This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Want proof that marijuana destroys your ambition? Just fire up this new double-disc joint from hemp-happy hip-hoppers Cypress Hill.
Once the most potent potheads in rap — their first two discs were tightly packed with hits such as Insane In The Brain, I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That and How I Could Just Kill A Man — Skull and Bones makes you think maybe the L.A. quartet got high on their own supply once too often. Between the bass-heavy beats and ominous synth lines of the first disc, all of these tracks are just watered-down musical flashbacks to tunes you’ve heard before — and which had better lyrics than these half-baked rhymes. As for the second disc, well, put it this way: If there’s one thing the world needs less than another rap-metal record, it’s a rap-metal record from Cypress Hill. This is why they call it dope, kids.
