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Speed:	tape	Genre:	Rap & Hip Hop
Record Size:	tape	Sub-Genre:	Old School
Duration:	LP	Special Attributes:	--

3rd Bass - "The Cactus Cassette" - This is the cassette version of "The Cactus Album." Condition is Near Mint. Released on Def Jam/Columbia in 1989.

For the casual listener of hip hop in the late 80’s and early 90’s, 3rd Bass was synonymous with Pop Goes the Weasel; the Vanilla Ice bashing song and video. For the serious 3rd Bass fan though, 3rd was much deeper than one song.
MC Serch spent his youth learning the skills of MC'ing and attended the High School of Music and Art where he perfected his skill. In the mid 80's Serch was performing with groups like Gangster 5 and SZ Connection. He then recorded his first solo single "Melissa" in 1986 and followed that up with the single "Hey Boy".
Around the same time Prime Minister Pete Nice was writing rhymes while attending junior high in the neighborhood of South Floral Park. He eventually attended Bishop Ford High School and began playing basketball, although he still was spending his time with hip hop. Pete earned a basketball scholarship to Columbia University in 1985 where he began hosting his own hip hop show with DJ Clark Kent on the campus radio station WKCR.
Pete's radio show lasted until 1988 until it was canceled and he focused his attention on rap. He began working with Richard Lawson (DJ Richie Rich). Through Sam Sever and Dante Ross, Pete and Rich were introduced to MC Serch who ended up working together and forming the group Three the Hard Way. They recorded a couple of songs including Wordz of Wizdom which ended up being included on the Cactus Album. When they were signed to Def Jam they changed their name to 3rd Bass.
In their time, 3rd Bass was one of a small number of white hip-hop artists to achieve wide acceptance in the larger community. Following the Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass proved that white hip-hop wasn't going to become a watered-down, commercial rip-off of the art, as many white interpretations of black music had been in the past. They possessed a well-developed lyrical technique and were respectfully well versed in hip-hop culture and tradition. They helped set the tone for the way white rappers could credibly and intelligently approach the music, and despite staying together for only two albums, they managed to create a highly positive lasting impact.
Their 1989 Def Jam debut The Cactus Album was greeted with enthusiastic reviews. Clever, good-humored singles like "The Gas Face," "Steppin' to the A.M.," and "Brooklyn-Queens" helped make 3rd Bass a name in hip-hop. Matching MC Serch's bombastic, goofy good nature and Prime Minister Pete Nice's gritty, English-trained wordsmith (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, casual-but-sincere disses, razor-sharp street didacticism, and sweaty city anthems, 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. The Cactus Album was important because it proved to hip-hop heads that white kids could play without bastardizing the culture. It may not have absolutely integrated rap, but it was a precursor to a culture that became more inclusive and widespread after its arrival.

Track Listing:

1.   Wordz of Wisdom
2.   Product of the Environment
3.   Desert Boots
4.   The Cactus
5.   Jim Backus
6.   Flippin' Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball
7.   Brooklyn-Queens
8.   Steppin' To the A.M.
9.   Episode #3
10. Who's On Third
11. Stymie's Theme
12. Sons of 3rd Bass
13. Russell Rush
14. The Gas Face
15. Monte Hall
16. Oval Office
17. Hoods
18. Soul In the Hole
19. Triple Stage Darkness
20. M.C. Disagree

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