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Not really my jam, but I enjoyed a few of the songs
How I could just kill a man
Está mejor de lo que creía pero no estoy en el mood.
Tää kyl toimii meikälle ihan hyvin! Tulee yläaste mieleen, vaikka todellisuudessa levyhän on julkaistu ennen syntymääni. 3/5
Toimii, vaikka parempaakin west coastia on tälläkin listalla jo ollut.
Ihan hauskaa tää west coast-räbä myös, vaikkei sinänsä ookaan mun genre. Sanotaan 2.5/5, pyöristetään ylös.
I can appreciate the skill involved but it's not a genre that I've ever been able to enjoy.
This was a lot of fun!
Good rhymes and good beats that kept me interested and wanting to hear more. With that being said, I'm not a fan of Hip Hop or Rap and found it nu-relatable, but it was listenable and guiltily pleasurable.
Interesting
Meh. It was fine. 🤷🏼
Good rap album, such a great flow and doesn’t sound as cringe as some of the other gangsta rap albums from the 90’s. Love I can just kill a man and the RATM cover of it.
While this has some classic tracks (most notably "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "Hand on the Pump"), the rest of the album's a little too uneven to justify four stars. I'd give it 3.5 if I could.
Interesting record. I can see why they are a classic rap act.
This is an album where I understand the cultural importance, and I really like a couple of the tracks, but as a whole, the album doesn't do much for me. Still, I get why it's here, and people who know and understand this genre better than I do appreciate this album. I would probably give it a 2.5/5 but I'm rounding up in recognition of its place in the history of hip hop. I do love hearing hip hop in Spanish and these guys do it well.
Enjoyable in a m ephemeral way
I gave Beastie Boys 2. This is better than Beastie Boys. Still repetitive for me
I can see how this was such an influential album to the genre, and music overall, but it's not my thing.
Impressive early 90s rap rock with beats.
It had some good songs
A few fun tracks, great lyrics. The bears get a bit repetitive.
Well I Like this a lot more when I was 20. It's not bad but after about 4 songs I had my fill of nostalgia and was done with it.
Started out interesting enough, but quickly grew tiresome. It’s that voice.
The godfathers of latin rap. This album didn't hold up super well, but they deserve all the respect. Best track: Latin Lingo
I've only known them for their hits from Black Sunday, but I like their stoner hip hop aesthetic, which works well with their wacky vocal style and metallic funky samples. It has an industrial dark sound to it that stands apart from the rest of their contemporaries, more closely aligning itself to grunge and stoner rock, so I can see why they were especially accessible to those types of crowds. This record however has a ton of weak tracks, with many of them hard to stand out beyond a couple unique sample usages. The middle third is all excellent, but then it loses its momentum in the last third. Would be higher if cut to an EP with my favorites. Favorites: How I Could Just Kill a Man, Phuncky Feel One, Real Estate, Stoned is the Way, Psychobetabuckdown, Funky Cypress Hill Shit
Pigs- Obvious police song with some good lyrics and linked to that nursery rhyme that I didn’t like How I could just kill a man- Catchy hook, if not repetitive, and quite interesting. guitar in background👍 Hand on the pump-Think we’re getting a theme, this is pretty engaging👍 Hole in the Head- This is a bit obnoxious and we get it at this point Ultraviolet dreams-short interlude Light another- Probably a more positive life philosophy, to abuse drugs rather than kill people👍 The phuncky feel one- Funky enough👍 Break up- Didn’t realise this was a separate song Real Estate- Quite annoying tbh, also what is his obsession with ducats Stoned is the way of the walk- doesn’t do much for me, doesn’t feel like beat matches flow psychobetabuckdown- No idea what this means, but I like it👍 Something for the blunted- stoner interlude Latin lingo-this is a fun concept, we love a language mix and match👍 The Funky Cypress Hill Shit- This is quite long and lyrics are quite generic, not my fave Tres Equis- This truly is TripleX Born to get busy- Almost a reiteration of mission statements- smoke weed This album is a little too long for me, with many phrases noticeably repeated between songs. I think production elements are interesting and there are a variety of styles, but just not really for me 3/5
Sure, why not. It's pretty fun. I don't have anything to say about this one.
It grooves..(much like the second album that i am more familiar with). It gets a bit repetitive though it is also distinctive. I like the nassl tones of the main vocalust and the old school samples are warm. Would I play again, prob not. 3
Decent, fairly funky hip hop album without any standout heights
Decent
Pretty enjoyable, consistent without ever being boring! No song made a specific mark but as a whole, it intrigued me and kept my attention as someone who is not too familiar with hip-hop but who also won't avoid it. Provoking lyrics (in a good way) but could certainly have done without the homophobic slur. (Maybe nitpicking? I'm honestly just appalled at how many of my older generated albums use slurs and/or violently bigoted, times truly have changed) Three stars. I feel like I need another listen to fully form an opinion, though.
The beginning of 90s rap. Organic, unique use of samples. Not quite my cup of tea but I did get yelled at a few times for playing this at high school dances.
Jeez this takes me back. Some fun tracks but by God it's so 1991.
thank god its not some lame rock and roll. finall some good fungickin food
Ok, but done much better by others.
Pretty cool but after a couple of songs it starts blending all together
It’s fine but not really for me
A middling album that showcases the lyrical talent and, at the time, uniquely bilingual rapping of the group. Unfortunately does not have insane in the membrane so it only rates a 3
Revolutionary album for stoner rap.
