Black Sunday (Cypress Hill album)

Black Sunday
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released July 20, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre
Length 43:38
Label
Producer
Cypress Hill chronology
Cypress Hill
(1991)		 Black Sunday
(1993)		 Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
(1995)
Singles from Black Sunday
  1. "Insane in the Brain"
    Released: June 22, 1993[1]
  2. "When the Shit Goes Down"
    Released: 1993
  3. "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
    Released: 1994
  4. "Lick a Shot"
    Released: 1994

Black Sunday is the second studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released on July 20, 1993 by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 261,000 copies in its first week of sales[2] and becoming the highest Soundscan recording for a rap group at the time. The album went Triple platinum in the U.S., with 3.4 million units sold.[3]

Background

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". "Hand on the Glock" is a re-recorded version of the track "Hand on the Pump", from the debut album Cypress Hill. The booklet of the album contains 19 facts about the history of hemp and the positive attributes of cannabis.

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. "Cock The Hammer" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero. The song "When the Shit Goes Down" was also included in the 2013 film This Is the End. The single "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was featured in a trailer for Season 3 of the Netflix series Narcos.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [4]
Rhapsody(favourable) [5]
Entertainment WeeklyA− [6]
NME8/10 [7]
RealRap Network [8]
The Source [9]
Rolling Stone [10]

The single "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was nominated for the Grammy Award's Best Rap Performance of the year category.[11]

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…"[10]

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…"[9]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Get High"2:54
2."I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"4:27
3."Insane in the Brain"3:31
4."When the Shit Goes Down"3:08
5."Lick a Shot"3:23
6."Cock the Hammer"4:25
7."Lock Down"1:16
8."3 Lil' Putos"3:40
9."Legalize It"0:46
10."Hits from the Bong"2:40
11."What Go Around Come Around, Kid"3:42
12."A to the K"3:27
13."Hand on the Glock"3:32
14."Break 'Em Off Some"2:44


Later repressings have a fade at the end of "Insane In The Brain" due to sample clearance issues, & "Lock Down" is omitted.

Personnel

Cypress Hill

Additional personnel

  • Joe Gamble - Engineer
  • Andy Kravitz - Engineer
  • Manuel Lecuona - Engineer
  • 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1993 Black Sunday #1 #1

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Rhythmic Top 40 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Hot Dance Music/Club Play
1993
"Insane in the Brain" #19 #27 #1 #16 #5 #16
1994
"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" #65 #86 #21 - #21 -

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Insane in the Brain [Single] - Cypress Hill". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ "我要发高端贴之 SOUNDSCAN历周冠军专辑销量！" [SOUNDSCAN album sales!] (in Chinese). baidu.com. 1993: 7 Aug. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Kearney, Christine (16 April 2010). "NY: Still Smokin', Cypress Hill Battle To Keep Fans". The Drug War Headline News. Marijuana.com. Reuters. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Cypress Hill: Black Sunday > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Black Sunday (Explicit): Cypress Hill". Rhapsody. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (30 July 1993). "Black Sunday: Cypress Hill". Entertainment Weekly (#181). Time. ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000610104230/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000039reviews.html
  8. ↑ "Cypress Hill's zenith". RealRap Network. realrap.net. 11 July 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
  9. 1 2 "Black Sunday". The Source. New York: 82. September 1993. ISSN 1063-2085. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  10. 1 2 Diehl, Matt (16 September 1993). "Cypress Hill: Black Sunday". Rolling Stone (RS 665). Straight Arrow. p. 64. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2007-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Cypress Hill - Black Sunday CD". CDUniverse.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  12. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 1993". Q. Bauer Media. January 1994. p. 83. ISSN 0955-4955. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "The Albums of the Year". Melody Maker. IPC Media. 1 January 1994. p. 77. ISSN 0025-9012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. New York. 3 January 1994. p. 5. ISSN 0042-6180. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "The Top 50 LPs of 1993". NME. IPC Media. 25 December 1993. p. 66. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
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