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Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (CD)

Album Details: Black Sunday

Release Date:11/01/2004
Label:Sony
UPC:074645393124

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    Cypress Hill

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 22, 2005

    Pros: great mc, some of the best songs of their career

    Cons: muddy prodÂ… some fillers

    the beats are a bit muddy but the album contains some great songs. Temples of Boom, their third album, is a bit better when it comes to the beats but on Black Sunday, B-Real's flow and lyrics are still strong

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    awesome

    By Joey  Jul 24, 2003

    its awesome

Pro Reviews: Black Sunday

  • All Music Guide

    Black Sunday made Cypress Hill's connection to rock roll more explicit, with its heavy metal-like artwork and noisier, more dissonant samples (including, naturally, stoner icons Black Sabbath). It's a slightly darker affair than its groundbreaking predecessor, with the threats of violence more urgent and the pot obsession played to the hilt (after all, it was a crucial part of their widespread appeal). Apart from those subtle distinctions, the sound of Black Sunday is pretty much the same as Cypress Hill, refining the group's innovations into an accessible bid for crossover success. In fact, it's a little startling how often Black Sunday recycles musical ideas and even lyrical catchphrases from the endlessly inventive debut. And the rock-derived, verse-chorus song structures start to sound a little formulaic by the end of the record (how many choruses feature Sen Dog repeating part of whatever B-Real just said?). But in spite of that, Black Sunday still sounds vital and lively, since ...the group has a surer sense of craft. Most of the tracks are fleshed out into structured songs, in contrast to the brief sketches that punctuated Cypress Hill. The album benefits immensely from the resulting clutch of excellent singles (and songs that could have been), and while a couple of tracks feel redundant and underdeveloped, Black Sunday is overall a consistent, engaging listen, especially the flawless first half or so. Unfortunately, it's also the group's last great album, thanks to the musical recycling operation that began here and would handicap much of their subsequent work. - Steve Huey, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill were notable for being the first Latino hip-hop superstars, but they became notorious for their endorsement of marijuana, which actually isn't a trivial thing. Not only did the group campaign for its legalization, but their slow, rolling bass-and-drum loops pioneered a new, stoned funk that became extraordinary influential in '90s hip-hop -- it could be hea... Read more