[.ca] Cypress Hill

From Amazon.com:
Led by the deep-toned Sen Dog and the deliciously adenoidal whine of B-Real and backed by DJ Muggs's beats--as thick as the smoke they inhaled--Cypress Hill spun dope-fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like R. Crumb's Mr. Natural, but with a hardened voice and a B-boy attitude, Cypress Hill slow-walked their funk-flavored way through a minefield of anthems (the still sizzling "How I Could Just Kill a Man") and comic manifestos ("Stoned Is the Way of the Walk"). Heavy on the bass line and punctuated by flashes of wit and rage, Cypress Hill's joint was definitely one to draw deep on. --Amy Linden

good:
good album,not there best though.I it is funky and the base is good.The songs that i think that are really good on this are,how i could just kill a man all time claasic,then there's pigs which is allwright.Stoned is the way of the walk is a great song one of the best ones on here.I dont think that this is better than black sunday or IV but there some good songs on here.

This (along with "Black Sunday") is their finest work.....:
Cypress Hill's Debut Album (along with second album "Black Sunday") is their best album effort......After Virtually coming from nowhere to take a firm stranglehold on the then floundering Hip-Hop scene, which was lacking innovation, sleazy Lo-fi fat Beats with a distinctive sound all of their own (Courtesy of D.j Muggs) , coupled with rapper "B-Real's" latino-voiced pro-marijuana rhetoric (which was to prominently feature in all their albums)....tracks such as "How I Could Just Kill a Man", "Hand on the Pump" & "The Phuncky Feel One" went on to became Club Classic's thanks to Cypress Hill ability to back up "B-Reals" Pot-smoking fantasies with Thumping Funky Beats (that have been nicked for various Latin / Jazz & Soul artists, and given reworked to work within a Hip-Hop Blueprint, endlessly Drug-influenced but with a playful Rambunctious Party feel, that defined Cypress Hill throughout the 90's. And although people will debate which of the Cypress Studio albums is/was their best work...the majority of people will usually cite this & "Black Sunday" as a careers best.

The first album..:
I'd have to say this album grew on me, I had bought temples of boom first, and I really got used to the darker tone of it, so when i bought this cd, it caught me by surprise,the beats are a little faster and have more samples,and the lyrics are more cartoony. Stoned is the way of the walk, is my favorite track and it has me skipping to it again and again. I'd highly recommend this cd to anyone whos a fan of newer Cypress Hill stuff or just wanna hear something different.

Cypress Hill's first album:
Disregard my previous comments on this release. First, Cypress Hill are pioneers of Latin West Coast rap music. With their repetitive, catchy beats (courtesy of producer DJ Muggs), and violent and narcotic (but fun) lyrics from Sen Dogg and B-Real, this album will remain ageless. Second, the sound-quality on this release is borderline-awful, and more than a few people may not be able to hear anything but profanity in the rapper's somewhat high voices. Third, this album is full of standout tracks, from the hardcore appeal of "How I Could Just Kill A Man" and "Hand On The Pump", to the jazzy sounding "Funky Cypress Hill Shit" and "Latin Lingo". The beats are a lot like the RZA at times, without the complexity. DJ Muggs is one of hip-hop's greatest beatmakers without a question. If you enjoy this, I would also recommend Method Man's "Tical", and Big Pun's "Yeeeah Baby". Rating: 4 stars

Black Sunday doesn't even compare.:
Most people regard "Black Sunday", Cypress Hill's second studio album, to be their finest work. Those people are insane.

• Pigs
• How I Could Just Kill a Man
• Hand on the Pump
• Hole in the Head
• Ultraviolet Dreams
• Light Another
• Phuncky Feel One
• Break It Up
• Real Estate
• Stoned Is the Way of the Walk
• Psycobetabuckdown
• Something for the Blunted
• Latin Lingo
• Funky Cypress Hill Shit
• Tres Equis
• Born to Get Busy