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[2] 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.[3]
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.
Background
The first single, "
Insane in the Brain", became a
crossover hit, starting a following among
rock and
hip hop audiences. A clean censored version of the album was also made which removes the song "A to the K". The song "Hand on the Glock" is a re-recorded version of the track "
Hand on the Pump" from the debut album Cypress Hill.
On July 20, 2023, an expanded edition of the album was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the album, featuring five additional songs.[4]
The single "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was nominated for the
Grammy Award's Best Rap Performance of the year category.[16]
Rolling Stone - 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…"[12]
The Source - 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…"[14]
Included in
Q magazine's list of the 50 Best Albums of 1993.[17]
Ranked #35 in Melody Maker's list of "The Albums of the Year" for 1993.[18]
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[2] 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.[3]
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.
Background
The first single, "
Insane in the Brain", became a
crossover hit, starting a following among
rock and
hip hop audiences. A clean censored version of the album was also made which removes the song "A to the K". The song "Hand on the Glock" is a re-recorded version of the track "
Hand on the Pump" from the debut album Cypress Hill.
On July 20, 2023, an expanded edition of the album was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the album, featuring five additional songs.[4]
The single "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" was nominated for the
Grammy Award's Best Rap Performance of the year category.[16]
Rolling Stone - 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…"[12]
The Source - 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…"[14]
Included in
Q magazine's list of the 50 Best Albums of 1993.[17]
Ranked #35 in Melody Maker's list of "The Albums of the Year" for 1993.[18]