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Released
  
October 6, 1998

Length
  
73:17

Artist
  
Cypress Hill

Producer
  
DJ Muggs

Recorded
  
1997-1998

IV(1998)
  
Skull & Bones(2000)

Release date
  
6 October 1998

Label
  
Ruffhouse Records

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Genres
  
Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, Latin hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Rap rock

Similar
  
Cypress Hill albums, Hip hop music albums

Cypress hill iv 1998 full album bonus track


IV is the fourth album by the rap group Cypress Hill. It was released on October 6, 1998. It was certified Gold by the RIAA. It is one of their most varied releases and one that DJ Muggs is most fond of. The skeletons on the cover are posing as the three wise monkeys. This is Cypress Hill's first album to have any rock music influence. Also, is notable that seven songs of the album were recorded with the rapper Barron Ricks.

Contents

Reception

IV received mixed reviews from critics, with AllMusic giving it a strongly negative review.

Rolling Stone - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "Cypress Hill's most bangin' LP since their 1991 debut.… Cypress Hill still name-check firearms, threaten rivals and smoke more weed than a congregation of Rastas. But the obsessions are means to an end."

The Wire - "…they come out fighting. Red eyed, rabid and slobbering with skunk-fueled menace.… gangsta rap's future as a musical force is secure."

Rap Pages - 4 (out of 5) - "Like previous albums…IV's fabulous formula of speakerphone tones by B-Real and sporadic comments by Sen Dog resembles 'How I Could Just Kill A Man'."

Track listing

  • All tracks produced by DJ Muggs

    • Samples

    Looking Through the Eye of a Pig

  • "The Rill Thing" by Little Richard

    • Checkmate

  • "Crackdown" by The 25th of May
  • "Squib Cakes" by Tower of Power

    • From the Window of My Room

  • "Midnight Theme" by Manzel

    • Prelude to a Come Up

  • "Kismet" by Amon Düül II
  • "Know Da Game" by Frankie Cutlass

    • Audio X

  • "Jesse" by Mother Earth

    • Steel Magnolia

  • "2:06:02" from Serpico

    • Dead Men Tell No Tales

  • "La Huella De Mi Amor" by Los Angeles Negros

    • Feature Presentation

  • "New Direction" by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    • Dr. Greenthumb

  • "Roller Coaster" by Henri René & His Orchestra
  • "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett

    • 16 Men Till There's No Men Left

  • "A Divine Image" by David Axelrod
  • "Aftermath" by Quincy Jones
  • "Midnight Theme" by Manzel
  • "Time" by Pink Floyd

    • High Times

  • "Winter's Child" by Charles Kynard
  • "Get Outta My Life Woman" by The New Apocalypse

    • Lightnin Strikes

  • "Squib Cakes" by Tower of Power

    • Rags to Riches

  • "The Mental Traveler" and "A Divine Image" by David Axelrod

    • Personnel

  • B-Real - Vocals
  • Sen Dog - Vocals
  • DJ Muggs - Arranger, Producer, Mixing
  • Eric "Bobo" Correa - Bass, Percussion, backing Vocals
  • MC Eiht - Vocals
  • Chace Infinite (of Self Scientific) - Vocals
  • Barron Ricks - Vocals
  • Mike Sims - Bass, Guitar
  • Troy Stanton - Engineer
  • Reggie Stewart - Bass
  • Sean Evans - Art Direction
  • Dean Karr - Photography
  • Manuel Lecuona - Mastering

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Kingpin: Life of Crime Soundtrack

    The soundtrack for Kingpin: Life of Crime was provided by Cypress Hill, and featured three tracks from IV. They were:

  • "16 Men Till There's No Men Left"
  • "Checkmate"
  • "Lightning Strikes"

    • Alongside the full versions of these tracks, instrumental versions with the vocals removed were used as backing tracks. Cypress Hill also provided some of the voice acting for the game.

    Songs

    1Looking Through The Eye Of A Pig4:04
    2Checkmate3:37
    3From The Window of My Room5:00

    References

    Cypress Hill IV Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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