- hip hop, blues, gangsta
- 56 min
- 15 tracks
- Columbia
Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom is the third studio album by Latin-American hip-hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on October 31, 1995, by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records. It was the first album to feature Eric Bobo as an official member of the group. The album featured a stylistic change, as the group turned towards a darker, tranquil, slower, and spookier sound with their beats. The album went Platinum in the U.S. with 1 million units sold.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- NME7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Spin5/10
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Tracks
- 1Spark Another Owl3:40
- 2Throw Your Set in the Air4:06
- 3Stoned Raiders2:54
- 4Illusions4:28
- 5Killa Hill Niggas4:02
- 6Boom Biddy Bye Bye4:01
- 7No Rest for the Wicked5:01
- 8Make a Move4:31
- 9Killafornia2:57
- 10Funk Freakers3:12
- 11Locotes3:36
- 12Red Light Visions1:46
- 13Strictly Hip Hop4:31
- 14Let It Rain3:42
- 15Everybody Must Get Stoned3:03
15 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Cypress Hill
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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