Kings of the Hill

The rap group Cypress Hill’s latest homage to pot-smoking, “Black Sunday,” is the area’s biggest-selling album by far, debuting at the top of three of The Times’ Southern California album charts--pop, R&B; and rap. Being a hometown group, Cypress Hill was expected to do well locally. Its strength around the country--at No. 1 on all three of the national charts, too--was a surprise. “Sleepless in Seattle,” fueled by the enormous success of the movie, is still going strong--with a solid second-place ranking.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (1) -- 2 Sleepless in Seattle, soundtrack (3) 2 3 Zooropa, U2 (2) 1 4 Back to Broadway, Barbra Streisand (5) 3 5 janet., Janet Jackson (4) 4 6 Unplugged and Seated, Rod Stewart (7) 5 7 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (8) 8 8 Bigger Better. . ., 4 Non Blondes (14) 14 9 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (6) 6 10 Duran Duran, Duran Duran (26) 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (1) 1 2 Check Yo Self, Ice Cube (9) -- 3 Can’t Help Falling in Love, UB40 (2) 2 4 I’m Gonna Be, Proclaimers (4) 5 5 Lately, Jodeci (6) 3 6 Slam, Onyx (3) 4 7 If, Janet Jackson (13) 15 8 Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill (18) 8 9 Have I Told You Lately, Rod Stewart (16) 6 10 Dre Day, Dr. Dre (11) 7

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (1) -- 2 janet., Janet Jackson (2) 1 3 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (3) 3 4 The Chronic, Dr. Dre (4) 4 5 What’s Love Got. . ., Tina Turner (9) 2 6 Poetic Justice, soundtrack (10) 9 7 Love Deluxe, Sade (14) 7 8 Breathless, Kenny G (6) 5 9 It’s About Time, SWV (5) 6 10 Menace II Society, soundtrack (8) 8

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of July 25