3.5/5
Amazing beats and samples.
Better than others in this genre
I expected to dislike this, but was pleasantly surprised. I wouldn’t listen to it again, but it was alright.
Cypress Hill has a few good tracks. Album was ok, but the sample changes were minimal and didn’t draw me in
I dunno what I thought of this, repetitive beats
Not bad at all, good lyrics, recognisable vocals and beats
This is obviously a landmark album for the whole hip hop genre, even if with this debut, DJ Muggs had not yet reached the full-bodied, weed-scented sounds Cypress Hill would later become famous for. Admittedly, he was getting to such hypnotic impact with hits (from the bong) "How I could Just Kill A Man", "Hand On The Pump" or "Stoned Is the Way of The Walk"... But as groundbreaking as those tracks were, most of everything else was still under the sway of late eighties production habits. And those might fare a little less well for certain rap fans, depending on where their mileage on old-school instrumentals is... That being said, "Pigs" is a terrific opener, whose cartoonish yet pointed lyrics about the police haven't aged a day--minus one or two passing details we won't delve into right now. With an opener like that, you instantly know what to expect from this record. Too bad its second half doesn't have enough musical or lyrical highlights in that vein, though. So if you want to listen to a Cypress Hill album that doesn't peter out on its midway point, I suggest you give a try to *Black Sunday* or *Temples Of Boom*. I will certainly add the first on my own list of 1001 albums you should absolutely listen to. Not that this one here is so bad--it's just not the best, is all. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 834 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 90 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 41 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 36
I can understand the success of Cypress Hill, but I gotta say that when you listen to an entire album of them you fall out of love pretty quickly. By track 8 I was already ready to stop listening and that's when I realized I was only halfway. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" was early enough in the album that I was able to appreciate it. It was the only song I already knew. "Hand On the Pump" surprised me because I didn't know Method Man/Redman borrowed those lines for their song. I love learning things like that.
Fun but a little undemanding. Ultimately didn't hold my attention for the duration, but what does these days? Liked the 'Duke of Earl' sample. Uh, haven't got a huge amount more to say. It's fine - sawed-off shotgun, hand on the pump, etc. These guys sound sincere, at least
Solid rap/hiphop album. Easy to listen to the whole album without really realising its gone from song to song, all pretty samey. Good though.
Good 90's party rap, some songs are pretty bland
Ragbrai album 4 of 4: While it’s before my time, I definitely buy that this was a influential, innovative hip hop album in the early 90s. However, it’s not quite my style of old school hip hop plus the typical homophobia is always a turn off. Call cops pigs is one thing but calling cops fags is just lame
Like biting into a crispy shell, full of unexpected flavours. Pretty fun listen
bedre enn forventa
Hip-hop. Ni fu ni fa.
It was solid but a bit repetitive.
It was fine. Did sound a bit dated but I guess it was a step in the direction of where west coast rap was moving.
Pigs 2/5 How I Could Just Kill a Man 4/5 Hand on the Pump 3/5 Hole in the Head 2/5 Ultraviolet Dreams 3/5 Light Another 3.5/5 The Phunky Feel One 4/5 Break it Up 3/5 Real Estate 3/5 Stoned is the Way of the Walk 2/5 Psychobetabucktown 3/5 Something for the Blunted 2/5 Latin Lingo 3/5 The Funky Cyprus Hill Shit 4/5 Tres Equis 4/5 Born to Get Busy 2/5 Better hip hop than the other 2000s album we listened to.
Not a genre that's for me, but there were good beats and I appreciated some of the clever choices they made (like the irony of lighthearted singsong voices while singing about violence and weapons)
Cool west coast hip hop vibes. Repetitive but fun.
quite repetitive but not bad
The good stuff is pretty good,but it gets a bit exhausting after a few songs. Much better in bite sized servings in my opinion. I still can't hate on it too much.
A favorite that I still play on occasion. Cypress Hill's debut is their best and they rode in on a part of the wave of west coast gangsta rap in the early 90s. While not the best example of the genre, their latin roots and glimpses into the barrio's of the west coast make for a great album. They won't match the success or quality of this album, but some 30+ years later, it still holds. 3.5/5
Good hip hop
-"How Could I Just Kill A Man" and "light Another are pretty catchy -Crazy bass intro on "Real Estate" -"Psycobetabuckdown" has a very cool digital robot-y intro/beat. Also parts of it remind me of the Red Hot Chili Peppers -Cool instrumental on "Tres Equis." The mix of horns and the spooky guitar sounds almost Mexican/wild westish or something. When the intro begins it does not sound like a rap song at all -Overall one of the stronger rap albums I've had. I'd say its potentially bordering on 4 star territory.
Rap de los 90, mucho loop y mucha voz nasal. Divertidos y en su momento interesantes hoy en día se me hacen monótonos. Me han gustado "How I Could Just Kill a Man" y "Hand on the Pump". El resto se deja escuchar. Creo que con su otro disco "Black Sunday" quedarían mejor representados en esta lista de 1001 discos.
I've been a casual Cypress Hill fan for years, but never heard this album before. A sign of things to come I guess, but not their best.
hip hop, considering I'm not a big fan of it there's some head bopping songs still. But wouldn't listen to it again tbh.
Some good beats and what not. West coast rap is definitely more enjoyable.
