Cypress Hill - Black Sunday

The Cheech and Chong of a new generation. Except not quite as funny.

Back in the 1974, the comedy duo of Cheech and Chong released an album entitled Cheech and Chong’s Wedding Album. The duo released many more albums, and even some movies.

As the obvious spiritual successor, Cypress Hill fails to quite hit the mark. Sure, there's some great jokes on Black Sunday, but as a whole the album fails to do much more than evoke a slight chuckle.

The comedy stylings of Cypress Hill are a little more R rated than Cheech and Chong ever were, with more mature themes throughout. 

The marijuana references are perhaps the most similar theme. After listening to Black Sunday I felt a definite audible contact high. Well done, Cypress Hill.

The aura of HTC aside, the album has a strange penchant for violence and male posturing. There's a multitude of unnecessary claims of gun ownership, brutality, and threats against others. Honestly guys, Cheech and Chong didn't need to resort to these sort of tactics.

The jokes end up being rather hard to decipher from the rhetoric, ultimately making Black Sunday rather anticlimactic in its humor. 

There are laughs to be had, though. Particular moments are to be found on tracks like “Insane in the Brain” and “A to the K”. 

“Do my shit undercover
Now it's time for for the blubber
Blabber
To watch dat belly get fatter
Fat boy on a diet
Don't try it
I'll check your ass like a looter in a riot”

Hilarious.

All in all, Cypress Hill misses the mark of comedy greats, but manages to keep the spirit of Cheech and Chong alive for the next generation of pot smoking jokesters.

“Dave’s not here, man”

Hext