3rd Bass Says "Steppin' to the AM" Was Originally for Rakim | Sway's Universe

[@rafaellarkins405]

Pete nice didn't want no parts of that story he was stuttering like a criminal in a police station 🤔🤣👊💥

[@j2times2006]

Because he knew it was bullshit. He even said so himself when he and Serch started cussing each other out on some dudes radio show on Sirius.

[@imshaunnurse]

@@j2times2006 not some dude thats lord sear. legendary on the east coast

[@waltersobchak926]

everything the Bomb Squad touched was gold

[@alcohtraz]

Came here to see Pete laugh at Serch's lie.... 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@MergatroidS]

LMFAOO!! Serch lookin like my middle school principal and shit

[@torontotonto6189]

Serch lookin like Starch

[@sonofabeach71]

Pete heard that dumb bullshit from Serch and was like "time to break up again" 😁

[@desleota6335]

Lol

[@momentarydogma]

Serch lookin like peter griffin

[@jamesoblivion]

And Sway soundin like Cleveland....

[@jamestaylor2376]

Most fat white american guys look like peter griffin

[@cjjamesdc]

Lol

[@snidelywhiplash]

Eh, maybe let him slide. He was so damn good, and plus he's a middle-aged white Jewish dude.

[@donfuego3585]

Word

[@TrueProphit]

Pete nice hadn’t heard it either!!

[@rcole718]

3rd Bass was my favorite group when the Cactus Album came out. The second album wasn't that good, but they made their mark with the debut and had a shitload of co-signs from other rappers.

[@rainmaker690]

+Ryan Cole To be fair, their second album, Derelicts of Dialect, is actually pretty good---it just didn't get the airplay it needed, other than their "Pop Goes The Weasel" hit.

[@shmiqqy]

@Harden Thicke problem child right lmao i love that track

[@blackturkdog]

remember, it was suggested because Rakim had writer's block. that's understandable. maybe it was a mind game hitched by Llyor. get these 2 white boys to write for a great MC and see how he reacts: it propell him to finish his album

[@jonnykhatru]

Nailed it. By all accounts it worked too, Follow the Leader came out shortly after!

[@Mistachill]

@@jonnykhatru I guarantee you, Follow the Leader coming out had zero to do with that story Serch told. You really think an artist like Rakim would "have a fire" lit under him behind this? Come on, now! If anything, he probably was more motivated to take his time. What were they going to do? Fire the hottest group out at the time?

[@Jg-be7it]

How can that be true, if Rakim didn't know it happened? Answer: Serch outed his own lie with another lie.

[@miami8089]

Rakim would have made that song hard as hell.

[@SunOfRa]

+Miami 808 This song is already hard as hell.

[@zealousjay1993]

+SunOfRa the truth

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

At that time Rakim would of killed anything. But they killed it and I loved it something different. Pete Nice on the throne.

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Anybody who heard follow the leader know Rakim never had or needed a ghost writer his delivery was precise

[@E-Jizza]

That's blasphemy. How is the greatest writer in hip hop history going to need some guys who were slightly above average writers to write for him? The ethos of Hip Hop is to write your own rhymes. Anything else is a sucker emcee

[@lewisrothschild2005]

They both look like undercover cops 😂😂😂

[@doiteffortless8396]

Why would rakim want a verse from mc serch? Gtfoh

[@soultheinterrogator]

Pete Nice is now saying this story is a lie... Serch asked him why he didn't dispute this on Sway? Pete said he was laughing in disbelief the whole time. I had to come here to see if this happened smdh

[@israeliteonlycampkilluhi.o2108]

me too...if you noticed Pete looked and sounded confused.

[@ThenVersusNow_]

It's sad because this obviously is a "big fish" story. In reality it was probably an idea and Rakim had nothing to do with it. Why mention it now? Too many lies with Serch.

[@hitmanhart670]

Pete was like “wtf?” when Serch started telling that story

[@PrAnG2000]

That Rakim business don't mean shit!! Someone suggested they write for him, but that don't mean Ra asked or would even take it (hence Eric B's reaction). Shit!! I could ask my emcee to write for Ra, don't mean it's gonna be entertained by him. lol

[@bokay3900]

As a serious rapper, you were always expected to write your own material. The idea was totally absurd and very offensive for them to offer to write for Rakim.

