Cypress Hill is the eponymous debut studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released on August 13, 1991. It was critically and commercially successful, becoming their second-most successful album with over 2 million copies sold and getting certified double Platinum by the RIAA. The album is broken down track-by-track by Cypress Hill in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.
Steve Huey of Allmusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Rolling Stone called it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages."
Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".
Ranked #57 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".
Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s".
All tracks produced by DJ Muggs.
The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for Cypress Hill.
Pigs
"Ali; Funky Thing" by Chuck Cornish
How I Could Just Kill a Man
"Midnight Theme" by Manzel
"Tramp" by Lowell Fulsom
"Are You Experienced?" by Jimi Hendrix
"I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
"Reading the Comics" by Fiorello La Guardia
"Come on In" by The Music Machine
Hand on the Pump
"Duke of Earl" by Gene Chandler
"Cold Feet" by Albert King
"He Ain't Give You None" by Freddie Scott
"In the Middle" by James Brown
"Theme from the Black Hole" by Parliament
"Shotgun" by Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Hole in the Head
"The Bird" by Jimmy McGriff
Ultraviolet Dreams
"Tom Cat" by Muddy Waters
Light Another
"Good Times" by Kool & the Gang
The Phuncky Feel One
"The Breakdown (Live)" and "The Breakdown (Part II)" by Rufus Thomas
"La Di Da La Di Day" and "More Peas" by The J.B.'s
"Introduction to Star Time!", "Make It Good to Yourself" and "Blues and Pants" by James Brown
"Look-Ka Py Py" by The Meters
"You Can Change My Life for Me" by White Heat
"Fight the Power (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers
"Life Is What You Make It" by Kool & the Gang
"I Can't Turn You Loose" by Bar-Kays
"Feel It (The Mexican)" by Funky 4 + 1
Break It Up
"Military Cut - Scratch Mix" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
"Compared to What" by Les McCann & Eddie Harris
Real Estate
"Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon & the Belairs
"Humpin'" and "Copy Cat" by Bar-Kays
"The Fuz and Da Boog" by Fuzzy Haskins
"Underdog" by Sly & the Family Stone
"Cramp Your Style" by All the People
Stoned Is the Way of the Walk
"Easter Parade" by Ingrid
"Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Bill Cosby
"Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green
Psycobetabuckdown
"Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
"Foxy Lady" by Willie Hutch
Something for the Blunted
"Future Shock" by Curtis Mayfield
"Smokin' Cheeba-Cheeba" by Harlem Underground Band
Latin Lingo
"Mongoose" by Elephant's Memory
"A Gritty Nitty" by The Pazant Bros. & the Beaufort Express
The Funky Cypress Hill Shit
"The New Dance Craze" by Five Stairsteps
"Hector" by The Village Callers
"Wah Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited
"Richard Pryor Dialogue" by Richard Pryor
"Hobo" by Malcolm McLaren
"Rock the House" by The B-Boys
"Copy Cat" and "Humpin'" by Bar-Kays
"Fencewalk" by Mandrill
"You Are My Sunshine" by Aretha Franklin
Tres Equis
"Sophisticated Funk" by John Roberts
Born to Get Busy
"Dr. Feelgood" by Aretha Franklin
"Boot-Leg" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
"History of Marijuana" by Jack S. Margolis
B-Real – Vocals
Sen Dog – Vocals
DJ Muggs – Arranger, Producer, Mixing
Joe Nicolo – Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing
Jason Roberts – Engineer
Chris Schwartz – Executive Producer
Howie Weinberg – Mastering
Ponch – percussions
Photography - Mike Miller
