Cypress Hill - [2000] Skull & Bones [Cover+Booklet] @ 320kbps [latzki] torrent download



Cypress Hill is one of the most talented and experimental rap/rock groups of all time, and Skull &  Bones represents this fact very well. This is a two-disc album. Skull is the traditional yet matured  Cypress Hill rap sound, and Bones is a new metal rap sound, which is unlike clich  metal rap, and  delivers catchy heavy riffs and well-written lyrical patterns. I ll do this review in two halves and  give two separate ratings and an overall rating.





Skull





Skull starts off with a short eerie intro, which leads to a catchy tune with some nice scratches and  Cypress introducing them in a true hip-hop fashion, a nice start to the record. Most of the tracks  from Skull are reminiscent of the group s second album Black Sunday, with fairly dark yet catch  hip-hop generic tunes. ANOTHER VICTORY has a chimed melody with violins holding the rhythm well.  B-real raps the whole track and some funny disses are thrown in for good old Cypress hill humour.   You piece of s**t, you don t know who you fu***n  with  is a good example. CUBAN NECKTIE is also an  orchestral track similar to the material from Temples of Boom, yet it is quite an average filler  track, as is what you want from me.





RAP SUPERSTAR is one of the singles from the album and one of the group s best efforts. Another  chimed starry backing is used, and yet another orchestral rhythm. The lyrics tell us what it s like  to survive in the limelight, and how every move has to be plotted.  I though it was all fun and  games, but the price of the fame is high . This is also one of the bands most successful tracks.  CERTIFIED BOMB is another classic track. A funky staccato piano chord structure is used, and what  sounds like a cello dubbed over the top. Its overall very catchy and backing lyrics keep the  listener drawn in. Frequent  Bo Bo Bo, bab badadada  keep the bass flowing and the heavy rap feel  continuous and steady. HIGHLIFE is another single from the album. It starts with a simple  progression and a truly fantastic first lyric  I roll you up like my Rizla . Again the orchestral  instruments are used to create a sombre feeling to the song. The lyrics tell us about kids growing  up wanting the high-life, but misinterpreting and ending up at the bottom of the pile. Another  classic.





This is one of the best hip-hop efforts from Cypress Hill. The mature sound is very welcoming and  not too different as to scare devout fans away. Though it may be more mainstream than usual, it is  still a more than solid effort. 3.5/5





Bones





Now for the rap-metal side of the album. The overall sound is one of the most unique I ve heard,  with excellent riffing and very heated lyrics used to create some very aggressive music indeed.





VALLEY OF CHROME is the opening track of what feels like a completely different release to Skull.  References are made to the first album  How I can just kill a man  and the song starts with a  moderate speed bass drums and distorted harmonics played for the melody. The chorus breaks intensely  with a heavy and catchy riff with the words  You better never let them catch you alone, you might  die in the Valley of Chrome! . GET OUT OF MY HEAD is the most genius lyrical structure I ve ever  known Cypress hill to use. The short emphasis on every syllable works very well with the creepy  bassline. Again, the chorus breaks to the metal section. Another highlight.





Two tracks from bones I believe to be filler/generic rock songs. These are DUST and A MAN. These are  still perfectly valid cuts for the album and deliver an enjoyable listen, but aren t as up to  scratch as the awesomeness of CAN'T GET THE BEST OF ME and ROCK SUPERSTAR





The lack of experimentation with the guitars brings this disc down to a 4.5/5, but otherwise it s a  stellar rap metal effort from the group.





The main highlights of the album are in fact the two singles from the Bones C.D. CAN'T GET THE BEST  OF ME follows a specific rhythm using only only one chord for the verse. The lyrical duet in the  chorus is somewhat spectacular,  You can t get the best of me! / You can t hole me down!  Each mc  takes a verse and the song has a weird yet interesting break with a short palm muted lick repeated.  The outro increases in volume and in vocal velocity, leading to a pounding cadence. This track is a  true masterpiece.





ROCK SUPERSTAR is the metal instrumentation version of RAP SUPERSTAR. I prefer this version to the  rap version, but that s just because I m generally a metal fan. The beats are the same but the  chorus uses a heavy distorted guitar instead of a mixer. Again this is a highlight of the album.





Overall, this is the most musically diverse and listenable Cypress Hill album to date. There is  something here to satisfy most musical tastes, and the lyrics range through a wide array of emotions  that many can relate to. Final rating   4/5.





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Tracklist:


1. Intro


2. Another Story


3. (Rap) Superstar


4. Cuban Necktie


5. What U Want From Me


6. Stank A** H**


7. Highlife


8. Certified Bomb


9. Can I Get A Hit


10. We live This S***


11. Worldwide


12. Valley Of Chrome


13. Get Out Of My head


14. Can't Get The Best Of Me


15. A Man


16. Dust


17. (Rock) Superstar


18. How I Could Just Kill a Man





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