The Cactus Revisited is aremixextended play by AmericanQueens-based hip hop trio3rd Bass. It was released on September 7, 1990, viaDef Jam Recordings. Out of a total seven tracks, the album consists of six remixed songs fromThe Cactus Album and one unreleased song. The remixing was provided by 3rd Bass themselves, Dave Dorrell,Marley Marl,Prince Paul, CJ Mackintosh, and Sam Sever ofDowntown Science. It received both lackluster commercial and critical reception and is considered to be a patchy diversion, according to Dean Carlson ofAllMusic.
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 "Walk Like an Egyptian". Track 3 was released in 1989 as "Wordz of Wizdom (II)" on CD editions ofThe 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)".[2]
