Back in Black (Cypress Hill album)
2022 studio album by Cypress Hill
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Back in Black is the tenth studio album by American hip hop group Cypress Hill. It was released on March 18, 2022.
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| Released | March 18, 2022 | |||
| Length | 32:29 | |||
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| Producer | Black Milk | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B[2] |
| The Arts Desk |   [3] |
| Clash | 7/10[4] |
| Gigwise | [5] |
| Kerrang! | 4/5[6] |
| musicOMH |  [7] |
| RapReviews | 6/10[8] |
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.[9]
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. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Takeover" | 3:15 | |
| 2. | "Open Ya Mind" |
| 3:44 |
| 3. | "Certified" (featuring Demrick) |
| 3:09 |
| 4. | "Bye Bye" (featuring Dizzy Wright) |
| 3:48 |
| 5. | "Come with Me" |
| 3:15 |
| 6. | "The Original" |
| 2:54 |
| 7. | "Hit Em'" |
| 2:19 |
| 8. | "Break of Dawn" |
| 2:54 |
| 9. | "Champion Sound" |
| 3:03 |
| 10. | "The Ride" |
| 4:04 |
Personnel
Cypress Hill
- B-Real – vocals (all tracks), engineering (track 2)
- Sen Dog – vocals (all tracks), engineering (2)
- Eric Bobo – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Black Milk – production, mixing
- Drew Drucker – mastering, engineering (1, 3–10)
- Aaron Diaz – engineering (1, 3–10), vocal engineering (all tracks)
- Dominic Thiroux – engineering (1, 3–10), vocal engineering (all tracks)
- Raphael Lamotta – creative direction
- Dana Diaz-Tutaan – layout design
Charts
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] | 56 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] | 195 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] | 128 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[13] | 123 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] | 17 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] | 53 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 12 |
| US Top Current Album Sales (Billboard)[17] | 69 |