Song · Cypress Hill
“Rock Superstar” by Cypress Hill
From the album Skull & Bones (2000)
“Rock Superstar” by Cypress Hill appears on 23 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2000 and 2026. It was first released in 2000 on the album Skull & Bones. Its best result is #4 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 2000, #2,841 alternative song of all time and #265 of the '00s.
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"Rock Superstar" is the guitar-loaded twin of "(Rap) Superstar" on Skull & Bones, Cypress Hill's fifth studio album, and the two went out together as a double A-side in the UK in February 2000. The rock version exists because Sony executive Donnie Ienner suggested bolting guitars onto the track, and since the band had fans on both sides of the fence, they pitched it to alternative radio as well as hip-hop. DJ Muggs arranged and mixed it, Deftones' Chino Moreno delivers the spoken-word intro, and Everlast lends his voice too.
The result is rap metal with real crunch, the guitars thudding under the verses. Dean Karr's video follows a man with a ticket through a fun house full of record executives until the whole place blows up behind him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 18 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 4 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 22 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 21 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 10 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 12 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 22 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 23 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 8 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 8 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 36 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 45 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 442 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 61 | K-Rock | K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) | 92 |
| 2004 | 43 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2006 | 75 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2006 | 332 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 295 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2008 | 224 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2009 | 396 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2022 | 242 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 304 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: (Rock) Superstar.
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