Some fun beats
I feel like all the songs kind of sounded the same
I liked the guitar riffs sampled by CH. Although that did get a little tiresome after a while. B Real has a very interesting voice, it has a kind of cartoony feel. I like the funkiness of the beat for most of the songs. I was surprised that many of the songs were shorter than I expected. The first song, "Pigs," made a statement about the establishment, but I felt that Public Enemy (the next album up) made better statements about the establishment. I always felt that Cypress Hill was not as serious, so it was weird to hear them rapping like they were. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they're the Fat Boys or the Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill"-era. But I just didn't think of them on the same level as Public Enemy. So I dug it, but as a person who is not into stoner rock, it's hard to listen to you know?
Hip hop
wel oke, niet speciaal
eh
It’s a little tedious, the first three songs all revolve around gangster posturing about killing people, the rest didn’t really hold my attention. Solid beats though.
Fun
It sounds like Cypress Hill but where is Hits From The Bong, oh it's mentioned in Stoned Is the Way of the Walk.
Oldie. Not my fave. The voice gets too redundant.
variations on a theme of squeak
This was fine.
It's not Black Sunday, is it?
Honestly, I expected to hate this one, so I'm giving it bonus points fot being way better than expected and for not hating it. The vocals are occasionally annoying, but fit the music well and I got used to them after a while. The instrumentation is actually nice - I like the funk-rock influences apparent in the music. Usually I listen to at most a minute of the first 5-6 tracks of rap albums before giving it 1 star. But I listened to this album from start to finish and it was totally fine. Probably a 2.5 for me, rather than a 3 but rounding it up because it's so rare that I can listen to an entire rap album.
Tiene un par de canciones que recuerdo, pero el rap no es mi género favorito, así que suelo escuchar algunas canciones. Es muy díficil que aguante un disco completo.
Pretty good
Repetitive bangers. I mean…
I didn’t listen to it all but I got the idea. I didn’t enjoy the samples, especially the “what does it all mean”, which is used by someone else in another song. I’m tired. Brain not work.
Ik ben absoluut geen fan van rap, maar ik kan Cypress Hill prima luisteren. Ik vind de beat wel relaxt en de rap-stem heel toegankelijk. ***
cypress hill has its own style in the rap genre that is a bit hard to compare to other groups from the same era but its entertaining enough
Very nice contrast to yesterday's mc solar french rap. Cyress hill comes as 'grittier'. Good weave of music and lyrics
Good rap and great production. Not quite my style overall, but well done.
I remember not liking this at all when it first came out. Now, I quite like it. That's largely reflective of my views of hip-hop at the time vs now.
Pretty sure I would have had very little of good to say about this when it was first released. I can say in my defence, I would not have understood a thing about the album, or where it came from, but looking back and listening to it now just makes me realize musically how out of touch I was.
6/10 had some cool moments but falls pretty flat compared to the other 90s rap i've heard.
The lyrics are on point and the groove is really good, though I'm not a huge fan of the nasally vocal delivery. Still pretty enjoyable... how i could just kill a man and hand on the pump are just stellar.
The first song was a hard no. I understand problems with policing in America, but this song isn't going to win me over to your cause. Then a series of gun violence songs left me wanting to turn this off. Fortunately at track 5 we get into some other subjects (getting high mostly - although I recommend you not drink 'that funky Cypress Hill shit'). I was actually enjoying some of the songs that didn't seem to focus on killing, abusing or slurring people. The beats are great on this - I enjoyed a lot of the music. But those first 4 songs...
2/22/22
What I remember. Not really gangsta rap, but still loud and edgy enough to make suburban parents freak out and for their kids to want to listen to it. Big beats and some booming vocals.
This list has turned up a little more 90s hip hop than I strictly feel a need for. The rolling delivery and wit to these lyrics carries this along, but all the typical issues of the genre and era (homophobia, sexism, glorification of gun violence) has begun to sour it a little much for me.
2nd listen. First time I gave this a 2/5. I think the album starts really strong and tapers off a bit at the end. Maybe I just get tired of the style too quickly. Still, I like it much more this time around. 3/5. Next time, maybe it will be a 4/5. :)
Fantastic production, especially for an early 90's release. Starts off with some strong tracks and kind of mellows out after that. It's consistent, just not all too exciting.
Rating: 6/10
Sehr starke Beats und auch eingängige Flows, viel mehr kann ich da denke ich nicht zu sagen, eben ein gut gealtertes 90er Rap-Album. Nicht viel für mich rauszuholen
dieser old school hip hop ist wirklich nicht mehr meins und sowas habe ich auch seit jahren nicht gehört. hier sind ein paar gute tracks dabei, die produktion ist meist gelungen und die lyrics sind ok. irgendwas über diese musik spricht mich nicht an, vielleicht bin ich auch einfach einen anderen rapstil gewöhnt. hier werde ich wohl nicht so schnell zurückkehren. tut mir fast leid, dass eminem nur einen stern weniger hat, aber was soll man machen...
Die Beats sind mega nice, extrem funky und vielschichtig. B-Real und Sen Dog? n@j@. Die beiden können nicht wirklich gut rappen, B-Real hat wenigstens noch seine charakteristische nasale Stimme, die seine Performance ein bisschen interessanter macht. Wenn Sen Dog das Mic in die Hand nimmt muss ich nur gähnen. Bei beiden viel zu viel Monotonie. Spricht auf jeden Fall für diese Beats, dass es trotzdem über die ganze Laufzeit nicht langweilig wird.
