Jim, what do you think?" talking to Jimmy Kunes. How about we go up tempo?" The title song, "Black Dawn," I actually did the key, the chords, the arrangement on my iPad, on Garage Band. I showed it to the guys and they liked it so McCarty learned what I did he plays it a lot better. Once we got like four or five songs, we put them down on tape. We ended up on either twelve or thirteen tracks, but we didn't do it all at once. We'd do the first four or five and then McCarty would go back to Detroit and then a couple of months later, he'd come back and do more. This album, over a period of time, probably took a year and a half at least.ĬA: Not really, because Tim has calmed down a lot in his old days. Pete really does a great job of being Tim-like. In the song "Headed For A Fall" there's that middle section where he's headed all over the bass. It sounds very much like something Tim would do. I miss having Tim around because we go back forever, and I love the guy like a brother, but. McCarty had a problem in the old days, just like Jeff Beck. They both had a problem after a while with Tim because he doesn't play groove. When the solo comes, there's a guitar solo and there's also a bass solo, where Pete doesn't do that. When there's a guitar solo, he's still there laying the bottom end with me, which really makes it a little bit more of a groove. When the solo would come and Tim would take off, then I'm playing by myself. ^ The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers Archived July 16, 2012, at archive.There was a brilliance to Tim's playing like that, but after a couple of years of playing like that, Jeff Beck got fed up with it, and so did McCarty.Recording Industry Association of America. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 26, 1989)."3rd Bass: The Cactus Album / Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). In Brackett, Nathan Hoard, Christian (eds.). ^ Fitzgerald, Muff (January 20, 1990)."3rd Bass: The Cactus Album (Def Jam/Columbia)". "3rd Bass 'The Cactus Album' Def Jam / Columbia". The song "Sons of 3rd Bass" can be viewed as a diss to the Beastie Boys – who had recently severed ties with 3rd Bass' record label, Def Jam – in that it references them in many lines, such as one line uttered by MC Serch in the first verse. The album generally features songs that are either lyrical showcases or are about women, such as the hidden sexual meaning of "Oval Office". Most of the music was produced by Sam Sever, alongside members MC Serch and Pete Nice, except for the Prince Paul-produced tracks "The Gas Face" and "Brooklyn-Queens," and "Steppin' to the A.M." and "Oval Office" by The Bomb Squad. A decade later, Rhapsody included The Cactus Album in its list of "The 10 Best Albums By White Rappers". In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. The Cactus Album peaked at #5 on Billboard 's Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart and at #55 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA on April 24, 1990.
The album received positive reviews from the hip hop press and is also notable for featuring the recording debut of rapper Zev Love X of KMD, later known as MF Doom, on "The Gas Face". The Cactus Al/Bum (also known as The Cactus Cee/D and The Cactus Cas/Ette depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 10, 1989. Pete Nice, MC Serch, Sam Sever, Prince Paul, The Bomb Squad (Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler)
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