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Very enjoyable, although a little too long/repetitive.
It didn’t start off great but it was intriguing to say the least. Truthfully there was nothing particularly special or gravitating and relatively mid.
Dammit - how can you not groove to this. But. I'm noticing the lyrics. Dumb and too often not even in a funny way and at worst they're terrible/offensive but again damn ... the music and these beats just hit right, funky, old school organic... Just about good enough to let me ignore the lyrics.... Just about. Breaking it down -> 5 for the music, 4 for the actual rapping, 1.5 for the content. 7/10 3 stars.
A good 90s hip hop album. Lighten em up!
The repetition is exhausting. The samey-ness quickly made me lose interest in even trying to make it through a complete song. I've heard worse rap albums but I did not enjoy this.
Enjoying this style of hip hop, and it's not overtly about the rappers having sex on record, 4*
4/5. This was a super enjoyable rap album, always a sucker for rock rap, and guitar riffs used in the beats. There are also some other fun samples and sounds used in each song. The instrumentals/short songs balance the album and keep it interesting and thematic. The only downside is that the rhythm of the rapping does get repetitive so some songs sound like other songs. It's not bad, you just lose yourself sometimes in the track list. It's a great listen overall. Best Song: Hand on the Pump, The Phuncky Feel One, Psycobetabuckdown
Based on this album I think the Insane Clown Posse was heavily influenced by Cypress Hill and that’s not a compliment.
Good lush beats, good flow, and just straight up good hip-hop. The topics of the songs tend to get a bit repetitive, but this is definitely an album I'm going to listen again to. Fuck the pigs.
Great grooves and funky beats with clever lyrics and a collection of voices that play off each other excellently. The social commentary is delivered with humour and style. Excellent.
the eponymous release of Cypress Hill is an absolutely filthy yet exciting adventure into the world of 90s hip hop that we can see reflected in everything from Eminem to Suicideboys. Super fun album.
I tried to get into this and it was fun in parts but over the course of the day the repetetivness of the songs dragged for me
Don’t you know I’m loco? We used to listen to this on a cart in college. I was still way too into the Beastie Boys to appreciate this. One of those band where the logo seemed bigger than the music. Misfits, Iron Maiden, Ramones, never underestimate a good logo.
Good clean fun. May I suggest simply not breaking the law?
Good head-nodding shit
real hood shit right here. the kind of hip hop music where you have a blunt in your mouth and your pimped out car won't stop bouncing to the radio. i'm not surprised that wikipedia lists these guys as pioneers of west coast hip hop, because these beats are SO good to listen to, making usage of distorted vox and bumping breaks. pro-kush, and plenty of stories about what it was like growing up in LA.
4.20/5
The production on this album really won me over. The beats, samples, scratching, the flow - it all comes together in such a pleasing way, and I couldn't stop moving the whole time. I would definitely listen again and am happy to add it to the list of West Coast hip-hop albums I enjoy. As is so often the case with older albums, there are some detestable lyrics. A lot of casual homophobic f-slurs here. I've learned if I judge on that alone, I'd have a lot of 1 star reviews. Otherwise a really solid album, and it was nice to hear the original How I Could Just Kill a Man again even if I still prefer the RATM cover.
An extremely Grand Theft Auto album: swaggering funky beats, comedically violent lyrics, casually derogatory, gangster posturing loved by suburban stoners. Best use of a 'booyah' on the list so far.
I'm a big hiphop fan but the truth is this music hasn't aged that good to be honest, it just sounds old? I don't know, but it's just not anything that will "stick", however it is not terrible.
Hip hop. I don't waste my time on it anymore. I've heard it in three pieces. The usual stuff, I don't hear any differences. It didn't seem as bad as other hip hop albums, but I wasn't the least bit interested. 1/5
This album was odd. I really liked the beats and rhythms. I enjoyed this album. But there wasn't much here that stood out to me. I enjoyed the album, but outside of a couple songs, I don't think I would return to anything here. But the vibe of it was fun Liked Songs: "Pigs" , "The Phuncky Feel One" , "Real Estate"
This was not good. I wish they used more than one measure's worth of a sample stretched out for an entire song. I was just bored listening to this. 1.5
It was just ok. Nothing really grabbed me and by the end I was in no rush to listen again.
Me before listening to this album: “Oh cool, the 'Insane in the Membrane' guys! This was be a fun stoner hip-hop album, easy to love!” Cypress Hill throughout this album: “Fuck 5-0. I will kill you because I’m a real gang member. Also, shout out Latinos. And yes, I am incredibly high, thanks for asking.” Very little needs to be said about Cypress Hill’s debut album. It’s consistent early-era gangsta rap: solid beats across the board, great lyrics and flow, and a strong image. Every track flows into the next seamlessly, and there’s a song here for every vibe. It’s a little bit aesthetically-similar on the whole, but like, if you like hip-hop, you’re going to like this album. Essential? Who the fuck cares! It’s not mind-blowing, it’s not the peak of anything, but it’s really great, and that’s because it’s rock solid throughout, and sometimes, that’s all that really matters.