Pretty good - though I like Black Sunday better
I'm tapping out. I just don't low rap well enough to know how important this was or wasn't.
The vocals have always grated a bit for me, then the disappointment that “Insane in the Brain” is not on this album…but it’s okay, not as adventurous as The Beasties but alright.
Good
I saw Cypress Hill at the Hordon... That was B-Real.
3.5/5 While parts of the album definitely place it in a specific time frame the beats and samples on most of the songs still sound great. The unpolished feel of the album compliments the delivery and flow of the lyrics. I start to get a bit tired of the constant energy about halfway through. I’m not a huge fan of stoner rap, but this album showed me that the group is definitely more than their hit “Insane in the Brain”. Fav Songs: How I Could Just Kill A Man, Hand On the Pump, The Phuncky Feel One, Psycobetabuckdown
I actually enjoyed the overall sound, groove and harmonies. Sort of mix of reggae and rap. My issue is the lyrics. Really liked "Hand on the Pump", but the excessive use of the N*** word and the topic (killing) are really off-putting. Lead singer's (B-Real) voice is high, almost nasally, but I found it a great sound. Another singer (Sen Dog??) has a low rap sound, and they play off each other nicely. Fav song is "Latin Lingo". Has a great base line and the rap is mesmerizing. Added to personally library !
I recognize Cypress Hill’s unique style. The samples are on point as is B-Real’s nasally voice. The music holds up. The lyrics are another thing.
Would give it a 3.5
This is the funky Cypress Hill shit.
Identifying Cypress Hill : It’s the album Cypress Hill by the band Cypress Hill
Captures the rap scene right as it is transitioning from "I went to the hat store and I bought myself a hat" and "I am going to fucking shoot you in the fucking face". I think I prefer the Rage Against the Machine version of Kill a Man, but I respect the original and I am glad to have heard it. I love that 99% of rappers are, at their heart, real big goof balls. It's a genre that is meant to be playful and silly, and is at its best when it is done so.
Has a sound somewhat similar to Public Enemy from the same era, but lyrically more focused on hardcore street life than political awareness. They definitely have unique voices and flows. But where they shine, in my opinion, is when they incorporate Latin percussion and Spanish lyrics. Ultimately, I find the gangster rap thing kind of exhausting over the course of an album though.
Oof, usage of gay slurs has not aged "Pigs" well. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" is pretty iconic though. Interesting some of the lyrics are very close to some Rage Against the Machine's later works, so clearly they were influenced (not to mention they toured together). Some of the lyrics are so silly though, "Scooby Doo ya'll" made me laugh out loud. It's okay, I see the influence but for me the execution isn't my hip-hop style.
some slick production but the messaging is off-point
I don't really care for CH's jokey-style of hip hop but that's just me. I can appreciate their work though. 6/10.
Hip-hop. Ni fu ni fa.
Hip hop con ritmo. Me ha gustado.
It's okay
Se oli ihan toinen levy jota soittamalla kulutettiin aikoinaan puhki, mutta ihan hauskaa menoa tässäkin on.
Ehtaa Cypressiä, varma kolmonen
Liked it. I never paid much attention to Hip Hop in the 90s, now I'm liking it and this had it's catchy moments.
I don't have much to say. A lot of this late 80s/early 90s hip hop sounds very similar to me. Cancel me if you must. 3/5
Not bad, not great
Nice album rap. Mais un peu redindant. Jaime quajd meme. 3.5
I’m in no position to judge this genre, but I will say that it’s “fun” to listen to (which, I know, is not the intent). Cypress Hill is definitely unique in this space. They developed their own sound, and I can appreciate that. It grinds on my after a while, though.
A Tribe Called Quest with more aggro lyrics and production. lots of creativity here but it's a challenging listen overall
Some decent hip hop, even if some of the tracks get a bit samey
Pretty classic, not as good as Black Sunday. Solid but not their big hits in my mind.
Está bien pero no es lo mio...
really angry until they took to the mary jane, the old wacky baccy, da 'erb, reefer, the doobies. once that happened the album was a lot less about killing people and hating on pigs and just better in general.
Well better than Kanye West. That was a tough two days listening to that ass sandwich. That's all I have to say.
fun
3/5
Ikke lige min favorit type hiphop. Men flere gode beats og en fed start. Kvaliteten er høj men sangerens stemme irritere mig
El flow tan característic i associat a la banda ja començava aquí. El hit incontestable és 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', però la resta està a un bon nivell, amb la vena llatina més pronunciada que a treballs posteriors i la compenetració entre B-Real i Sen Dog ja liderant les composicions del grup
I didn't really like this album - not my kind of music I guess. They all sounded very similar to me. But these songs are very 90s which is nostalgic.
Pretty good in places, esp. the samples. Mixed well, so sounds good for '91. But I found it rather tiring to listen to overall.
Regarding B-Real’s choice of singing style, he “barely liked it,” but “learn to like it.” I haven’t.
Bit of fun.
You know what you're gonna get with Cypress Hill. Classic Gangsta Rap, with lots of weed and guns. There's definitely some nostalgia factor going back in high school when you could build your personality around smoking weed. Definitely outgrown these kinds of lyrics/themes these days but I'll give it points since I used to love some of the tunes on here. I bet they'd sound really good backed by the London Symphony Orchestra, possibly while high.
