip hop, so it was nice to hear some new things. Definitely more violent than east coast.
Like all great hip hop albums this was funky as hell. Short sharp and concise!!
I get a bit lost on the lyrics but it is a fun time.
Þetta er stemmari. Maður þarf að vera í smá old school stuði fyrir þetta. Textarnir barn síns tíma. En þetta er feitt það er ekki hægt að neita því.
Bouncy and funny. Not really my jam, but hard to resist their infectious exuberance.
I really found myself bored of the subject matter, unfortunately. I thought they had interesting beats and had smooth flow, but they didn’t have much to say.
6/10
There were some fun moments but overall this is just alright.
This started off really strong but fell away a bit towards the end apart from Latin Lingo which was pretty good. I wouldn’t mind listening to more from them but it’s not something I’m gonna rush to do. Top Track - How I Could Just Kill A Man
Really good flow, and really good beats. I don't know that they should be saying that word though... Knee-jerk aversion might get me more into the history of Latino rap.
A key text in west coast/latin american/gangsta rap. Some music just sounds exactly like a time and a place, and this record transports you there. Every individual song is good, but it just gets kinnnnd of overbearing at record length. DJ Muggs certainly had a sonic signature and the samples are great, but the beats get kind of samey, and I've never really liked the group's vocal delivery. This is a vital record in hip hop history, I just don't ever really find myself wanting to listen to it.
Dope
Good but quite repetitive at times.
I never minded their hits but I've always thought of them as a novelty act not to be taken seriously. On first listen, I was pretty annoyed with the nasally vocal delivery and thought the sampling wasn't particularly interesting. I rated it 2 stars. For some reason I decided to give another listen today and I've gotten use to the vocals a bit and found a couple favourite tracks. Uping it to a 3 star.
wasn't really for me
Not really my jam, even within the hip-hop sphere, but I can really appreciate the development of a unique sound and the passion. 80s and 90s hip-hop is something special, imo.
I recognised many samples used by the tribe called quest and de la soul, which is interesting. I know 90s rap a little bit, it is alright, but dated sometimes. Gonna be harsh though
I was excited when I saw this album come up. I was a massive fan of “Black Sunday” in highschool. I also knew the song “how I could just kill a man” before listening to the full album. The only issue for me personally is that I only ended up saving 7 songs which is one shy of half the album. I don’t think that makes this a terrible album, it’s just a lot of the same over and over again. The good news is that they must’ve anticipated this and put a lot of my favorite tracks at the end so you are still engaged by the end. But I did think it was getting old about half way through. Again not a bad album, but even for a rap album I hope for alittle more variety in sound. (Small side note if Black Sunday had made the list instead of this album it’d probably be higher cause “Insane in the Brain” might be one of my favorite rap songs ever even to this day).
Has anyone considered that maybe they are actually opposed to the band The Police and pigs the farm animals, and not the law enforcement apparatus? Makes ya think.
This genre of hip hop is classic. Not something I would have found without this recommendation, but something I enjoyed listening to.
Infectious. But I hate the easy violence. I love the ringing alternative quality, the loud bass lines, the stoned delivery, the latin mix. I wish I could scrub the nonsense and leave the crazy fun.
More funky than I expected.
It's funny listening to this and 3 Feet High so close together. What an interesting and goofy period in hip-hop. I'm sad we lost that (that I know of), though at the same time, the shtick wears a little thin. Still, these guys were cool, though that F slur took me out a bit on that very first track.
I’m a 90s hip hop fan
When listening to hiphop I do prefer this old-school feel. I was pretty busy today and didn’t get to listen as close as I should have
Good
It’s fine, good beats, but nothing too special. Likes: Pigs; Hand On The Pump; Psycobetabuckdown
glad to give this a spin probably would not otherwise listen to debut cypress hill all told, not bad. some good stuff 💥how i could just kill a man 💥hand on the pump
Didn’t leave much of an impression to me idk
I don’t know this album very well, as the debut was so good and seemed unsurpassable.
Not sure who did more for the legalization of cannabis, NORML or Cypress Hill
I know 'Cypress Hill', but don't really know them. And I enjoyed truly meeting them for the first time. This album was solid. Good beats. Good times. Liked it.
