The Cactus Revisited

1990 remix album by 3rd Bass

Remix album by

3rd Bass

Released

September 7, 1990

Genre

Hip hop

Length

36:39

Label

Def Jam
Columbia

Producer

3rd Bass
Sam Sever
Dante Ross
Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
Geeby Dajani
Hank Shocklee
John Gamble
Keith Shocklee
Mr. Puffy McScruffy
Prince Paul

3rd Bass chronology

The Cactus Album
(1989)

The Cactus Revisited
(1990)

Derelicts of Dialect
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The Cactus Revisited is a remix extended play by American Queens-based hip hop trio 3rd Bass. It was released on September 7, 1990 via Def Jam Recordings. Out of a total seven tracks, the album consists of six remixed songs from The Cactus Album and one unreleased song. The remixing was provided by 3rd Bass themselves, Dave Dorrell, Marley Marl, Prince Paul, CJ Mackintosh, and Sam Sever of Downtown Science. It received both lackluster commercial and critical reception and is considered to be a patchy diversion, according to Dean Carlson of AllMusic.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Gas Face" (Remixed by Prince Paul)	Prince Paul 3rd Bass (co.)	2:13
2.	"The Cactus" (Remixed by Dave Dorrell)	Pete Nice Sam Sever Mr. Puffy McScruffy	5:48
3.	"Wordz of Wizdom" (Remixed by 3rd Bass & Sam Sever)	Pete Nice Sam Sever	8:00
4.	"3 Strikes 5000" (Vocal)	3rd Bass Stimulated Dummies	4:14
5.	"Brooklyn-Queens" (Remixed by CJ Mackintosh & Dave Dorrell)	Pete Nice	7:16
6.	"Product of the Environment" (Remixed by Marley Marl)	3rd Bass Sam Sever	4:27
7.	"Steppin' to the A.M." (Remixed by 3rd Bass)	Eric "Vietnam" Sadler Hank Shocklee Keith Shocklee	4:36
Total length:			36:39

Tracks 1 & 7 are new remixes not released elsewhere. Track 2 was released on a 1990 UK 12" as "The Cactus (Egyptian Mix)", where it was followed by a brief coda with someone badly singing the lyric "Walk Like an Egyptian". Track 3 was released in 1989 as "Wordz of Wizdom (II)" on CD editions of The Cactus Album and as "Wordz of Wizdom (Death in the Afternoon)" on the original 12" of "The Gas Face". Tracks 4 and 6 were released on the 1990 "Product of the Environment" 12" & cassette maxi-single, where the latter track was titled "Product of the Environment (Project Remix)".^[2]

References

^ Carlson, Dean. "Cactus Revisited - 3rd Bass | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ The Cactus Revisited discography at Discogs