Good album, not great
He escuchado otros discos de Cypress Hill que están mejores, pero si entiendo que éste esté dentro del listado porque marca el estilo del grupo
Good for certain situations, wouldn't listen regularly
Groovy beats. All the gun and violence imagery was a bit too much for my taste but I digged the rap flow. Light another is a favourite.
For an early 90s rap album Cypress Hill made something unique. Some of the songs are heavily weed based but that’s what they’re known for. The album is good but not as good as Black Sunday. 6.4/10
Pretty good old days.
Better than you think
First time listening: 12/16 songs liked It's quite underrated for sure, as most definitive hip-hop albums are rooted amongst African-Americans. This stamps "Latino" all over the album. Wacky, ear-tickling samples, with the weird voicing of B-real, make for a classic album. 3 songs saved.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Cypress Hill kind of became a one trick pony. But there is some quality production on this project. Definitely some early 90s cruisin music.
disco interesante, una cancion en español que me sorprendio. sonaba mucho a molotov
Not my cup of tea but can see why it is a clarion call to those who get it
If I was 15 it may have been a 5, as it is was a good hip hop album, nothing more
Buenos ritmos. Funky divertido. Percusión a tope.
Buuuuaaahahhh
3.75 on this blast from the past
bueno
Eh, gansta rap isn't really my thing. Cypress Hill carved out an undeniably iconic sound for themselves - you can tell a Cypress Hill track within seconds. Fave track... one of the ones with more Spanish, I guess? "Latin Lingo" or "Tres Equis"
3.5 | Creo que con el tiempo la gente hoy tiene una idea de Cypress Hill como si fueran una banda de novedad o un one hit wonder, pero se puede olvidar fácilmente que cuando salieron fue realmente algo totalmente distinto a todo lo que había. Tomaron una base y estilo de fraseo similar a los Beastie Boys pero trajeron todo su fondo musical directo del sonido del funk de los 70's (a un grado que parece, cuando solo se escucha la música como si fuera una película de exploitation de las que alaban Tarantino y Robert Rodriguez). El rapeo es de alto nivel y harto harto pegajoso, la combinación de los hermanos de la voz nasal aguda forzada y la voz fuerte cuadra perfecto. Temáticamente no despunta mucho obviamente, el 90% de las letras son básicamente sobre mota, pandillas o pandillas con mota. No es fácil transformar un género pero, a pesar de no ser los primeros raperos latinos, sí fueron quienes lograron dar un lugar al estilo, lograr seguidores y tener un sonido distintivo. Todo el hip-hop de costa oeste les debe mucho más de lo que se llega a aceptar. Su sonido se siente mucho más de lo que parece en los inicios de Dr. Dree o Snoop. Me queda la duda de por qué tomar el disco debut cuando su segundo disco es el que terminó siendo mejor material y aun más famoso (me parece sería mejor representante en la lista como para decir que es un disco obligado).
Good ‘ol cypress hill
So I generally kind of hate 80s-90s hip hop because it's kind of corny and lame and super dated sounding. But this album is pretty tight so far. They made some pretty iconic beats
Hard to give a rating. It's not a bad album by any stretch but after a while it becomes hard to distinguish between songs. Lyrically, its tight and there are some solid grooves they rap over but there are definitely better rap and hip hop albums out there.
Classic. Great study album
3.5| Wasup Hommies!!! saquen la clika CH is in la casa. Mucho funk en sus mezclas junto con las rimas te llevan en un trip (musical no fumón) por los 70's-80's No creo que sea su mejor disco pero si creo que es el disco que dió pie a muchas bandas latinas para explorar el rap.
3.5 | ¿Eres tú Fermin IV, Huidos o Emmanuel Horvilleur? Es impresionante el impacto cultural y estilístico que tuvo este disco en el rock y hip hop latinoamericano que vino en el resto de la década e incluso hasta el día de hoy. Me pareció un disco muy entretenido, especialmente en las letras y en los sampleos de música vieja. De hecho más entretenido de lo que esperaba, porque únicamente conocía la emblemática de la banda, y me Imaginaba que iba a ser muy monótono.
I mean, you already know what this album sounds like. Cypress Hill
3.75 great album
a number of great cypress hill songs on this album. Including pigs and how I could just kill a man.
good album, not their best.
not my favorite album from them but not bad
Funky shit
I struggle with Cypress Hill. I lost a few brain cells listening to this knuckle dragging caricature of a rap album. There’s a few consecutive tracks in the middle section of the album that are pretty good with some good beats, but on the whole it’s reasonably uninspired. B Real also sounds ridiculous
Classic sound. Never went out of my way to listen to them before, but I’ve definitely heard some of those songs played throughout my life. A bit repetitive.
Not what I usually listen to, but I'd give it another try. I liked the use of instrumentation alongside the rap!
1991. Key Songs: Pigs, How Could I Just Kill a Man
didn't fully listen, kinda goes tho
Too long. Very repetitive sound.
Eh... not a great album but I definitely prefer this over Rod Stewart.
More obnoxious hip hop crap
Gotta say, the whole thing felt very one note and I spent the entire time hoping against reality that Insane in the Membrane would suddenly come on
This has not aged well.
My little brother listed to this a lot when he was 14 so I am familiar with it. It's not my cup of tea but maybe due to nostalgia it's mildly enjoyable.
My husband put it best, "If I'm not at a party with a drink and a joint I don't want to listen to this." Agreed. I know Cypress Hill is beloved but I just can't get into these days.
