![]() The track depicted Ice as a culture thief who watered down the sound of rap in order to pander to a mainstream audience, while depicting 3rd Bass as more respectful of the genre's traditions. Household Tool" in the liner notes), Cactus also attacked the Beastie Boys and their defection to Capitol Records.ģrd Bass's 1991 follow-up, Derelicts of Dialect, had a new target in fellow white rapper Vanilla Ice, who was the focal point of several tracks on the album, most notably " Pop Goes the Weasel". In addition to containing multiple potshots directed at M.C. The Cactus Album was released shortly after the Beastie Boys-riding high on the success of Licensed to Ill-walked out of their contract with the label. Upon signing with Def Jam, 3rd Bass inherited their label's feud with the Beasties. The video also contained insults aimed at rapper MC Hammer and record executive Lyor Cohen.Īs reported in many interviews, Serch had tried (unsuccessfully) to join up with fellow New Yorkers the Beastie Boys. Sever, Prince Paul, and the Bomb Squad produced their 1989 debut, The Cactus Album, a critically acclaimed LP that went gold and contained a minor hit in "The Gas Face." The accompanying video, which featured a bevy of humorous cameo appearances that included a young MF Doom, DJ Subroc, Gilbert Gottfried, Flavor Flav, Salt-n-Pepa, Kid 'N Play and EPMD, garnered respectable MTV airplay and the single peaked at #5 on Billboard's Top Rap Singles, though it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The two first performed as '3 the Hard Way', a name referenced in the song "Wordz of Wisdom" but later redubbed themselves '3rd Bass' before recording their first album. Serch performed at clubs and block parties, and released a single called "Hey Boy" on independent label Idlers. Richie Rich was a local D.J., while Nice was an English major at Columbia University and hosted a hip hop show on Columbia's student radio station, WKCR-FM. Nash), and DJ Richie Rich ( Richard Lawson) were the three founding members of the group. 50, Serch ( Michael Berrin), Prime Minister Pete Nice ( Peter J. 88, THE SMALL GLORIES It’s not simply folk, not exactly old-time, not really bluegrass or Celtic, but the Canadian prairie duo of Cara Luft and JD Edwards, wielding their instruments (in the main, clawhammer banjo and acoustic guitar, respectively) and their winding, intertwining harmonies, draw from all those streams and make them into something marvelously their own. The collaboration is supposedly a one-off, but as always with these things, time will tell. The recorded results of their combined efforts, “I Walked With You A Ways,” comes out in October posted previews of the album suggest a species of loping country music. PLAINS Plains is a new collaboration between Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and indie folkster Jess Williamson. 78, Plains, the duo of Katie Crutchfield (left) and Jess Williamson, play Royale on Nov. The Porch Southern, 175 Rivers Edge Drive, Medford. It’s also a fitting tag for Canadian regionalist par excellence Corb Lund and the multi-form roots music he makes about, as one of his songs puts it, “Ranchin,’ Ridin’, Romance” - not to mention, when he leaves the ranch, goth girls, rats, and whatever else strikes his lyrical muse. 97, CORB LUND He’s sometimes called “the hurtin’ Albertan,” which has the sort of rhyming ring that makes it stick. Groton Hill Music Center, 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton. ![]() One of them, Willie Watson, will be with the Watkinses for their October date. WATKINS FAMILY HOUR What began about 20 years ago as a loose, revolving gathering of friends that Sara and Sean Watkins convened to play in a variety-show format has evolved into something that has produced three albums and tours with various of those friends. Related : Read more from our Fall Arts Preview
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