Cypress Hill Black Sunday

4 Stars - Excellent - "...it's the Cypress combo of stark grooves and cinematic gangsta fairy tales that allows them to rule the streets, a formula not messed with on BLACK SUNDAY..."
4 Stars - Excellent - "...it's the Cypress combo of stark grooves and cinematic gangsta fairy tales that allows them to rule the streets, a formula not messed with on BLACK SUNDAY..."
Highly Recommended - "...BLACK SUNDAY is a consolidation of power for Cypress Hill, tending more toward perfecting a solid formula than toying with invention..."
Highly Recommended - "...BLACK SUNDAY is a consolidation of power for Cypress Hill, tending more toward perfecting a solid formula than toying with invention..."
"...BLACK SUNDAY might as well be titled MORE SONGS ABOUT GATS AND BLUNTS. And that's just fine, because [Cypress Hill]'s basic formula--wacked-out Spanglish tough talk, deep bass & DJ Mugg's trademark squeals and sirens--is such a winner..." - Rating: A-
"...BLACK SUNDAY might as well be titled MORE SONGS ABOUT GATS AND BLUNTS. And that's just fine, because [Cypress Hill]'s basic formula--wacked-out Spanglish tough talk, deep bass & DJ Mugg's trademark squeals and sirens--is such a winner..." - Rating: A-
Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...the swaying, slurry beat concocted by DJ Muggs rides roughshod over all reservations...."
3 Stars - Good - "...dope hasn't brought [Cypress Hill] much peace: the bulk of [BLACK SUNDAY] are the usual threats and slanging....Thankfully absent from their hardcore stance is the brute sexism that normally goes along with such a tough guy routine..."
Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...the swaying, slurry beat concocted by DJ Muggs rides roughshod over all reservations...."
3 Stars - Good - "...dope hasn't brought [Cypress Hill] much peace: the bulk of [BLACK SUNDAY] are the usual threats and slanging....Thankfully absent from their hardcore stance is the brute sexism that normally goes along with such a tough guy routine..."
4 Stars - Excellent - "...a darker sequel....this album is definitely worth buying as it easily rips the frame out of all those Cypress bandwagon jumpers..."
4 Stars - Excellent - "...a darker sequel....this album is definitely worth buying as it easily rips the frame out of all those Cypress bandwagon jumpers..."
Ranked #35 in Melody Maker's list of the 'Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...A smoking record, in every sense'...."
"...[BLACK SUNDAY]'s laid-back songs simmer with a violence just barely held in check...Cypress Hill capture that humid, heat-hazy unreal feel where walking the streets is like being inside a bad dream.."
Ranked #35 in Melody Maker's list of the 'Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...A smoking record, in every sens'...."
"...[BLACK SUNDAY]'s laid-back songs simmer with a violence just barely held in check...Cypress Hill capture that humid, heat-hazy unreal feel where walking the streets is like being inside a bad dream.."
"...B-Real's sinister nasal rhymes still grate and delight....BLACK SUNDAY has enough tracks to keep any rap fan with decent woofers head-nodding..."
"...B-Real's sinister nasal rhymes still grate and delight....BLACK SUNDAY has enough tracks to keep any rap fan with decent woofers head-nodding..."
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #29 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #29 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Ranked #8 in New Musical Express' list of 'The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...The first crew to take the gangsta shit to a student audience...achieved the all-important compromise-free crossover from the hardcore audience and into mainstream consciousness...."
8 (out of 10) - Excellent - "...a record that gets better with each successive play..."
Ranked #8 in New Musical Express' list of 'The Top 50 LPs Of 1993' - "...The first crew to take the gangsta shit to a student audience...achieved the all-important compromise-free crossover from the hardcore audience and into mainstream consciousness...."
8 (out of 10) - Excellent - "...a record that gets better with each successive play..."