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Disco de Cypress Hill: “Skull & Bones [Bonus Track]”
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Skull & Bones [Bonus Track] |
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Fecha de Publicación:2000-05-26
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Tipo:Desconocido
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Género:Hip-Hop/Rap, Rock, Mainstream Rap
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Sello Discográfico:Sony
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Letras Explícitas:Si
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UPC:4988009226514
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Análisis (en inglés) - :
Despite the best efforts of {$DJ Muggs}, {$Cypress Hill} ran out of gas fairly quickly, entering a tailspin as soon as their third album. Back at full strength with the return of {$Sen Dog}, {$Cypress Hill} devised a full-scale comeback with their fifth album, {^Skull & Bones}. The idea behind the album was to divide it into two -- a {\hip-hop} disc ("Skull") and a {\rock} disc ("Bones"). This would guarantee some publicity, at the very least, and, hopefully, it would win over the new generation of adolescents who flipped for {\rap-metal} acts like {$Kid Rock} and {$Limp Bizkit}. On paper, it's a sound theory, but there was a slight flaw -- the group is kind of lame when they rock. Their band is competent enough, and {$B Real}'s voice does sound good with overdriven guitars, but their {\rock} songs utterly fall apart, since they have no hooks, no catchy riffs, and no character. If {\rap-metal} was all there was to {^Skull & Bones}, it would be a bit of an embarrassment. Fortunately, the "Skulls" disc is their finest effort since {^Black Sunday}. {$Muggs} is in prime form, creating funky, ominous, evocative soundscapes, which {$B Real} makes the most of with fluid rhymes. At times, {$B Real} does descend into tastelessness ({&"Stank Ass Hoe"}), and neither he nor {$Sen Dog} really find any new lyrical ground, but sonically, "Skulls" is a blast; {$B Real}'s whine and {$Sen Dog}'s gruff, blunt style are the perfect match for {$Muggs}' darkly cinematic soundscapes, and, on a purely sonic level, it's quite intoxicating. At their best, {$Cypress Hill} are a {\hip-hop} experience unlike any other, and, ignoring the "Bones" disc, this is the best they've been in a long, long time. [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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