Great for the genre
Rating: 8/10 I love some funky buddha. Some amazing production and unique deliveries on here, very enjoyable from start to finish.
Are these guys brothers to Faith Hill? I can see where OutKast drew a lot of inspiration from here.
Rap and hippity-hop are never going to be my tempo, but this is not over long, and some of the samples are enjoyable. Still never going to listen to it again, though.
hehe drug. these guys are actually pretty great at rapping though
I generally like hip hop, but this got a bit stoner for me to love it. Not bad, though
I didn't dislike it but it's not my favorite hip hop by a long way. A low three.
I hear a lot of later bands I like in there, overall I liked it, but it gets old after a while...
tava esperando um trem completamente diferente achei as beats fracas
ah dá pra fragar que eles foram bem influentes, tem uns elementos de hardcore bacana nas letras. mas nada demais não
I just don’t love the vocals
Boarf, pas dégueu, mais pas bon non plus, juste mid
I can hear their influences, especially on the production side of things. They bring their own style no doubt, but to me they sound like Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad if the Bomb Squad smoked a ton of weed in the production room while making the album. Listening to this with the distance of time means some of the subject matter is a bit grating, but there are undoubtedly some bangers that had me bobbing my head. Also, I definitely recognize their influence on mixing rap with Latin sounds, which would expand from here. Favorite cuts were “How I Could Just Kill a Man”, “Hand On the Pump”, “Hole In the Head”, “Light Another”, “Psycobetabuckdown” and “Latin Lingo”. I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
Classic Hip hop that still slaps. Loved bumping this from my truck back in the day.
I wish I could give this 2.5 stars. Replacement level 90s rap, with the bonus that it has also rap in Spanish (but not as good as Mellowman Ace).
I don't really like male rappers
Pretty entertaining early rap. Was not disappointed within the context.
I hated this.
Sucker for a 90s hip hop beat, but not my favourite hip hop album
Enjoyed this! Lots of snippets which I recognise from Eminem / other later hop-hop tracks.
Pretty fun Album, definitely an enjoyable listen.
Probably my least favorite hip hop album so far. Not into thug stuff.
Boring
I didn't mind some of the songs but probably wouldn't listen to it again.
Would def listen again, so good!
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 ⭐️
It’s ok but not my kind of vibe
The beginning of one of thes best hiphop bands live or on wax. If you don't like the sound, you're wrong.
I forgot about Cypress Hill.. and I dont think I've actually ever listened to this album. It was fun.
Not up for rap. Just a cash grab by people who can’t sing or play an instrument. 1/5
I'd only known of Cypress Hill's singles before, so I knew sort of what to expect. I enjoyed this more than I expected, it's aged better than a lot of other gangsta rap. It is a bit homophobic in places, but not to the degree that rap of the time often was. In general, they seem mainly concerned with opposing police brutality, and getting high and having a laugh. All of which I support. It is a bit boring in places, but the funky samples, Latin flavor and nasal vocals do set it apart from a lot of their peers.
This is...fine? I can't say I enjoyed the vibe here, but I also hear some stuff here that has clearly inspired others to make music that improves on what's here. So influential, but not something I could see myself listening to regularly
Perfect transition from 80s rap to 90s. Full of classics. Excellent album
not for me
No
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.
Fantastic. Hard, funky beats with a boisterous, playful energy. I loved all the little bells and whistles in the music — the sampling is top-notch. And the vocals occasionally add some sing-song hooks that add to the fun. The main rapper B-Real has a great, nasally voice and a killer flow. He reminds me of Danny Brown, one of my favorite current rappers. I always thought Danny Brown’s voice was one of a kind (it’s sort of an exaggerated, cartoonish version of B-Real) but it’s cool to see that he almost certainly drew inspiration from Cypress Hill. This was a blast and I’m excited to keep listening to it.
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.
2.5
Good listen.
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
West coast rap hip hop
Early 90’s hip hop
Let's be clear, it's not as overall good or polished as Black Sunday would be, you wouldn't expect it to be, but I had forgotten how much fun this album this, its a whole ass vibe of half remembered lyrics that came flooding back like a weird old friend. Its surprisingly wall to wall bangers here, overtly violent lyrics but fun as fuck cali beats beats make you forget how gangster Cypress Hill really were, but you'd never call them gangster rap... A Scooby Doo Y'all, a Scooby Doobie Doo Y'all
Sounds too much like Beastie Boys
Überhaupt nicht meins.
Although Im not big on Hip-Hop, Ive always had a soft spot for Cypress Hill. Although Ive never really listened to them beyond the Greatest Hits album. This was enjoyable. I discovered some new songs from this.
