III (Temples Of Boom) (30th Anniversary)＜完全生産限定盤＞

ヒップホップの歴史にその名を刻むサイプレス・ヒル 1995年リリース 3rdアルバム『III (Temples Of Boom) 』(アナログ盤)

LA出身チカーノ系のBリアル、キューバ出身のセン・ドッグ、NYブルックリン出身イタリア系のDJマグズ、それぞれ違うルーツを持つ3人で結成され、91年にデビューしたサイプレス・ヒル。2nd アルバム『BLACK SUNDAY』は全米チャートで初登場No.1を獲得。その独特なサウンドとBリアルのヴォーカルがロック・ファンからも支持を得た異端のHIP HOPグループだ。
そのサイプレス・ヒルを象徴する1995年リリースの3rdスタジオ・アルバム『III (Temples Of Boom) 』の発売30周年を記念し、アナログ盤がリリース。本作はバンドの進化における転換点となり、よりダークな雰囲気への移行を鮮明に示し、心に響くリズムと内省的な歌詞で、ファンと批評家の双方を魅了した傑作。「Illusions」や「Boom Biddy Bye Bye」といった傑出したシングルを収録し、バンドの画期的なサウンドを深く掘り下げるボーナストラックも収録。

On Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom, stoned rap crew Cypress Hill open up their sound a bit, experimenting with jazz-inflected grooves as well as soul. Even with the new musical flourishes, the essential core of the bands sound hasnt changed at all, remaining a loud, chaotic, and hazed-over take on gangsta rap. Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom is an excellently produced record, filled with sonic details that most hip-hop records of the mid-90s are missing, and Cypress Hill manage to keep a consistent mood throughout the record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

While their themes and mannerisms were always rooted in the So-Cal style, Cypress Hill never really fit the stereotype of real Compton Gs. Blunted? Always! Dangerous? At times. On the G-funk tip that rules West Coast hip-hop? Not at all. Muggs productions were more dissonant and edgier than anything coming off Death Row, more like a junior Bomb Squad. And the true precursor to B. Reals nasal style on the mic was no Comptonite but Beastie Boy Adrock. So its no surprise that on CYPRESS HILL III (TEMPLES OF BOOM) this Budda Tribe align themselves with the hottest crew that the East Coast has to offer (the Wu-Tang Clans U-God joins them on "Killa Hill," an RZA production), and that some of the boldest words on III are molotovs lobbed in West Coast old-schooler Ice Cubes direction (on "No Rest For The Wicked"). Otherwise, TEMPLES OF BOOM is full of the same old rituals: Muggs keeps spinning the grey noises, while B. Real and Sen-Dog go to extremes to describe the disrespect theyve garnered, the payback itll result in, and the amount of smoke theyll be blowing toward the perpetrators fallen body.