![]() ![]() It may not have completely integrated rap, but it was a precursor to a culture that became more inclusive and widespread after its arrival. 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. Artist: 3rd Bass Album: The Cactus Revisited Song: Product of the Environment (Remix) Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash Its all made up huh Cause here he is. 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. Publication date 1990 Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0 Topics hip-hop rap urban Language English. 2 It includes original songs from the band as well as two covers of Mose Allison 's version of a blues standard, 'Parchman Farm' and Willie Dixon 's 'You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover'. The duo may not have come from the streets, but their hearts were there, and it shows. Cactus is the eponymous debut studio album by American hard rock band Cactus. One year earlier 3rd Bass released The Cactus Album, a certified hip-hop classic from the duo of MC Serch and Pete Nice. 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. Cactus Revisited Review by Dean Carlson + 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. 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. ![]() 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. Eliot has a new radio and podcast show out of NEW MEXICO called New Mexico DJ Service presents Fly On The Wall, We are building a fresh, fabulous podcast libraryMusicians, writers, artists, and all good people of note. ![]()
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