Till Death Do Us Part (Cypress Hill album)

Till Death Do Us Part is the seventh studio album by American hip-hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on March 23, 2004 via Columbia Records. Production was handled by DJ Muggs, Fredwreck, The Alchemist and Tony "CD" Kelly. It features guest appearances from Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Prodigy, Tego Calderón, Tim Armstrong and Twin Gambino. The album was supported with two singles: "What's Your Number?" and "Latin Thugs".

Till Death Do Us Part
North American release cover
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released	March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
Recorded	2002–2004
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	49:38
Label	Columbia
Producer	DJ Muggs Fredwreck The Alchemist Tony "CD" Kelly
Cypress Hill chronology
Stoned Raiders (2001) Till Death Do Us Part (2004) Rise Up (2010)
Alternative cover
The cover used for the edited edition of the album. Also the vinyl release of album and special first pressings with sticker insert of above cover with this being cover of the booklet.
Singles from Till Death Do Us Part
"What's Your Number?" Released: March 19, 2004 "Latin Thugs" Released: 2004

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	62/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	3/5[3]
laut.de	[4]
Now	[5]
RapReviews	8.5/10[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spin	C-[8]
The Guardian	[9]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[10]
Tiny Mix Tapes	2/5[11]

Till Death Do Us Part was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 62 based on twelve reviews.^[1]

Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone praised the album, stating: "the combination of mournful maturity and club-ready fun they come up with on Till Death Do Us Part suits them just fine".^[7] Dave Simpson of The Guardian noted that the album "doesn't break with the formula, but at least it stretches it".^[9]

In mixed reviews, Hua Hsu of Blender found "[some] attempts at genre-mashing suffer from some uncharacteristically sluggish Muggs production".^[3] Spin magazine reviewer called the album "morbid", adding "the beats are never as heavy as the subject matter".^[8] Filmore Mescalito Holmes of Tiny Mix Tapes resumed: "only about a third enjoyable".^[11] AllMusic's Andy Kellman concluded: "strictly for the devout fan base".^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Another Body Drops"	Louis Freese Senen Reyes Larry Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:50
2.	"Till Death Comes"	Freese Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:30
3.	"Latin Thugs" (featuring Tego Calderón)	Freese Reyes Tego Calderón Alan Maman	The Alchemist	3:46
4.	"Ganja Bus" (featuring Jr. Gong)	Freese Reyes Damian Marley Anthony Kelly	Tony "CD" Kelly	3:42
5.	"Busted in the Hood"	Freese Muggerud Adam Horovitz Joseph Simmons Darryl McDaniels Rick Rubin	DJ Muggs	4:03
6.	"Money"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:33
7.	"Never Know"	Freese Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:14
8.	"Last Laugh" (featuring Prodigy and Twin Gambino)	Freese Reyes Albert Johnson Jamal Abdul Raheem Muggerud Janie Bradford Gloria Jones	DJ Muggs	3:42
9.	"Bong Hit"	Muggerud	DJ Muggs	1:20
10.	"What's Your Number?" (featuring Tim Armstrong)	Freese Muggerud Paul Simonon	DJ Muggs	3:50
11.	"Once Again"	Freese Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:48
12.	"Number Seven"	Muggerud	DJ Muggs	0:50
13.	"One Last Cigarette"	Freese Muggerud Piero Piccioni	DJ Muggs	2:46
14.	"Street Wars"	Freese Muggerud	DJ Muggs	2:42
15.	"Till Death Do Us Part"	Freese Farid Nassar	Fredwreck	3:54
16.	"Eulogy"	Freese Muggerud	DJ Muggs	1:08
Total length:				49:38

Sample credits

• Track 5 contains re-sung elements from "Paul Revere" written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels and Rick Rubin.
• Track 8 contains replayed elements from "Share My Love" written by Gloria Jones and Janie Bradford.
• Track 10 contains replayed elements from "The Guns of Brixton" written by Paul Simonon.
• Track 13 contains elements from "Distesa Estata" written by Piero Piccioni.

Personnel

• Louis "B-Real" Freese — vocals
• Senen "Sen Dog" Reyes — vocals
• Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud — additional programming (track 3), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5-14, 16), mixing
• Tego Calderón — vocals (track 3)
• Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley — vocals (track 4)
• Albert "Prodigy" Johnson — vocals (track 8)
• Jamal "Big Twins"/"Twin Gambino" AbdulRaheem — vocals (track 8)
• Robert "Skinhead Rob" Aston — additional vocals (track 10)
• Aaron "Chace Infinite" Johnson — additional vocals (track 13)
• Traci Nelson — additional vocals (track 15)
• Reggie Stewart — guitar & bass (track 1)
• Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims — additional guitar (track 1), guitar (tracks: 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 14), keyboards (tracks: 2, 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 14), bass (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8, 14)
• Ray Armundo — congas (track 3)
• Rob Hill — guitar (tracks: 5, 10), keyboards (track 5), bass (tracks: 5, 6, 10, 12, 13), additional guitar (track 6), additional programming (tracks: 1-3, 6-8, 10-14), recording, mixing
• Farid "Fredwreck" Nassar — Moog synthesizer (track 8), guitar & keyboards (track 15)
• Rogelio Lozano — programming (track 9), guitar (tracks: 11, 16), bass (track 11)
• Tim Armstrong — additional guitar (track 10)
• Dan Boer — additional keyboards (track 10)
• Scott Abels — drums (track 10)
• Allen Pahanish — drums (track 13)
• Tim Burton — saxophone (track 13)
• Daniel Alan "The Alchemist" Maman — producer (track 3), additional recording (tracks: 3, 8)
• Tony "CD" Kelly — producer (track 4)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner — mastering
• Mark "Mr. Cartoon" Machado — cover illustration design
• Estevan Oriol — photography
• Robb Epifano — photography assistant

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	28
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16]	39
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17]	28
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	11
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20]	60
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21]	16
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22]	42
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23]	55
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24]	11
UK Albums (OCC)[25]	53
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[26]	7
US Billboard 200[27]	21
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28]	23

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Hungary (MAHASZ)[29]	Gold	10,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.