I honestly had no idea what to expect with Cypress Hill other than it being a Rap Collective project akin to Wu-Tang Clan, and when listening to this album I was pleasantly surprised with what was delivered. If there was any part of this album I'd like to highlight, let it be the instrumentals/beats as they take the cake for the most striking parts for myself. Yes the rapping is good and all but I wasn't super blown away by any of the lyrics and the higher pitched rapping voice of one of the main MCs. For being 46 minutes it zips by and doesn't ever try to do anything too crazy or serious. It feels nestled in the grit and edge of 90s Hip Hop and stands as a perfect capsule of what to expect when digging into that time frame. I wish I liked this more but I just don't think it does enough for me to be truly wowed by it.
It was a change of pace but not in a good way. I understand why it’s on the list
Hits from the 90s
1. Puff puff 2. Play Cypress Hill 3. Close eyes 4. Bob head (Attempt to ignore misogynistic lyrics)
Rap and hip-hop, especially of this era, is very hit and miss for me, for reasons I’m not always able to ascertain. Cypress Hill are mostly in the “hit” category. Songs like “Hold in the Head” and “Real Estate” are catchy and, whilst I’m not actively aware of hearing any of these tracks before, they feel familiar. You can see the influence on the others who came after, which is the kind of rap / hip-hop I largely do like.
SOLID, very much of the area this came out (to me now).
No. 189 Enjoy the album, I kinda phased out and got into the beats. No idea what the lyrics were about.
My third eponymous album in a row. I think the algorithm wanted me to learn a new word. A good example of it's genre.
Not my genre but not unenjoyable to have on in the background
Le tenía expectativas mucho más altas y me defraudó, hasta un poco racista lo sentí
First half: songs about being a gangster. Second half: weed. Not the Cypress Hill album that I wanted or that should be on this list. There are a couple good tracks on here though. They pretty much all come from the first half.
DJ Muggs' production is the star of this record, and it's genuinely exceptional — dark, hazy, cinematic beats built from deep low-end and carefully chosen samples that create an atmosphere so complete it could function as a full listening experience without a word being rapped over it. In a genre where production often serves the vocals, this record almost reverses the equation. Which is also the limitation. B-Real's nasal, stylized delivery is immediately recognizable and completely distinctive, but it disappears into the mix as texture rather than asserting itself as a voice saying things that demand attention. At times the vocals function less like a rapper and more like another sample — present, purposeful, and ultimately absorbed into the atmosphere Muggs built around them. The lyrics become wallpaper over extraordinary furniture. The adolescent hip-hop connection that made NWA land with real personal weight doesn't quite activate here in the same way. The production pulls you in completely while the lyrical content adds limited resonance — similar to the Common experience earlier in this project, where the music underneath was doing more work than the performance on top. The beats deserve a four. The record as a whole lands at three. A genuinely impressive sonic achievement that stops just short of full connection. The production alone makes it worth knowing — just don't expect the vocals to match it.
Cypress Hill to me is mostly about the charm and charisma of the guys. It’s good. I did get bored midway through.
Better than expected. Beat is pretty much of its time, but the production stays fresh even now
Good music if you hit bongs all day. Quite liked it but it’s a samey album
Basic but this one mostly missed me until now
Nothing wrong with it but not my music
90’s hip hop. A category all of its own. I hope there’s more hip hop on the list.
This is pretty good and cool, but the main thing that stood out is that it feels Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater coded. A whole genre, for guys my age
3.25
This is the sound of every college party worth going to in the mid/late 90s. Great flows, great beats, great sampling. the album would be a lot more fun if they'd toned down some of the violence in the lyrics. But all in all, its an easy listen from start to finish
The sound that plays beginning at 0:30 in The Phuncky Feel One is the sound of a Pikmin dying. Cypress Hill is admittedly been a blind spot in my knowledge of classic hip hop. This album holds up. Very clearly B-Real’s voice inspired the likes of Danny Brown. Lyrical content tends to be somewhat shallow here to the point where it tends to get repetitive towards the end here. Still fun. Favorites were How I Could Just Kill A Man, The Phuncky Feel One, and The Funky Cypress Hill Shit.
Pretty decent, but not a favorite