Live At The Fillmore
Cypress Hill
Live At The Fillmore is Cypress Hill’s first official live album, recorded at San Francisco’s Fillmore on August 16, 2000 and released in December that year through Ruffhouse/Columbia. Produced by DJ Muggs, it captures the group—B‑Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs, and percussionist Eric Bobo—augmented by guitarist Jeremy Fleener, bassist Andy Zambrano, and rhythm guitarist Ralph Tavares from Sen Dog’s side‑band SX‑10, giving many songs a heavier, rap‑rock feel. The 65‑minute set pulls primarily from Cypress Hill, Black Sunday, IV, and Skull & Bones (notably skipping III: Temples of Boom), essentially functioning as a turn‑of‑the‑millennium greatest‑hits show.
The tracklist barrels through classics like “Hand on the Pump,” “Real Estate,” “How I Could Just Kill a Man,” “Insane in the Brain,” “Pigs,” and “I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That,” alongside later cuts “Looking Through the Eye of a Pig,” “Checkmate,” “Can’t Get the Best of Me,” “Riot Starter,” and the anthemic closer “(Rock) Superstar,” plus a hidden “Checkmate (Hang ’Em High Remix)” and limited‑edition bonus “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.” Critics note how the live drums and guitars give older tracks extra punch—sometimes at the expense of Muggs’ murky, sample‑based depth—but generally praise the album as a potent document of Cypress Hill’s onstage power, with Rolling Stone, Q, and NME all giving positive notices and emphasizing the crowd‑fed frenzy. The band themselves stress that the recording is “100% real,” with no post‑show overdubs or studio sweetening, which has helped cement Live At The Fillmore as a genuinely raw snapshot of Cypress Hill’s peak live presence rather than a polished live‑in‑name‑only release.
Live At The Fillmore
Cypress Hill
Live At The Fillmore is Cypress Hill’s first official live album, recorded at San Francisco’s Fillmore on August 16, 2000 and released in December that year through Ruffhouse/Columbia. Produced by DJ Muggs, it captures the group—B‑Real, Sen Dog, DJ Muggs, and percussionist Eric Bobo—augmented by guitarist Jeremy Fleener, bassist Andy Zambrano, and rhythm guitarist Ralph Tavares from Sen Dog’s side‑band SX‑10, giving many songs a heavier, rap‑rock feel. The 65‑minute set pulls primarily from Cypress Hill, Black Sunday, IV, and Skull & Bones (notably skipping III: Temples of Boom), essentially functioning as a turn‑of‑the‑millennium greatest‑hits show.
The tracklist barrels through classics like “Hand on the Pump,” “Real Estate,” “How I Could Just Kill a Man,” “Insane in the Brain,” “Pigs,” and “I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That,” alongside later cuts “Looking Through the Eye of a Pig,” “Checkmate,” “Can’t Get the Best of Me,” “Riot Starter,” and the anthemic closer “(Rock) Superstar,” plus a hidden “Checkmate (Hang ’Em High Remix)” and limited‑edition bonus “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop.” Critics note how the live drums and guitars give older tracks extra punch—sometimes at the expense of Muggs’ murky, sample‑based depth—but generally praise the album as a potent document of Cypress Hill’s onstage power, with Rolling Stone, Q, and NME all giving positive notices and emphasizing the crowd‑fed frenzy. The band themselves stress that the recording is “100% real,” with no post‑show overdubs or studio sweetening, which has helped cement Live At The Fillmore as a genuinely raw snapshot of Cypress Hill’s peak live presence rather than a polished live‑in‑name‑only release.