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Black Sunday (Cypress Hill album)

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Released
  
July 20, 1993

Length
  
43:38

Release date
  
20 July 1993

Producers
  
DJ Muggs, Todd Ray

Recorded
  
1992

Artist
  
Cypress Hill

Label
  
Ruffhouse Records

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Black Sunday (1993)
  
III Temples of Boom (1995)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, Latin hip hop, Alternative hip hop

Similar
  
Cypress Hill albums, Hip hop music albums

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Black Sunday is the second studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on July 20, 1993. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 261,000 copies in its first week, recording the highest Soundscan for a rap group at the time. The album went Triple platinum in the U.S. with 3.4 million units sold.

Contents

Album information

The first single, "Insane in the Brain," became a crossover hit, starting a following among rock audiences. A censored version of the album was also made which removes the song "A to the K".

The songs "Hits from the Bong" and "I Wanna Get High" were used in the 2001 film How High. "I Wanna Get High" was also featured in the vampire junkie film "The Addiction." "Hits from the Bong" was also heard in the 2011 film Hall Pass. The song "When the Shit Goes Down" was also included in the 2013 film This Is the End. "Hand on the Glock" is a re-recorded version of the track "Hand on the Pump", from the debut album Cypress Hill. The booklet to the album contains 19 facts about the history of hemp and the positive attributes of cannabis.

Reception

The single "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was nominated for the Grammy Award's Best Rap Performance of the year category.

Rolling Stone - 4 stars - Excellent - "…it's the Cypress combo of stark grooves and cinematic gangsta fairy tales that allows them to rule the streets, a formula not messed with on Black Sunday…"

The Source - 4 stars - Excellent - "…a darker sequel…this album is definitely worth buying as it easily rips the frame out of all those Cypress bandwagon jumpers…"

  • Included in Q magazine's list of the 50 Best Albums of 1993.
  • Ranked #35 in Melody Maker's list of "The Albums of the Year" for 1993.
  • Ranked #29 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
  • Ranked #8 in New Musical Express's list of "The Top 50 LPs of 1993".
  • Track listing

    All tracks produced by DJ Muggs, except track 2 produced by T-Ray.

    Samples

    I Wanna Get High

  • "Taxman" by Little Junior Parker
  • "Get Outta My Life Woman" by The New Apocalypse
  • I Ain't Goin' Out Like That

  • "Wicked World" and "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath
  • "Galaxy Around Olodumare" by Alice Coltrane
  • "Rainmaker" by Harry Nilsson
  • Insane in the Brain

  • "Good Guys Only Win in the Movies" by Mel & Tim
  • "Get Out of My Life Woman" by George Semper
  • "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown
  • "Life" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "Boom Bye Bye" by Buju Banton
  • "All Over the World (La La)" by The Youngbloods
  • When the Shit Goes Down

  • "Deep Gully" by The Outlaw Blues Band
  • Lick a Shot

  • "Epistrophy" by Richard Davis
  • "Sweet Pea" by Tommy Roe
  • Cock the Hammer

  • "Uri (The Wind)" by Flora Purim
  • "Blind Alley" by The Emotions
  • Lock Down

  • " Is It Because I'm Black" by Syl Johnson
  • 3 Lil' Putos

  • "I've Told Every Little Star" by Linda Scott
  • "Remix for P Is Free" by Boogie Down Productions
  • "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson
  • "Keep Your Distance" by Babe Ruth
  • Legalize It

  • "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" by Gene Chandler
  • Hits from the Bong

  • "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
  • What Go Around Come Around, Kid

  • "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Grassella Oliphant
  • A to the K

  • "A to the K" from Wild Style
  • Hand on the Glock

  • "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Albert King
  • "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
  • "You're a Customer" by EPMD
  • Break 'Em Off Some

  • "Money in the Pocket" by Joe Zawinul
  • "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
  • Personnel

  • B-Real - Vocals
  • Sen Dog - Vocals
  • Joe Gamble - Engineer
  • Andy Kravitz - Engineer
  • Manuel Lecuona - Engineer
  • DJ Muggs - Arranger, Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Scratching/Turntablism
  • Joe Nicolo - Executive Producer, Mixing
  • Jay Papke - Design
  • Jason Roberts - Engineer
  • Chris Schwartz - Executive Producer
  • Chris Shaw - Engineer / Mixing
  • T-Ray - Producer ("I Ain't Goin' Out Like That")
  • Anthony Artiaga - Photography
  • Songs

    1I Wanna Get High [Clean]2:50
    2I Ain't Goin' Out Like That4:27
    3Insane in the Brain3:30

    References

    Black Sunday (Cypress Hill album) Wikipedia