Black Sunday

Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

Black Sunday
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Artist: Cypress Hill
Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1993-07-20
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. I Wanna Get High
  2. I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
  3. Insane In The Brain
  4. When The Sh-- Goes Down
  5. Lick A Shot
  6. Cock The Hammer
  7. Lock Down
  8. Lil' Putos
  9. Legalize It
  10. Hits From The Bong
  11. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
  12. A To The K
  13. Hand On The Glock
  14. Break 'Em Off Some

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Free Music Review: One of the last gems in an unprogressive genre
Hit: 5 Stars

One of the last true Rap ("Gangsta" or otherwise) albums ever made. Let's face it folks, much like Punk Rock, it now exists in name only.
When you spin this album, you hear many layers of sweet sound. Among the finest of the genre, richness and funky goodness was the norm up `til the early to mid `90's when even the once mighty Cypress Hill began to fall into the rut and devolve into boring, two dimensional "Rap". The new motto basically became "Find just one simple hook and play the piss out of it". Long gone are the days when you'd find daring and unique sound on a Rap album. You'd be hard pressed to find merely one or two songs in any of today's "rappers" complete discography (much less their latest album) that would bring to mind anything that the pioneers and the 2nd generation were producing. What you have today are essentially Pop artists in disguise. For Cypress Hill, just dig the unassumingly deep and funky tune that asks "How could I just kill a man?" and then fast forward to the dippy self-parody of "Dr Greenthumb" to understand the contrast. In a way, Cypress Hill's career is a microcosm of what Rap was, and what is called Rap now. Somewhere along the way, Rap, in general, decided to forego effort into creating great sounds you bob your head to, and seemingly focused on trying to wow you with lyricism, which still really isn't that great. The only thing I consider close to Rap these days is Turntablism, which is such a niche sub-genre that it's literally off the map while it also consistently lacks an MC/MC's. I just about guarantee nobody in their right mind will be listening to the "Rap" that's put out today when they're into their 30's and 40's and beyond. At the same time, I know you'll be hearing the likes of A Tribe Called Quest playing in old folks homes 40 years from now.
If you like the current state of "Rap", then more power to you. Taste in music is as subjective as any other art form, if not more. I'm only saying that if you want a history lesson in what once defined the genre, (drug and thug content aside of course) then by all means buy this album. It still holds up as one of the best. Nobody can deny that Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud and Senen Reyes are one of, if not THE best vocal combinations ever assembled in one rap group due to their diverse and unique sound. And for their first few albums at least, they had the super-funky beats behind the vocals.

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If a case can be made for gangsta rap, Cypress Hill is the act to make it. The trio of L.A. Latinos has the commercial clout and its raps are mercifully free of the misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Asian, anti-Jewish racism that so often mars the genre. Member/producer D.J. Muggs creates an eerily lean soundscape of whining sirens, off-kilter funk rhythms, metallic percussion, nasal taunts, and gruff warnings that's the aural equivalent of today's nerve-rattling cop flicks and mob movies. --Geoffrey Himes
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