The Cactus Album (The Cee/Dee)

The Cactus Album (The Cee/Dee) was the old school rap debut album by 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam. The album received rave reviews from the hip hop press, and gained some publicity by being perhaps the first white group to achieve real hip hop credibility.

The Cactus Album peaked at #5 on Billboard's Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart, and at #55 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Table of contents

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Charting singles
4 External links

Track listing

Stymie's Theme - :13
Sons of 3rd Bass (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 4:46
Russell Rush - :25
The Gas Face (Berrin/Dumile/Nash/Prince Paul) - 3:48
Monte Hall (Berrin/Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 5:26
Oval Office (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 3:32
Hoods - :17
Soul in the Soul (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 3:49
Triple Stage Darkness (Berrin/Citrin/Nash/Nash) - 4:10
M.C. Disagree performed by Third Bass / M. Berrin / P. Nash - :44
Wordz of Wisdom (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 6:31
Product of the Environment (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 6:15
Desert Boots - :22
The Cactus (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 4:40
Jim Backus - :04
Flippin' off the Wall Like Lucy Ball (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 3:16
Brooklyn-Queens (Berrin/Nash/Prince Paul) - 3:37
Steppin' To the A.M. (Berrin/Nash/Sadler/Shocklee/Shocklee) - 4:50
Episode #3 - :11
Who's on Third (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - :59
Wordz of Wisdom, Pt. 2 (Berrin/Citrin/Nash) - 7:56

Personnel

MC Serch - Producer
Prime Minister Pete Nice & Daddy Rich - Producer
3rd Bass - Producer
Steven Ett - Editing
Adam Gazzola - Editing
Pete Nice - Producer
Prince Paul - Producer
Kevin Reynolds - Engineer
Nick Sansano - Engineer
Keith Shocklee - Producer
Hank Shocklee - Producer
Chuck Valle - Engineer
Eric "Vietnam" Sadler - Producer
Bruce Buchalter - Engineer
Curt Fresca - Engineer
Greg Gordon - Engineer
Greg Gordon - Engineer
Mark Mendelbaum - Engineer
Sam Sever - Producer
Howard Zucker - Art Direction, Design
Cey Adams - Design, Logo Design
M. Berrin - Performer
P. Nash - Performer

Charting singles

1989 Steppin' to the A.M. Hot Rap Singles No. 5 1989 Steppin' to the A.M. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 54 1989 Steppin' to the A.M. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 50 1990 The Gas Face Hot Rap Singles No. 5 1990 Brooklyn-Queens Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 20 1990 The Gas Face Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 31

External links

for lyrics