CYPRESS HILL – Cypress Hill (Repress) – LP – Red Vinyl [APR 10]

LP – Red Vinyl 2026 Repress.

Cypress Hills self-titled debut album was hard as nails, with very few pop concessions. There was humor, but it was laced by cackling, homicidal sneering.Not well known outside of the hardcore hip-hop scene at first, faces of the three group members werent usually shown clearly in press photos; they preferred the shadows. As their first singles began hitting the airwaves and record racks, the press and music fans started to take notice.

From the opening notes of the groups first single, The Phuncky Feel One, to deeper album cuts like Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk and Tres Equis, it was clear that Cypress Hill was something different. And very, very dope. The world Cypress Hill espoused was gang-ridden and far from cheery, but they managed to laugh through the pain.Lead rapper B-Real took each fuzzed-out, rock-hard DJ Muggs beat as a challenge, jumping around it like a spark off a joint as it makes its way to the concrete. MC Sen Dog always had B-Reals back, to bring intensity and a no-bullshit gruffness that made the group both menacing and unpredictable.When they introduced percussionist Eric Bobo to the mix in the early 90s, it brought new dimension to the band, making their live performances one of the most unique and accomplished shows in hip-hop.

After 25 years, it should come as no surprise that Cypress Hill is a cornerstone of the groups live set to this day.

Tracklist:

A1. Pigs
A2. How I Could Just Kill A Man
A3. Hand On The Pump
A4. Hole In The Head
A5. Ultraviolet Dreams
A6. Light Another
A7. The Phuncky Feel One
A8. Break It Up

B1. Real Estate
B2. Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk
B3. Psychobetabuckdown
B4. Something For The Blunted
B5. Latin Lingo
B6. The Funny Cypress Hill Shit
B7. Tres Equis
B8. Born To Get Busy