Live at the Fillmore (Cypress Hill album)

Live at the Fillmore
Live album by Cypress Hill
Released	December 12, 2000[1]
Recorded	August 16, 2000
Venue	The Fillmore, San Francisco
Genre	Hip hop nu metal rap metal
Length	1:05:02
Label	Ruffhouse Columbia
Producer	DJ Muggs
Cypress Hill chronology
Skull & Bones (2000) Live at the Fillmore (2000) Stoned Raiders (2001)

Live at the Fillmore is a live album by American band Cypress Hill. It was recorded at The Fillmore in San Francisco on August 16, 2000 and released on December 12, 2000 through Ruffhouse/Columbia Records. Production was handled by member DJ Muggs. It contains several songs performed from the group's previous studio albums: Cypress Hill, Black Sunday, IV and Skull & Bones with the exception for the songs from III: Temples of Boom. It features contributions from members of SX-10. In the United States, the album peaked at No. 119 on the Billboard 200 and No. 72 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It also reached No. 47 in Austria and No. 82 in Switzerland.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
laut.de	[3]
NME	[4]

• Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "B-Real, Sen Dog, Bobo and DJ Muggs are in top form here."^[5]
• Q magazine - 3 out of 5 stars - "Captures [them] in somewhat ebullient mood…on the pumped and primed beats…they sound at their most relaxed and…their most potent."^[6]
• Melody Maker - 4 stars out of 5 - "Intense lunacy and sonic dementia.… It must've been mad - absolutely insane."^[7]
• NME - 7 out of 10 - "The frenzy of the crowd feeds back into the immediacy of the performance and - Boom Shanka! And there are moments of such delicious madness here."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hand on the Pump"	Louis Freese Lawrence Muggerud Brett Bouldin	3:55
2.	"Real Estate"	Freese Senen Reyes Muggerud	3:17
3.	"How I Could Just Kill a Man"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:22
4.	"Insane in the Brain"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:36
5.	"Pigs"	Freese Muggerud	2:34
6.	"Looking Through the Eye of a Pig"	Freese Muggerud	8:02
7.	"Cock the Hammer"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:43
8.	"Checkmate"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:30
9.	"Can't Get the Best of Me"	Freese Reyes Eric Correa Muggerud Brad Wilk	3:59
10.	"Lick a Shot"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:36
11.	"A to the K"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	4:55
12.	"I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"	Freese Muggerud Todd Ray	3:37
13.	"I Wanna Get High"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	2:11
14.	"Stoned Is the Way of the Walk"	Freese Muggerud	1:58
15.	"Hits from the Bong"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	2:52
16.	"Riot Starter"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	3:49
17.	"(Rock) Superstar"	Freese Reyes Muggerud	6:06
18.	"Checkmate (Hang 'Em High Remix)" (Secret track)	Freese Reyes Muggerud	4:01
19.	"Can't Stop Won't Stop" (Limited Edition Bonus Track)		3:29
Total length:			1:05:02

Sample credits

• Track 3 contains a sample of "Tramp" composed by Louis Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin

Personnel

• Louis "B-Real" Freese – vocals
• Senen "Sen Dog" Reyes – vocals
• Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud – arranger, producer, mixing
• Eric "Bobo" Correa – drums
• Andy Zambrano – guitar (tracks: 6-12, 16, 17)
• Jeremy Fleener – guitar (tracks: 6-12, 16, 17)
• Frank Mercurio – bass (tracks: 6-12, 16, 17)
• Troy Staton – mixing, live mobile recording
• Richard McKernan – live mobile recording
• Doug Field – live mobile recording assistant
• Jay Resnick – live mobile recording assistant
• Phil Kneebone – live mobile recording assistant
• Mike Gonzales – live board engineer
• Westwood One – mobile recording
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Arlene Owseichik – art direction
• Estevan "Scandalous" Oriol – design, photography
• Mark "Mr. Cartoon" Machado – design
• Sonny Gerasimowicz – design
• D. Sean MacDonald – artwork
• Gerard Babitts – A&R
• Paul D. Rosenberg – management
• Cara Lewis – booking
• Scott Thomas – booking
• Jim Halogen – booking
• Theo Sedlmayr – legal
• Paul Furedi – editing

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	47
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	82
US Billboard 200[11]	119
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12]	72

References

1. "Rap Lords Cypress Hill 'Still Smokin' ' on VHS and DVD in Late December". hive4media.com. November 9, 2000. Archived from the original on January 10, 2001. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
2. Birchmeier, Jason. "Live at the Fillmore - Cypress Hill | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
3. Dobler, Eberhard. "Rüder Live-Angriff auf die Tanzstelzen". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 27, 2022.
4. Bardowell, Derek (September 12, 2005). "Live At The Fillmore". NME. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
5. "Cypress Hill: Live at the Fillmore". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. 18 January 2001. p. 57. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
6. "Live at the Fillmore review". Q. Bauer Media. January 2001. p. 105. ISSN 0955-4955. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
7. "Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom". Melody Maker. IPC Media. 12 December 2000. p. 52. ISSN 0025-9012. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
8. "Live at the Fillmore review". NME. IPC Media. 2 December 2000. p. 49. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
9. "Austriancharts.at – Cypress Hill – Skull & Bones" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
10. "Swisscharts.com – Cypress Hill – Skull & Bones". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
11. "Cypress Hill Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
12. "Cypress Hill Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

External links

• Cypress Hill – Live At The Fillmore at Discogs (list of releases)