It sounds like his sax is the equivalent to the Maggot Brain cover. Said truck, which Corona purchased for the event, also served as the stage.Īlthough this was a Fourth of July event, it was hardly a day for shouting “Murica” and chanting USA USA USA. 3rd Bass The Cactus Album (1989) Def Jam Recordings/Columbia Records Dateline: ApThis is one of my favorite albums of all time. As a nod to Independence Day, the 13-band showcase featured two American flags adorned to the back of an old Army flatbed truck. Looking forward to the Fourth of July this year, Corona organized an event to take place on the Sunday the 3rd. The first PRT Sunday edition led to some patrons being disgruntled by the rowdy punk rock music, so these special showcases take place in a small exterior area behind the restaurant. One he hopes to tackle next is building skateboarding bowl behind the restaurant. This is the first of many ideas Corona has for PRT. The debut album from MC Serch and Prime Minister Sinister Pete Nice.with MF. It was a life-changing moment for Corona and would lead directly to his passion project: Punk Rock Tacos (PRT). Corona says that during Grindline’s set “He stared so intensely into my soul as he performed 5 ft in front of me.” Buy '3rd Bass - The Cactus Album' by Mark563 as a Sticker. Hubbard’s band Grindline, named after his company, was playing in Oakland, CA at a skateboarding event, the P-Stone Invitational. Corona met Hubbard, a DIY inspiration to many across the world, one month prior to Hubbard’s June 2018 death. Hubbard also founded Grindline, a company which designed over 400 skatepark across the United States and elsewhere. Präzise Angaben zum Zustand des Covers sind in den Artikeldetails und der Artikelbeschreibung zu finden. The visionary Seattleite Hubbard created the famous Burnside Skatepark Project in Portland, OR. 3rd Bass - The Cactus Al/Bum (The Cactus Album) - Vinyl LP - 2000 - EU. Thus, was born “Punk Rock Tacos,” a monthly Friday nights DIY (do it yourself) event.Ĭorona’s DIY ethos was inspired by the late Mark “Monk” Hubbard. They are both originally from Puebla, Mexico, and spent 18 years in NYC, and worked in restaurants for a lot of that time,” says Corona (whose surname surely caused a few of his friends to tease him in 2020).Ĭemitas Poblanas also has a small stage, which planted the seeds in Corona’s mind, of an idea he would work to fruition over the following year. See more ideas about hip hop, hip hop albums, album covers. It also led to friendships with the staff and owners, “Mauro and Jennifer, a couple who had come from NYC in November ‘19 to start their new business. Explore Jason Rzepkas board 'classic hip hop cover art', followed by 169 people on Pinterest. The restaurant offered a $9.00 burrito meal, so it instantly became Corona’s daily spot during the pandemic. Lacking groceries and concerned that driving to get food might lead to him being arrested, he walked around the corner from his home and came upon Cemitas Poblanas. It was the first day of the Covid lockdown. It may not have completely integrated rap, but it was a precursor to a culture that became more inclusive and widespread after its arrival.Noah Corona just needed to find a place to eat within a block or two of his home in the Chicago suburb of Villa Park, IL. The Cactus Album was also important because it proved to the hip-hop heads that white kids could play along without appropriating or bastardizing the culture. Not every single idea plays out successfully - Serch's Tom Waits impression on "Flippin' Off the Wall." is on the wrong side of the taste line, and "Desert Boots" is a puzzling Western-themed insertion - but they are at least interesting stretches that add to the dense, layered texture of the album. The duo may not have come from the streets, but their hearts were there, and it shows.
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For one, it is full of great songs, alternately upbeat rollers ("Sons of 3rd Bass"), casual-but-sincere disses ("The Gas Face"), razor-sharp street didacticism ("Triple Stage Darkness," "Wordz of Wizdom"), and sweaty city anthems ("Brooklyn Queens," "Steppin' to the A.M.," odes to day and night, respectively), with A-plus production by heavyweights Prince Paul and Bomb Squad, as well as the surprising, overshadowing work of Sam Sever. Matching MC Serch's bombastic, goofy good nature and Prime Minister Pete Nice's gritty, English-trained wordsmithery (sounding like a young Don in training), 3rd Bass' debut album is revelatory in its way. Besides the upper-middle-class frat-punks-in-rap-clothing shtick of the Beastie Boys and emissary/producer Rick Rubin, who both gained a legitimate, earned respect in the rap community, there were very few white kids in rap's first decade who spoke the poetry of the street with compassion and veneration for the form.
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