''The Cactus Revisited'' is a

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by American

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-based hip hop trio

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. It was released on September 7, 1990 via

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. Out of a total seven tracks, the album consists of six remixed songs from ''

The Cactus Album ''The Cactus Al/Bum'' (also known as ''The Cactus Cee/D'' and ''The Cactus Cas/Ette'' depending on release format) is the debut album by hip hop trio 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam Recordings on November 14, 1989. The album received positive revie ...

'' and one unreleased song. The remixing was provided by 3rd Bass themselves, Dave Dorrell,

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, Prince Paul, CJ Mackintosh, and Sam Sever of Downtown Science. It received both lackluster commercial and critical reception and is considered to be a patchy diversion, according to Dean Carlson of

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Track listing

Tracks 1 & 7 are new remixes not released elsewhere. Track 2 was released on a 1990 UK 12" as "The Cactus (Egyptian Mix)", where it was followed by a brief coda with someone badly singing the lyric "

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". Track 3 was released in 1989 as "Wordz of Wizdom (II)" on CD editions of ''The Cactus Album'' and as "Wordz of Wizdom (Death in the Afternoon)" on the original 12" of "The Gas Face". Tracks 4 and 6 were released on the 1990 "Product of the Environment" 12" & cassette maxi-single, where the latter track was titled "Product of the Environment (Project Remix)".

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* 1990 debut EPs Remix EPs 3rd Bass albums 1990 remix albums Def Jam Recordings EPs Def Jam Recordings remix albums Albums produced by Dante Ross Albums produced by Prince Paul (producer) Albums produced by John Gamble (record producer) {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub