The Cactus Album
- 艺人
- 3rd Bass
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Def Jam Recordings
- 发行时间
- 1989年10月23日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stanton Swihart
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.
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- @yelbuod(我还没想好要写什么...)：“3rd Bass由两位白人MC和一位黑人DJ组成。和当时一些只想从说唱乐中捞一票的白人不同，这两位白人MC对Hip Hop这门贫民区的艺术怀有真正的热爱和尊敬之情。他们的技术也受到肯定。这是他们的代表专辑The Cactus CD。”
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