Derelicts of Dialect
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Studio album by 3rd Bass | ||||
Released | June 18, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990–1991 | |||
Genre | Golden age hip hop | |||
Length | 82:11 | |||
Label | Def Jam/Columbia/SME Records CK 47369 (North America) 468317 (international) |
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Producer | 3rd Bass, Prince Paul, KMD, Sam Sever, SD50 Stimulated Dummies | |||
3rd Bass chronology | ||||
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Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
Derelicts of Dialect is Queens-based emcees 3rd Bass' second LP (following its debut LP and an EP) and final studio album, released on Def Jam Recordings. The album is considered to be a critical success (explicitly not aimed toward a mainstream market), and gained publicity by featuring the surprise mainstream hit "Pop Goes the Weasel," a diss track towards Vanilla Ice. The music video features former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins as Ice. X-Clan is dissed on songs such as "Herbalz In Your Mouth."
The album is noted for its variety of styles (both musically and lyrically), and demonstrates influences ranging from De La Soul to A Tribe Called Quest (both members of the then-flourishing Native Tongues Movement). Several amusing anecdotes and skits on the album are influenced by De La Soul's album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Derelicts of Dialect was certified gold by the RIAA three months after its release.[1]
Track listing
- "The Merchant of Grooves" – 1:37
- "Derelicts of Dialect" – 4:10
- "Ace in the Hole" (featuring KMD) - 3:39
- "French Toast" (Skit) – 0:49
- "Portrait of the Artist As a Hood" - 4:29
- "Pop Goes the Weasel" - 3:55
- "Sea Vessel Soliloquy" - 0:40
- "Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210" - 3:12
- "Word to the Third" - 5:02
- "Herbalz In Your Mouth" – 4:20
- "Al'z A-B-Cee'z" – 1:51
- "No Master Plan No Master Race" – 4:47
- "Come In" – 3:07
- "No Static At All" – 3:44
- "Eye Jammie" – 1:05
- "Microphone Techniques" (featuring Nice & Smooth) – 4:59
- "Problem Child" – 4:30
- "3 Strike 5000" – 4:03
- "Kick 'Em in the Grill" (featuring Chubb Rock) - 2:37
- "Green Eggs and Swine" – 4:45
- "Derelicts of Dialect (SD50 Remix)" – 4:13
- "Pop Goes the Weasel (Radio Edit)" – 3:47
- "M.C. Disagree and the Re-Animator" - 0:49
- "Check Yo Self" (LP only)
Samples
Al'z A-B-Cee'z
- "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Come In
- "Scratch My Back" by Otis Redding
Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210
- "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Solomon Burke
- "I'd Rather Be Blind" by Freddie King
- "Richard Pryor Dialogue" by Richard Pryor
- "Daddy Rich" by Rose Royce
Derelicts of Dialect
- "Hog Callin' Blues" by Charles Mingus
- "Dream Suite" by Dreams
- "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation
- "Rule of Mind" by 9th Creation
Eye Jammie
- "Memphis Soul Stew" by King Curtis
Green Eggs and Swine
- "Hummin'" by Cannonball Adderley
Kick 'Em in the Grill
- "Memphis Underground" by Herbie Mann
Microphone Techniques
- "All Because" by Al Green
No Static at All
- "FM (No Static at All)" by Steely Dan
Pop Goes the Weasel
- "Pop Goes the Weasel" by Disneyland Records and Walt Disney Records
- "Damn Right I'm Somebody" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
- "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder
- "Eminence Front" by The Who
- "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
Portrait of the Artist as a Hood
- "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons
- "Feel the Heartbeat" by The Treacherous Three
Problem Child
- "Godzilla" by Blue Öyster Cult
- "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" by Indeep
The Merchant of Grooves
- "D's Dilemma" by Art Blakey with the Original Jazz Messengers
- "A Message From the Meters" by The Meters
- "Daddy Rich" by Rose Royce
- "White and Black People" by Richard Pryor
Singles
Year | Title | Chart Positions [3] | ||||
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Rap | R&B/ Hip-Hop |
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Dance Club Play |
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1991 | "Pop Goes the Weasel" |
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1992 | "Portrait of the Artist as a Hood" |
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Personnel
- Chubb Rock – vocals
- Geeby Dajani – producer, remixing
- John Gamble – producer, engineer, remixing
- K.M.D. – producer
- Michael Lavine – photography
- Pete Nice – accordion
- Prince Paul – cymbals, producer
- Kevin Reynolds – engineer
- Richie Rich – producer
- Dante Ross – producer, remixing
- Sam Sever – producer
- Christopher Shaw – reyboards, engineer
- Mike Teelucksingh – engineer
- 3rd Bass – arranger, producer
- Allen Title – horn
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
References
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