The melting pot of this album is cool. I get some lyric fatigue with everything being about guns and drugs. You write what you love though, I guess. There are some great beats here, with a semi- annoying flow on top. Ultimately not my thing, but I like that it exists.
Where's Insane In The Membrane??? I was hoping I'd like this more, but it was mediocre to me. It hasn't aged well.
#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 Song added to playlist: How I Could Just Kill A Man I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
Not something that will blow you away, might even call it boring at times, but a solid album all around
Who knew I liked gangsta rap? Not me. DJ Muggs stellar production and B Real's distinct sound won me over.
This was alright, reminded me of driving around Los Santos shooting Ballas when I was way too young to be playing GTA
It’s a shame Insane in the Membrane wasn’t there. Simpsons: Yes
Enjoyed it at the start, but quickly became bored.
It was alright, not really my go-to music. I feel like we have had very different life experiences.
Really enjoyed it at the beginning, trailed a bit but it was solid enough for a 4 for me
The flow and sound are steady throughout, but just b/c it is there doesn't mean I liked it that much. Idk, just not a big fan.
i wonder if they know insane in the brain
Didn't like this nearly as much as I thought I would, but a good album just the same. 3.75
Hey...here's a song about getting high and shooting people. Hey...here's a song about getting high and shooting people. Hey...here's a song about... It's pretty much like that the whole way through. The more interesting beats and bars are on the second half of the album. But hey, here's a song about... Unexpected bangers: The Phuncky Feel One, Psycobetabuckdown, Stoned is the Way of the Walk
Hip Hop for people who like to get high and don't actually like Hip Hop.
Juvenile. The beats are tighter than the crappy lyrics.
the wooOOooOoooOOooooOorst
Pretty cool. Prefer their later albums though.
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.
I found this album dull. The repetitive instrumentation and the silly sing-song vocal style didn’t work for me at all. The rapping itself was fine, but not enough to redeem the rest of it. Standout Song: None Score: 1/5
4.0
sounds generic hip-hop to me.. Favorite track: how i could just kill a man other picks: stoned is the way of the walk
A full album of Cypress Hill is a little bit too much - their voices become a bit grating after a while. That being said, nice beats and a few good songs (“How I Could Just Kill A Man”).
真的好嘻哈，边工边听这个有点过了（？？）
Bueno
I have to confess that I really enjoyed the record. It’s actually cool rap music.
The beats on this album are very jazzy and funk influenced which I absolutely didn't expect at all. It was quite a nice surprise. The tracks have a trippy atmosphere and there is something about the rapping that gets me. They have a smooth delivery. They sound very nasal which is actually fine and not annoying like it has the potential to be. B-Real in particular has a very satisfying flow and sound which I liked. They don't sound overly angry (on most tracks) and it fits perfectly with the beat. I'm not massively into rap, so overall, after three quarters of an hour, it did start to wear slightly thin, but I did enjoy it. 'Pigs' is easily the best track here closely followed by 'Real Estate'.
meh NNN
Bam bum bam bum
A bit underwhelming. Very similar sounding from the beginning to the end. Little variance in flow.
Funky samples, not bad
The sounds just didn’t appeal to me. Sounds pretty whiney.
Formulaic, but good formulat
More Hip Hop / Rap being thrown my way. Another one that sold bucket loads of copies. What I’m hearing so far is quite interesting on the production side of things but I don’t think I’ll ever be comfortable with the genre. I listened to the full album and ultimately there wasn't really anything here to encouraged me to give it a second go. Couldn't really find any connection with it
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.
and it sa hole in th eheadddd
爽 soul 爽
I’m already familiar with their discography, so I know many of their hit songs and albums, but I find this one to be their most uninspired work. It feels like it runs a bit too long. Don’t get me wrong—it’s a fun album, and its cultural impact on Latino rap was massive. Still, it just doesn’t resonate with me as much as their later projects.
Good and fun but they're not exploring many styles
I like their sound and bobbed along with its beats. I also grew tired of it before it was over. But definitely their own vibe.
Nope.
I enjoyed this album way more than I thought I would and even though Hip Hop/Rap is not my thing historically I would listen again.
not for me id say its boring
Really good.
