Black Sunday is the second studio album by the hip hop band Cypress Hill. It was released on July 20, 1993, by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. The album proved to be a massive success just like the first album Cypress Hill. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200, selling 261,000 copies in its first week of sales and became the highest Soundscan recording for a hip hop group at the time. Also, with their first 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 Triple platinum in the U.S. with 3.4 million units sold. 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. 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.
Tracklist:
- I Wanna Get High
- I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That
- Insane in the Brain
- When the Shit Goes Down
- Lick a Shot
- Cock the Hammer
- Lock Down
- 3 Lil’ Putos
- Legalize It
- Hits from the Bong
- What Go Around Come Around, Kid
- A to the K
- Hand on the Glock
- Break ‘Em Off Some
Cypress Hill
B-Real: vocals
Sen Dog: vocals
DJ Muggs: turntables, arrangements, executive production, programming and mixing
Additional personnel
T-Ray: producer (“I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That”)
John Gamble: engineer
Andy Kravitz: engineer
Manuel Lecuona: engineer
Jason Roberts: engineer
Chris Shaw: engineer, mixing
Joe Nicolo: executive producer, mixing
Chris Schwartz: executive producer
Jay Papke: design
Anthony Artiaga: photography
