STUDIO ALBUM BY CYPRESS HILL

Year Released: 1993

Black Sunday is the second studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on July 20, 1993, by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. The album proved to be a massive success just like their debut, Cypress Hill. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 261,000 copies in its first week of sales and became the highest Soundscan recording for a hip hop group at the time. Also, with their previous album, Cypress Hill, still in the charts, they became the first hip hop group ever to have 2 albums in the Top 10 of the U.S. Billboard 200 at the same time. The album went four-times platinum in the U.S. with 3.4 million units sold.

As Cypress Hill advocates for medical and recreational use of cannabis, the booklet of the album contains 19 facts about the history of hemp and the positive attributes of cannabis.

 

TRACK-LIST:

Side A:

1. I Wanna Get High
2. I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
3. Insane in the Brain
4. When the Shit Goes Down

Side B:

1. Lick A Shot
2. Cock the Hammer
3. Interlude
4. Lil' Plutos
5. Legalize It

Side C:

1. Hits From the Bong
2. What Go Around Come Around, Kid
3. A to the K
4. Hand on the Glock
5. Break 'Em Off Some

Side D:

1. Insane in the Brain (Extended Mix)
2. Scooby Doo
3. Hits From the Bong (T-Ray's Remix)