Favourite songs: How I Could Just Kill a Man, Hand on the Pump, Psycobetabuckdown Least favourite songs: Something for the Blunted 3/5
Pretty fun old school hip hop
As I've been on this journey, I have come to gain not just an appreciation for hip-hop, but also a more discerning ear for quality within the genre as well. I've been handed albums that I would elevate above others (Biggie's debut, all Tribe albums, Kanye's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). The music snob in me tells me that these albums aren't just art in the common sense of the word, but *art* with that added emphasis, almost like you're adding a syllable to that one syllable word. These are some of the best the genre has to offer. I've been handed some stuff in this genre that I didn't care for (Dizzre Rascal, Ms. Dynamite, Outkast's "Stankonia," and more). I know by now what I do like and don't like in hip-hop and rap. That is something I could not really have told you 257 albums ago, but here we are. I'm pretty proud of that. So where does Cypress Hill fit in here? Well, let me start by saying that I knew them almost only by name. I couldn't have named you one Cypress Hill song...except for "Insane in the Membrane" which isn't on this album. So I at least knew that their peak of popularity and probably artistry came in the 1990's. The stuff I've liked the most from hip-hop and rap came from the 90's, so we're off to a good start. I honestly really liked this album. It wasn't my favorite of the albums I've had from these genres. But it still carried that raw energy, excellent sampling, and great lyrical flow. As with a lot of music from the 90's and earlier, some of the lyrics haven't aged super well. But all you can really do there is try to understand that it's a product of its time and try to appreciate it as a work of art. I think it does work as art, but I can also tell that this is a debut. I don't get the sense that this is 100% put together thematically, or that this is the peak of their songwriting and production abilities. I have a feeling they'll have at least one more album on the list, and that they'll blow me away on that one. For now, I have to settle and give it three stars. That feels harsh, but seeing as how my average score thus far is a 3.45, I don't feel too bad. Besides - I think they can do better. Standout tracks: Pigs, How Could I Just Kill a Man, Hole in the Head, The Phuncky Feel One, Real Estate, The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
Best! Original! Innovative!
I was between a 2 an 3 here, some good beats and head-bobbing moments. Definitely not my taste but probably a 2.5
Some interesting beats/loops. Just not my vibe.
Ok. I think. But not my type.
The beats on this are really impressive, and B-Real’s flow and energy are always a lot of fun - I can definitely see how his quite unique nasal vocal timbre has influenced modern rappers like Danny Brown as well. Despite this, Cypress Hill have just never really clicked for me. Maybe it’s the lack of memorable hooks (Insane in the Brain isn’t on this one) or the lyrics just not resonating with me, but I just found myself appreciating this more than enjoying it
First time listen. Highlights: hand on the pump, phuncky feel one, how I could just kill a man
The band sounds like an olive oil brand but these are no extra virgins
7/10…Hip Hop, recht kreativ und abwechslungsreich
Great album. I had this back in the day but maybe never appreciated how ‘advanced’ it was for 91. Solid, funky production. Reasonably interesting flows for the time. Nice contrast with the nasal tone of B-real and the phat baritone of Sen Dog. I’m just glad these guy smoke a lot, because if the weed wasn’t mellowing them out a bit, imagine how aggressive they’d be on coke or booze? Maybe of the coolest things about Cypress Hill is how self referential they are. I love how they sample themselves and lay the foundations for future tracks.
# Album Name: # Cypress Hill # Artist: # Cypress Hill # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Honestly not my thing at all. I still prefer the sounds and style of early hip hop but none of the songs i could relate with and nothing stood out as good. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No
Good beats and grooves.
If the Beastie Boys were from California instead of New York they would be Cypress Hill, and as such, are they are equally lame.
Made for a great driving album. Classic hip hop, though I wish the beats were a little more varied.
A pleasant enough noise
If you like “Insane in the Brain,” you’ll love this. Fun, but with a dark undercurrent.
a classic
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Funky and very good West coast hip-hop, a quality debut album by Cypress Hill. I enjoyed it quite a lot!
I don't listen to much hip-hop, but I didn't mind this. It sounds very 90s, and there isn't a lot of variety between songs, but it's a fun sound at least.
1. I didn’t smoke dope in the early 90s, so the social appeal of CH never made its way to my ends 2. This music hurts my head. How on earth is it compatible with weed consumption?
Surprised by how much I liked it. Mostly remembered them as like a 2 hit wonder, but this whole album went hard.
Banging
American Rap.
Very 90s rap but very good 90s rap. Sometimes it's the vibe. For some reason Cypress Hill never stood out to me as much as some of their contemporaries but listening now I appreciate it more than I expected. The Latin vibes give it a bit of a unique spin.
For an album that seemed so much "of its time," this has held up surprising well over the past three decades.
It was fun being a young teenager when rappers like Cypress Hill and Dr. Dre were blowing up in the early 90’s. I remember having friends and classmates, 13 years old, buying pot leaf necklaces at the mall and turning up at school wearing them. I’m talking about kids who wouldn’t have the first idea of where to even buy weed and they certainly hadn’t even smoked it yet. It was just a symbolic gesture, but the thought of pasty 13 year old suburbanite kids walking around projecting that they were these seasoned, tough potheads still makes me laugh. I should add, I’ve got nothing against pot smokers - I smoked more than my fair share over the years (probably a bit too much, even). It’s just that these were kids that I grew up with for years, who, one day, decided to switch everything up. It was like “dude, I remember that time a couple years ago that you tried to do a slide tackle at soccer practice, ended up cutting your leg and started crying, you’re not fooling anyone.” With that journey to the past complete, Cypress Hill’s debut record is pretty great. You get a good blend of rock and funk samples flipped to hip-hop, with at least one P-Funk sample, which was a pre-requisite of the era. It’s a bit psychedelic and the rapping is great. Still enjoyable, even if nostalgia plays a factor in it for me.
