3rd Bass, however, maintain that the song 'The Cactus' simply refers to a. It may not have completely integrated rap, but it was a precursor to a culture that became more inclusive and widespread after its arrival. 'MC Household Tool,' as they've dubbed him. 3rd Bass Pop Goes The Weasel Derelicts Of Dialect The Gas Face The Cactus Album (Expanded Edition) Steppin To The A.M. 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. Not every single idea plays out successfully - Serch's Tom Waits 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. + A bit of a between-album attempt to keep the band in people's sights, Cactus Revisited takes most of the biggest hits from 3rd Bass' debut and hands them over to such respected mixers as Marley Marl, Dave Darrell, and Prince Paul for them to play with.
The duo may not have come from the streets, but their hearts were there, and it shows.
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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. 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. Buy the album Starting at $22.59īesides 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. Kick em in the grill, Pete The Gas Face: De La Soul, Prince Paul, DJ Subroc and KMD and Get Yours Posse The Cactus: Sam Sever and Russell Simmons Ace.
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