The Cactus Album was also important because it proved to the hip-hop heads that white kids could play along without appropriating or bastardizing the culture. Sever, Prince Paul, and the Bomb Squad produced their 1989 debut, The Cactus Album, a critically acclaimed LP that went gold and contained a minor hit in 'The Gas Face. Not every single idea plays out successfully - Serch’s Louis Armstrong impression on “Flippin’ Off the Wall…” is on the wrong side of the taste line, and “Desert Boots” is a puzzling Western-themed insertion - but they are at least interesting stretches that add to the dense, layered texture of the album. The Cactus Album By 3rd Bass (CD, 1989, Def Jam Records/Columbia) CK 45415. The two first performed as '3 the Hard Way', a name referenced in the song 'Wordz of Wisdom' but later redubbed themselves '3rd Bass' before recording their first album. The duo may not have come from the streets, but their hearts were there, and it shows. They’re clearly having a lot of fun on this album, and the lively production keeps things upbeat. Sure, they picked on easy targets like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice, but they goofed around and mixed in some more serious tales from the street (despite not necessarily being from there). Buy 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album t shirt hip hop rap golden era old skool mark 563 563 def jam 3rd bass third bass mc serch at Aliexpress for US 8.49.
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For one, it is full of great songs, alternately upbeat rollers (“Sons of 3rd Bass”), casual-but-sincere disses (“The Gas Face”), razor-sharp street didacticism (“Triple Stage Darkness,” “Wordz of Wizdom”), and sweaty city anthems (“Brooklyn Queens,” “Steppin’ to the A.M.,” odes to day and night, respectively), with A-plus production by heavyweights Prince Paul and Bomb Squad, as well as the surprising, overshadowing work of Sam Sever. Yeah, man, we’re hard These guys didn’t go that route. One of the more respected rap albums put out by white guys, they even dis the Beastie Boys on 'Sons of 3rd Bass.' Multiple tracks were produced by Prince Paul and Dan Dumile (AKA Zev Love X, AKA MF Doom) appears on 'The Gas Face. For this specific sale the CDs sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing.
Matching MC Serch’s bombastic, goofy good nature and Prime Minister Pete Nice’s gritty, English-trained wordsmithery (sounding like a young Don in training), 3rd Bass’ debut album is revelatory in its way. The Title is The Cactus Cee/D The Cactus Album. The Cactus Lyrics: 3rd Bass deals with the first place / Of where your mind is / The kind of stuff that you want to smoke blunts with / Take pictures. Besides the upper-middle-class frat-punks-in-rap-clothing shtick of the Beastie Boys and emissary/producer Rick Rubin, who both gained a legitimate, earned respect in the rap community, there were very few white kids in rap’s first decade who spoke the poetry of the street with compassion and veneration for the form.
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