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* CoolGuns: So much. {{Gat|lingGood}}s, Glocks, AK-47s, [[RevolversAreJustBetter .45 automatics]]... Would you expect anything else from an album with songs titled "Lick A Shot," "Cock The Hammer," "A To The K" and "Hand On The Glock?"

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* BadassBoast: As typical of rappers, "Insane In The Brain" has Sen Dog boasting of his pen game.

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* BadassBoast: As is typical of rappers, "Insane In The Brain" has Sen Dog boasting of his pen game.



* BulletproofVest: Mentioned in "Hand On The Glock"

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* BulletproofVest: Mentioned in "Hand On The Glock"Glock" points out that a bulletproof vest is useless against headshots.



* DemBones: Right there on the cover.
* IWantSong: "I Wanna Get High"
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Lock Down (Interlude)"

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* DemBones: Right there on the cover.
* IWantSong: Album opener "I Wanna Get High"
High" has the group expressing a strong desire to be stoned.
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Lock Down (Interlude)"(Interlude)" is the album's sole instrumental.



* {{Sampling}}: As just a few examples...

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* {{Sampling}}: As just a few examples...{{Sampling}}:
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[[caption-width-right:350:''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 Music/CypressHill'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:
# "I Wanna Get High"
# "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
# "Insane in the Brain"
# "When The Shit Goes Down"
# "Lick a Shot"
# "Cock the Hammer"
# "Lock Down (interlude)"
# "3 Lil' Putos"
# "Legalize It"
# "Hits from the Bong"
# "What Go Around Come Around, Kid"
# "A to the K"
# "Hand on the Glock"
# "Break Em Off Some"

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!! "These tropes ain't goin' out like that":
* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Legalize It" quotes [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis 1:12]]:
-->"I have given you all the seed bearing plants on earth to use."
* BadassBoast: As 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
* BulletproofVest: Mentioned in "Hand On The Glock"
* ContinuityNod: "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 SelfTitledAlbum.
* CoolGuns: So much. {{Gat|lingGood}}s, Glocks, AK-47s, [[RevolversAreJustBetter .45 automatics]]... Would you expect anything else from an album with songs titled "Lick A Shot," "Cock The Hammer," "A To The K" and "Hand On The Glock?"
* DemBones: Right there on the cover.
* IWantSong: "I Wanna Get High"
* {{Instrumentals}}: "Lock Down (Interlude)"
* NWordPrivileges: 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.
* NearDeathExperience: B-Real gets shot in the lung but survives in "Lick A Shot."
* OdeToIntoxication: "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
* OfficerOHara: From "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That":
-->"Gonna put a slug in Captain O'Malley"
* RearrangeTheSong: "Hand On The Glock" is this to "Hand On The Pump" from their first album.
* ReferenceOverdosed:
** Then-President UsefulNotes/BillClinton in "I Wanna Get High"
** Music/BillyRayCyrus and Music/StevieWonder in "I Ain't Goin' Out Like That"
** Son of Sam, General Electric, SumoWrestling, Music/LouisArmstrong AND ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' in "Insane in the Brain"
** WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam in "When The Shit Goes Down"
** ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'' and Franchise/ScoobyDoo in "Lick A Shot"
** Music/BBKing in "What Go Around Come Around, Kid"
* {{Sampling}}: As just a few examples...
** "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 Music/HarryNilsson's "Rainmaker" and Music/BlackSabbath's "The Wizard" and "Wicked World."
** "Insane In The Brain" uses Music/JamesBrown's "Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud," Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone'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 Music/DustySpringfield'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 Music/{{EPMD}}'s "You're A Customer."
* TakeThat: 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.
* YourHeadAsplode: 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

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