Singer: 3rd Bass
Title: The Cactus Album
Label: Def Jam Recordings ‎– B0020516-01
Series: Def Jam 30 Recordings –
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 29 Jul 2014
Category: Hip Hop
Style: Conscious
Size MP3 zip: 1905 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1493 mb
Rating: 3.9✭
Format: MP3 VOX MP3 WAV TTA AA ASF XM FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Stymie's Theme	0:13
A2	Sons Of 3rd Bass	4:46
A3	Russell Rush	0:24
A4	The Gas Face Co-producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*, Pete Nice*Engineer – Curt Fresca*Producer – Prince PaulRap [Uncredited] – Zev Love XWritten-By – D. Dumile*, Prince Paul	3:49
A5	Monte Hall	5:26
A6	Oval Office Co-producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*, Pete Nice*Engineer – Nick SansanoProducer – Eric "Vietnam" Sadler*, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee	3:32
A7	Hoods	0:17
A8	Soul In The Hole	3:49
A9	Triple Stage Darkness	4:10
A10	M.C. Disagree	0:44
B1	Wordz Of Wizdom Engineer – Chuck Valli	6:31
B2	Product Of The Environment Engineer – Mark Mendelbaum*Producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*	6:15
B3	Desert Boots	0:21
B4	The Cactus Producer – Mr. Puffy McScruffy	4:40
B5	Jim Backus	0:04
B6	Flippin' Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball Producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*	3:16
B7	Brooklyn-Queens Written-By – Prince Paul	3:37
B8	Steppin' To The A.M. Co-producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*, Pete Nice*Engineer – Nick SansanoProducer – Eric "Vietnam" Sadler*, Hank Shocklee, Keith ShockleeWritten-By – E. Sadler*, H. Shocklee*, K. Shocklee*	4:50
B9	Episode #3	0:11
B10	Who's On Third	0:59
B11	Wordz Of Wizdom (II)	7:56

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Def Jam Recordings
• Copyright (c) – Def Jam Recordings
• Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Drawing Board Graphics*, Howard Zucker
• Edited By – Adam Gazzola (tracks: B1, B2, B10, B11), Steve Ett (tracks: A2, A5, A8, A9, B6)
• Engineer – Bruce Buchalter (tracks: A8, B1, B2), Greg Gordon (tracks: A2, A5, A9, B4), Kevin Reynolds (tracks: A5, A8, A9, B2, B4, B6, B10, B11)
• Producer – Prime Minister Pete Nice (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A7 to B7, B9 to B11), Sam Sever (tracks: A2, A5, A8, A9, B1, B2, B4, B6, B10, B11)
• Written-By – M. Berrin* (tracks: A2, A4 to A6, A8, A9, B1, B2, B4, B6 to B8, B10, B11), P. Nash* (tracks: A2, A4 to A6, A8, A9, B1, B2, B4, B6 to B8, B10, B11), S. Citrin* (tracks: A2, A5, A6, A8, A9, B1, B2, B4, B10, B11)

Notes

Sticker on front sleeve: "Def Jam Recordings 30" (30th Anniversary of Def Jam Recordings 1984 - 2014)

Assorted samples:
Track A1 is an uncredited sample of "Good Old Days" by Leroy Shield
Track A2 has an uncredited sample of "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Track A4 has an uncredited sample of "Think" by Aretha Franklin
Track A6 has an uncredited sample of "Pump Up The Volume" by M|A|R|R|S
Track A8 has an uncredited sample of "Rise" by Herb Alpert
Track A9 has an uncredited sample of a sample from "Rubber Ring" by The Smiths
Track B1 has uncredited samples of "Love Is Alive" and "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright
Track B6 has an uncredited sample of "Way Down In The Hole" by Tom Waits.
Track B7 has an uncredited sample of "Best Of My Love" by The Emotions
Track B8 has uncredited samples of "Time" by Pink Floyd, "The Bird" by The Time and "Time To Get Ill" by Beastie Boys
Track B10 has a sample of Abbott & Costello
Track B11 has an uncredited sample of "Never Let Me Down Again" by Depeche Mode

SPARS Code: AAD

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 6-02537-79285-6
• Barcode (Scanned): 0602537792856
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): B0020516-01-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): B0020516-01-B
• ASIN: B00JKOI2D4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CK 45415	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album ‎(CD, Album)	Def Jam Recordings, Columbia	CK 45415	US	1989
314 527 361-2	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Def Jam Recordings	314 527 361-2	US	1995
CK 45415	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album ‎(CD, Album)	Def Jam Recordings, Columbia	CK 45415	US	1989
466003 1	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album ‎(LP, Album)	CBS, OBR	466003 1	Europe	1989
FCT 45415	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album ‎(Cass, Album)	Def Jam Recordings, Columbia	FCT 45415	US	1989

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