It's got a shot. I was all with with the rap sound in the late 80s way before the rest of my High School. I was churning out Marly Marl, Whodini, EPMD and the Cupcake 8 while my friends were into Michael Bolton. This album was straight off the hook. I drove a mustang that was tricked out with 27" rims and a boomin alpine system. I tinted the windows because the fame got tough to deal with each day. I got sick of scheezers up on the jock 27/3. I wore the biggest gold rope chains in west omaha and a pro wings sweatsuit that was money. I was pretty much looked at as the authority on the rap scene and how to pick up fine laydays. I would roll into the lot at school with the bass blaring and sure enough 8 ladies would be there to open my door and see if there was any way I could sleep with them before school started. They was wack because I was all over the books and getting my study on. It was an event when I got to school and got ready to kick it. On very special days I would grab the lunch lady's mic and bust a few rhymes for my fans. Two things my uncle Tyrell taught me were to represent and not front. I've never done either.

back n the day these boyz & this album defined non-comercial/underground skill filled rap! while "mc hammer" & "vanilla ice" were perfecting there dance steps "3rd BASS" was perfecting there mic skillz & killing anybody who dare step to the challenge of a mic fight & doin it with !NO! effort what so eva! & always getting the respect they so very much deserved from there rap peers!! they were a MUSICIAN'S MUSICIAN or a RAPPER'S RAPPER if you know what i mean(ELITE,above the rest) the "CACTUS ALBUM" is a historic piece of the evolutionary line when it comes to the history of the hip-hop genre, simpley because "3rd BASS" displays on this album some of the best & smoothest gab skillz that any rap fan had eva heard up until that moment. so if you are a fan of skilled spitta'z then i'd advise you to get your hands on this album & check out 1 of the rap bands that invented the definition!. P.S. IF ANY OF U PUNK BIT*H RACIST SOURCE MAGAZINE SUPPORTER'S ARE STILL TRYNA SPRAY THE "white boyz can't rap" MESSAGE! LISTEN TO THIS 1989 RAP ALBUM & THEN COME TRY TO TELL ME WITE BOYZ CAN'T RAP U RACIST HATER'S!?!?!?!?!?! C.W.B. 4 LIFE

Released at the end of the 80's, this album sums up all that was good (and fun) about rap/hip hop at the time : mad sampling (from BS&T, Aretha Franklin, Gary Wright, etc.), having minor beefs with other artists (like M.C. Black & Decker), minimal cursing (I don't mind it but it's hard to play other stuff with your kids around, if you really care), and it was less violence oriented (see previous note). M.C. Serch, Prime Minister Pete Nice, D.J. Richie Rich, and a host of guest artists come together to make The Cactus Cee/D a perfect late 80's time capsule of fun rhymes and funky beats. Now if only someone would step up and release a version of The Cactus Vide-Yo on Dee/Vee/D.

Gas face given? I beg to differ.

I Went backwards with Third Bass. Derelicts of Dialect (Their Second Release) Was the first that I heard of Third Bass, and I love that album, so I figured no harm could happen with the Cactus album. I was incorrect. I'm not a big fan of the beats here. It's just that all the songs have the same pace of beats and all sound the same. It's not an awful album, just a disapointment from Derelicts of Dialect.