Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain

aaronk wrote: Interestingly, the track "Hand On The Pump" was issued in a "Radio Edit" on the commercial CD single, but they chose to issue this one in an alternate take on the clean version of Greatest Hits. I have never heard this "clean" version anywhere else, and it doesn't remove the "n" word on the chorus.)

Digging this oldie but goodie up regarding "Hand On The Pump." I
finally dug up my old cassette I recorded from the radio back in
1991. It is the alternate take on the clean version like Aaron
mentioned above! It has the "n" word in tact and they did a
"scratch/mute" over the word. I know it's the alternate take because
it uses the word "buster" instead of "sucker" on Sen Dog's (verse 2)
section. I wonder if this is the version on the promo CD single that
you have still sealed Aaron. If it is still sealed don't bust it open
maybe we can find an opened copy first. Or it could possibly have
been first released on a promo 12" since the tape I have from the
radio was a "weekend dance party" where they usually spun the
wax.

Aaron, I was able to listen to the greatest hits you mention at the
top of this thread. It is indeed the same alternate "clean" version I
recorded all those years ago off the radio. The DJ must have
censored the "n" and "a--" words for airplay.

I wonder how the promo clean version from that LP wound up on
the greatest hits CD. You would think the radio version from the
commercial CD single would have been more accessible.

This may be a question for Aaron: Is the greatest hits
clean radio version of "How I Could Just Kill A Man" the
same as the "Radio / Clean Version" found on the promo CD
single (CSK 4486)?