Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom [Explicit Lyrics]

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Four years since the L.A. group's first pro-pot anthem, "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk," Cypress Hill is still telling us they love to smoke ganja. How B-Real and Sen Dog waste their days is their business, but it makes you wonder: What's wrong with their personal lives that they need to be stoned all the time? And how can they be so enthusiastic about it? III (Temples of Boom) exhales the same clouded sentiments of past albums, but offers no answers.

Herb is never far from the conversation on Cypress Hill records--how they smoke more than anyone, how they were rapping about it before anyone--but they never explain why, never suggest they derive something positive (or negative) from pot. Though III's "Illusions" begins with an Indian sitar, presumably a reference to '60s drug culture's Eastern influence, there's no expanded consciousness in the accompanying raps. Cypress Hill champion drug use, it seems, to bolster their outlaw image; they place pot smoke alongside beat-downs, just another illegal activity to prove they're bad dudes. --Roni Sarig

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Average customer rating: Solid CD Cypress Hill's Masterpiece Bangin' Cypress Hill's Official "Hip-Hop" Album Enter the Temples of Boom

Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom Cypress Hill Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Rap | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Black Sunday IV Cypress Hill Skull & Bones Stoned Raiders ASIN: B000002B0S Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. Spark Another Owl
2. Throw Your Set In The Air
3. Stoned Raiders
4. Illusions
5. Killa Hill Niggas
6. Boom Biddy Bye Bye
7. No Rest For The Wicked
8. Make A Move
9. Killafornia
10. Funk Freakers
11. Locotes
12. Red Light Visions
13. Stickly Hip Hop
14. Let it Rain
15. Everybody Must Get Stoned

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Four years since the L.A. group's first pro-pot anthem, "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk," Cypress Hill is still telling us they love to smoke ganja. How B-Real and Sen Dog waste their days is their business, but it makes you wonder: What's wrong with their personal lives that they need to be stoned all the time? And how can they be so enthusiastic about it? III (Temples of Boom) exhales the same clouded sentiments of past albums, but offers no answers.

Herb is never far from the conversation on Cypress Hill records--how they smoke more than anyone, how they were rapping about it before anyone--but they never explain why, never suggest they derive something positive (or negative) from pot. Though III's "Illusions" begins with an Indian sitar, presumably a reference to '60s drug culture's Eastern influence, there's no expanded consciousness in the accompanying raps. Cypress Hill champion drug use, it seems, to bolster their outlaw image; they place pot smoke alongside beat-downs, just another illegal activity to prove they're bad dudes. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

Solid CD.......2007-07-02

Illusions the best song on this cd. It is the highlight to a really good cd. There isn't much to say about it this cd because the hot tracks do all the speaking. One thing in closing about this cd I especially enjoyed was the track where they slam ice cube for ripping off the song from the friday track. Nowadays I look for old stuff that is good to listen to because this new garbage people are putting out is the worst music ever. So I am making up ground and this is one classic I missed but I have it now you need to get it.

Cypress Hill's Masterpiece .......2007-06-13

If there's one album by Cypress Hill that can be considered a genuine classic, this is it. 'II: Temples of Boom' is undoubtedly the best work the talented group has put out. The grim, dark atmosphere here is extremely well-done and doesn't feel forced like in other albums I've heard, and at 15 tracks long there is no fluff or filler here.

My favorite tracks are 'Killafornia' (has one of the best instrumentals ever), 'Boom Biddy Bye Bye', and 'Strictly Hip Hop', but that doesn't mean you should just get the songs individually, this should be listened to in it's entirety because it's a real album. It all goes together.

'IV' is another Cypress Hill album I feel highly of, but even that didn't come close to touching this one (though that's another fantastic album as well). If you own one album by this group 'III: Temples of Boom' should be it.

Bangin'.......2007-02-16

Wow. I'm not sure why this album gets the bad press that it does, and I just have to put my 2 cents in support of the Boom. Although my favorite Cypress songs ever are probably on Black Sunday, Temples of Boom is the most consistent and enjoyable album of theirs that I own (1-4). DJ Muggs at his best with bangin' beats, unique sampling, and the rap flow beautifully juxtaposed to the music. If you liked their first two albums, I can't imagine how you won't love this.

