Black Sunday - Cypress Hill

Black Sunday is the 1993 album by one of the biggest ever rap acts in history Cypress Hill. Consisting of B-Real, Sen Dogg, and DJ Muggs, all three members have a Latin/Hispanic influence they represent in their music. Black Sunday on release debuted at #1 on the US billboard album charts, the first ever rap band to achieve this, and has since gone 4 times platinum in sales, one of an elite few hip-hop albums to do so, and they became the first ever rap act to have two albums in top 10 US billboard charts simultaneously. The group originally was called DVX and included Mellow Man Ace, but after his departure in 1988 they re-named themselves. Cypress Hill broke ...  Read the complete review

'Black Sunday' is the super second album from the American hip-hop group that is Cypress Hill. The album was released in 1993 and consists of a grand total of fourteen tracks; it's a great little album from Cypress Hill and one which comes complete with a high number of top tracks. I'm not exactly a massive fan of hip-hop, I do however have a great appreciation for the genre at times and when I'm in the mood for the music there are a couple of albums that I almost always reach for; 'Black Sunday' is one of those albums. Beginning with 'I Wanna Get High' the music immediately makes its impact, the beat is absolutely infectious and the vocals always are ...  Read the complete review

Cypress Hill’s hardcore hip hop sound on their sophmore long player was a style far removed from the NWA-themed verbal battering lamenting the state of the United States policing system. While CH’s own take wasn’t adverse to putting punks in their place, there was something about the incessant rhyme schemes of how many joints you could light in succession and B Real’s semi-surreal mixture of sucking in balloons and then pinching his nose, to create an idiosyncratic pattern of hip hop toked up to its eyeballs while whining like some kind of manic cartoon creation. Black Sunday probably gave a lease of life to those wanting to access music that ...  Read the complete review

In 1991, the climate for hip-hop, as it had in alternative music with the advent of Nirvana, was undergoing radical changes. Around this time, when Cypress Hill released their eponymous debut, George Clinton's influence on rap was becoming more apparent, most notably in Dr. Dre's 1992 G-Funk trendsetter THE CHRONIC. This album encapsulated many Parliament and Funkadelic-inspired elements, including the whining synth melodies (prior to this, it was rare to have melody at all in rap), deep funky bass grooves, and instantly catchy but with a decidedly eerie flavor. At a time when too many East Coast MCs were content to rap over James Brown samples and simple ...  Read the complete review

This album is a classic from Cypress Hill, being their second album released. If you are looking for an album that contains 'explicit lyrics' then this, or one of the other albums i have reccomended (see my opinion on 'rap') is definately for you. Every song either refers to cmoking weed or killing people, and all in a very lyrical form. Non-stop this band manages to produce master pieces, and this album, which as a bonus contains a number of cypress hill classics (like insane in the brain) is another one of them. I reccomend it. Buy it and endorse their weed supply!! ...  Read the complete review