Unreleased & Revamped
By Cypress Hill
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- 1 Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix) 3:34
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remixer
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producer, remixer, guitar
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co-producer, keyboards
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co-producer, bass
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vocals
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writer
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- 2 Throw Your Hands in the Air 4:07
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producer, mixer
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engineer, mixer
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writer
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writer
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writer
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- 3 Intellectual Dons 4:27
- feat. Call o da Wild
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producer, mixer, arranger
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mixer
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Robert "Taj" Waltonadditional engineer
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writer
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writer
- 4 Hand on the Pump (Muggs' Blunted Mix) 4:41
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producer, remixer
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engineer
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Brett Bouldinwriter
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writer
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writer
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writer
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- 5 Whatta You Know 3:13
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producer, mixer, arranger
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engineer
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writer
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writer
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- 6 Hits From the Bong (T-Ray's Mix) 4:24
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producer
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remixer
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writer
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- 7 Illusions (Q-Tip Remix) 3:51
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remixer
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remixer
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- 8 Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Mix) 4:40
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producer, mixer, arranger
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additional engineer
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mixer, engineer
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remixer
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percussion
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writer
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- 9 When the Ship Goes Down (Diamond D Remix) 2:55
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producer, remixer
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engineer
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assistant engineer
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writer
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writer
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- Total length: 35:52
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3 Issues
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Unreleased & Revamped [p] Remixes
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Unreleased & Revamped 33 rpm
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Unreleased & Revamped Remixes
2 Reviews
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1
Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix)
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2
Throw Your Hands in the Air
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3
Intellectual Dons
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4
Hand on the Pump (Muggs' Blunted Mix)
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5
Whatta You Know
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6
Hits From the Bong (T-Ray's Mix)
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7
Illusions (Q-Tip Remix)
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8
Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Mix)
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9
When the Ship Goes Down (Diamond D Remix)
While it's true that most of the producers and rappers come from the other coast, the whole EP lives as a great homage and due tribute to DJ Muggs, B-Real, Sen Dog, and Eric Bobo. The EP is opened by the Fugees' remix of "Boom Biddy Bye Bye", where Wyclef Jean and B-Real deliver on a pleasant and melodic serene rhythm, with deep, distant bass and plucked guitar strings delivering relaxed funky vibes, lean accessible light drum, while Lauryn Hill stays in the background. The second track is "Throw Your Hands in the Air", DJ Muggs chill rhythm, excellent boom bap, beautiful bass lines, flawless light midtempo drum, fluid samples, quiet delivery of Sermon and B-Real, then Redman enters hardcore and takes the track, smooth, clear, spectacular. The song it's closed by MC Eiht, relaxed, gangsta, great remix. Another interesting part of the song is the fact that both B-Real and Sen Dog (who's not in the track) were part of the Bloods while MC Eiht was of the Crips.
"Intellectual Dons" boasts one of the best beats: amazing violin loop, fresh frozen piano keys in the background, clean, beautiful, perfect crunchy drum, beautiful rhythm by DJ Muggs, silky laid-back delivery of performers. The Soul Assassin remix for track number four is less melodic than the others: discrete samples, minimal drum, generic sounds, honest delivery of the group. "Whatta You Know" boasts a dark and eerie soundscape to support the slow, rough and croaking rapping of the two South Gate group MCs: DJ Muggs cuts out a few seconds of Isaac Hayes' "Walk on By" to create a difficult loop to pair with a good haunting bassline and light drum midtempo. A constant threatening and scary sound comes out, worthy of a thriller-horror movie, which resembles that of a ghost wail in the hall of a ruined Gothic castle on a hill on the outskirts of Nagyvaradi, in perfect Bram Stoker style, poked occasionally by a short synth line (I guess), which sounds like a crow in search of prey. The laid-back rapping of the two emcees is fit with the fantastic mood chosen by the producer.
"Hits From the Bong" is the only remix that actually comes from a West Coast guy, T-Ray. Its layered rhythm is on par with DJ Muggs, and it's a dope boom bap, velvety bassline, wonderful simple calm drum, and B-Real's rapping and laid-back voice sound better than usual on this melodic production supported by fresh and fluid samples. The last fifty seconds are one of the most beautiful things of the year, there's a violin solo on a dirty and dusty drum machine masterful midtempo and a deep and magnificent bass line to accompany, fascinating soundscape.
In the main rhythm of T-Ray, there are two excerpts that if it weren't for whosampled I wouldn't be able to draw: one is a series of lively electronic keyboard keys very slowed down from a 1959 piece of a LP released in the United States as a sort of best-of in 1968, by two Dutch musicians. The second is even too short to be grasped. They are few seconds from a piano keys featured in "Smilin' Billy Suite Pt. II" by the Heath Brothers. It's a song that might not tell you anything, but listen to it. You know it because the year after — I trust whosampled putting this remix of T-Ray as released in 1993 — Q-Tip making it a little more popular, using it in one of the tracks for an album from the other coast, you might as well have listened to it a couple of times. And it's the member of A Tribe Called Quest who is the author of the remix of the following cut, "Illusions": dry hard midtempo drum machine, good bass line, curious samples, slow irregular delivery by Cypress Hill, good simple boom bap by Q-Tip.
Prince Paul's remix of "Latin Lingo" has a lively and vibrant, upbeat production: tight drum uptempo, faster delivery than usual in one of Sen Dog's rare solos, interesting samples, guitar riffs on the simple hook. Last but not least, "When the Ship Goes Down" whose remix is entrusted to DITC producer Diamond D: the beat sounds like an imitation of DJ Muggs' deeply dark sound. There's a horrible loop, probably inspired by House of Pain's "Jump Around", which is still a work by Muggs, flanked by a creepy and scary melodic sample that supports the whole track in the background. B-Real delivers hardcore on an accessible midtempo drum despite its toughness, without that annoying squeaky loop it would be as spectacular track as the others.
Released by Ruffhouse and Columbia, distributed by Sony, the album has a remarkable commercial response for being an EP, arriving in record stores around all the world and reaching the top 15 among rap releases at home, where it's certified gold three years after its release. Still overly overlooked by critics and fans alike, it's an essential tape for Cypress Hill fans and certainly one of their best work, compact, bright and devoid of any weaknesses, strong from start to finish.
Rating: 8/10.
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As you would expect from an unreleased comp (or EP in this case), this is material that wasn't quite good enough to put on their proper albums and it's inferior to them. Nothing here is really essential except perhaps "Throw Your Hands in the Air" with Def Squad and MC Eiht, the rest of the joints are decent but not among their best things and the remixes are usually inferior to the originals even if they have big name producers. One for the hardcore fans, it's better than their last few albums anyway.
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Catalog
14 May 2024
12 Apr 2024
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1
Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix)
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2
Throw Your Hands in the Air
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3
Intellectual Dons
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4
Hand on the Pump (Muggs' Blunted Mix)
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5
Whatta You Know
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6
Hits From the Bong (T-Ray's Mix)
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7
Illusions (Q-Tip Remix)
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8
Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Mix)
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9
When the Ship Goes Down (Diamond D Remix)
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