It is the first hip-hop single to reach No. (Ice reached a plea deal with Florida prosecutors, citing " a misunderstanding.") White people look deep into their souls and question their purpose, including Eminem, who famously stated that "Ice Ice Baby" made him want to quit rapping. Van Winkle has liberally exaggerated his hood upbringing, he is toppled from the throne only to periodically reemerge, Lestat-like, throughout history as a better-than-decent nü-metal act, a reality-show heel, a real-estate guru, and an actual alleged burglar. 3rd Bass The Cactus Album (CD) (1989) (FLAC + 320 kbps) Posted: Artist: 3rd Bass Country: USA Year: 1989 Tags: East Coast Hip-Hop, FLAC Tracklist: 01. (He would eventually pay Bowie and Queen, but not the frat.) He then takes his talents from To the Extreme to the screen, probably only narrowly missing an Oscar. The Cactus Album was also important because it proved to the hip-hop heads that white kids could play along without appropriating or bastardizing the culture. The Miami “rapper” scores a huge hit with his very cool song “ Ice Ice Baby,” which he bases on an uncredited Queen–David Bowie sample mixed with a chant from Black fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. Def Jams choice to add 3rd Bass to its roster resulted in a late 80s burner, much of it due to pre-sample clearance wanderlust.
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Robert Van Winkle, sets white people back 1,000 years by engaging in the most egregious act of perpetration since The Donation of Constantine. 3rd Basss initial novelty was their pale skin color, but he Cactus Album showed that the only crutch Serch and Prime Minister Pete Nice relied on was the one propping up Nices bum leg. And possibly a subtle dis at what it was already becoming.ġ990: Vanilla Ice, a.k.a.
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Protecting its cultural roots against the ensuing opportunistic influx became a martyr's errand so much so that Rakim himself felt it necessary to reframe his famous line, placing it in entirely different context on his 1990 single “ In the Ghetto”: "So I collect my cash, then slide / I've got my back, my gun's on my side / It shouldn't have to be like that / I guess it ain't where you're from, it's where you're at." Rather than an open invitation for all into rap, the line is flipped into a necessary reminder of the genre’s dour beginnings. 3rd Bass The Cactus Album (1989, Vinyl) - Discogs 3rd Bass The Cactus Album More images Tracklist Hide Credits Companies, etc. The Cactus Album Import 3rd Bass Format: Audio CD 116 ratings 1841 See all 15 formats and editions Streaming Unlimited MP3 8.99 Listen with our Free App Audio CD 18.41 7 Used from 12.12 9 New from 18.41 Vinyl 39.04 2 Used from 45.99 3 New from 35.13 2 Collectible from 45.00 Audio, Cassette from 14.99 1 Collectible from 14. As the genre grew from art to hustle to full-fledged industry, multinational corporations began to exert increased control over its products and direction. The irony for hip-hop is that its universal relatability is the very thing people use in order to deny what some others see as its spiritual center: self-determination for black and brown youth who are on the losing end of multiple oppressions. Who knows how accurate this idea of early hip-hop ever was? The fact remains that it's still clung to today by academics and historians who have cemented a narrative of a music that does not see color.
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