One guy kinda sounds like Danny brown, this didn't age that bad but meh
Music for cranky tweens. I liked a few of the songs though.
I feel like I’ve had enough Gangsta Rap for one lifetime from this list at album 218 for me. The sound is pretty decent, drawing on the sample-heavy approach, which was the style at the time. But it gets pretty repetitive, so nothing much stood out to me as a memorable track.
Here we go again. At the risk of seeming sanctimonious, I’m just fed up with this kind of lyrics, and no matter how many gangsta rap albums this list makes me listen to, I don’t think the genre is ever going to win me over. But my primary reaction was one of boredom rather than any sense of moral outrage. In fairness, I did enjoy the production and the samples for the first few tracks, but it quickly became very samey and one-dimensional, so that it all washed over me, with no specific tracks making any real impression on me.
I learned that Cypress Hill is the name of a street in the group’s old neighborhood, at least that’s what the interweb says. Hip hop was/is a significant part of music history so it’s logical that there are some hip hop albums on the list. It makes me wonder though, is there a quota? Anyhow, the end of the album was better than the rest of it, but it’s still two stars for me.
Yoooo. Like the Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill were inexplicably on the Rock Countdown all the time, even though they definitely aren't rock (Wiki backs me on this). I think host Jim Shearer was just a big fan. Anyway, I didn't like them at all. They had one song that went, "What's Your Name? What's Your Number? I would like to get to know you" and it gets stuck in my head about once a week. Via hate-filled mockery I have stockholmed myself into liking it. Anyway, this album vastly predates that song, so I'm curious if I will (a) like it due to familiarity, (b) hate them passionately as I did before, or (c) not even recognize them as the same band. Well... it was (b) and (c)! Very 90s album, and 90s hiphop has been universally not my vibe so far. Themes on the album include classics like: gun violence, cops are bad, drugs. The beats&delivery were fine, not the worst but certainly not good enough to make me not hate the content. The lyrics were, for the most part, unpleasant. (Bilingual) slur count = 14. Highlights: "homepigs", a positive view of bilingualism
2,4/5
It's not for me. I remember listening to Cypress Hill at school and wanting to be cool like that, but I am not cool like that. Would be a 2.5 if I could.
Não é o meu tipo de rap
2 - not for me
I think these fellows might enjoy cannabis Great energy, but listening to full hip-hop albums from sort of pre-2000s era don't usually do it for me (except 36 Chambers which I can only assume will pop up on here, I'll save my praise for then)
It's definitely not the kind of hip hop that I would be coming back to. It got pretty annoying and felt like i was listening to the same song for 46 minutes.
Meh
Yeah this one was rough I respect them for trying something a little different with hip hop, and everyone once in a while they’ll throw together a stretch that sounds pretty solid. Messages are pretty well executed and pretty straightforward I just think the rest of this album’s kinda a mess. I don’t particularly care for the vocals and think they’re kinda all over the place. The beats in this one are way too weird for my liking; Break it Up in particular, even though it’s short, is just ear wrenching. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the wordplay or just general flow of any track either This is probably the most I’ve disliked any hip hop album we’ve gotten on here, it’s just not my thing at all. I understand a lot of west coast rappers got their inspiration from these guys, but there’s a reason this album’s been mostly forgotten in the swaths of better hip hop throughout the decade
just ok
First the rapping. As everybody knows by now, B-Real is a lead MC of the group while Sen Dog is the hype man. The titles of the songs "Pigs", "How I Could Just Kill a Man", and "Light Another" sum up the only things that B-Real and Sen Dog talk about. Neither B-Real nor Sen Dog are amazing rappers, but they're not awful either. The way the both of them deliver the lyrics make them sound like cartoon characters. Although they ramble about shooting people, it's impossible to take seriously. That's okay because it's not supposed to be. There are a bunch of problems with this album. I've explained my problems with the lyrics and Sen Dog and as good as Muggs' beats are, they're not good enough for me to completely forgive the juvenile rapping. The worst part is that all of these problems are present on EVERY song here. All the songs here are B-Real and Sen Dog rambling about cops, shooting you, or reefer over some funky Muggs beat, which means that every song sounds alike. If you've heard "How I Could Just Kill a Man" or "The Phuncky Feel One", you've heard Cypress Hill. I completely disagree with the assessment that this is a classic. If Cypress Hill was ever classic material, it was in 1991. Whatever made this album sound so amazing back then is completely gone in 2008. This just hasn't aged well at all.
Sadly hip hop is not my thing
Cypress Hill never really stuck with me. Some of their later stuff I have enjoyed. I thought the beats were good, sampling was creative even if I didn't fully recognize where they all came from, and the lyricism was inventive despite the subject matter being run-of-the-mill gangsta rap. They didn't waste our time with silly skits, and no recordings of simulated sexual encounters so at least there's that. I wish I loved anything in my life as much as these guys appear to love weed. Probably wouldn't bother spinning this up again. Didn't hate it, but not a lot here I was dying to listen to again.
Lyrically, it's gangsta rap; musically, it's a little less intense, but still repetitive and not especially interesting from my perspective. It seems like this is a really important and influential album, but it doesn't call to me.
I mean... It's fun. For a while. Then it gets annoying and repetitive.
Rap for white pot heads
Was ready to say "come at me" for my 5 star rating at the start of this. Fucking pigs ✅ strapped with a sawn-off shotgun ✅ blazing joints ✅ acting kinda loco ✅ ... but after four songs they were no longer fuckin' up my program.
