Greatest Hits From the Bong

by Cypress Hill

Overview

The first proper "best-of" from Cypress Hill arrives nearly 15 years after their debut, a surprisingly long time considering how compilation-happy their parent label, Sony, has been. Whatever the reason for it, the wait for this comp was entirely worth it, since Greatest Hits from the Bong is filled with top-notch tracks and saves the consumer from having to purchase the group's disappointing albums -- Temples of Boom, IV -- while leaving enough of their classics -- Skull & Bones, Black Sunday, and their nearly perfect debut -- unheard until the decision is made to dig further. The mostly chronological layout may seem dry, but it displays the growth of the group and all the risk-taking and genre-blending that happened along the way. Raw gangsta tracks and hedonistic odes to pot smoking give way to reggae-influenced numbers, layered Clash samples, and more intricate smoking songs. Two new tracks toward the end -- the Ambrosia-sampling "The Only Way" and the tight and hardcore "EZ Come EZ Go" -- offer something new for the regulars and while "EZ" is very good, "Only Way" is a hooky triumph. Including the reggaeton remix of "Latin Thugs" with Tego Calderon is a very 2005 move, but it's a hot track and if there ever were a hip-hop act that seemed a natural for the reggaeton explosion, it's this Latin, reggae-loving crew. With a running time of less than 50 minutes and the lack of an essay or words from the band, Greatest Hits from the Bong isn't perfect, but being all killer and no filler, it's close enough. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2017
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0889854326920

Tracks

1. How I Could Just Kill a Man [Radio Edit]
2. Hand on the Pump
3. Latin Lingo
4. Insane in the Brain
5. I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
6. Throw Your Set in the Air
7. Dr. Greenthumb
8. (Rock) Superstar
9. Latin Thugs
10. The Only Way
11. EZ Come EZ Go
12. Latin Thugs [Reggaeton Mix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cypress Hill   Primary Artist
Tego Calderon   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Fredwreck Nassar   Guitar,Keyboards
John Kirby   Keyboards
Daniel Seeff   Bass

Technical Credits

Tego Calderon   Composer
Troy Staton   Mixing
Bill Ward   Composer
Jimmy McCracklin   Composer
Fredwreck Nassar   Mixing,Composer,Producer
B.J. Ward   Composer
Rob Hill   Mixing,Engineer
Cypress Hill   Mixing,Producer
Joe Nicolo   Mixing
David Pack   Composer
Louis Freese   Composer
Brian Gardner   Mastering
Ozzy Osbourne   Composer
DJ Kazzanova   Producer,Remixing
Burleigh Drummond   Composer
James Cruz   Mastering
Troy Stanton   Engineer
Terry Butler   Composer
Brett Bouldin   Composer
Todd Ray   Composer
Lawrence Muggerud   Composer
Tracy McNew   Management
Estevan Oriol   Photography
Lowell Fulsom   Composer
Alan Maman   Composer
Khalil Abdul-Rahman   Composer
Tony Iommi   Composer
Senen Reyes   Composer