[@PrAnG2000]

Sinseer, I don't know why Serch even said that shit. Never even said what he meant clear, thats why Sway had that reaction.

[@bokay3900]

Osato Igbinoba????? You must be a young'un so let me educate you little brother.....I was there in the 80's during the "Golden Era". Serious rappers never got respect unless they wrote their own material. That was center of being known as an Emcee. Busy Bee Starski used to borrow and bite rhymes. But when Kool Moe Dee murdered him at Harlem World in 1981 it changed the game. Everyone was expected to write their own stuff. Rakim was a revolutionary Emcee...his style changed hip hop for ever. It would have been preposterous to suggest that he use someone elses rap. There were some exceptions though: Bizmarkie used to spit stuff written by Big Daddy Kane. Today, it is different. Puffy had all kinds of "ghost writers". But, back then you didn't get respect from the hip hop community if people knew you were reciting some elses rhymes.

[@bokay3900]

Osato Igbinoba You are simply missing the point.....And why call me a pawn simply because you don't understand the era I came from? You are right...there is nothing wrong with ghost writing....most singers sing songs written by others. But we are talking about Golden Era hip hop mentality. You are out of the loop when it comes to authentic hip hop culture.

[@meetbollz]

Love 3rd Bass!!! Serch is not far off a Hip Hop icon. Loved both their solo ish too!!

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

I was bout to say Rakim rhymes and delivery had airtight precision to the extent you know he never had or needed a ghostwriter (Follow the Leader)4 example

[@luisv5347]

As much as I like 3rd Bass, I can’t see anyone writing for Ra. When you listen to Rakim, you can tell that those are his thoughts, and Stepping to the AM does not reflect that. So I gotta call b.s.

[@snidelywhiplash]

Let's be clear - seems like Serch isn't lying about writing for Rakim, but it doesn't sound like Rakim *knew they were asked* to write for him. That's the music business - full of fuckery.

[@hisStory-y2g]

The point is serch should never have even mentioned that story ! Period ! The rules are keep your pie hole shut before somebody stick something else in it . ! 😮

[@zom247]

@@hisStory-y2g Exactly.

[@clarkkent2102]

He didn't write anything for him. Lyor allegedly asked him. Far as it went

[@TheDapperSwindler]

@@clarkkent2102 Lyor probably played him, doing it just to try to royally piss off Rakim and light a fire under him to finish his record. Assuming the story is true, of course.

[@tien90802]

He said it lit a fire under Rakim, so he's saying Rakim found out

[@j.sun-the-rapper5489]

As a white rapper coming up same age as these guys, I was in 10th grade when my friend gave me the cassette single of stepping to the A.M. 😮. I get goosebumps as an artist thinking back so many times my young mind got another hit of adrenaline from another artist. Great time to be alive. Cactus Album is a classic!!!!!! Absolute classic!

[@blankblank582]

really loved this iron solomon interview

[@desmonddyke8569]

3rd Bass are legends to the game, Vanilla Ice was faking it just trying to get paid.....

[@reckoatkins6152]

Legends?? FOH POP RAP BULLSHIT!

[@reckoatkins6152]

@Chuck TaylorGTFOH These GOOFY'S are in no, top anything in any , real HIP hoppers considerations! Trash! Overrated culture appropriators! Speaking on the God MC RAKIM, BLASPHEMOUS! tell your people cut the BS.

[@dirtyelite]

MC Serch with that softball coach steez. First time I heard 3rd Bass was when they performed 'Steppin' to the AM' on Showtime@TheApollo in 88/89ish?

[@InstructorDriving]

He needs to Serch for a weight loss counselor

[@oldschool4396]

If not for Russell Simons paying practically every famous respected mc to be in there videos they would have sunk like a quick sinking ship ! These dudes have always looked and sounded out of place and outclassed !!!!!

[@emsoar3]

RAKIM says DON'T SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE

[@lcasanova2546]

Rakim was pissed bout this !

