The Cactus Album

1. Stymie's Theme
2. Sons of 3rd Bass
3. Russell Rush
4. Gas Face
5. Monte Hall
6. Oval Office
7. Hoods
8. Soul in the Soul
9. Triple Stage Darkness
10. M.C. Disagree - M. Berrin, , P. Nash, 3rd Bass
11. Wordz of Wisdom
12. Product of the Environment
13. Desert Boots
14. Cactus
15. Jim Backus
16. Flippin' off the Wall Like Lucy Ball
17. Brooklyn-Queens
18. Steppin' to the A.M.
19. Episode #3
20. Who's on Third
See all 21 tracks on this disc

The Cactus Album,3rd Bass,Def Jam,Alternative Rap,East Coast Rap,Golden Age,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

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da cactus

George W. Bush Gets the Gas Face

Hip-Hoppers Representing Brooklyn-Queens.

Better than the beastee Boyz, Before Eminem!!!

Buy it for $1.50

The Cactus Album
3rd Bass
Manufacturer: Def Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000024K6
Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

Stymie's Theme
Sons Of 3rd Bass
Russell Rush
The Gas Face
Monte Hall
Oval Office
Hoods
Soul In The Hole
Triple Stage Darkness
M.C. Disagree
Wordz Of Wizdom
Product Of The Environment
Desert Boots
The Cactus
Jim Backus
Flippin Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball
Brooklyn-Queens
Steppin' To The A.M.
Episode #3
Who's On Third
Wordz Of Wizdom (II)

Customer Reviews:

da cactus.......2007-02-07

killer jazz and rock beats, 2 killer mcs , what elese do you need

George W. Bush Gets the Gas Face.......2006-10-02

M.C. Serch, Prime Minister Pete Nice, and D.J. Richie Rich, collectively 3rd Bass, have the distinction of being, along with the Beastie Boys, and a few others, among a very small number of white boys able to make good rap. Here, the lads are in tip top form, especially on The Gas Face, Wordz of Wisdom, and The Cactus, but really they're all great

Hip-Hoppers Representing Brooklyn-Queens........2006-09-01

Of course when this came out it was on cassette back in 1989. I was also in 7th grade when I first purchase it, then later on lost it. I probably drop it somewhere between my relocation between New York and Virginia several years ago. Thanks to Amazon I was able to retrieve it on CD. These guys stood out because of the color of their skin, but they weren't on some corny BS. They could actually rhyme, and I respected that.

Almost every track here is great with the best being "The Gas Face"(video is funny but corny at the same time), "Product Of The Environment", "Brooklyn-Queens", "Monte Hall", and "Wordz of Wisdom" (both parts) are great. In within this album they have some funny clips between "Russell Rush", "Hoods", and "Who's On Third" which are great to listen too. My other favorites are "Steppin' to the A.M." with its funky beat. "Triple Stage Darkness" - speaking of the street (what rapper doesn't) and "The Cactus"- speaking of the anatomy which is interesting. Everything is done well and the production always matches the mood of the song.

The Cactus Album is great and Pete Nice is also one of my all time favorites with his logical rhyme style and pimped out cane that he sported religiously. If you like hip-hop, you'll love this. Highly recommended.

Better than the beastee Boyz, Before Eminem!!!.......2006-08-31

The music behind the band makes me forget that these guys are white. NY embraced these guys cause they were nice. Some of those new guys need to step up. Beats and rhymes were up there with everyone who was out (epmd, kane, rakim, ll cool j, de la soul).

Buy it for $1.50.......2005-12-16

I'll never understand why someone would buy this reissue for 6-8 bucks when you can get the original release for only $1.50. Just search and find it. It's not like this rerelease is remastered or anything, it's just a reprint.

