3rd Bass: C/D?

The video for the Gas Face is fucking great.

All his stuff on the first 3rd Bass is classic tracks....

Really WACK rimes, bad beats and HELLS filler.

There are like 4 good songs on it (gasface, brooklyn queens, step into the a.m., triple stage of darkness)...not a very consistent album. And all you haterz that disagree need to give Cactus another spin, and holla back.

Pete Nice gets the gasface.

When Pete Nice says "(His reward, was almost a bullet in his chest)
"...a little piece of me dies.

wow, it doesn't take much for pieces of you to die I guess.

I like that verse alright

http://www.twistedfans.com/011023/0110231.jpg

Best part of the Gas Face video: Erick Sermon singing "Get the gas face, get the gas face, get the gaaaaaaaaaaaas face... get the bozack." (One thing I never figured out: Why did they give Lroy/Lyor? Cohen the gas face -- or was that a joke?)

These kids today -- you tell them to get the bozack, and all you get is a blank look back. On the other hand, every Friday is Gas Face Friday on Serch in the A.M.; people call in to give the gas face to somebody. So at least young Detroiters know about the gas face.

Like, we're white, and we went to the projects and ALMOST got shot.

NEW YORK -- Edgar Bronfman Jr.
has lured Lyor Cohen away from
Island Def Jam Music Group to head
Bronfman's recently acquired
Warner Music Group, it was
announced Sunday.

The move reunites Cohen with
Bronfman, who led a group of
investors that purchased Warner
Music Group in November for $2.6
billion. The pair worked together
when Bronfman was head of the
Universal media conglomerate, until
Bronfman sold all of those music,
film, TV and theme-park assets to
the French company Vivendi in 2000.

"I've worked with Lyor since'98,"
Bronfman told The Associated
Press in a conference call Sunday
morning. "It's a fantastic opportunity
to join forces."

Cohen is a brash, legendary figure
in the rap industry who started with
the pioneering Def Jam Records 21
years ago. He will become one of
the top music executives in the world
at a time when the industry is facing
significant restructuring and
cost-cutting challenges in the face of
declining sales and music
downloading.

He was able to avoid the fate of
other prominent label heads who
have fallen victim to the changing
times, such as Tommy Mottola,
ousted from atop Sony Music, and
Antonio "L.A." Reid, who was let go
by Arista.

"Lyor Cohen runs things in a way the
other guys can't," his longtime friend
and business partner Russell
Simmons said in a statement.
"When most people throw money at
things, Lyor throws creativity ... his
vision is just different. You have to
find new ways to do things. You have
to be creative. The whole business
needs to be revamped and Lyor
knows how to do this -- and that's
why this new job is perfect for him."

Cohen's first job in entertainment
was running a nightclub in Los
Angeles. In the early 1980s he came
to New York and wangled a job with
Simmons' management company,
starting as road manager for
Run-DMC.

Soon after, Simmons founded the
pioneering Def Jam Records, which
launched the careers of LL Cool J,
the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and
many others. Cohen made himself
so indispensable that Simmons
gave him equity in the company --
which they sold to Universal for $130
million in 1999.

Universal then merged Def Jam with
Island Records and put Cohen in
charge, making him responsible for
acts far beyond rap.

Cohen said leaving Def Jam after 21
years was a rare chance that he
couldn't pass up.

"I was presented with an
extraordinary opportunity to continue
growing my career," he said. "I know
everybody is encouraging me to take
the next step in my career."

Cohen said he would not be taking
top Island Def Jam executives with
him.

"As far as I'm concerned, there's a
bunch of breaking artists at the
companies and the executives need
to focus on that company and do a
good job for them," he said.

"I think this is a great opportunity for
those left at the company to really
get their shine and do a great job."

In a statement, Universal Music
Group said: "We thank Lyor for his
many valuable contributions over the
last several years and wish him only
the very best in his new endeavor.
We will be announcing plans for
Island Def Jam shortly."

A source familiar with Universal said
the company was pursuing Reid to
take Cohen's position. Although
Arista reportedly lost more than
$100 million under Reid, his track
record of multiplatinum successes
includes Pink, Avril Lavigne, Usher
and the Grammy-nominated
OutKast.

Bronfman's purchase of Warner
Music Group instantly created one of
the world's largest music
companies. Warner's share of the
market is second only to Universal;
as of last November, Warner had
approximately 18 percent of overall
market share, while Universal had
about 28 percent, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.

Among the top artists on Warner's
roster include Madonna, Missy
Elliott, Faith Hill, matchbox twenty,
Kid Rock, Staind and Metallica. Its
recent success include crooner
Josh Groban, who recently held the
No. 1 position on the album charts.

However, the company has had
recent disappointments; Madonna's
"American Life" last year sold poorly,
and recent releases by Kid Rock
and Elliott have not been top sellers.

Still, Cohen said the company was
"very very well right now," and said
he looked forward to forging a close
relationship with the stars at the
label.

Although Island Def Jam's roster
ranges from the multiplatinum
Nickelback to critically acclaimed
singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, its
greatest strength has been its rap
and urban music divisions, which
Cohen is credited with boosting.
Cohen's 50-50 partnership with The
Inc., then known as Murder Inc., gave
the company hit acts Ja Rule and
Ashanti.

-- Stupid (nottellin...), January 29th, 2004 2:18 PM. (Stupid) (later) (link)

BIG BOTTOM!!!!

D: near-inexplicable Beastie hate in Cactus leadoff track "Sons of 3rd Bass" (albeit nimbly-worded; if you're the Second White MC Act Ever* you need to prove you're not a Beastie Boys knockoff somehow)

C: Their "Pop Goes the Weasel" video which not only featured Rollins as Van Winkle getting punked out, but also had RAMPAGING GIANT FERRETS

*maybe not, but I'd like to think they were and ignore the whole Rappin' Rodney thing

Goes for mine, I goes for mine...

What the hell are Pete and Serch saying to each other on the steps to the courthouse at the beginning of the Brooklyn Queens video?

Fucking loved this album but lost it about 10 years ago. It's 19 quid on Amazon!

prime minister pete nice embroiled in baseball memorabilia fraud scandal

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/12/09/nash/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIloDh6ueY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUIoG1IaxTw

this stuff does not hold up imho

that article on Nash's scuzzball baseball collectorism is pretty sad. what a douche.

triple stage darkness...third stage: lyrical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2qhVEeTiI

the cactus album has so much great production, stimulated dummies, sam sever etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XEVi0P6Eqk&feature=player_embedded#!

Superdiggy
1 year ago

I simply wish that Pete chose to laud and further reinforce the power of a jaded art form he helped to create, as opposed to a more docile presence in a world that he may NEVER have a great affect on other than a personal enrichment (viscerally and/or financially). I would rather see he and Search accepting a Hip Hop honor (from their VISCERAL, MEANINGFUL works) than those who will inevitably receive them in the future. Hopefully Nash will represent TRUE hip hop when/if called upon in future.

the cactus album has so much great production, stimulated dummies, sam sever etc

― 50.bison (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:44 AM (21 minutes ago)

and Prince Paul and Hank Shocklee!

yeah it's a real murderers row

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRKDgzlfUBY&p=9A82298251EE7712&playnext=1&index=55

^Marley Marl on the remix

the production's fine it's the actual rapping I don't like