To all of you that say it's not Black Sunday or Templezs of Boom - come on, who would seriously listen to a group that always made the same album? Do you just want clones? This is evolution, and they still make the competion sound like fake pop amateurs. There's a lot of talk about it being a reggae album but there is a real mix of styles here which works so well. Buy it!!!


Good lyrics, bad music   April 1, 2006
David R. Tisdale, II (Haughton, LA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I've been listening to Cypress Hill since Black Sunday, so my review will be in the context of a pretty solid Cypress Hill fan.

Firstly, as many of the other reviewers have stated, the beats on most of the songs leave a bit to be desired. The production values are good; the music is very clear, except for parts that are intentionally not supposed to be (samples from vinyl, for instance). However, the beats just aren't that memorable. "Another Body Drops," "Street Wars," and "What's Your Name?" are really the only songs that you'll listen to over and over again.

On the other hand, the lyrics are outstanding. B-Real's flow has just gotten better by the album. I have all of Cypress Hill's albums on my MP3 player, and while I'm at work I'll listen to them in release date order, and you can really see how B-Real has improved his skills as a lyricist over time. His rhymes keep getting tighter and tighter, and I really believe that he's a fairly under-appreciated rapper. Let me state, however, that as someone else here said, the hooks suck. You can tell that they couldn't figure out a catchy hook, so they just repeated the name of the song (see the song "Dollar Bill"). This is a probem that started on Skull and Bones, and I think it's just going to continue.

I personally believe that III: Temples of Boom was the Hill's greatest album. It was so dark and moody, and Mugg's beats were almost dank and dungeon-like. Everything before III was Cypress Hill trying to find their identity, and everything after was them moving a little more towards the mainstream rap circle. I'm not saying they sold out, it's just that their music has become a little more of what one would expect from a rap group. If you don't have III: Temples of Boom, you need to buy it. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. Till Death Do Us Part, however, is a more mundane and forgettable chapter in Cypress Hill's history.


B-Real Still Keepin it real   December 9, 2004
Educated Fool (MidWestWisconsin)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

Cypress Hill has yet again released a quality album. Like any truely good CD, this one grows on you, like the Latin Thug we all knew from the past. His beats are full of a good mix of Latino rhythms and gives off a sense of reggae in select songs. I find it problematic that Cypress Hill fans give this album a bad rating. This album is full of the same intellectual side that B Real has always always presented. The man is too smart for some people to understand. I guess pop-rap is what people like these days. Besides, you can't call this old school when it was released in 2004, it is a newly improved version of the early roots of hip hop we all grew up on. It disappoints me because you rarely hear this in bars or clubs. B Real is a modern day marvel, and can only be understood if you've personally experienced a true life of trouble, and then moved on to better things(ex rap artist). You need to understand the man B Real, and not a fake front as the other hip hop artists give off to draw in the 'want to be thugs.' Stay Real.


They're Back and not going anywhere   April 10, 2004
D Bourgie (Boston, MA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Cypress Hill returns in top form after so-so albums. I like this album because its their most original in many years. The beats are even original and the ones Muggs did are his best in years. Alchemist and Fredwreck add to the mixture also. Soul Assassins 4 Life!


3 or 4 Solid Songs to Add to Your Mix Playlist   September 12, 2005
Leprekhan James (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

There are some really good songs on this album, and some that I'd like to scratch out of the disk. THIS IS NOT POP RAP. You have been forewarned. Another Body Drops, Latin Thugs, What's your Number, and Street Wars make this album worth picking up by themselves. Latin Thugs is a nice track that includes some spanish lyrics and a nice flow. In Street Wars and Another Body Drops, Muggs puts together good hard beats that complement B Real's style. What's your Number is a Story within a song, B-Real does a good job with his flow, the only thing about it I didn't really like was the chorus, but it was very forgiveable.

If you didn't like other Cypress Hill albums, you should still try this one out, it's got a different feel than other albums from the Hill. 4 Stars, I listen to it all the time.