Cypress Hill's Official "Hip-Hop" Album .......2006-11-29

When you look at the enriched history of Cypress Hill, you see different flavors of music. One of their early attributes was the rare ability to crossover rap into the rock genre with success from the very beginning with their self-titled classic Cypress Hill album. Following the triumph of their debut album, Black Sunday mixed a similar formula for success. However, on their third album, Cypress Hill released what many fans desired for years, an utterly hip-hop banger.

Temples of Boom was seventh heaven for their rap-oriented followers; while fans of their rock-twist weren't highly impressed. As a result, Temples of Boom experienced platinum success, however, many fans voiced their dislike of the album to their record label (Sony / Ruffhouse) and other parties of interest. This ultimately (After IV) lead to mediocre albums such as Skull & Bones and Stoned Raiders, which featured a "forced" rock concept to each album respectively. While these albums received slight praise within their rock fanbase, it perplexed their rap followers due to the novelty that was Temples of Boom.

Cypress Hill's latest release Till Death Do Us Part, is a more hip-hop oriented album, however, still not as impressive as Temples of Boom (or even IV). Temples of Boom was the pinnacle of DJ Muggs. The instrumentals were earth-shattering and still to this day, these tunes are ahead of their time. The dark and sinister sounds accompany B-Real's flow perfectly. A dash of Sen Dog here and there, made good use of the album as well. In terms of a "street" album, Temples of Boom is as rough as it gets. The production is hard, the lyrics are gritty, and the ending result is almost flawless.

Cypress Hill's debut album is entirely classic, especially when you consider the sound the album introduced to the rap industry in the very early 90's, but the mid-90's release of Temples of Boom blessed the hip-hop community with a pure style that highlighted the group's greatest talents (especially that of DJ Muggs). Fans divided between genres forced 50/50 albums (rock & rap), and because there was little to no direction on these projects, the result was mediocrity. Temples of Boom was the only Cypress album with an entire direction focused on hip-hop music, however arguably their best.

Enter the Temples of Boom.......2006-05-17

If you could only get one cypress hill cd, this would be the one to get. If you could only get two then my second pick would be IV.

Average customer rating: Solid CD Cypress Hill's Masterpiece Bangin' Cypress Hill's Official "Hip-Hop" Album Enter the Temples of Boom

Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom Cypress Hill Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Rap | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Black Sunday IV Cypress Hill Skull & Bones Stoned Raiders ASIN: B000002BE3 Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

1. Spark Another Owl
2. Throw Your Set In The Air
3. Stoned Raiders
4. Illusions
5. Killa Hill
6. Boom Biddy Bye Bye
7. No Rest For The Wicked
8. Make A Move
9. Killafornia
10. Funk Freakers
11. Locotes
12. Red Light Visions
13. Strictly Hip Hop
14. Let It Rain
15. Everybody Must Get Stoned

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Four years since the L.A. group's first pro-pot anthem, "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk," Cypress Hill is still telling us they love to smoke ganja. How B-Real and Sen Dog waste their days is their business, but it makes you wonder: What's wrong with their personal lives that they need to be stoned all the time? And how can they be so enthusiastic about it? III (Temples of Boom) exhales the same clouded sentiments of past albums, but offers no answers.

Herb is never far from the conversation on Cypress Hill records--how they smoke more than anyone, how they were rapping about it before anyone--but they never explain why, never suggest they derive something positive (or negative) from pot. Though III's "Illusions" begins with an Indian sitar, presumably a reference to '60s drug culture's Eastern influence, there's no expanded consciousness in the accompanying raps. Cypress Hill champion drug use, it seems, to bolster their outlaw image; they place pot smoke alongside beat-downs, just another illegal activity to prove they're bad dudes. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

Solid CD.......2007-07-02

Illusions the best song on this cd. It is the highlight to a really good cd. There isn't much to say about it this cd because the hot tracks do all the speaking. One thing in closing about this cd I especially enjoyed was the track where they slam ice cube for ripping off the song from the friday track. Nowadays I look for old stuff that is good to listen to because this new garbage people are putting out is the worst music ever. So I am making up ground and this is one classic I missed but I have it now you need to get it.

