Back in Black (Cypress Hill album)

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Back in Black
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)
Length32:29
Label
Producer Black Milk
Cypress Hill chronology
Elephants on Acid
(2018)
Back in Black
(2022)
Singles from Back in Black
  1. "Bye Bye"
    Released: January 21, 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club B [2]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
Gigwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kerrang! 4/5 [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Back in Black is the tenth studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on March 18, 2022.

Contents

The album includes 10 tracks. Unlike Elephants on Acid (2018), the group's previous album, which was produced by DJ Muggs, this album was solely produced by Black Milk. [8]

Reception

Back in Black was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on nine reviews. [1] The aggregator Album of the Year has the critical consensus of the album at a 73 out of 100, based on twelve reviews.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Takeover"3:15
2."Open Ya Mind"
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
3:44
3."Certified" (featuring Demrick)
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
3:09
4."Bye Bye" (featuring Dizzy Wright)
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
3:48
5."Come with Me"
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
3:15
6."The Original"
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
2:54
7."Hit Em'"
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Cross
2:19
8."Break of Dawn"
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
2:54
9."Champion Sound"
  • Freese
  • Reyes
  • Ferm
  • Cross
3:03
10."The Ride"
  • Freese
  • Cross
4:04

Personnel

Cypress Hill

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Back in Black
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 56
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 195
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 128
French Albums (SNEP) [12] 123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 17
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 53
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 12

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