Started it, skipped it.
Great album
(C)rap music. I refer to my previous (now many) reviews of this genre. In happier news just bought a new car today. 0.1/5 19/9/24
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
I needed to hear this album like I need a hole in my head. Next….
These dudes sure do like weed. Interesting sonic feels here and there that compare to some Beastie Boys sounds which makes sense given they ran some tours together. Most songs on this album seem to sound and feel alike though given their similar tempos, with some others thrown in for filler. An ok album, but not a revisit for me.
Track one - We hate cops! Why are they harassing us?? All remaining tracks - admissions of various crimes that could reasonably be expected to draw the attention of law enforcement
Not sure I would seek this out and also crazy that we would get a cypress hill album that doesn’t include the 2 songs I know. This is fine. Some good beats and enjoyable rhymes. “Sawed off shotgun, hand on the pump Left hand on a forty, [puffin onna blunt]” I can see me rolling down my nice suburban neighborhood blasting that. I also saw they performed last July at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra. That seems wild. 2.75
Some thoughts: 1. Cypress Hill bros are no fans of cops. 2. Cypress Hill bros enjoy the weed. 3. Their signature sound (that kinda wailing noise in the background) got a little annoying on the first few tracks. 4. I learned that Rage Against The Machine's "How I Could Just Kill a Man" was a cover of a Cypress Hill song. All in all, an ok album. Not my cup of tea, but I can def see the appeal. 3.25/5
Short loops
This album is in my top ten of most listened to all time. I love it, I love Cypress Hill. It's crazy that The Cocteau Twins got two albums on the list but Cypress Hill's Black Sunday was left off. How I Could Just Kill a Man is the best Cypress Hill song ever. This is an all time great song: the beat, the lyrics. Hand On the Pump next...that might be the greatest back to back tracks on an album of all time. Hole In the Head is a great album track, they wouldn't lean into the Spanglish or Spanish lyrics until later, but you get a brief taste on it. 90s hip hop acts loved skits/intermissions in their albums. The Phuncky Feel One is another great album track. This might be the best hip hop album of all time. The hits were huge, influential and awesome and the album tracks are terrific. B-Real and Sen Dog are underrated MCs and DJ Muggs is an underrated DJ. Real Estate is going to roll right into Stoned Is the Way of the Walk, love it. These guys love weed. Latin Lingo...with the funky bilingual...underrated song. Latin Lingo was released as a single which I do not remember but it definitely deserved to be. Tres Equis was their first Exito en Espanol. Born to Get Busy's chorus and the party noise is the first thing I actively don't like about the album. One of the best albums ever made, confirmed.
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
Cypress bout to kick it! Classic early 90s hip hop from one of the OGs. 3.5/5
Fun album
Thoughts before listening: Well this is fun. These guys were the soundtrack to many high school and college parties even if I never owned any of their albums. I am sure I will recognize quite a few of these songs. Review: This is good although I am more familiar with and prefer their later albums, especially Black Sunday. Cypress Hill definitely have an iconic sound, largely thanks to B Real's unique voice. His high pitched, sing song style really stands out against the other rappers of their era. The backing tracks are reminiscent of the west coast style of the time with Cypress Hill being early to the game with their laid back, bass heavy beats. My favorite songs are "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Hand on the Pump". 3-stars
ACAB: The Album! We now know where Danny Brown got his flow, and with how catchy this album is, we don’t blame him
There's too much hip hop/rap in this list. This more of the same.
Rap med mycket repetitiva vokaler. Bra funky beats
I can understand the importance, but I can't feel the music; it sounded too bland for me. Maybe when I'm in a better mood, I should try again, but today, it's a 3-star album because of its historical influences.
For whatever reason, 90s hip hop always feels like more of a musical time capsule compared to other genres. Cypress Hill is no different. I feel like I don't really hear many elements of 90s hip hop appear elsewhere. It has its own, very 90s vibe that can be oddly comfortable, aside from the lyrics. Speaking of lyrics, they deal with the usual topics of violence, with some being systemic. They flow well. Too many record scratch sounds though, good god too many. It's a sound that feels very much of its time, and it gets annoying after a while.
Some very good tracks. Groundbreaking when it came out and some great production. But I'm glad that (some) hip-hop has moved on from all of the glorification of violence, drugs and homophobia.
Not very interesting
One or two hits but that's it
Eh 3.5
This album seems to be important to its genre and to those that are fans of hip-hop, but I can’t say that this was an album I enjoyed much. I’m honestly not the biggest fan of hip-hop. It’s either something I can enjoy or something that can bore or even annoy me. This album kinda got boring to me at times. There were good spots, though. One of the popular singles “How I Could Just Kill A Man” was good and I enjoyed “Psycobetabuckdown”. I appreciate the influence this album had. But for the most part, this was not exactly my cup of tea. Favorite track: How I Could Just Kill A Man Other Hits: Psycobetabuckdown, Hand on the Pump
Fun listen but won't be back.
