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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5099747407529 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Columbia Manufacturer: Columbia Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Columbia Release Date: August 24, 1998 Studio: Columbia Sales Rank: 1433
Amazon.co.uk Review: 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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Rating: - A HIP HOP CLASSIC
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Not just a hip hop classic!!!!
It was the early 90s and music was the best its been since the 60s.I was a long haired grunger listening to musical gods such as Pear Jam,Nirvana,Rage Against The Machine and...........well you catch my drift.
Then everyone was talking about this great new sound that was ok for grungers to like!it was Cypress Hill and their awesome new album Black Sunday.
This album appealed to everyone from rap fans to hip hop fans to grunge fans,I remember the first time i heard Insane in the Brain,It ... Read More
Rating: - Such a CLASSIC
Well, you can't have a list of all time great hip-hop albums without having Black Sunday somewhere near the very top. This Album sucked my generation into hip-hop. Cypress Hill and The Wu drew in a generation of white middle and lower class kids with music that wasn't our own, but which felt so fresh, and daring and cool.
I loved this album from the moment I brought it.
I loved it even more when my Dad threw it out in disgust. But looking back, this album was a musical master-peice.
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Rating: - Praise the mighty hill
I know there are half a dozen five star reviews already here but what the hell. Black Sunday is a unique and innovative masterpiece, a diamond brick in the hip hop wall of fame. I've been pretty bored with the crap being released at the moment (fiddy cent I'm looking at you) so buying this 90's slice of sheer rawness has restored my faith in hip hop.
In the words of uncle Howie* it "takes you wherever you wanna go", the atmospheric and frankly stunning samples drawing you into the world of ... Read More
Rating: - black sunday
an amazing album, one of the best albums i have ever bought!!!!!!! its really relaxing to listen to, really chilled out!!! i can listen to it over and over again, dont think ill ever get bored of it!!! every song is as good as the next!!!! pure genius!!!!
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