“Cypress Hill” is the groundbreaking debut studio album from
#CypressHill, released on August 13, 1991, through Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. Blending gritty street narratives with innovative production, the project earned both critical and commercial acclaim. In 1998, The Source named it one of the “100 Best Rap Albums,” while Rolling Stone praised it as “innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages.” The record dominated urban and college radio, went double platinum in the U.S., and has sold over 2 million copies, cementing its status as a hip-hop classic.