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Live at the Fillmore

 
Album Review: Live at the Fillmore

  • Artist: Cypress Hill
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: December 12, 2000
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Live
  • Genre: Rap

Review

While Cypress Hill's Skull & Bones album showcased their sudden interest in merging hard rock with rap, Live at the Fillmore stands as a better testament to the group's newfound ability to synthesize the two styles into an invigorating formula. The album gets off to a fiery start with some rowdy renditions of the group's early-'90s material -- "Hand on the Pump," "How I Could Just Kill a Man," "Insane in the Brain" -- before the sound of heavy metal guitars appears mid-set. Besides integrating guitar riffs into Muggs' already adrenalized beats, the group reinterprets older songs such as "A to the K," making them sound new. Of course, Cypress Hill wouldn't be Cypress Hill without their adamant smoking advocacy, and starting with the trippy siren intro to "I Wanna Get High," the group moves through a medley of bud-smoking songs before the mosh-inciting conclusion of "Riot Starter" and "(Rock) Superstar." ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Hand on the Pump (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:55)
Real Estate (Lyrics) Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:17)
How I Could Just Kill a Man (Lyrics) Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes Cypress Hill (3:22)
Insane in the Brain (Lyrics) Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:36)
Pigs (Lyrics) Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (2:34)
Looking Through the Eye of a Pig (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (8:02)
Cock the Hammer (Lyrics) Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:43)
Checkmate (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:30)
Van't Get the Best of Me Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (3:59)
Lick a Shot (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:36)
A To the K Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (4:55)
I Ain't Goin' Out Like That (Lyrics) Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (3:37)
I Wanna Get High (Lyrics) Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes Cypress Hill (2:11)
Stoned Is the Way of the Walk (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (1:58)
Hits from the Bong (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (2:52)
Riot Starter (Lyrics) Lawrence Muggerud, Senen Reyes, Louis Freese Cypress Hill (3:49)
(Rock) Superstar Lawrence Muggerud, Louis Freese, Senen Reyes Cypress Hill (6:06)

Credits

B Real (Vocals), Troy Staton (Mixing), Eric Bobo (Band), Muggs (Producer), Doug Field (Assistant Engineer), Sen Dog (Vocals), Troy Staton (Live Recording), Mike Gonzalez (Engineer), Sonny Gerasimowicz (Design), Sen Dog (Band), Paul Furedi (Editing), Muggs (Arranger), Eric Bobo (Drums), Arlene Owseichik (Art Direction), Frank Mercurio (Bass), Jay Resnick (Assistant Engineer), Andy Zambrano (Guitar), Phil Kneebone (Assistant Engineer), Muggs (Mixing), B Real (Band), Richard McKernon (Live Recording), Jeremy Fleener (Guitar), Muggs (DJ)
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Live at the Fillmore
Live album by Cypress Hill
Released December 12, 2000
Recorded August 16, 2000
Genre Hip hop, rap metal
Length 65:11
Label Ruffhouse
Columbia Records
Producer DJ Muggs
Professional reviews
Cypress Hill chronology
Skull & Bones
(2000)
Live at the Fillmore
(2000)
Stoned Raiders
(2001)

Live at the Fillmore is a live album by the rap group Cypress Hill recorded at The Fillmore, San Francisco on August 16, 2000.

Contents

Reception

  • Rolling Stone (1/18/01, p.57) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "B-Real, Sen Dog, Bobo and DJ Muggs are in top form here."
  • Q magazine (1/01, p.105) - 3 out of 5 stars - "Captures [them] in somewhat ebullient mood....on the pumped and primed beats...they sound at their most relaxed and...their most potent."
  • Melody Maker (12/12/00, p.52) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Intense lunacy and sonic dementia....It must've been mad - absolutely insane."
  • NME (12/2/00, p.49) - 7 out of 10 - "The frenzy of the crowd feeds back into the immediacy of the performance and - Boom Shanka! And there are moments of such delicious madness here."

Track listing

  1. "Hand on the Pump" (Bouldin, Freese, Muggerud) – 3:55
  2. "Real Estate" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:17
  3. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:22
  4. "Insane in the Brain" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:36
  5. "Pigs" (Freese, Muggerud) – 2:34
  6. "Looking Through the Eyes of a Pig" (Freese, Muggerud) – 8:02
  7. "Cock the Hammer" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:43
  8. "Checkmate" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:30
  9. "Can't Get the Best of Me" (Correa, Freese, Muggerud, Reyes, Wilk) – 3:59
  10. "Lick a Shot" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:36
  11. "A to the K" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 4:55
  12. "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (Freese, Muggerud, Ray) – 3:37
  13. "I Wanna Get High" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 2:11
  14. "Stoned Is The Way of the Walk" (Muggerud) – 1:58
  15. "Hits From the Bong" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 2:52
  16. "Riot Starter" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 3:49
  17. "(Rock) Superstar" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 6:06
  18. "Checkmate (Remix) [Secret track]" (Freese, Muggerud, Reyes) – 4:01
  19. "Can't Stop Won't Stop" (Limited Edition Bonus Track) - 3:29

Personnel

  • B-Real - vocals
  • Sen Dog - vocals
  • DJ Muggs - arranger, producer, DJ, mixing
  • Jeremy Fleener - guitar
  • Andy Zambrano - guitar
  • Frank Mercurio - bass
  • Eric Bobo - drums
  • Troy Staton - mixing, live recording
  • Richard McKernon - live recording
  • Mike Gonzales - engineer
  • Doug Field - assistant engineer
  • Phil Kneebone - assistant engineer
  • Jay Resnick - assistant engineer
  • Paul Furedi - editing
  • Sonny Gerasimowicz - design
  • Arlene Owseichik - art direction

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2000 The Billboard 200 119
2001 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 78

 
 

 

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