Cypress Hill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on August 13, 1991, by Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records. The recording sessions were held at Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles from August 1990 to May 1991. The album was produced by DJ Muggs. The album was critically and commercially successful and received major airplay on urban and college radio. The album went double platinum in the U.S. with over 2 million units sold. The album is broken down track-by-track by Cypress Hill in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique, published in 2007.
Critical reception
Steve Huey of AllMusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop." The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Rolling Stone called it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages."
- Ranked No. 57 in Spins "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".
- Included in Qs "90 Best Albums of the 1990s".
Track listing
All tracks produced by DJ Muggs.
Personnel
- B-Real – vocals
- Sen Dog – vocals
- DJ Muggs – arranger, producer, mixing
- Joe Nicolo – engineer, executive Producer, mixing
- Jason Roberts – engineer
- Chris Schwartz – executive Producer
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
- Ponch – various percussions
- Mike Miller – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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|rowspan="2"| Year
|rowspan="2"| Album
|colspan="3"| Chart positions
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| Billboard 200
| Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
| Top Heatseekers
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| 1991
| Cypress Hill
| #31
| #4
| #5
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Singles
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|rowspan="2"| Year
|rowspan="2"| Song
|colspan="4"| Chart positions
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| Billboard Hot 100
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
| Hot Rap Singles
| Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
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| rowspan="4"|1991
| "Hand On The Pump"
| –
| #49
| #2
| –
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| "How I Could Just Kill A Man"
| #77
| –
| –
| –
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| "Latin Lingo"
| –
| –
| #12
| #44
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| "The Phuncky Feel One/How I Could Just Kill A Man"
| –
| –
| #1
| –
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