Derelicts of Dialect

Derelicts of Dialect
Studio album by 3rd Bass
Released	June 18, 1991
Genre	Golden age hip hop
Length	82:11
Label	Def Jam/Columbia
Producer	3rd Bass Prince Paul KMD Sam Sever SD50 Stimulated Dummies
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone [1] Entertainment Weekly (B) [2]
3rd Bass chronology
Cactus Revisited (1990) Derelicts of Dialect (1991) —

Derelicts of Dialect was Queens rappers 3rd Bass's second LP (following their debut LP and an EP) and final studio album, released on Def Jam. The album is considered to be a critical success (explicitly not aimed towards a mainstream market)[3], and gained publicity by featuring the surprise mainstream hit Pop Goes the Weasel, a "diss" track aimed at then-popular white rapper Vanilla Ice. (The music video features former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins as Ice.) The Afrocentric group X-Clan, who had previously attacked 3rd Bass because of its white members, also receives its share of disses 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 draw direct influences from De La Soul's album 3 Feet High and Rising.

Track listing

1. "The Merchant of Grooves" (Michael Berrin, Nash) – 1:37
2. "Derelicts of Dialect" (Anadon, Berrin, Burrise jr., Burrise, Paul Huston, Nash) – 4:10
3. "Ace in the Hole" (Berrin/Dumile, Alan Hodge, Nash) – 3:39
4. "French Toast" (Berrin, Soesja Citroen, Dumile, Hodge, Lawsen, Nash) – 0:49
5. "Portrait of the Artist As a Hood" (Berrin, Citrin, Critrin, Nash) – 4:29
6. "Pop Goes the Weasel" (Bauchamp, Berrin, Dajani, Harvey Fuqua, John Gamble, Nash, Ross, Stevie Wonder) – 3:55
7. "Sea Vessel Soliloquy" (Berrin, Lawson, Nash) – 0:40
8. "Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210" (Berrin, Carter, Hodges, Lawson, Nash, Wright) – 3:12
9. "Word to the Third" (Gary Bartz, Michael Berrin, Citrin, Nash) – 5:02
10. "Herbalz In Your Mouth" (Berrin, Bob Dylan, Houston, Paul, Nash) – 4:20
11. "Al'z A-B-Cee'z" (Berrin, Bryan, Paul Desmond, Nash) – 1:51
12. "No Master Plan No Master Race" (Berrin, Citrin, Nash) – 4:47
13. "Come In" (Berrin, Huston, Moore, Nash) – 3:07
14. "No Static At All" (Berrin, Huston, Toussaint McCall, Nash) – 3:44
15. "Eye Jammie" (Berrin, Citrin, Nash) – 1:05
16. "Microphone Techniques" (Barnes, Berrin, Citrin, Green, Mays, Nash) – 4:59
17. "Problem Child" (Berrin, Citrin, Nash, Roser) – 4:30
18. "3 Strike 5000" (Berrin, Dajani, John Gamble, Lawson, Nash, Ross) – 4:03
19. "Kick 'Em in the Grill" (Berrin, Dajani, John Gamble, Nash, Ross, Simpson) –
20. "Green Eggs and Swine" (Berrin, Huston, Nash) – 4:45
21. "Derelicts of Dialect (SD50 Remix)" (Aradon, Berrin, Burrise Jr., Burrise, Huston, Nash) – 4:13
22. "Pop Goes the Weasel (Radio Edit)" (Bauchamp, Berrin, Dajani, Harvey Fuqua, John Gamble, Nash, Ross, Wonder) – 3:47
23. "M.C. Disagree and the Re-Animator" (Kealy, Martz, Mertz) –
24. "Check Yo Self" (LP only)

Singles

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