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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Bass-Ment Cuts
| Type = EP
| name = Bass-Ment Cuts
| Artist = [[Insane Clown Posse|Inner City Posse]]
| type = ep
| artist = [[Insane Clown Posse|Inner City Posse]]
| Cover = BassMentCuts.jpg
| cover = BassMentCuts.jpg
| released = September 10, 1990<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.angelfire.com/pokemon/chas/icp.html |title = I.C.P.}}</ref>
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| Released = 1991
| Recorded = 1990
| recorded = 1990
| Genre = [[Midwest hip hop]], [[Hardcore hip hop]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]}}
| Length = 21:37
| length = 21:37
| Label = Rude Time
| label = Rude Time
| Producer =
| producer =
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| prev_title = [[Intelligence and Violence]]
| Sales = 20,000* Units
| Reviews =
| prev_year = 1990
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| year = 1991
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| Last album = ''[[Intelligence and Violence]]''<br />(1990)
| next_title = [[Dog Beats]]
| This album = '''''Bass-ment Cuts'''''<br />(1990)
| Next album = ''[[Dog Beats]]''<br />(1991)
| next_year = 1991
}}
}}


'''''Bass-ment Cuts''''' is a 1991<ref name="BehindthePaint136">{{cite book |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |authorlink=Joseph Bruce |author2=Hobey Echlin |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |origdate= |date=August 2003 |edition=2nd Edition |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=136–138 |chapter=Intelligence and Violence }}</ref> EP by the [[Insane Clown Posse|Inner City Posse]].
'''''Bass-ment Cuts''''' is a 1991<ref name="BehindthePaint136">{{cite book |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |authorlink=Violent J|author2=Hobey Echlin |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |url=https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol |url-access=registration |date=August 2003 |edition=2nd |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol/page/136 136–138] |chapter=Intelligence and Violence }}</ref> EP by the [[Insane Clown Posse|Inner City Posse]].


==Production==
==Production==


"Intro" contains samples of "[[Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)]]". In it, the group mentions that the album contains many beats from other songs popular of the era. The song "Set It Off" contains a diss to [[N.W.A.]] after the departure of [[Ice Cube]], comparing them to [[Barry Manilow]].
"Intro" contains samples of "[[Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)]]". In it, the group mentions that the album contains many beats from other songs popular of the era. The song "Set It Off" contains a diss to [[N.W.A]] after the departure of [[Ice Cube]], comparing them to [[Barry Manilow]].


The entire album was recorded on a [[karaoke]] machine bought for Violent J by his then-girlfriend.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/>
The entire album was recorded on a [[karaoke]] machine bought for Violent J by his then-girlfriend.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/>
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''Bass-ment Cuts'' was sold first hand by Inner City Posse, their friend Rudy Hill and his cousins, and Bruce's then-girlfriend Karen.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/> Due to the success Rudy had selling the [[Compact Cassette|cassettes]] in Southwest side of [[Detroit]], where the group had its most sales, Inner City Posse decided to call their label Rude Time Records.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/> The group soon reached out to record store owner Alex Abbiss to sell their cassettes in his store Hot Hits. After the success of their sales on the street and with Alex, the group decided to pursue rapping as their professional career, teaming with Alex to create the record company [[Psychopathic Records]].<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/>
''Bass-ment Cuts'' was sold first hand by Inner City Posse, their friend Rudy Hill and his cousins, and Bruce's then-girlfriend Karen.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/> Due to the success Rudy had selling the [[Compact Cassette|cassettes]] in Southwest side of [[Detroit]], where the group had its most sales, Inner City Posse decided to call their label Rude Time Records.<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/> The group soon reached out to record store owner Alex Abbiss to sell their cassettes in his store Hot Hits. After the success of their sales on the street and with Alex, the group decided to pursue rapping as their professional career, teaming with Alex to create the record company [[Psychopathic Records]].<ref name="BehindthePaint136"/>


In 2001, the album was re-released on CD at the Gathering of the Juggalos 2001.
The album was re-released on CD at the Gathering of the Juggalos 2001.


==Tracks==
==Tracks==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


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{{Insane Clown Posse}}
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[[Category:Psychopathic Records EPs]]
[[Category:Gangsta rap EPs]]




Latest revision as of 12:03, 17 September 2024

Bass-Ment Cuts
EP by
Inner City Posse
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1990[1]
Recorded1990
Genre
Length21:37
LabelRude Time
Inner City Posse chronology
Intelligence and Violence
(1990) 		Bass-Ment Cuts
(1991) 		Dog Beats
(1991)

Bass-ment Cuts is a 1991[2] EP by the Inner City Posse.

Production

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"Intro" contains samples of "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)". In it, the group mentions that the album contains many beats from other songs popular of the era. The song "Set It Off" contains a diss to N.W.A after the departure of Ice Cube, comparing them to Barry Manilow.

The entire album was recorded on a karaoke machine bought for Violent J by his then-girlfriend.[2]

Release

[edit]

Bass-ment Cuts was sold first hand by Inner City Posse, their friend Rudy Hill and his cousins, and Bruce's then-girlfriend Karen.[2] Due to the success Rudy had selling the cassettes in Southwest side of Detroit, where the group had its most sales, Inner City Posse decided to call their label Rude Time Records.[2] The group soon reached out to record store owner Alex Abbiss to sell their cassettes in his store Hot Hits. After the success of their sales on the street and with Alex, the group decided to pursue rapping as their professional career, teaming with Alex to create the record company Psychopathic Records.[2]

The album was re-released on CD at the Gathering of the Juggalos 2001.

Tracks

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  1. "Intro" - 1:02
  2. "Set It Off" - 3:57
  3. "Lock Down" - 1:06
  4. "Bitches" - 4:24
  5. "Insain Like" - 3:40
  6. "Play That Hoe" - 3:45
  7. "Ghetto Style" - 1:33
  8. "The I.C.P." - 2:10

References

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  1. ^ "I.C.P."
  2. ^ a b c d e Bruce, Joseph; Hobey Echlin (August 2003). "Intelligence and Violence". In Nathan Fostey (ed.). ICP: Behind the Paint (2nd ed.). Royal Oak, Michigan: Psychopathic Records. pp. 136–138. ISBN 0-9741846-0-8.


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