![]() ![]() He also described the album as a continuation of his debut album Rodeo (2015). Scott, a Houston native, aimed for the album to sound like "taking an amusement park away from kids". The album title is named after the defunct theme park Six Flags AstroWorld, which was located in Houston, Texas prior to its closure. Production was handled by multiple producers, including Scott himself, Mike Dean, Allen Ritter, Hit-Boy, WondaGurl, Tay Keith, Tame Impala, Frank Dukes, Sonny Digital, Murda Beatz, and Thundercat. The album features guest vocals from The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean, Drake, James Blake, Philip Bailey, 21 Savage, Swae Lee, Gunna, Nav, Quavo, Takeoff, Juice Wrld, Sheck Wes, and Don Toliver, among others. The album follows his second studio album Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016), and his collaborative album Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho (2017) with Quavo. It was released on August 3, 2018, through Cactus Jack Records and Grand Hustle Records, and distributed by Epic Records. On 6 April 2013, MC Serch announced on Facebook that 3rd Bass would reunite to tour in celebration of The Cactus Album's 25th anniversary.Astroworld is the third studio album by American rapper Travis Scott. They then performed at Woodstock 1999, and released a non-charting single, "Hail to the Chief", in 2000 on Serch's label Serchlite Music. MC Serch released his only solo album, Return of the Product, that same year, while Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich released the album Dust to Dust the following year.ģrd Bass reunited to do a show at the birthday party of Andy Hilfiger, the brother of Tommy Hilfiger, in 1998. Vanilla Ice responded to the group with the songs "The Wrath" and "Hit 'Em Hard" which he first performed at concerts in 1992, but were not released on an album until Mind Blowin' in 1994.ģrd Bass' final collaboration was the title track to the soundtrack of the 1992 film Gladiator before the group broke up. Fueled by the heavy backlash against Vanilla Ice at the time of its release, "Pop Goes the Weasley" reached #1 on the Billboard Top Rap Singles chart, gave the group their first and only Top 30 single (peaking at #29 on the Hot 100), and helped propel the album to gold status. The track depicted Vanilla Ice as a culture thief who watered down the sound of hip hop in order to pander to a mainstream audience while depicting 3rd Bass as more respectful of the genre's traditions. The album found 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". The group's second album, Derelicts of Dialect, was released in 1991. The album features disses aimed at the Beastie Boys and MC Hammer.ġ991-1992: Derelicts of Dialect, Vanilla Ice beef and break-up Sever, Prince Paul and The Bomb Squad produced 3rd Bass' 1989 debut album, The Cactus Album, a critically acclaimed album that went gold and contained a minor hit in "The Gas Face". The group signed with Def Jam Recordings in 1988, and they were marketed as Def Jam's next big group after the Beastie Boys had left the label that same year. However, before recording their debut album, they changed their name to 3rd Bass.ġ988-1989: Signing to Def Jam and The Cactus Album The group was first called 3 the Hard Way, as referenced in their song "Wordz of Wisdom". Record producer Sam Sever convinced Nice and Serch to work together in 1987. MC Serch was a regular performer at local clubs and block parties, and had released two independent singles, "Melissa" in 1986 and "Hey Boy!" in 1987. Richie Rich was a local DJ in New York, while Pete Nice was an English major at Columbia University and hosted a hip hop show on Columbia's student radio station, WKCR-FM. Michael "MC Serch" Berrin, Peter "Pete Nice" Nash and Richard "DJ Richie Rich" Lawson formed 3rd Bass in 1987. ![]() 1.3 1991-1992: Derelicts of Dialect, Vanilla Ice beef and break-up. ![]() 1.2 1988-1989: Signing to Def Jam and The Cactus Album. ![]()
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