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Despite the best efforts of DJ Muggs, Cypress Hill ran out of gas fairly quickly, entering a tailspin as soon as their third album. Back at full strength with the return of Sen Dog, Cypress Hill devised a full-scale comeback with their fifth album, Skull & Bones. The idea behind the album was to divide it into two -- a hip-hop disc ("Skull") and a rock disc ("Bones"). This would guarantee some publicity, at the very least, and, hopefully, it would win over the new generation of adolescents who flipped for rap-metal acts like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit. On paper, it's a sound theory, but there was a slight flaw -- the group is kind of lame when they rock. Their band is competent enough, and B Real's voice does sound good with overdriven guitars, but their rock songs utterly fall apart, since they have no hooks, no catchy riffs, and no character. If rap-metal was all there was to Skull & Bones, it would be a bit of an embarrassment. Fortunately, the "Skulls" disc is their finest effort since Black Sunday. Muggs is in prime form, creating funky, ominous, evocative soundscapes, which B Real makes the most of with fluid rhymes. At times, B Real does descend into tastelessness ("Stank Ass Hoe"), and neither he nor Sen Dog really find any new lyrical ground, but sonically, "Skulls" is a blast; B Real's whine and Sen Dog's gruff, blunt style are the perfect match for Muggs' darkly cinematic soundscapes, and, on a purely sonic level, it's quite intoxicating. At their best, Cypress Hill are a hip-hop experience unlike any other, and, ignoring the "Bones" disc, this is the best they've been in a long, long time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Muggs for Soul Assassins, Arranger - Muggs for Soul Assassins, Mixing Engineer - Andy Zambrano, Guitar - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Christian Olde Wolbers, Bass - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Reggie Stewart, Guitar - Reggie Stewart, Bass - Cypress Hill, Performer - Mike Fingers, Guitar - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Jeremy Fleener, Guitar - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dino Cazares, Guitar - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Larry Muggerud, Composer - Larry Muggerud, Lyricist - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Cypress Hill, Performer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger
(P) 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
DISC 2
Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Reggie Stewart, Guitar - Reggie Stewart, Bass - Cypress Hill, Performer - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Christian Wolbers, Composer - Christian Wolbers, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Eric Correa, Composer - Eric Correa, Lyricist - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Christian Olde Wolbers, Bass - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Cypress Hill, Performer - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Dino Cazares, Guitar - Dino Cazares, Composer - Dino Cazares, Lyricist - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Larry Muggerud, Lyricist - Larry Muggerud, Composer - Rogelio Lozano, Guitar - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Eric Correa, Composer - Eric Correa, Lyricist - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Muggs, Arranger - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Reggie Stewart, Guitar - Cypress Hill, Performer - Brad Wilk, Composer - Brad Wilk, Drums - Brad Wilk, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Eric Bobo, Bass
(P) 2000 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Andy Zambrano, Guitar - Andy Zambrano, Composer - Andy Zambrano, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Eric Correa, Composer - Eric Correa, Lyricist - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Cypress Hill, Performer - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Jeremy Fleener, Composer - Jeremy Fleener, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Jeremy Fliner, Bass - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Andy Zambrano, Guitar - Andy Zambrano, Composer - Andy Zambrano, Lyricist - Christian Wolbers, Composer - Christian Wolbers, Lyricist - Michael Barbiero, Mixing Engineer - Eric Correa, Composer - Eric Correa, Lyricist - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Christian Olde Wolbers, Bass - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Cypress Hill, Performer - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Jeremy Fleener, Composer - Jeremy Fleener, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Jeremy Fliner, Guitar - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Rogelio Lozano, Guitar - Louis Freese, Composer - Louis Freese, Lyricist - Senen Reyes, Composer - Senen Reyes, Lyricist - Muggs, Mixing Engineer - Muggs, Producer - Muggs, Arranger - Troy Staton, Mixing Engineer - Troy Staton, Recording Engineer - Cypress Hill, Performer - Mike Fingers, Guitar - Lawrence Muggerud, Composer - Lawrence Muggerud, Lyricist - Brian "BIG Bass" Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Eric Bobo, Drums
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Despite the best efforts of DJ Muggs, Cypress Hill ran out of gas fairly quickly, entering a tailspin as soon as their third album. Back at full strength with the return of Sen Dog, Cypress Hill devised a full-scale comeback with their fifth album, Skull & Bones. The idea behind the album was to divide it into two -- a hip-hop disc ("Skull") and a rock disc ("Bones"). This would guarantee some publicity, at the very least, and, hopefully, it would win over the new generation of adolescents who flipped for rap-metal acts like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit. On paper, it's a sound theory, but there was a slight flaw -- the group is kind of lame when they rock. Their band is competent enough, and B Real's voice does sound good with overdriven guitars, but their rock songs utterly fall apart, since they have no hooks, no catchy riffs, and no character. If rap-metal was all there was to Skull & Bones, it would be a bit of an embarrassment. Fortunately, the "Skulls" disc is their finest effort since Black Sunday. Muggs is in prime form, creating funky, ominous, evocative soundscapes, which B Real makes the most of with fluid rhymes. At times, B Real does descend into tastelessness ("Stank Ass Hoe"), and neither he nor Sen Dog really find any new lyrical ground, but sonically, "Skulls" is a blast; B Real's whine and Sen Dog's gruff, blunt style are the perfect match for Muggs' darkly cinematic soundscapes, and, on a purely sonic level, it's quite intoxicating. At their best, Cypress Hill are a hip-hop experience unlike any other, and, ignoring the "Bones" disc, this is the best they've been in a long, long time.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:13
- Main artists: Cypress Hill
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 2000 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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