Posted on 10.6.1998

Cypress Hill
Album : IV
Release Date : Oct 6, 1998
Label : Sony

Review :

Cypress Hill is either hip-hop’s most secretly talented band or its luckiest. How else do you explain four albums—Cypress Hill, Black Sunday, III (Temple of Boom) , and now IV—over seven years that all use the same rote formula ? DJ Muggs hooks up the dusty dungeon beats, filled with slow, rolling bass lines and dirtied drum breaks. B-Real revs up his nasal flow and spins yarns about (a) why police suck, (b) why Cypress can’t be screwed with, and (c) marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. Did we mention that they talk a lot about weed ? IV offers no new surprises, but Cypress faithful won’t be disappointed.

Track Listings :
1. Looking Through the Eye of a Pig
2. Checkmate
3. From the Window of My Room
4. Prelude to a Come Up
5. Riot Starter
6. Audio X
7. Steel Magnolia
8. I Remember That Freak Bitch (From the Club)
9. (Goin’ All Out) Nothin’ to Lose
10. Tequila Sunrise
11. Dead Men Tell No Tales
12. Feature Presentation
13. Dr. Greenthumb
14. 16 Men Till There’s No Men Left
15. High Times
16. Clash of the Titans/Dust
17. Lightning Strikes