[@soniam1499]

Oh yea! When hes saying he will knock him thr fuck out, yea hes pissed lol...as he should be...Rakim is a GOAT

[@91Definite]

Man...Rakim is a dope rapper! Why Eric spaz the fuck out? He could've said "Thanks but no thanks we good."! I guess that lit something under his ass to finish his album cause he knew someone somewhere was gonna do that single that might smash his on their album! 3rd Bass are legends how can you not love these guys for bringing real Hip Hop after Beastie Boys?! :)

[@paul8058]

The God Serch dropping some knowledge right now. Heard the God talking about how he was running dem hallways in the late 80s up in Washington Heights with Understanding Mathematics and Supreme Duquon. When the God Did the Appolo, Harlem went mad son!

[@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-7596]

M.C Shan Claims He Played The Keyboard on Eric B is President and While Recording That Track Would, Laugh at How Ra Was Executing His Rhymes, He Even Says He Tried To Tell Him How To Rhyme. Heard Shan Speaking This on Several People's Instagram Lives. Let That Sink in For a Second.

[@SatanDynastyKiller]

Heart is hard as Chinese arithmetic, Avant Garde-r not a heretic, peep out a rhyme-stick it in my cranium, Pete Nice, elementary like uranium...

[@wavelengthrecords-1]

SatanDynastyKiller ...a RIPE rhyme...

[@panchitovilla9616]

Huh inglich puto inglich

[@jyoomoe]

I'm a melt you like uranium

[@nda5150]

C'mon man. NOBODY thought these fools were black.

[@maze201]

dude are you kidding me...when I heard their song on the radio the first time back then we all thought they were black. They were nice and nobody thought they were white dudes....it was cool to see that they were two real ass white cats from NY.....

[@MrBmic]

I really did not think they were black. Just thought they could rap. That fist album was the shit.

[@rainmaker690]

+nda5150 FYI, when I first heard this song, hell,yeah, I thought they were black, for the simple fact that when "Steppin To The AM" came out, other than the Beastie Boys, there weren't any white rappers,period. I didn't know they were white until I saw their video on BET videos,plain and simple. Mainly because I'd taped the song off the radio and liked it----I'd never even heard of them, and just like the song.

[@jamestaylor2376]

What does there level of melanin have to do with anything?

[@melissanevin5034]

We didn't have internet, cell phones, and hell, in Philadelphia, cable tv didn't really come till 1988. So most people didn't know what they looked like. So crazy to think but true...

[@advancedraymondology2914]

Sway is a masterful interviewer. His Eminem video is a high point. I could seriously see him moving beyond hip hop and doing an updated Charlie Rose thing.

[@aikenstodd]

@ADMAFIA210 you do know that Search was the one who signed NAS to his first deal? These dudes have a history & was signed to def jam when def jam was the label every rapper wanted to be on. Not to mention the Cactus album was the shit. You get the gas face for talking reckless.

[@hisStory-y2g]

So the hell what serch put Nas on 😂 that gives serch Hip-Hop credibility? Nas would've made it eventually without that cornball anyway 😂. Serch has always been trying way too hard ! Hi everyone , I'm serch please forgive me for being white? 😂

[@kevinroulette]

Pete didn’t want no part of that story

[@LadySwag502]

Don't get me wrong, 3rd Bass rocked it, but Rakim would have killed it.

[@LadySwag502]

REPTILE KILLA Thank you, my Brother. May peace be with you!!

[@fuferito]

Except that Rakim story never happened.

[@shahidwiggins]

You can tell Serch is lying because he's shaking like a leaf!!! LOL

[@veautifulstranger]

I would have loved to hear Rakim rhyme a whole song over that Steppin to the a.m. Beat.

[@BamaScorpio69]

I can see Rakim doing that song.

[@waytospergtherebro]

He needs that huge gut to hold all the truth that definitely comes out of his mouth.

[@zentura88]

Dayum! Serch must be gettin nice royalty checks! LMAO! That beat is kinda similar to Follow The Leader in feel...

