Stoned Raiders

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Stoned Raiders
Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders cover art.jpeg
Studio album by
Cypress Hill
ReleasedDecember 4, 2001
Recorded2001
Genre
Length58:28
Label Columbia
Producer DJ Muggs
Cypress Hill chronology
Live at the Fillmore
(2000)		Stoned Raiders
(2001)		 Stash
(2002)
Singles from Stoned Raiders
  1. "Trouble"
    Released: November 23, 2001
  2. "Lowrider"
    Released: February 26, 2002

Stoned Raiders is the sixth studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill, released on December 4, 2001, by Columbia Records.

Contents

Background

This album is best known for its two singles: "Trouble" and "Lowrider". The song "Kronologik" also summarizes Cypress Hill's career from their debut in 1991 until the album was released. Many of its songs feature guest artists like MC Ren, King Tee, Redman and Method Man.

"Here Is Something You Can't Understand", is a sequel of their breakthrough single, "How I Could Just Kill a Man". "Lowrider" was performed by the group in the film "How High" starring Method Man & Redman, and is also used on the British TV Series Soccer AM.

The album title was taken from the song of the same name from the group's third album Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom , released in 1995.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC Manchester 7/10 [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Mixmag 3/5 [5]
RapReviews8.5/10 [6]
The Source Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Stoned Raiders received mostly positive reviews from music critics. A reviewer for Mixmag wrote that Cypress Hill "seem to be searching for new sounds and styles and this explains the multi-personality nature of the album way better than the ubiquitous chronic". [5] Shawn Edwards of Vibe called it the group's best album "in years", commending DJ Muggs for "melding his beats with fizzy guitar licks, frenzied percussion work, and string orchestration". [8] Bradley Torreano of AllMusic called it a "good album despite its varying quality". [2] Comparing Stoned Raiders to the group's previous album Skull & Bones , Steve Juon of RapReviews said that it "doesn't completely abandon the new stylee but brings back a rawer latin sound". [6] Jon Caramanica, in his review for The Source , wrote that the group's "heavy reliance on guitars throughout the album begins to undermine their hip-hop swagger", and while they are "equally proficient" in both hip-hop and rock, "bouncing between the two worlds has left them unable to claim proper membership in either". [7] Simon Price of The Independent disagreed, as he believed that Cypress Hill's combination of hip-hop and rock was "remarkably successful" and that it was taken "to a new level" on Stoned Raiders, which he described as a "schizoid affair". [9] Mark Weingarten of Los Angeles Times thought Cypress Hill "stick to a conservative game plan", which turns into "desultory posturing" on some of the tracks. He commended Sen Dog and B-Real, whose performances "transform tired rants into something genial and ebullient". [4]

Kludge listed Stoned Raiders as one of the 25 best albums of 2001. [10]

Track listing

All tracks produced by DJ Muggs

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" Lawrence Muggerud 1:03
2."Trouble"
5:00
3."Kronologik" (featuring Kurupt)
4:45
4."Southland Killers" (featuring MC Ren and King Tee)
3:25
5."Bitter"
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
4:20
6."Amplified"
3:54
7."It Ain't Easy"
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
  • S. Reyes
4:13
8."Memories"
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
4:09
9."Psychodelic Vision"
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
4:27
10."Red, Meth & B" (featuring Redman & Method Man)
3:45
11."Lowrider"
6:41
12."Catastrophe"
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
  • S. Reyes
  • Olde Wolbers
  • Correa
3:25
13."L.I.F.E." (featuring Kokane)
4:43
14."Here Is Something You Can't Understand" (featuring Kurupt)
  • Muggerud
  • Freese
  • S. Reyes
  • Brown
4:30
15."Weed Man" (special edition bonus track) 3:14


Personnel

Cypress Hill

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Stoned Raiders
Chart (2001–02)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 75
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 54
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 19

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Stoned Raiders
Chart (2002)Position
Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [17] 153
Canadian Metal Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [18] 77
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [19] 93
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [20] 50

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Silver60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Lawson, Dom (November 1, 2022). "Every Cypress Hill album ranked from worst to best". Louder . Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Torreano, Bradley. "Cypress Hill: Stoned Raiders > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Long, Chris (January 2002). "Stoned Raider". BBC Manchester. Archived from the original on June 27, 2004.
  4. 1 2 Weingarten, Mark (December 2, 2001). "Cypress Hill, "Stoned Raiders"". Record Rack. Los Angeles Times . pp.  62, 66.
  5. 1 2 "Stoned Raiders review". Mixmag . London: DMC Publishing. December 2001. p. 64. ISSN   0957-6622.
  6. 1 2 Juon, Steve 'Flash' (December 11, 2001). "Cypress Hill :: Stoned Raiders". RapReview Of The Week. RapReviews. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  7. 1 2 Caramanica, Jon (January 2002). "Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders". Record Report. The Source . New York. pp. 146, 148.
  8. 1 2 Edwards, Shawn (January 2002). "Cypress Hill: Stoned Raiders". Vibe . InterMedia Partners. p. 125. ISSN   1070-4701 . Retrieved October 21, 2011– via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Price, Simon (December 2, 2001). "Rap for rockers – Cypress Hill Stoned Raiders". The Independent . London. p. 14. ProQuest   311987972.
  10. ↑ Perez, Arturo. "Top 10 Albums of 2001". Kludge . Archived from the original on July 22, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 Alternative albums of 2002". Jam! . Archived from the original on September 2, 2004. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam! . Archived from the original on August 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam! . Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam! . Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  21. ↑ "British album certifications – Cypress Hill – Stoned Raiders". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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