3rd bass the cactus album vinyl movie#
3rd bass the cactus album vinyl tv#

Prince Paul provides the backdrop for 3rd Bass and their invited guest Zev Love X (better known today as the masked one MF Doom) to give sucka emcees (including Hammer, and anybody else they don’t like) the gas face (another way of giving someone the finger). The Gas Face – Hip-hop classic and probably 3rd Bass biggest hit to date. Russell Rush – Russell Simmons rambling about the group name…

3rd bass the cactus album vinyl movie#

Pete Nice’s minute plus rambling of someone who apparently pissed him off in that past, is hilarious, but Sam Sever’s movie sample at the very end (“he is stupid, but he knows that he is stupid, and that almost makes him smart”) is hi-larious! Great way to start the show, fellas. It serves as the perfect instrumental to kick off the album as Serch and Nice trade verses over the stellar instrumental. Sons Of 3rd Bass – I’ve always loved this Sam Sever/Pete Nice concocted production. Stymie’s Theme – Short instrumental from the Little Rascal… Lets see what 20 years has done to The Cactus Album. Nostalgia has a funny way of playing tricks on our memory.

3rd bass the cactus album vinyl tv#

Serch actually reemerged in the mid 2000’s, trying the reality tv path (i.e., The White Rapper Show), only to fall deeper into the black hole with added taint on his reputation. The duo (I mean trio, sorry Rich) would go one to release one more album together (more on that at a later date) before they disbanded, tried solo careers, then faded into the hip-op obscurity, forever. Sounds like Russell was looking for another hot white act to cash in on, now that his money cow was gone… but hey, white label Execs do it all the time to black groups, so now were even…well not quite even) released The Cactus Album in October of 89′ and eventually it would quietly reach gold status, thanks to a few mild hits, with “Gas Face” probably being there biggest. The trio inked a deal with Def Jam (ironically, right around the same time The Beasties defected to Capitol…coincedence, I think not.

Add DJ Richie Rich to the mix and 3rd Bass was born. Serch, who at this time was already performing solo on the NY club scene. Back in 87′ Sam Sever (who would be responsible for the bulk of the production on The Cactus Album) convinced then Columbia University english major Pete Nice (who also hosted a hip-hop radio show at the University) to start rhyming with M.C. Peter “Nice” Nash and Micheal “Serch” Berrin (whose personalities were completely opposite), who were born and bred in Brooklyn and Queens respectively, were two kids who took to the happenings of their environment, which happen to included hip-hop. Unlike the Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass weren’t former rockers turned clowns on the mic (although legend has it that Serch attempted to join up with the Beastie after signing to Def Jam), and unlike Mr. Van Winkle they weren’t posers pretending to be something they were not. Serch and Prime Minister Pete Nice, are caucasian.

Their first single “Steppin’ To The AM”, was in heavy rotation on the video shows, so I proceeded to cohoarse my mom into buying it for me (even though they didn’t condone secular music in the house…I’m a PK), making The Cactus Album my first ever musical purchase (followed by K-Solo’s Times Up and BDP’s Edutaiment a few months later)…or my mama’s first ever musical purchase for me.įor those who don’t know (or can’t tell by the cover art posted above) the emcees of 3rd Bass, M.C. It was all about the cassette tape, son). On this particular visit I stumbled across 3rd Bass’ The Cactus Album (the compact disc was labeled The Cactus Ceedee, but it 89′ only a select few owned cds. Each Target visit for me consisted of a stop by the electronic section to check out the new music releases. Around the same time I begin receiving my first dosages of hip-hop in the form of music videos. Express.ī6.I was a pre-teen in 1989, and I can remember my mom would take my twin sister and I to Target with her for frequent household need runs, because in a house of 7 someone was always using the last bit of toilet paper without letting her know they used the last roll. Track A9 samples This House Is Smokin' by B.T. Small round black sticker on sleeve: 'Def Jam 2000 VINYL RE-ISSUES' © 2000 The Island Def Jam Music Group, a Universal Music Company Art Direction for Drawing Board Graphics.