Cypress Hill is Hip-Hop group from
California U.S.. Cypress Hill is undeniably one of the most influential names
in the world of hip-hop. Group consists of B-Real(born Louis Freese June 2,
1970), DJ Muggs(born Lawrence Muggerud January 28, 1968), Sen Dog(born Senen
Reyes November 20, 1965), Eric Bobo(born Eric Correa, August 27), 1968). The
group's name comes from Cypress Avenue, a street that runs through the South
Central L.A. hood where the group came together.
Their debut album was released in August 1991
titled “Cypress Hill”, album gave them a meteoric fame as the album sold
million copies in the U.S. alone and was certified a double Platinum. Their
second album "Black Sunday" released in 1993, it surpassed the
success of its predecessor. It debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 200. The
selling number hit more than 3 millions mark, earning them a triple Platinum. Album’s
hit was "Insane In The Brain".
Cypress Hill released the group's third,
“III Temples of Boom”,(1995) and third-consecutive platinum album release. selling
1.5 million copies and reaching number 3 on the Billboard 200 on the strength
of the hit single Throw Your Set in the Air. one of their members Sen Dog took
a timeout to form a side project called SX-10. Every member of group focused on
their solo careers in 1997.
The group reunioned in 1998 when they
released "IV" which went gold in the U.S. this album couldn't achieve
the success of their previous albums, becoming their first effort to fail
charting on the Top 10 of Hot 200. This failure pushed group to come with something
different and in 2000 Cypress Hill released their 6th album with a
two-disc "Skull & Bones". The first disc "Skull"
features rap tracks, while the second one "Bones" explores rock
songs. This led them return to the Top 10 of the U.S. albums chart, peaking at
number three. Cypress Hill released "Stoned Raiders" and "Till
Death Do Us Part" in 2001 and 2004. Both efforts consist of more than 14
songs but failed to climb to the The Top 10 of Hot 200. The first could only
peak at No. 16, and the latter made its highest position at number 21.
Discography:
- Cypress Hill (1991)
- Black Sunday (1993)
- III: Temples of Boom (1995)
- Unreleased and Revamped (1996)
- IV (1998)
- Skull & Bones (2000)
- Stoned Raiders (2001)
- Till Death Do Us Part (2004)
- Rise Up (2010)
