Los Grandes Exitos En Espanol

Performer: Cypress Hill
Artist: Mellow Man Ace; Fermin IV Caballero; Fermin IV Caballero of Control Machete
Producer: DJ Muggs
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Cypress Hill: B. Real, Sen-Dog, DJ Muggs, Bobo. Additional personnel includes: Mellow Man Ace, Fermin IV Caballero (vocals). Recorded at Ameraycan Studios, Los Angeles, California. LOS GRANDES EXITOS EN ESPANOL won the 2000 Billboard Latin Music Award for Rap Album of the Year. Cypress Hill have always been one of the most popular hip-hop groups in Latino circles (most of the group have a Hispanic background), so an album of Grandes Exitos en Espanol makes much more sense than it would for Method Man or Jay-Z. For anyone who doesn't understand Spanish (especially fans who have heard all of these productions, but one, before), the album is occasionally diverting just to hear the group rhyming in Spanish. "Insane in the Brain" becomes "Loco en el Coco," "How I Could Just Kill a Man" becomes "No Entiendes la Onda," and "I Wanna Get High" becomes "Yo Quiero Fumar." The bonus track is "Siempre Peligroso," recorded with Fermin IV Caballero of Control Machete. ~ Keith Farley

Spin (1/00, p.127) - 8 out of 10 - "...recutting some of their best tracks in a nimble, L.A.-spawned 'espanol' that never sounds literal or clumsy..." Q (8/00, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Weird that not getting a single word makes them seem somehow more likeable." Alternative Press (1/00, p.79) - 4 out of 5 - "...new takes on old favorites...put this album 'pista y hombros' above your everyday best-of comp." CMJ (12/27/99, p.26) - "Hip-hop's stoned raiders reinterpret their most well known anthems in their native tongue on this exceptional Spanish-language greatest hits package....interesting new spins on old classics, while later cuts...benefit greatly from the creative switch..." Vibe (2/00, p.167) - "...they satisfy the hunger [for a full-length album 'en espanol'] like a plateful of 'carne asada'....[It] not only breaks the language barriers but also further validates Cypress Hill's importance as a hip hop entity..." NME (Magazine) (5/27/00, p.40) - 6 out of 10 - "...It's as good as its many words....enough to send you loco en el coco..."

Cross hardcore rap, alternative rock, and a defiantly pro-marijuana agenda, and you get groundbreaking hip-hoppers Cypress Hill. The band's genre-bending approach, as well as its English-Spanish bilingualism and rapper B-Real's distinctive nasal style, has earned them a wide and varied following. They debuted in 1991, but hit the big time two years later with the crossover hit "Insane in the Brain." Along the way, they've managed to work with the likes of Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth without ever losing their hip-hop credibility.

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