In Brief

*** 1/2 Cypress Hill, “Los Grandes Exitos En Espan~ol,” Columbia. The Los Angeles group’s music sounds potent in any language, at least if these Spanish-language versions (in stores Tuesday) of some of its better songs are any indication. Rappers B-Real and Sen Dog translate the lyrics of such monumental hits as “How I Could Just Kill a Man” and “Insane in the Brain,” but it’s the formidable, true-to-the-originals work of producer DJ Muggs that stands out.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two (fair), three (good) and four (excellent). The albums are already released unless noted.

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Hear the Music

Excerpts from the “Next Friday” soundtrack and other releases are available on the World Wide Web. Point your browser to: http://fonts.nohib.com/soundclips