Westcoast Wednesday.

The Wascals - "The Dips"

I owed this song on cassette single (RIP) and played the shit out of it in 1993. The J-Swift produced beat was so ill to me when i was 13, and it still holds up today. Few people remember the Wascals, but you might be familiar with their "most popular" single "Class Clown," but this song right here was always their dopest track in my opinion. And my opinion is the final word in this blog.

So who the hell where The Wascals? They were a L.A. based group comprised of super young emcees Bucwheed, Spit-Anky, Alphie and St. Imey, they were signed to Delicious Vinyl Records and were originally produced by J-Swfit (the genius behind Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde). They were often compared to their labelmates The Pharcyde and were referred to as "The Baby Pharcyde," but they reminded my a little bit more of a pre-pubescent Souls of Mischief.

They released 4 singles in 1993, and recorded an album called Greatest Hits (how retarded) that was supposed to be released in 1994, but the four members did not get along with each other (something tells me this group was manufactured) and they broke up just before the album was set to be released -- then Delicious Vinyl shelved the album. And it sat there, and sat there, and sat there, collecting dust until 2007 when Delicious Vinyl finally released the album, 14 years after the singles were first released. Too little, too late.

Out of the four members of The Wascals, only Bucwheed did much of anything after the break-up. In 1998, he changed his name to Buc Fifty, turned street, and dropped a few albums. His work with Alchemist is actually pretty dope.