Skull & Bones (album)

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Skull & Bones
Cypress Hill Skull & Bones.jpg
Studio album by Cypress Hill
Released April 25, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Hardcore hip hop, rap metal, nu metal
Length 40:56 (Disc 1)
23:31 (Disc 2)
Label Columbia
Producer DJ Muggs
Cypress Hill chronology
Cypress Hill IV
(1998)Cypress Hill IV1998		 Skull & Bones
(2000)		 Stoned Raiders
(2001)Stoned Raiders2001
Singles from Skull & Bones
  1. "(Rap) Superstar/(Rock) Superstar"
    Released: February 29, 2000[1]
  2. "Highlife/Can't Get the Best of Me"
    Released: October 31, 2000[2]

Skull & Bones is the fifth studio album by the rap group Cypress Hill, released on April 25, 2000. The album's genre and style are divided into two - a hip-hop disc ("Skull") and a rap metal disc ("Bones").

Album information

It features Everlast, Eminem, N.O.R.E., Christian Olde Wolbers and Dino Cazares of Fear Factory, Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine and Chino Moreno of the Deftones.

Cypress Hill landed a slot supporting The Offspring and MxPx on the Conspiracy of One tour.[3] The song "(Rock) Superstar" was a radio hit on both rap and rock stations. It was once performed live by the band with Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum former members of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses. The Intro includes a sample from Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars [4]
Audio Video Revolution (7/10) [5]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention) [6]
RapReviews.com (6/10) [7]
Yahoo! Music (favorable) [8]
  • Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "A bipolar breakdown…proving hip-hop is more like T2…capable of morphing into anyone they wanna be."[9]
  • CMJ - "Proves rather convincingly that Cypress Hill still packs a mighty punch."[10]
  • Vibe - "Marks the first major shift in the group's direction....Half of [the album] is a head-banging jam session....Songs like '(Rap) Superstar' prove that the group still has that winning formula."[11]
  • The Source - 3.5 mics out of 5 - "May be their most drastic turn yet.… Cypress' flavor runs thick across the disc.… They break down the barriers in order to transcend the industry-imposed terms of alternative and rap…another set for the weeded."[12]
  • Rap Pages - "May be the best album you hear for the next 2 years.… [It] is so artistically good that it [will] stay in your personal rotation…"[13]
  • Mojo - "Finds them sticking a finger in the air and finding the wind blowing in the direction of thrash-metal."[14]
  • NME - 7 out of 10 - "Picks up where the groggy metal/rap melange of '98s Cypress Hill IV left off.… It's business as usual.… They do hip-hop and they do funk-metal rawk…evolving slowly."[15]

Track listing

All tracks produced by DJ Muggs.

Skull (Disc 1)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Intro"   Muggerud 1:52
2. "Another Victory"   Freese, Muggerud 3:11
3. "(Rap) Superstar" (feat. Eminem and Noreaga) Freese, Muggerud 4:53
4. "Cuban Necktie"   Freese, Muggerud 4:13
5. "What U Want from Me"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 3:50
6. "Stank Ass Hoe"   Freese, Muggerud 5:09
7. "Highlife"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 3:53
8. "Certified Bomb"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 4:03
9. "Can I Get a Hit"   Freese, Muggerud 2:47
10. "We Live This Shit"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 4:20
11. "Worldwide"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 2:45
Bones (Disc 2)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Valley of Chrome"   Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 4:04
2. "Get Out of My Head"   Freese, Muggerud 3:31
3. "Can't Get the Best of Me"   Correa, Freese, Muggerud, Reyes, Wilk 4:15
4. "A Man"   Correa, Fleener, Freese, Reyes, Zambrano 3:08
5. "Dust"   Cypress Hill, Fleming, Freese 3:56
6. "(Rock) Superstar" (feat. Chino Moreno and Everlast) Freese, Muggerud, Reyes 4:37
Sample credits
  • "Can I Get a Hit" Contains a sample of "Get Outta My Life Woman" by The New Apocalypse

Notes

The untitled instrumental segue after "Stank Ass Hoe" was re-used for the track "Heart of the Assassin" on the 2000 DJ Muggs produced album Soul Assassins II.

The instrumental to (Rap) Superstar is used in intros on The Dan Patrick Show.

The track Dust was used on the game Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX.

The song (Rock) Superstar is featured in the 2000 video game "MTV Sports: Skateboarding Featuring Andy Macdonald," released on PC and various consoles. .[16] It is featured also in the 2001 film Training Day .

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)[17]

Year Chart Position
2000 The Billboard 200 5
2000 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4

References

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  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cypress Hill: Skull & Bones > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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  16. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/mtv-sports-skateboarding-featuring-andy-macdonald
  17. ↑ "Skull & Bones > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

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