Cypress Hill's Masterpiece .......2007-06-13

If there's one album by Cypress Hill that can be considered a genuine classic, this is it. 'II: Temples of Boom' is undoubtedly the best work the talented group has put out. The grim, dark atmosphere here is extremely well-done and doesn't feel forced like in other albums I've heard, and at 15 tracks long there is no fluff or filler here.

My favorite tracks are 'Killafornia' (has one of the best instrumentals ever), 'Boom Biddy Bye Bye', and 'Strictly Hip Hop', but that doesn't mean you should just get the songs individually, this should be listened to in it's entirety because it's a real album. It all goes together.

'IV' is another Cypress Hill album I feel highly of, but even that didn't come close to touching this one (though that's another fantastic album as well). If you own one album by this group 'III: Temples of Boom' should be it.

Bangin'.......2007-02-16

Wow. I'm not sure why this album gets the bad press that it does, and I just have to put my 2 cents in support of the Boom. Although my favorite Cypress songs ever are probably on Black Sunday, Temples of Boom is the most consistent and enjoyable album of theirs that I own (1-4). DJ Muggs at his best with bangin' beats, unique sampling, and the rap flow beautifully juxtaposed to the music. If you liked their first two albums, I can't imagine how you won't love this.

Cypress Hill's Official "Hip-Hop" Album .......2006-11-29

When you look at the enriched history of Cypress Hill, you see different flavors of music. One of their early attributes was the rare ability to crossover rap into the rock genre with success from the very beginning with their self-titled classic Cypress Hill album. Following the triumph of their debut album, Black Sunday mixed a similar formula for success. However, on their third album, Cypress Hill released what many fans desired for years, an utterly hip-hop banger.

Temples of Boom was seventh heaven for their rap-oriented followers; while fans of their rock-twist weren't highly impressed. As a result, Temples of Boom experienced platinum success, however, many fans voiced their dislike of the album to their record label (Sony / Ruffhouse) and other parties of interest. This ultimately (After IV) lead to mediocre albums such as Skull & Bones and Stoned Raiders, which featured a "forced" rock concept to each album respectively. While these albums received slight praise within their rock fanbase, it perplexed their rap followers due to the novelty that was Temples of Boom.

Cypress Hill's latest release Till Death Do Us Part, is a more hip-hop oriented album, however, still not as impressive as Temples of Boom (or even IV). Temples of Boom was the pinnacle of DJ Muggs. The instrumentals were earth-shattering and still to this day, these tunes are ahead of their time. The dark and sinister sounds accompany B-Real's flow perfectly. A dash of Sen Dog here and there, made good use of the album as well. In terms of a "street" album, Temples of Boom is as rough as it gets. The production is hard, the lyrics are gritty, and the ending result is almost flawless.

Cypress Hill's debut album is entirely classic, especially when you consider the sound the album introduced to the rap industry in the very early 90's, but the mid-90's release of Temples of Boom blessed the hip-hop community with a pure style that highlighted the group's greatest talents (especially that of DJ Muggs). Fans divided between genres forced 50/50 albums (rock & rap), and because there was little to no direction on these projects, the result was mediocrity. Temples of Boom was the only Cypress album with an entire direction focused on hip-hop music, however arguably their best.

Enter the Temples of Boom.......2006-05-17

If you could only get one cypress hill cd, this would be the one to get. If you could only get two then my second pick would be IV.

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Black Sunday/III Temples of Boom ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002W1ANW Release Date: 2005-12-06

Album Description

2 CD set features the 1993 & 1995 albums. 29 total tracks with highlights including 'Insane In The Brain', 'I Wanna Get High', 'Legalize It', 'No Rest For The Wicked' and more. Sony. 2004.

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