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- Artist: 3rd Bass
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- Release Date: June 18, 1991
- Total Time: 82:11
- Genre: Rap
Review
Although 3rd Bass didn't fully realize their tremendous potential, the Brooklyn rappers offered enjoyable, if uneven, albums. Like the group's 1989 debut, their second and final album, Derelicts of Dialect, makes it clear that the MCs weren't aiming for the pop charts -- and were loyal only to the hip-hop hardcore. When MC Serch and Pete Nice tear into such aggressive and forceful declarations as "Pop Goes the Weasel" (an inflammatory attack on Vanilla Ice), "Portrait of the Artist as a Hood," and "Ace in the Hole," it's clear why they were among the few white MCs who were successful in the young black community -- someone who heard their rapping without seeing their picture could easily assume they were black. Although the goofy "Herbalz in Your Mouth" shows some De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest influence, 3rd Bass don't allow themselves to be nearly as lighthearted, and keep things hardcore and intense. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Merchant of Grooves | 3rd Bass | (1:37) | |
| Derelicts of Dialect | 3rd Bass | (4:10) | |
| Ace in the Hole | 3rd Bass | (3:39) | |
| French Toast | Soesja Citroen, |
3rd Bass | (:49) |
| Portrait of the Artist as a Hood | 3rd Bass | (4:29) | |
| Pop Goes the Weasel | Harvey Fuqua, Stevie Wonder, |
3rd Bass | (3:55) |
| Sea Vessel Soliloquy | 3rd Bass | (:40) | |
| Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210 | O.V. Wright, |
3rd Bass | (3:12) |
| Word to the Third | Gary Bartz, |
3rd Bass | (5:02) |
| Herbalz in Your Mouth | Bob Dylan, |
3rd Bass | (4:20) |
| Al'z A-B-Cee'z | Paul Desmond, |
3rd Bass | (1:51) |
| No Master Plan No Master Race | 3rd Bass | (4:47) | |
| Come In | 3rd Bass | (3:07) | |
| No Static at All | Toussaint McCall, |
3rd Bass | (3:44) |
| Eye Jammie | 3rd Bass | (1:05) | |
| Microphone Techniques | Nice & Smooth, 3rd Bass | (4:59) | |
| Problem Child | 3rd Bass | (4:30) | |
| 3 Strikes 5000 | 3rd Bass | (4:03) | |
| Kick Em in the Grill | 3rd Bass | (2:37) | |
| Green Eggs and Swine | 3rd Bass | (4:45) | |
| Derelicts of Dialect [SD50 Remix] | 3rd Bass | (4:13) | |
| Pop Goes the Weasel [Radio Edit] | Harvey Fuqua, Stevie Wonder, |
3rd Bass | (3:47) |
| M.C. Disagree and the Re-Animator | 3rd Bass | (:49) |
