Sandbox / Black Sunday (album)

Can I get a hit?

Who you trying to get crazy with, ése?
Don't you know I'm loco?

— "Insane in the Brain"

Released in 1993, Black Sunday is Latino hip-hop group Cypress Hill's second album. Building on the success of their debut, it topped the charts and went on to be certified triple-platinum in the US. Unsurprisingly, the group's biggest hit "Insane in the Brain" comes from here.

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Tracklist:

1. "I Wanna Get High"
2. "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
3. "Insane in the Brain"
4. "When The Shit Goes Down"
5. "Lick a Shot"
6. "Cock the Hammer"
7. "Lock Down (interlude)"
8. "3 Lil' Putos"
9. "Legalize It"
10. "Hits from the Bong"
11. "What Go Around Come Around, Kid"
12. "A to the K"
13. "Hand on the Glock"
14. "Break Em Off Some"

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"These tropes ain't goin' out like that":

• As the Good Book Says...: "Legalize It" quotes Genesis 1:12:
  "I have given you all the seed bearing plants on earth to use."
• Badass Boast: As is typical of rappers, "Insane In The Brain" has Sen Dog boasting of his pen game.
  Sen Dog: Punks just jealous 'cause they can't outwrite me
• Bulletproof Vest: "Hand On The Glock" points out that a bulletproof vest is useless against headshots.
• Continuity Nod: "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" and "When The Shit Goes Down" both reference "How I Could Just Kill A Man" from their debut Self-Titled Album.
• "I Want" Song: Album opener "I Wanna Get High" has the group expressing a strong desire to be stoned.
• Instrumentals: "Lock Down (Interlude)" is the album's sole instrumental.
• N-Word Privileges: Whether the band has them or not is a heated discussion in and of itself, but the word does get used a lot in this album regardless.
• Near-Death Experience: B-Real gets shot in the lung but survives in "Lick A Shot."
• Ode to Intoxication: "Hits From The Bong" extols the virtues of the bong and smoking marijuana.
  I like a blunt or a big fat cone
  But my double-barrel bong is gettin' me stoned
• Officer O'Hara: From "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That":
  "Gonna put a slug in Captain O'Malley"
• Rearrange the Song: "Hand On The Glock" is this to "Hand On The Pump" from their first album.
• Reference Overdosed:
  • Then-President Bill Clinton in "I Wanna Get High"
  • Billy Ray Cyrus and Stevie Wonder in "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
  • Son of Sam, General Electric, Sumo Wrestling, Louis Armstrong AND The Three Little Pigs in "Insane in the Brain"
  • Yosemite Sam in "When The Shit Goes Down"
  • Song of the South and Scooby-Doo in "Lick A Shot"
  • B.B. King in "What Go Around Come Around, Kid"
• Sampling:
  • "I Wanna Get High" samples Albert King's "Get Out Of My Life, Woman," "One Draw" by Rita Marley and their own "Stoned Is The Way of the Walk"
  • "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That" samples Harry Nilsson's "Rainmaker" and Black Sabbath's "The Wizard" and "Wicked World."
  • "Insane In The Brain" uses James Brown's "Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud," Sly and the Family Stone's "Life," Buju Banton's "Boom Bye Bye" and their own "How I Could Just Kill A Man"
  • "When The Shit Goes Down" uses "Grab This Thing" by The Mar-Keys, "Stratus" by Billy Cobham and "Deep Gully" by Outlaw Blues Band
  • "3 Lil' Putos" uses Lou Donaldson's version of "Ode To Billie Joe"
  • "Hits From The Bong" loops the guitar lick from Dusty Springfield's "Son Of A Preacher Man"
  • "What Go Around Come Around, Kid" uses their own "How I Could Just Kill A Man"
  • "A To The K" starts with a quote from the 1983 rap movie Wild Style.
  • "Hand On The Glock" uses EPMD's "You're A Customer."
• Take That!: According to B-Real, "Insane In The Membrane" was meant to be a diss track towards Chubb Rock - Chubb Rock's "Yabbadabadoo" referenced "How I Could Just Kill A Man" in a way they thought was meant as an insult.
• Your Head Asplode: From "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That", doubling as another The Three Little Pigs reference:
  I'll huff and puff and blow your head off