"Hand on the Pump" is a single by hip hop group

Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have multi-platinum and platinum albums. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast and 1990 ...

, released from their

self-titled An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...

debut album. While still successful, the song did not reach the popularity of previous singles "

How I Could Just Kill a Man "How I Could Just Kill a Man" is the debut single by Hip hop music, hip hop group Cypress Hill from their eponymous debut album, ''Cypress Hill (album), Cypress Hill'', and was their first major hit in 1991. It was released as a double A-side to " ...

" and " The Phuncky Feel One". The song was re-recorded and released as a single in 1992 under the name "Hand on the Glock"; this version was also released on the " Latin Lingo" single.

Music video

Like many of the group's early music videos, the video simply shows the members performing the song in various locations, alongside various clips from an unnamed cinematic title filmed in Red Hook, New York

Track listing

Chart positions

Notes

*A "Hand on the Pump" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Hand on the Pump" samples Gene Chandler's "The Duke of Earl" on the 1962 album, Vee Jay.

References

1991 songs 1991 singles Cypress Hill songs Ruffhouse Records singles Hardcore hip hop songs Songs written by DJ Muggs Songs written by B-Real Song recordings produced by DJ Muggs Gangsta rap songs {{1990s-US-single-stub