Meh
Definitely unique sound to vocals. Beats were a bit chill. Wasn't really My thing, everything blurred together pretty early on
I can see why some people like this, but it’s not my cup of tea.
Great production and really trailblazing incorporation of rock into rap, but very poor lyrical work.
They have an iconic sound but it’s kind of annoying. I just kept expecting to hear Insane in the Brain
Not for me really but I can't deny that pigs and how I could just kill a man are catchy.
I could not get past the cursing. Definitely fun beats and if I didn't understand, I would rate this higher
I feel like this was an influential album, but I just had a hard time getting through it.
Нудні біти, нудна читка, особливо під кінець. Оцінка: низька-середня 5
I wasn't sure about it at first since I'm not a fan of this genre, but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Not something I'd choose to listen to but I wouldn't skip it on a randomized playlist.
Not fan. Couldn't understand. Did not enjoy at all. But at least wasn't offended.
650/1001 2026.07.03 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑
The single tracks are o.k. but a whole album of any kind of hip-hop is slightly too much for me.
Struggled with this one. There’s some decent stuff tucked in here but they will have to be a playlist group for me. One song every once in a while on a playlist, not 45 minutes straight.
i love the beats, love the samples - but man that vocal delivery has always been so damn grating to me.
pas assez mélodique pour moi
I just found it kind of annoying honestly
Spooky vibes, and honestly mad weird.
This was not good
nicht so packend.
not my cup of tea tbh 2
They are on the upper end of enjoyment in terms of 90s hip hop albums. The compositions by DJ Muggz sound so unabashedly from its era which make this album even more so relevant. Overall, a fun and interesting listen but far from their third, 'Temples of Boom'. 7/10 [SWAP]
I find the tone of the rap annoying, supplemented by backing tracks that are annoying.
Real Estate was a vibe
Better than some in this genre, but still not my favorite genre.
Did not like. Annoying voice, lyrics were just mid, production was fine at best. Felt a lot longer than the 46 minute runtime.
meh. it was better than I expected though
Not for me.
I really enjoy the sound Cypress Hill creates on this album through some creative mixing and sampling. I only wish the lyrics were as creative. It’s really all about smoking weed and shooting people and even to that end isn’t written in a way that’s especially engaging or surprising.
можна більше без репу
2/5
How I Could Just Kill a Man Hand on the Pump
292/1089 this was a fun and interesting enough listen as part of this project but none of it stood out to me as something i need to revisit 24/100
I guess this is a hood classic but I found it pretty grating.
nostalgic, i just don't think it aged that well or I would listen to it if I hadn't played tony hawk for my whole life
Hip-Hop
Standouts How I Could Just Kill a Man
More uninspiring hip hop improved with the occasional horn and strings.
It's a no from me
kinda boring. Some interesting sounds.
High school era, hits from the bong …could of waited another 30 yrs to revisit this effort
I feel bad because I think my average rating for hip hop is pretty low compared to how I think I enjoy the genre. But that's a factor of this list having a lot of old-school hip hop prior to gangsta rap (Which is about when I started enjoying hip hop with the more intricate and complex rhyme schemes that flow better). And unfortunately, this is still that old-school flow with the more sparse, early 90's sound. So yeah, just not really doing much for me.
Another boom bap album, but this time it's a group of Latin Americans, which I only figured out upon hearing the song "Latin lingo." Goes to show how closely I was listening.. that might be my favorite song on the album; the songs with bilingual bars were pretty cool. It's still really hard to rate albums like this because the style of music is characterized by having minimal instrumentals to make room for the spoken word, so to speak. But like ray, I also don't internalize lyrics very much, nor do I look for them as the main point of appeal in music. The instrumentals, sampling, and flows are all funky and rhythmically interesting, but that's about all that I can say. All the music from this genre sounds the same because it's supposed to. I think rap music reached its peak after the 21st-century, when an artist started using more musical elements. Some of the samples on this album made me think how it's cool that you can loop sounds from daily life and create a rhythm from that.
I really did not like the first 4 tracks, the . . . violent nihilism? Any excuse I can think of for those tracks doesn't fly, and most of the explanations I can think of are cynical and self-serving and irresponsible. Ok, after that -- a number of the tracks sound pretty cool; the music/rhythm, I mean - the rapping is kind of annoying (to me); I don't even know what they're saying, half the time, but it SOUNDS like obnoxious braggadoccio, which really rubs me the wrong way. Some of the sound collages and beats and whatnot are pretty cool. So, like 3 or 4 (lean toward a 4) for that part, but 1 or 2 (lean toward a 1) for the "vocals" (and the lyrics). But, overall 2 or 3. I think I dislike the vocals (delivery, and lyrics, and nihilism posing as cool) so much that I'll give it a 2 overall. But I did like the beats and the samples and the bass and the whatnot -- basically, everything except the vocals.
This sounds like an uninspired knockoff of Insane Clown Posse.
Liked the first song, but flow and sound aren't really my thing
The beats are OK, if a little eccentric (and a touch annoying), but not much else is good to me.
I actually liked Black Sunday back in the day when they were blowing up, listening to this now, not so much. The nasal vocals are seriously irritating and it’s all rather teenage boy style annoying. Yep, I’ve grown out of this one
Too repetitive. Not for me
Major Album that I never got into
2 notes into the first track and there was no denying it was Cypress Hill. I appreciate their sound but it never was high on my list of bands to listen to.
