Derelicts of Dialect

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Derelicts of Dialect
Studio album by 3rd Bass
Released	June 18, 1991
Genre	Old school hip hop
Length	82:11
Label	Def Jam/Columbia
Producer(s)	Pete Nice, Daddy Rich & MC Serch
3rd Bass chronology
Cactus Revisited (1990)	Derelicts of Dialect (1991)

Derelicts of Dialect was Brooklyn rappers 3rd Bass's sophomore LP (following their debut LP and an EP), released on Def Jam. The album is considered to be a critical success (explicitly not aimed towards a mainstream market)[1], 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 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Merchant of Grooves"
2. "Derelicts of Dialect"
3. "Ace in the Hole"
4. "French Toast"
5. "Portrait of the Artist As a Hood"
6. "Pop Goes the Weasel"
7. "Sea Vessel Soliloquy"
8. "Daddy Rich in the Land of 1210"
9. "Word to the Third"
10. "Herbalz In Your Mouth"
11. "Al'z A-B-Cee'z"
12. "No Master Plan No Master Race"
13. "Come In"
14. "No Static At All"
15. "Eye Jammie"
16. "Microphone Techniques"
17. "Problem Child"
18. "3 Strike 5000"
19. "Kick 'Em in the Grill"
20. "Green Eggs and Swine"
21. "Derelicts of Dialect (SD50 Remix)"
22. "Pop Goes the Weasel (Radio Edit)"
23. "M.C. Disagree and the Re-Animator"
24. "Check Yo Self" (LP only)