This project is teaching me that there’s a definite limit to the amount of 90s hip-hop I need in a day. Not sure where it is, but it’s definitely less than an entire album.
Cypress Hill were really big with my fellow 14-year-olds back when, and I owned a copy or another of their albums myself then. Never really got the appeal, although stylistically at least, they came to create a very unique thing all their own. You can see it here already, albeit not yet fully formed.
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This Album had just the right amount of Scooby Doo representation that I want out of an album without it feeling like pandering. I felt a little numb to the lyrics in these songs and sorta tuned them out after a while. Some of the beats they have are really good though. How I Could Just Kill a Man is a classic and the best part of the first half, I honestly preferred everything in the 2nd half of the album a lot more.
I really like the samples and instrumentals, reminds me of Jet Set Radio at points. 'How I Could just kill a man' I really like the overdriven guitar trills, it sounds awesome. Each of the tracks had their own instrumental and sample quirks which are really cool. I generally don't think this album is for me, I'm not a big fan of the vocals. Some of the bars were quite funny, 'hand on the pump' had some bangers. If it wasn't for the solid instrumentals this album would have been a real chore to get through.
i hate cypress hill's shrill vocal style, compound that with the fact their lyricism sucks ass and the only reason they get a 2 instead of a 1 is most of their instrumentals are good. this is basically danny brown from the 90s.
You wake up to the warm afternoon glow of the California sun streaming through the fucked up venetian blinds of your filthy green waste smelling apartment. You look at the clock, it’s 3pm. “Dios mio” you say as you look at the stain on your carpet. You’ve knocked your bong over in your sleep and the rancid water is currently seeping into your carpet. You grab the lukewarm half drunk forty ounce of malt liquor from your nightstand, take a swig, and shoo the flies away from the room temperature white castle that’s been sitting on your coffee table all night. Need that fuel before you go to the studio. You drive downtown in your extremely modified continental, the most expensive thing you own by a huge margin, and get into the studio, you spit out a chunk of black mucus and prep your nasally voice for a hard day of recording, but first you flip a coin, today will I rap about smoking weed, or killing people? You spend ten minutes in the studio saying the n word way more than someone of your complexion should be. You sink into some sort of bean bag chair. What a hard days work, time for a cone. This album is cypress hills worst. They have good beats but the songs are nigh indistinguishable from each other. The rage version of I could just kill a man is better. This album goes on for too long.
For a second I glimpsed into into how most members of this group feel about every other album. Complete apathy. So fucking front heavy, very strong opening. I don't actually think there's anything that's overwhelmingly bad like you could play just about any random song from this album and it'd be alright. It's just the the kill people slonk gang weed gets old quick and it really feels like come on get to the point. There's so many bands that garnered an audience just from singles around this era, this feels like another one. Fav tracks - Pigs, How I could just kill a man, Hand on the Pump, Hole in the Head, The Phuncky Feel one, Real Estate Least Fav - Ultra Violet Dreams
HANGING OUT MY WINDOW WITH MY MAGNUM. Wow a lot of N words, ain't these guys latinx? Is that a mother fucking Scooby-doo reference? All that aside I wouldn't say this is my favourite rap album and kind of surprised it is here in this list. That said there is something special about Cypress Hill, sure the content of the songs ain't too deep but when you here these MF's start rapping you can tell right away that its Cypress Hill. No one out here sounding like these guys that's for damn sure. 3/5.
Super tight 45. Production and mixing is great, lyricism is hit or miss but overall a good album. How I Could Just Kill A Man and Hand On The Pump are classic and those songs bring back memories of sitting with my mate's older brother in his room, PC wallpaper is either a hot chick or a skyline and the place smells like shit. Not a whole lot to say about this album, it's not really my kind of music and I don't see myself giving this a spin out of the blue.
No
It’s ok
Close to giving this 4 stars if it had some more hype within
Expected worse
Great album.
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.
Classic
Finalmente um disco de hip hop envolvente de ponta a ponta. A latinidade garantiu mais melodia além das batidas.
Nah
An amazing Rap album
The kind of music my parents would tell me to turn down, and they wouldn’t be wrong
Not my kind of music
Not my favorite
I read Cyprus Hill’s wikipedia page in preparation for my listen, and when it came to the description of B-Real’s voice I wasn’t worried. It’s like the Beastie Boys, their voices weren’t annoying, it fit the cadence of the music. I really couldn’t stand B-Real’s voice on this. And the fact that s lot of the instrumentals are also annoying was really off-putting. I don’t understand the people who are saying that this is the album that made Hip-Hop click for them. I’m already a fan of Hip-Hop and I don’t get it. Overall, I don’t think it’s bad enough to warrant one star, I don’t think it’s interestingly bad enough, and it isn’t boring necessarily. But still, I did not enjoy this at all
That funky Cypress Hill shit.
