Cypress Hill (album)

"Pigs (song)" redirects here. For the Pink Floyd song, see Pigs (Three Different Ones).

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,^[2] published in 2007.

Cypress Hill
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released	August 13, 1991
Recorded	August 1990 – May 1991
Studio	Image Recording (Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip hop Latin hip hop
Length	46:54
Label	Ruffhouse Columbia
Producer	DJ Muggs
Cypress Hill chronology
Cypress Hill (1991) Something for the Blunted (1992)
Singles from Cypress Hill
"The Phuncky Feel One / How I Could Just Kill a Man" Released: July 11, 1991[1] "Hand on the Pump" Released: 1991 "Latin Lingo" Released: 1992

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	8/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
The Source	[10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	9/10[11]
The Village Voice	A−[12]

Steve Huey of AllMusic calls Cypress Hill's debut "a sonic blueprint that would become one of the most widely copied in hip-hop."^[3]

In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.^[13] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[14]

Rolling Stone called it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages."^[8]

• Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".^[15]
• Ranked No. 57 in Spin's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".^[16]
• Included in Q's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s".^[17]

Track listing

All tracks produced by DJ Muggs.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pigs"	Lawrence Muggerud Louis Freese	2:51
2.	"How I Could Just Kill a Man"	Muggerud Freese Senen Reyes	4:16
3.	"Hand on the Pump"	Muggerud Freese Brett Bouldin	4:03
4.	"Hole in the Head"	Muggerud Freese	3:33
5.	"Ultraviolet Dreams"	Muggerud	0:41
6.	"Light Another"	Muggerud Freese	3:17
7.	"The Phuncky Feel One"	Muggerud Freese Reyes	3:28
8.	"Break It Up"	Muggerud	1:07
9.	"Real Estate"	Muggerud Freese Reyes	3:45
10.	"Stoned Is the Way of the Walk"	Muggerud Freese	2:46
11.	"Psycobetabuckdown"	Muggerud Freese	2:59
12.	"Something for the Blunted"	Muggerud	1:15
13.	"Latin Lingo"	Muggerud Freese Reyes	3:58
14.	"The Funky Cypress Hill Shit"	Muggerud Freese	4:01
15.	"Tres Equis"	Muggerud Reyes	1:54
16.	"Born to Get Busy"	Muggerud Reyes	3:00

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 – percussions
• Photography – Mike Miller

Charts

Weekly charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Heatseekers
1991	Cypress Hill	#31	#4	#5

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1991	"Hand On The Pump"	–	#49	#2	–
	"How I Could Just Kill A Man"	#77	–	–	–
	"Latin Lingo"	–	–	#12	#44
	"The Phuncky Feel One/How I Could Just Kill A Man"	–	–	#1	–

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Gold	100,000*
United States (RIAA)[19]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.