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The Cactus Album
3rd Bass
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music

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Release Date: 1989-10-23

Tracks:

Stymie's Theme
Sons Of 3rd Bass
Russell Rush
The Gas Face
Monte Hall
Oval Office
Hoods
Soul In The Hole
Triple Stage Darkness
M.C. Disagree
Wordz Of Wizdom
Product Of The Environment
Desert Boots
The Cactus
Jim Backus
Flippin Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball
Brooklyn-Queens
Steppin' To The A.M.
Episode #3
Who's On Third
Wordz Of Wizdom (II)

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Into the Cactus Plain

Manufacturer: I-Town
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000AM5NDM
Release Date: 2004-08-10

Product Description

Tracks: 1)On a Cloudy Day 2)Are You Ready 3)Long Way Home 4)Mercy Wine 5)Wide Red Road 6)Boy Next Door 7)The Stars Do Shine 8)In Your Dreams 9)This Pearl 10)Back in My Arms

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Cactus Album

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LZ55K4
Release Date: 2007-02-27

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Complex simplicity--narly!
Great CD
Great CD, Definatly

Cactus Hunters
Cactus Hunters
Manufacturer: Rustic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DIZUI
Release Date: 2003-10-29

Tracks:

Angels in the Backseat
Kickin the Mule
Lonesome Cowgirl
Rain, Rain, Rain
Halfway to Texas
Heartbreakin World
Sooner or Later
I Got the Bait
Come on In
Joline
Elvis Land
Roam

Customer Reviews:

Complex simplicity--narly!.......2004-01-31

This album is terrific! Creative twists on lyrics and instrumentation; love the layering and mixing of different genres and variants within to create something with complex simplicity. Very playful, colorfully imagistic, and lyrical at the same time. The intonations in Lance's voice transmit more than just words; his voice is beyond mesmorizing. Beautiful and simply put, narly!

Great CD.......2003-12-14

Great CD. Don't know why it's in the country section. This is a rock and roll CD, like Exile on Main Street is rock and roll. Yeah, theres some contry influences, but these guys draw from all over the board. A little influence from everywhere and keepin it pretty real and down gritty. I'm lookin for the next one.

Great CD, Definatly.......2003-10-30

The Cactus Hunters make interesting music and I am glad I stumbled across them recently. The songs are rootsy and have a variety from tune to tune and a depth that make it really refreshing. Some songs have a mystery to them, as others are sweet or primitive with tastful guitar, good lyrics, and well-grounded in tradition. Each song has a mood or story all its own. It sounds a little like the Band with some kind of Stonesy/Strokes-like energy, some Replacements thrash with some real gut/soul sensitivity, JJ Cale cool, moody howlin and some really sweet, sour or roughed-up lyrics. Or something like that. Definitely worth checkin out. I like them and I'm glad I got turned on to them.

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Scrapbook of beautiful songs

Something Gone
Cactus Hunters
Manufacturer: Cactus Hunters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA8GTA
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

Arizona
Broken Down
You and Me
Church on the Hill
Marianne
Last Tango in Paris
One Way Town
Something Gone
Mexico
Beautiful Sadness
Waiting on the Moon

Customer Reviews:

Scrapbook of beautiful songs.......2006-09-05

Something Gone, with songs like You and Me, Last Tango in Paris and Beautiful Sadness, is definately more lyrical than the debut album, which allows the singer to explore more emotional experiences. What is so outstanding about this album is the poetic quality of the lyrics and unique musical texture of each individual song. While there is a tension between what the singer is singing about and what the sounds of the songs convey, Cactus Hunters succeed in being lyrical with the vivid imagery of each song without being self-indulgent or confessional. Broken Down echoes subtly with lyrics embraced by Bob Dylan, which makes the song distantly familiar at first, however Cactus Hunters still manages to bring something new to that phrase by singing about such a seemingly depressing or "down" topic and setting it to an upbeat and almost whimiscal-line-dancing-sort-of-musical-landscape. Juckas sings with intonations and inflections, holding on to certain sounds longer than others and varying his ennunciation of words as he sings, which adds even more emotion than the lyrics themselves can express. Always interested in capturing different layers of sounds, Cactus Hunters further experiments with the texture of music in the song, Waiting on the Moon, by repeating the last lines of the chorus in the sound of a "radio call" as though the singer really is waiting on the moon. This album really is a journey on a "broken down road" through a musical scrapbook of experiences from Arizona to Paris to Mexico to even the moon! By taking familiar, every day objects, such as a postcard, and adding a fresh twist, Cactus Hunters paints a clear picture of the song, Beautiful Sadness, as the listener can just imagine the "postcards of your heart all over the place." With surprisingly pungent lyrics like, "the light is much too bright in here for how you look tonight," Cactus Hunters confronts the listener with bittersweet truths of disillusioning experiences of love lost. Although there is an immediate sense of loss or something gone in these songs, there is also something gained, something preserved from that loss: the beautiful sadnesss and transcendence of this scrapbook of songs.