New releases // Oct 21, 2016

Cypress Hill

25th Anniversary Edition

  • Smokey Swirl vinyl.
October 21, 2016
12" Album / Get On Down / Hip hop
Multi-platinum hip-hop group Cypress Hill teamed up with Get On Down to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1991 debut with a limited-edition “25th Anniversary Smokey Swirl” Vinyl reissue.

Cypress Hill’s self-titled debut album was hard as nails, with very few pop concessions. There was humor, but it was laced by cackling, homicidal sneering. Not well known outside of the hardcore hip-hop scene at first, faces of the three group members weren’t usually shown clearly in press photos; they preferred the shadows. As their first singles began hitting the airwaves and record racks, the press and music fans started to take notice. From the opening notes of the group’s first single, “The Phuncky Feel One,” to deeper album cuts like “Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk” and “Tres Equis,” it was clear that Cypress Hill was something different. And very, very dope.

The world Cypress Hill espoused was gang-ridden and far from cheery, but they managed to laugh through the pain. Lead rapper B-Real took each fuzzed-out, rock-hard DJ Muggs beat as a challenge, jumping around it like a spark off a joint as it makes its way to the concrete. MC Sen Dog always had B-Real’s back, to bring intensity and a no-bullshit gruffness that made the group both menacing and unpredictable. When they introduced percussionist Eric Bobo to the mix in the early 90s, it brought new dimension to the band, making their live performances one of the most unique and accomplished shows in hip-hop.

- via Get On Down
Tracklist:
  • 1. Pigs
  • 2. How I Could Just Kill A Man
  • 3. Hand On The Pump
  • 4. Hole In The Head
  • 5. Ultraviolet Dreams (Interlude)
  • 6. Light Another
  • 7. The Phunky Feel One
  • 8. Break It Up (Instrolude)
  • 9. Real Estate
  • 10. Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk
  • 11. Psycobetabuckdown
  • 12. Something For The Blunted (Instrolude)
  • 13. Latin Lingo
  • 14. The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
  • 15. Tres Equis

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