Sunday 14 July 2024

Named After Cypress Avenue In South Gate, California

Bringing a week a post titles tenuously linked by place names, Cypress Hill are the logical conclusion.
 
Before you read this, pop over to No Badger Required (as long as you promise to come back) and read a post from a few weeks ago. Cypress Hill's second album Black Sunday features in the ongoing Nearly Perfect Albums series and SWC makes a compelling case for it's impact and enduring influence. It's a fabulous read (no surprise there, as NBR is a fabulous read on a daily basis).
 
I had a few Cypress Hill EPs and random tracks in my collection but it's only been in the last decade or so that I've started delving a little more into their back catalogue, which has been a rewarding experience, to say the least. 

This brief selection leans heavily on tracks and remixes from the first three albums circa 1991 to 1995, plus a trio of cuts from the 21st century. I must give the obligatory cuss caution, due to the habitual and casual effing and jeffing throughout. If you can handle that, then you are in for a sonic and lyrical treat.
 
1) Latin Lingo (Album Version) (1991) 
2) Hits From The Bong (T-Ray's Mix - Single Version) (1993)
3) Illusions (Q-Tip Remix) (1995)
4) Memories (2001)
5) When The Ship Goes Down (Diamond D Remix) (1993)
6) Puercos aka Pigs (Spanish Version) (1991)
7) Bye Bye (ft. Dizzy Wright) (2022)
8) Psycobetabuckdown (Instrumental) (1991)
9) Throw Your Set In The Air (Slow Roll Remix By DJ Muggs) (1995)
10) Champion Sound (2022)
11) Everybody Must Get Stoned (1995)
12) Insane In The Brain (Extended) (1993)
13) Light Another (Album Version) (1991)

1991: Cypress Hill: 1, 13
1993: I Ain't Goin' Out Like That EP: 2, 5
1993: Insane In The Brain EP: 12
1995: III: Temples Of Boom: 11
1995: Illusions EP: 3
1995: Throw Your Set In The Air EP: 9
1999: Los Grandes Éxitos En Español: 6
2001: Stoned Raiders: 4
2003: Cypress Hill: Instrumentals (bootleg): 8
2022: Back In Black: 7, 10

Named After Cypress Avenue (45:07) (KF) (Mega)

2 comments:

  1. Yes! Loving this post and a great excuse to revisit these guys. Those early albums were essential listening during my skate-punk days in high school.

    Lastly I'll leave you with this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUApO77uUUk

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    1. Thanks, Mooz, I was clearly missing out back then! And thanks for the Tiny Desk concert link, a superb set.

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