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In addition to containing multiple potshots directed at The Cactus Album was released shortly after the Beastie Boys-riding high on the success of Licensed to Ill-walked out of their contract with the label. Upon signing withĭef Jam, 3rd Bass inherited their label's feud with the Beasties. The video also contained insults aimed at rapperĪs reported in many interviews, Serch had tried (unsuccessfully) to join up with fellow New Yorkers theīeastie Boys. Top Rap Singles, though it did not chart on theīillboard Hot 100. 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." The accompanying video, which featured a bevy of humorous cameo appearances that included a youngĮPMD, garnered respectable MTV airplay and the single peaked at #5 on Billboard's 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. Serch performed at clubs and block parties, and released a single called "Hey Boy" on independent label Idlers. Hip hop show on Columbia's student radio station, Richie Rich was a local D.J., while Nice was an English major at Nash), andĭJ Richie Rich ( Richard Lawson) were the three founding members of the group. Album DescriptionPrime Minister Pete Nice ( Peter J. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. 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. 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. 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 $13.59īesides 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.
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