Black Sunday, the group's second album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1993, recording the highest Soundscan for a rap group up until that time. "Insane in the Brain" became a crossover hit, peaking at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, at No. 16 on the Dance Club Songs chart, and at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. "Insane in the Brain" also garnered the group their first Grammy nomination. Black Sunday went triple platinum in the U.S. and sold about 3.26 million copies. Cypress Hill headlined the Soul Assassins tour with House of Pain and Funkdoobiest as support, then performed on a college tour with Rage Against the Machine and Seven Year Bitch. Also in 1993, Cypress Hill had two tracks on the Judgment Night soundtrack, teaming up with Pearl Jam (without vocalist Eddie Vedder) on the track "Real Thing" and Sonic Youth on "I Love You Mary Jane". The soundtrack was notable for intentionally creating collaborations between the rap/hip-hop and rock/metal genres, and as a result the soundtrack peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA. On October 2, 1993, Cypress Hill performed on the comedy show Saturday Night Live, broadcast by NBC. Prior to their performances, studio executives, label representatives, and the group's own associates constantly asked the trio to not smoke marijuana on-stage. DJ Muggs became irritated due to the constant inquisitions, and he subsequently lit a joint during the group's second song. Up until that point, it was extremely uncommon to see marijuana usage on a live televised broadcast. The incident prompted NBC to ban the group from returning on the show, a distinction shared only by six other artists.
black sunday the group's second album debuted at no 1 on the billboard 200 in 1993 recording the highest soundscan for a rap group up until that time "insane in the brain" became a crossover hit peaking at no 19 on the billboard hot 100 at no 16 on the dance club songs chart and at no 1 on the hot rap tracks chart "insane in the brain" also garnered the group their first grammy nomination black sunday went triple platinum in the us and sold about 326 million copies cypress hill headlined the soul assassins tour with house of pain and funkdoobiest as support then performed on a college tour with rage against the machine and seven year bitch also in 1993 cypress hill had two tracks on the judgment night soundtrack teaming up with pearl jam (without vocalist eddie vedder) on the track "real thing" and sonic youth on "i love you mary jane" the soundtrack was notable for intentionally creating collaborations between the rap/hip-hop and rock/metal genres and as a result the soundtrack peaked at no 17 on the billboard 200 and was certified gold by the riaa on october 2 1993 cypress hill performed on the comedy show saturday night live broadcast by nbc prior to their performances studio executives label representatives and the group's own associates constantly asked the trio to not smoke marijuana on-stage dj muggs became irritated due to the constant inquisitions and he subsequently lit a joint during the group's second song up until that point it was extremely uncommon to see marijuana usage on a live televised broadcast the incident prompted nbc to ban the group from returning on the show a distinction shared only by six other artists