Derelicts of Dialect

Derelicts of Dialect
Album by 3rd Bass
Released	June 18, 1991
Recorded	???
Genre	Old school hip hop
Length	?? min ?? s
Record label	Def Jam
Producer	Pete Nice, Daddy Rich and MC Serch
3rd Bass Chronology
Cactus Revisited (1990)	Derelicts of Dialect (1991)	N/A

Derelicts of Dialect was [[old school rap|old-school 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 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 are directly influenced by De La Soul.

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"