The Wascals

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The Wascals
Cover of Greatest Hits From Left to Right, St. Imey, Alphie, Bucwheed and Spit-Anky
Background information
Also known as	Da Wascals The Lil' Waskals The Baby Pharcyde
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genre(s)	West Coast hip-hop, Gangsta Rap, Alternative Rap
Years active	1992 - 1994
Label(s)	Delicious Vinyl, Priority, Capitol
Associated acts	The Pharcyde J-Swift
Members
Bucwheed St. Imey Spit-Anky Alphie

The Wascals (also known as Da Wascals and The Lil' Waskals) was an American hip hop group comprised of Bucwheed, Spit-Anky, Alphie and St. Imey, they were signed to Delicious Vinyl Records and were originally distributed by Priority and Capitol.

The Wascals were often compared to their labelmates The Pharcyde and were called "The Baby Pharcyde" as they shared many similarities. Both groups have four members, were produced by J-Swift and similar to the Pharcyde's "Pharcyde Manor", The Wascals fictional base of operations was the "Wascal Castle". In addition, Wascals member Bucwheed appeared on The Pharcyde album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde and Fatlip appeared on The Wascals song "Dream and Imaginate".

Each of The Wascals possessed youthful, high-pitched voices and were named after characters from the Our Gang films, Bucwheed was named after Buckwheat, Spit-Anky was named after Spanky, Alphie was named after Alfalfa and St. Imey was named after Stymie. To go along with the gimmick, Bucwheed wore an unkempt afro similar to Buckwheat, while Alphie wore his hair similar to Alfalfa.

The group recorded an album called "Greatest Hits" that was supposed to be released in 1994, the group had released four singles and shot three music videos in 1993, "Class Clown", "The Dips", "Dream and Imaginate" and "Hard Rhymes" and were considered to be the next big thing for Delicious Vinyl, however the group did not get along with each other and broke up just before the album was set to be released. After the break up, Delicious Vinyl shelved the album and Alphie and Spit-Anky were dropped from the label. In 2007, 14 years after the singles were released, Delicious Vinyl confirmed that they would finally release the album on its Youtube page. The album was released in stores and on itunes on June 17, 2007. Delicious Vinyl has also released the three little seen music videos on Youtube. Out of the four members of The Wascals, only Bucwheed has released a solo album. Bucwheed changed his name to Buc Fifty in 1998 and released Bad Man in 2002 and Serve The Devil, Praise The Lord in 2004 for Battle Axe Records and The Rethuglican in 2005 for Delicious Vinyl.

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