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The Cactus Album (Parental Advisory),3rd Bass

- The Cactus Album (Parental Advisory)
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3rd Bass
Released 1989

Jim Backus
00:04
997 plays

Hoods
00:17
962 plays

Episode #3
00:11
842 plays

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songs

- 1
- Stymie's Theme
- 00:13
- 1,509 plays

- 2
- Sons of 3rd Bass
- 04:46
- 4,882 plays

- 3
- Russell Rush
- 00:25
- 2,223 plays

- 4
- The Gas Face
- 03:49
- 21,402 plays

- 5
- Monte Hall
- 05:26
- 3,191 plays

- 6
- Oval Office
- 03:32
- 2,421 plays

- 7
- Hoods
- 00:17
- 962 plays

- 8
- Soul In The Hole
- 03:50
- 2,594 plays

- 9
- Triple Stage Darkness
- 04:09
- 2,943 plays

- 10
- M.C. Disagree
- 00:44
- 1,620 plays

- 11
- Wordz Of Wizdom
- 06:30
- 4,105 plays

- 12
- Product Of The Environment
- 06:15
- 2,693 plays

- 13
- Desert Boots
- 00:22
- 5,492 plays

- 14
- The Cactus
- 04:40
- 4,380 plays

- 15
- Jim Backus
- 00:04
- 997 plays

- 16
- Flippin' Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball
- 03:17
- 1,851 plays

- 17
- Brooklyn - Queens
- 03:36
- 7,036 plays

- 18
- Steppin' To The A.M.
- 04:50
- 10,171 plays

- 19
- Episode #3
- 00:11
- 842 plays

- 20
- Who's On Third
- 01:00
- 1,827 plays

- 21
- Wordz Of Wizdom II
- 07:56
- 2,033 plays

album review

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. That is, until The Cactus Album. 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. 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. The duo may not have come from the streets, but their hearts were there, and it shows. The album embodies New York life. 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 was also important because it proved to the hip-hop heads that white kids could play along without appropriating or bastardizing the culture. It may not have completely integrated rap, but it was a precursor to a culture that became more inclusive and widespread after its arrival. ~ Stanton Swihart, All Music Guide