It's a classic for a reason
Starts to feel pretty samey after the first few songs. Still manages to be a fun listen despite that.
2.5 stars rounded up. A whole album is a lot.
mpuai c'est vieux quoi
Wish I was chilling smoking a joint listening to this vs driving to work. Still a fun classic hip hop album.
For the longest time, I thought Cypress Hill was named after the neighborhood in Brooklyn and represented East Coast hip hop, but they’re actually named after a street in the LA area. Generally not super interested in these guys but “How I Could Just Kill a Man” and “Hand on the Pump” are solid. Also anyone else think B-Real sounds similar to Danny Brown? Both have sort of weird slightly grating high pitched voices while rapping which turned me off at first but I grew to really like.
Rap, 1991 -> 2
A classic.
Great beats, lyrically pretty interesting, no idea that RATM song was a cover from this album, overall really enjoyed
I really enjoyed this album, even though I wasn’t expecting to.
was expecting more
Phuncky samples and beats don’t save this one from being just another run of the mill Hill. Cops, amirite?
While I wouldn't die on this Hill, the Cypress branches aren't my favorite limbs of the hip-hop tree.
A lot of fun. I loved how adventurous they were with the sampling.
One or two interesting tracks
We played the crap out of this album in the early 90s. I got to see Cypress Hill a few times live. Once around 2002 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta and they cleared an 8ft bong during the show on a ladder. It was magic. They are underrated.
Really liked it. First time hearing it.
The perfect mash-up of NY and Cali hip-hop, from a band so influential they deserve far more credit. No massive hits on this album, but none the worse for it. Anyone who loves rap & hip-hop but doesn't rate Cypress Hill needs to have their sonic world expanded to include them.
Liked this better than I thought I would.
cypress
Fine. Nothing fancy, but not too bad
Not for me, surely for someone though. Might work better if you're a narcotic?
Started off a little too angry for me but then leveled out a bit. Good hooks. Liked the beat of most songs.
Not my usual listen but I listened to this album at least three times. I will again now I think. Good stuff.
I was happy to see another hip hop album appear on this site for me, and I wasn't disappointed. It has a distinctive sound with some fun lyrics, but it's far from being among the best hip hop albums in this list.
Fun enough, but ultimately didn’t change my opinion on Cypress Hill.
I enjoyed it. 3.5
I’d definitely listen to this again, but no one track stood out to me. Not yet anyway.
Meh
Not their biggest, still decent
Idk, I’m just not feeling it. I can hear that it’s not bad. I’m not the biggest rap fan but sometimes I really like it, and this isn’t one of the times. Not that I actively dislike it. Pretty clearly a three star for me.
Never was a huge fan, but I like them enough to respect it
a smoking pressure cooker of an album, banging beats and samples, and relentless, loping, cross-talking raps and wordplay
If I could rate it a zero I would. I don't want to hear about pu$$y in my music
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
Pigs - 3.75 How I Could Just Kill a Man - 3 Hand on the Pump - 3 Hole in the Head - 3 Ultraviolet Dreams - 3 Light Another - 3 The Phuncky Feel One - 3 Break It Up - 3 Real Estate - 3 Stoned is the Way of the Walk - 3 Psychobetabuckdown - 3 Something for the Blunted - 3 Latin Lingo - 3 The Funky Cypress Hill Shit - 3 Tres Equis - 3 Born to Get Busy - 3 Not for me. But not bad.
06/26/24 S Tier————————— A Tier—————————4 B Tier—————————3 How I could Just Kill a Man C Tier—————————2 Light Another Pigs Hand On The Pump Break It Up D Tier—————————1 Ultraviolet Dreams Hole In The Head
Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill Wednesday 6/26/24 2:29 A Tier————————— Tres Equis B Tier————————— How I Could Just Kill A Man Pigs Latin Lingo Light Another C Tier————————— Real Estate The Phunky Feel Ones Psychobetabreakdown Hand On The Pump The Funky Cyprus Hill Shit Stoned is the Way of the Walk D Tier————————— Born to Get Busy Hole In The Head Something For The Blunted Ultraviolet Dreams
Fun listen. Very nostalgic
Great DJ and percussion. Don't much dig the gangsta aspects of the lyrics but really good rhyme and flow.
Not my favorite. But influenced a lot of rock bands I like, so that's cool. 2/5
Some of the samples were really fun and I'm obsessed with the sloshy hi hat samples but most of this just doesn't hit my ear right
Liked parts of it, meh on a lot. Being stuck in a clean room listening to Pigs and I Could Kill A Man on repeat for 45 minutes probably didn't help
Massa
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
One of my least favorite bands. This album doesn’t change my mind.
Magnificent.
