Cypress Hill – Elephants On Acid – VINYL 2LP

Description

Most episodes of the superb HBO sitcom Silicon Valley end with a musical outro: usually banging hip-hop. This album by Cypress Hill should make the music supervisors’ job on season six a doddle.

After a 14-year hiatus, during which B-Real and Sen Dog did without DJ Muggs, this seminal stoner hip-hop trio are reunited and reinvigorated – or as reinvigorated as a ninth paean to mind-altering substances might permit. As befits an album designed to thrill the brain’s cannabinoid receptors, rather than lay it low with Xanax as per much contemporary hip-hop, producer Muggs pulls every disorienting trick out of the carpetbag: sitars, sub bass, trumpeting pachyderms and dubby contributions by psych outrider Gonjasufi.

And while many of these 21 tracks (interludes abound) sound familiar – tunes like Pass the Knife share considerable bongwater with Cypress Hill’s 90s heyday – innovations do liven up the Hill’s central theme. Nothing quite matches the superlative Band of Gypsies, which features Egyptian underground stars Sadat and Alaa Fifty; DJ Muggs also throws oud players into the mix. But female backing vocals provide the party-starting on tracks such as Oh Na Na. theguardian.com

Tracklist :

A1 Tusko 0:48
A2 Band Of Gypsies 3:50
A3 Put Em In The Ground 2:21
A4 Satao 0:29
A5 Jesus Was A Stoner 3:25
A6 Pass The Knife 3:36
B1 LSD 0:37
B2 Oh Na Na 2:57
B3 Holy Mountain 1:15
B4 Locos 3:18
B5 Falling Down 2:19
C1 Elephant Acid 0:52
C2 Insane OG 1:23
C3 The 5th Angel (Instrumental) 2:01
C4 War Lord 3:17
C5 Reefer Man 3:22
D1 Thru The Rabbit Hole (Interlude) 1:54
D2 Crazy 2:52
D3 Muggs Is Dead 2:11
D4 Blood On My Hands Again 3:20
D5 Stairway To Heaven 5:41