[@tieuellegacy]

Classic. Going Way Way Back. Didn't know quite a bit of that. Next bring in Just Ice. Tieuel Legacy! Motion

[@ChairmanDoe]

Son is husky as a champ

[@khenmozhione4473]

“We lit the fire” YOU-DIDN’T-SO-SH!T!!!!!!!!!

[@hermanstill8705]

Search looking an umpire

[@raasbeng]

Great interview

[@scotthires3426]

Serch looks a house guard.

[@Moespeak]

I see the dude in the pink shirt and like who is this record exec? a manager then it says MC Search awwww man damn!

[@mrharpsix4]

First truly DOPE white rap artist that had lyrical skills. You really had to have skills to get on at that time.

[@nybe]

Legendary

[@erwinrogers9470]

Legends 🔥

[@PronounceGaming]

Lyor used/threw Serch under the bus to get Rakim's album finished; Rakim didn't ask and wasn't even aware of what Serch had done, but Lyor's mere suggestion at Rakim using a ghost writer lit a fire under Rakim's camp to get that album done, and it worked. If the comment section wants to throw shade at anyone, throw it at Lyor.

[@chriscipollone1246]

Mc search for the nearest Burger spot

[@lordgodspeed1539]

Everybody hit a thumb on the disc comment if you all sort of interview with Rakim stating that he would beat MC searches ass for making that comment 🎤😅

[@sonnyblack71]

Serch gotta pot belly now lol!!!

[@DaRealKINGKLIPS]

Introducing...MC Search !! Good to see these guys again. Had both albumz. And later on in life the white rapper show (hosted by search) was the funniest shit ive ever seen.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

The only person that can truly confirm that Rakim story is Lyor Cohen because he was the middleman.

[@MYTMIC]

Bomb Squad..... all need to be said

[@mutedmutiny9542]

If people don’t believe serch all they need to do is ask Lyor Cohen. Things like this happen in the industry sometimes where an exec will tell someone to write something for someone and that artist doesn’t even know they’re doing it - like Lyor might have just been trying to inspire serch, he may have never actually intended for him to give the song to rakim, or even if he did like I said rakim may have had no idea about it, stuff like happens all the time especially on spec where a manager or someone might have an idea and they might try getting someone to buy a song from someone else but it just never goes through. It doesn’t mean serch is lying, people need to chill with that.

[@dafunkyfeel1]

You would never guess that they were rappers just by looking at them.

[@jmckinney149]

Search needs to rock the high top fade again!

[@joegomes1352]

Lol,holy shit

[@nobstanutts7650]

Hells bollocks..Serch looks like a British darts player!

[@momentarydogma]

don't understand a single word of this... darts?

[@nobstanutts7650]

Yeah,the British pub game which has world tournaments..You throw small arrows at a round target board numbered 1-20 with bonus areas.

[@joegomes1352]

@@nobstanutts7650 lol,wtf is that

[@grumblekin]

Serch is a pretty good storyteller.

[@KingReezy88]

Sway rocking a prof t shirt salute

[@CoolHandLukeDuke]

Rakim doesn't use writers...lmao

[@BluMonkey1211]

Damn Serch! What happened to you?

[@hilohaole4003]

Search been grinding that black Forest Cake

[@xdarkwing104x]

3rd base now looks like they'd chase you off their lawn in maga hats, but little do you know, they'd spit a fire 16 and eat a WHOLE track on yo ass

[@akaBPhife]

Wow really?? just cut off in the middle of a story Woooow! I mean no link or nothing damn Sway cmon!

[@jasonnn2284]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGaWgqd3gL6Nl9k

[@CulturedWhiteBoy]

Serch gets The Fat Face.....Blllleehhehehhehehe!!!!! He's still a legend though.

[@Tripp2136]

I remember watching this clip where pete nice calls serch a liar about this, so watching this I just now was trying to find that video but couldn't.. So my point being that I could see the story being true because Rah the God Mc ain't use the shit steppin to the am cause rahkim ain't no to use the shit. If Rah did finish the jawn after this story, I could see that being true only for the fact that Rah was like "ain't no nigga need to write shit for me. and definitely not a couple white boys." So for that I could see this being true.

[@gotjuice9]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIiygHWZrr6XmpY

[@Jg-be7it]

Except Serch claims Rakim didn't know...