Not the best hip hop project.
Para mí, este disco de hip hop se salva por el poquito funk que de vez en cuando se cuela entre composición y composición. Por lo demás, me aburre y me cansa, hasta me irrita, por partes iguales. Poco más que decir se un álbum que no me ha animado a escucharlo una segunda vez.
Not a fan.
I means it’s ok not my favorite, I feel like they were speaking gibberish the whole time
2.25 - I’m more familiar with subsequent albums. This holds up better than Run DMC, but I was a bit disappointed in this.
Not bad but kinda boring
Eh.
Sound very Cypress Hill, oh wait it is. The fact that I haven't heard this album but it was the same music I have heard before makes me think that the albums are just the same music.
I found myself absent mindedly tapping along with the beat occasionally and would start paying attention. Upon which I would realise that the current section was being repeated with no variation for the next 2 minutes. I have concluded that my ADHD stops me from enjoying hip hop. I struggle to appreciate the talent in putting together a bar of stuff that sounds alright and then selecting it and pressing CTRL+C -> CTRL+VVVVVV. Other than that I am not interested in the album. I decided for one song to try to listen to the lyrics to figure out if it was at least lyrically interesting, after about a minute of trying I couldn't make out a single word and gave up. Low 2 At least it was short.
Unfortunately, so much of this music sounds the same and I really could do without all the foul language, but then it wouldn't be culturally accurate, would it? I thought the song "Hand On The Pump" had the same three notes that the song, "Duke of Earl"' has, and every time I heard those three notes the words, 'Duke of Earl' went through my head and every time I heard those three notes, I was disappointed as it wasn't the song, "Duke Of Earl" and I wondered if there were any piracy issues. Mostly, I was just glad when the album was over, and I hoped there would be a little more time before another hip-hop album shows up in the rotation. I did like the way that "Tres Equis" started out with the single horn and then joined by other instruments, so best song for me was "Tres Equis" which the language was Spanish, so I didn't understand what the words were except for a few like calenti which means hot and the song title "Three X's"
Very easy to see how this inspired guys like Eminem, which was cool. However, this album wasn't really for me, and I don't think I could see myself listening to them again.
Jaja
Garbage. Reminds me of Insane Clown Posse. I think I was a bit too harsh on this one. Bumping to a 2.
I figured I would be down with this album. After the first 3 songs I was tired of it. Same sound, same themes.
Another rap album that I ultimately just find quite boring. Some good songs that I may add to a playlist but won’t listen to album again
no estoy para rap hoy
Not really for me
Pretty generic and uninteresting. A lot of the album sounded like test tracks for various sound clips
This felt generic by my modern standards. Maybe it was more important when it was first released; I do like some of the messaging, too. But I disliked more than I liked.
Okay, but far from great. There are much better early 90s hip hop groups.
Not the worst rap/hip-hop, but not great. I’m happy I don’t have to listen to this again. 2/5
noioso
Not my Taste
tried to give this an honest listen despite me not being a fan of cypress hill. while it has some unique aspects, it’s just not my vibe.
I don't really listen to that much hip hop, so I didn't really know what to expect. Some of the songs were really catchy, although I probably wouldn't listen to the album again. I just couldn't get into it. That being said I enjoyed the song Light Another a lot.
I liked the start of this but got a bit repetitive as it went on. Glad to have heard it but not one for keeping around.
I recognize its cultural relevance, but it never really clicked for me.
not bad. just not my thing. I can appreciate the art though, I know it's good because I can sit through it. But I wouldn't listen again.
Nah
Kinda liked it when it came out but not my favourite type of hip hop. Might listen to a couple of tracks now and again but it's not an all time great, even for hip hop.
10 albums to go. This is fine for what it is, some funk and groove in the production but it doesn’t give me anything else. I’m not a fan generally of boast rap or songs that are wholly about drugs - so this isn’t a great combo for me.
Not a fan. I don’t know if it’s his voice or the constant scratching like they just discovered they could do it.
Het was niet zo slecht maarja hip hop
Dwa odsłuchy. Nadal nie czuję tej muzyki.
I'd sort of forgotten about Cypress Hill. When Black Sunday came out in '93 they were pretty much inescapable - they seemed to me to be at the more tolerable end of the genre and I would go so far as to say I quite liked that record once I got past the whiny vocal delivery. I'd never heard this record before but I do quite like their sound, even if the words are a bit shooty for my tastes. As with pretty much every record I've ever heard in this genre, I can't relate to a single word of it, but I guess I don't need to. It also starts to sounds very samey after a while - when it finished playing, I couldn't really remember any of it, and I was left with no real desire to remind myself.
Seem to repeat myself about hip hop generally. My knowledge of it is low. My enjoyment of it very mixed. The hypermasculinity and misogyny of so much of it seems to be mercifully absent from Cypress Hill, or did I just switch off as I wasn't very interested in it? Think they smoke a lot.... this could take things either way... ??
cool production and creative sampling, but it doesn’t blow me away. b-real’s voice is a bit annoying, and stops me from fully immersing myself in the album. not bad, but doesn’t do much to set itself apart from other hip-hop albums of the early 90s. lacking the charisma of the beastie boys, timelessness of atcq, and grit of wu tang clan. just a meh hip-hop record.
I think I prefer it when my hip-hop is Conscious rather than Stoner.
5/10 - some fun beats but generally not my thing