The Wascals have finally arrived! After being hemmed up in some vault for well over a decade, The Wascals have finally got a proper release (Check it!). One of the earliest groups signed to iconic Los Angeles hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl, The Wascals dropped their first single ‘Class Clown’ in 1994 and helped fortify the other west coast sound. Far from Gangsta Rap, The Wascals and their labelmates The Pharcyde, both under the production guidance of wonder kid J.Swift, took a light-hearted approach to rap. It was definitely Dre Day… just not for everybody.
‘Class Clown’ is self descriptive. It’s all about spitballs and book-drops and back in 6th grade, I totally ran the cassette single you see at the top of this post into the ground! Here’s one for anyone who ever made an armpit fart in P.E.:
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MP3: The Wascals – Class Clown (1994)
The next single was ‘The Dips’, I’m not sure if this one was ever released for retail, but I did procure a promo in 1994 so it’s been around:
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MP3: The Wascals – The Dips (1994)
For The Wascal fans, here’s one to whet your appetite—one from the vaults that’s on the new (i.e. old) record:
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MP3: The Wascals – Stole the Show (1994/2007)
A bonus rider track, here’s The Pharcyde’s ‘Passin’ Me By’. J.Swift struck gold when he sampled Quincy Jones and had The Pharcyde rapping about heartbreak. Hot damn.
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MP3: The Pharcyde – Passing Me By (1992)
Buy the Wascals ‘Greatest Hits’ on Amazon. Don’t sleep!
Oh! And watch the ‘Class Clown’ video on YouTube. If fact, a really fun way to kill an hour or ten is over at Delicous Vinyl’s YouTube page.