Afskaplega leiðigjarnt. Fíla ekkert við þetta.
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.
primo album hip hop dai dai dai che ci proviamo prima canzone mi ha venduto l'album sinceramente 3.48 rym un po' troppo gangsta rap per i miei gusti però, vediamo come va uffa musicalmente proprio non mi piace.... mi spiace ma non clicca proprio, per ora 2/5 confermo tutto
This was a great hip hop record, insane beats and flows, liked the rhymes too... The only thing is that it doesn't have that replyability, like yeah first time listen was good but its not going into my rotation-
3.75
Meh
Never listened to this debut. And what a weird choice for the list. It is much more old school rap influenced than I ever would have thought this group was. It doesn't quite sound like them yet, though the lyrical content is similar.
I've never had anything in my life that allows me to relate with gangsta rap... I've had some struggles, but you know, suburban white girl struggles. This is a whole ass vibe that I can't access, nor do I want to. I'm glad the people who love it really love it though.
Great memories of buying and listening to this . Some of the lyrics don't hold up , and the ‘getting high ‘ themes get tedious after a while. But! The production really keeps it afloat . Black sunday is a lot better.
Highlights: How Could I Just Kill A Man, Tres Equis. In a nutshell: "I wrote this track on weed and speed. My philosophy is ACAB. When hoes see my dick, they concede. Max rhymes, cliches to the extreme." Pardon the bad attempt at rapping. I’m getting the vibe that Cypress Hill rode the coattails of Public Enemy and N.W.A. Some witty rhymes, more self-referential bullshit (a pet peeve of mine). Liked the samples used throughout. It was difficult to connect with this album. But I don’t hate it. Overall: 4/10
Not for me
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
meh. very repetitve beats
Not for me. Also probably not aimed at me. They were good in the Simpsons.
Not my genre but instantly a bop
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
First time listening to this. I liked some of the throwaway tracks more than the big singles. The delivery of one of the rappers gets on my nerves. I liked a lot of the flow. Started as a 2 but got to a 3 by the end of it. "Just click on the chumpy and feel the funky flows"
Couldn't get through it. Sometimes this list makes me wonder if I even like music
4.5 stars!
I'm sure they are hard as hell or whatever. but it just sounds like stoners trying to prove they are bad ass. I'd probably give them a 4 but fags are way better than cops.
Black Sunday is the better album. Is that one on the list too? I remember seeing them in concert around year 2000, that was a good time
Decently entertaining. Got jumpscared by the f slur in the first song I don't they can say that. The funky cypress hill shit was really annoying and went on for so long. No favourites, nothing really stood out. It wasn't the best and some lyrics were questionable but still listenable. 3/5
It was okay, I was listening while applying to co-op jobs and nothing really stood out to me that much. Maybe I'm just in a crummy mood because I hate applying to jobs plus I won't be getting one. It's whatever though, favourite was probably Hole In the Head, though I don't even know if I actually liked it or it was the only one that was annoyingly catchy enough to stick in my memory. Please manifest me getting a co-op for Fall 2024. 3
Итс окей. Увидел в этой группе/альбоме огромное влияние на Дэнни Брауна, что довольно забавно. Лучшая песня - Real Estate.
Classic West Coast hip hop with homegrown Latin vibes. I love the silly tone. 3.4 stars
Not a fan
Fun, but dated lyrics keep it from regular listening.
I liked it, not a huge fan of rap/hip hop
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.
Not for me
shoutout gta Sam Andreas for putting me on this
non lo so, non mi ha convinto tanto. razionalmente non saprei nemmeno spiegare perchè ma a pelle non mi ha suscitato proprio nulla. sarebbe 1.5
basi e flow? belli. testi che dicono solo quanto sono gangsta, quanto ti fanno fuori se vai nel loro quartiere e quanto gli piace la Mary Jane? un po' meno belli. le canzoni in spagnolo? carine, alzano un pelo il voto, ma comunque non si può dare più di tre agli amici bilingue.
Bravi bravi bravi cazzo Non li conoscevo ma hanno quel sound old school che mi ha conquistato subito
Io sono ancora sconvolta che How I Could Just Kill a Man dei Rage Against the Machine sia una cover di How I Could Just Kill a Man dei Cypress Hill. Ah. Forse continuo a preferire la versione dei Rage Against the Machine, però.
Nah
Feels weird giving this and Johnny Cash both 3, but here we are
Hip Hop - aka. Hard Pass. 1/5
Not bad but not fully invested
Quite pleasant
I do enjoy the nasally raps of Cypress Hill and thought it was an enjoyable listen. Many points lost, however, due to every song being about smoking weed. We get it, you smoke. 5.5/10 (2.75/5)
OG LA rap that's good background for chillin'.
Takes me back to GTA
my type of hip-hop, but not their best album
Least favorite rap album so far, not bad but didn’t match the others I’ve had so far.
boring but not unlistenable.
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
j'aime pas
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.