The Cactus Revisited is a remix album from East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the East Coast...

 group 3rd Bass

3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups.-Career:...

. It was released on September 7, 1990, by Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

; one year after 3rd Bass' debut album and one year before its second album

Derelicts of Dialect

Derelicts of Dialect was Queens-based emcees 3rd Bass' second LP and final studio album, released on Def Jam Recordings...

. Out of a total seven tracks, it consists of six remixed songs and one unreleased song. Its remixes are by Prince Paul

Prince Paul

Paul Huston, better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an American disc jockey and hip-hop record producer. He was also a founding member of the Gravediggaz where he used the name The Undertaker.- Biography :...

, Dave Dorrell, Marley Marl

Marley Marl

Marlon Williams , better known as Marley Marl, is an American DJ and record producer, who is considered one of the most important and influential hip-hop producers in the history of hip hop.-Biography:...

, and 3rd Bass itself, among others. It received both lackluster commercial and critical reception and is considered to be a patchy diversion, according to Dean Carlson of Allmusic [].

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"The Gas Face"	Prince Paul	MC Serch MC Serch MC Serch is a Jewish-American hip hop MC and former member of 3rd Bass.-Biography:Serch grew up in Far Rockaway, Queens, attending Far Rockaway High School, and graduated from Music & Art High School... , Zev Love X MF Doom Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers... , Pete Nice Pete Nice Prime Minister Pete Nice is a former hip hop MC who was most noted as a member of the group 3rd Bass.-Career:... , Prince Paul Prince Paul Paul Huston, better known by the stage name Prince Paul, is an American disc jockey and hip-hop record producer. He was also a founding member of the Gravediggaz where he used the name The Undertaker.- Biography :... (ad-libs)
2	"The Cactus"	Dave Dorrell	MC Serch, Pete Nice
3	"Wordz of Wisdom"	3rd Bass, Sam Sever	MC Serch, Pete Nice
4	"3 Strikes 5000 (Vocal)"	3rd Bass, Stimulated Dummies	MC Serch, Pete Nice
5	"Brooklyn-Queens"	CJ Mackintosh, Dave Dorrell	MC Serch, Pete Nice
6	"Product of the Environment"	Marley Marl	MC Serch, Pete Nice
7	"Steppin' to the A.M."	3rd Bass	MC Serch, Pete Nice