Skull & Bones (album)

Cypress Hill landed a slot supporting the Offspring and MxPx on the Conspiracy of One tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/tourArchive?year=2000 |title=Tour Archive: 2000 |publisher=Offspring.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209131956/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/tourArchive?year=2000 |archive-date=December 9, 2004}} The song "(Rock) Superstar" was a radio hit on both rap and rock stations.{{cn|date=January 2025}} It was performed live by the band with Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, members of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, on Jimmy Kimmel Live.{{cn|date=January 2025}} The Intro includes a sample from Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/skull-bones-mw0000606936 |title=Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |website=AllMusic |language=en-us |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|author-link1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = C+{{Cite magazine |last=Weingarten |first=Marc |date=May 19, 2000 |title=Skull & Bones |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/05/19/skull-bones/ |language=en |access-date=January 13, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113122444/https://ew.com/article/2000/05/19/skull-bones/ |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = RapReviews

| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite web |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2000_05_skullandbones.html |title=Cypress Hill: Skull & Bones |date=May 29, 2000 |first=Steve 'Flash' |last=Juon |publisher=RapReviews.com |access-date=January 13, 2019}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev6Score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |chapter=Cypress Hill|author=Sheffield, Rob|author-link=Rob Sheffield|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor-last1=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian David |date=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780743201698 |language=en |editor-link1=Nathan Brackett |editor-link2=Christian Hoard}}

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• Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "A bipolar breakdown…proving hip-hop is more like T2…capable of morphing into anyone they wanna be."{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cypresshill/albums/album/256896/review/6210749/skull__bones |title=Cypress Hill: Skull & Bones |first=Pat |last=Blashill |date=May 11, 2000 |page=132 |issue=RS 840 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314193107/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cypresshill/albums/album/256896/review/6210749/skull__bones |archive-date=March 14, 2008}}
• CMJ - "Proves rather convincingly that Cypress Hill still packs a mighty punch."{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=May 1, 2000 |page=23 |magazine=CMJ New Music |location=Great Neck, NY |publisher=College Media |issn=1074-6978 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}
• Vibe - "Marks the first major shift in the group's direction....Half of [the album] is a head-banging jam session....Songs like '(Rap) Superstar' prove that the group still has that winning formula."{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=June 2000 |page=223 |magazine=Vibe |publisher=InterMedia Partners |issn=1070-4701 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}
• The Source - 3.5 mics out of 5 - "May be their most drastic turn yet.… Cypress' flavor runs thick across the disc.… They break down the barriers in order to transcend the industry-imposed terms of alternative and rap…another set for the weeded."{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=June 2000 |pages=218–20 |magazine=The Source |location=New York |issn=1063-2085 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}
• Rap Pages - "May be the best album you hear for the next 2 years.… [It] is so artistically good that it [will] stay in your personal rotation…"{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=June 2000 |page=42 |magazine=Rap Pages |location=Beverly Hills |publisher=LFP |issn=1063-1283 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}
• Mojo - "Finds them sticking a finger in the air and finding the wind blowing in the direction of thrash-metal."{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=June 2000 |page=113 |magazine=Mojo |publisher=Bauer Media |issn=1351-0193 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}
• NME - 7 out of 10 - "Picks up where the groggy metal/rap melange of '98s Cypress Hill IV left off.… It's business as usual.… They do hip-hop and they do funk-metal rawk…evolving slowly."{{cite news |title=Skull & Bones |date=April 29, 2000 |page=33 |magazine=NME |publisher=IPC Media |issn=0028-6362 |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8583314&desc=2 |access-date=October 21, 2011}}

{{Track listing |headline=Skull {{nobold|(disc 1)}}

| title1 = Intro

| writer1 = Muggerud

| length1 = 1:52

| title2 = Another Victory

| writer2 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length2 = 3:11

| title3 = (Rap) Superstar

| note3 = feat. Eminem and Noreaga

| writer3 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length3 = 4:53

| title4 = Cuban Necktie

| writer4 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length4 = 4:13

| title5 = What U Want from Me

| writer5 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length5 = 3:50

| title6 = Stank Ass Hoe

| writer6 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length6 = 5:09

| title7 = Highlife

| writer7 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length7 = 3:53

| title8 = Certified Bomb

| writer8 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length8 = 4:03

| title9 = Can I Get a Hit

| writer9 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length9 = 2:47

| title10 = We Live This Shit

| writer10 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length10 = 4:20

| title11 = Worldwide

| writer11 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length11 = 2:45

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{{Track listing |headline=Bones {{nobold|(disc 2)}}

| title1 = Valley of Chrome

| writer1 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length1 = 4:04

| title2 = Get Out of My Head

| writer2 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud}}

| length2 = 3:31

| title3 = Can't Get the Best of Me

| writer3 = {{hlist|Correa|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes|Wilk}}

| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = A Man

| writer4 = {{hlist|Correa|Freese|Reyes|Fleener|Zambrano}}

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = Dust

| writer5 = {{hlist|Correa|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes|Fleming}}

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = (Rock) Superstar

| note6 = feat. Chino Moreno and Everlast

| writer6 = {{hlist|Freese|Muggerud|Reyes}}

| length6 = 4:37

}}

All tracks produced by DJ Muggs.

The untitled instrumental segue after "Stank Ass Hoe" was re-used for the track "Heart of the Assassin" on the 2000 DJ Muggs produced album Soul Assassins II.

• B-Real - vocals
• Sen Dog - vocals
• DJ Muggs - turntables, sampler
• Bobo - drums

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• Dino Cazares
• Jeremy Fleener
• Rogelio Lozano
• Andy Zambrano
• Alfunction - also keyboards

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• Christian Olde Wolbers
• Reggie Stewart - also guitar

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• Michael Barbiero - engineering
• Brad Wilk - drums

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Cypress Hill|title=Skull & Bones|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2013|id=9069-418-2|access-date=February 23, 2021}}

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