[@mrsilkysmoothd]

Stop saying that shit was for rakim ,, day you wrote that shit for lyor!!! Not rakim!! Ra didn’t ask you to write it and didn’t know nothing about it !! Please stop 🛑 the bs !!!

[@jasoneaton9477]

Wonder if serch can still dance like he did in "pop goes the weasel " vidieo

[@MrParis215]

m33lover LMAO HAHAHAHAAAAA....THAT WAS HILARIOUS

[@willieboyland3180]

He's the Greatest Emcee of All Time blah blah blah...THE DISRESPECT!!! Ra should sleep this dude when he sees hi smh...

[@biggmixxo]

he wrote another joint for rakim tho. the rakim, serch, krs1 trio would blow hip hop's mind if they REALLY KNEW! & listen, they also wrote for whodini.

[@reckoatkins6152]

Boi STFU ,YOU SOUND LIKE A FOOL ,THIS SUBPAR WHITEBOI GROUP WRITING FOR THE GOD MC! PICTURE THAT DUMB SHIT!

[@AmariMarvelous]

Stop the cap! Lol

[@TheRealScottFree]

3rd Bass was the Shit!!!

[@glenhugh73]

Pete could double for Kevin Spacey on Usual Suspects. Serch could double for 89

[@sinofmidmobb]

they interview everybody... matter fact that was there 3rd interview that day

[@lordgodspeed1539]

Pete nice and literally fumble the ball and his words..... You could clearly see that search caught him way off guard with that comment about Rakim ........ Pete Nice quarter visions of the paid a full posse putting their Wyandanch boots of heaven searches ass for making such an asinine nonfactual comment like that... Rakim wrote all of his own rhymes.....

[@Lyrical06340]

Lit fire under rakim....🤣🤣...yea ok smh

[@mikesmoot1090]

Man !!! was they shit back in the day.....

[@branstarone]

We don't believe you.....you need more people! LOL

[@justubinallday]

Holy shit its the PRIIIME MINISTER.....PETE......NAAAHAAHAA-NICE! NICE NICE NICE!

[@funnyboyi]

they shouldve talk bout MF Doom

[@Hustlerclub203]

Pete said Serch was lying!

[@Chris-is1rd]

very cool story

[@bampo525]

They had one album how are they legends

[@kaibricturner8836]

This is why Pete Nice don’t fuck with Serch no more. Too many lies lol

[@patrickmccarron5059]

OK this is my fucking problem with 3rd Bass. They made a song "Pop goes the Weasel" that dissed Vanilla for sampling Queen, and yet that same song sampled Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, WTF? Isn't that slightly hypocritical or am I just an asshole?

[@djmmcee]

They dissed Vanilla Ice and Hammer, because they sounded wack and soft for all the credit they were getting. The SOUND, not the sample. smh

[@ShaneBales]

It's an incredibly hypocritical song. The question is, were they being ironic?

[@hebrewnative1919]

Patrick McCarron if you go back to look at 3rd base video during the MC Hammer dissin you'll see DMC from RUN DMC. When mc hammer came out he make comments about how RUN DMC dress & don't dance. That is why Mc Hammer nuts was on the choppin board. As far as Vanilla ice well he was dissed by pretty much all artist in Hip-Hop at the time because he was 100% wick wick wack!!!

[@patrickmccarron5059]

*****, whatever. They still sampled music to make their song. Which I liked btw.

[@buggzda]

They did pop goes the weasel to show there was a formula for making a pop rap song listen to the words.

[@Derek_Yasharal]

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[@dddlll2471]

Pete was awesome search was ok.... but they had one good album and Pete nice solo was good

[@tellthetruth7497]

Sounds to me like y’all took this out of context. Sounds like Lyor asked Serch to write the song without the knowledge of Erik B or Rakim. Nothing wrong w that, Rakim didn’t use it, doesent mean serch is lying.

[@Jg-be7it]

Serch simultaneously has claimed that Rakim did not know, but also it lit a fire under him. Those two things can not be true.

[@johncoffey724]

OK, at what point did these dudes fall out??? I've just come across this video!

[@imshaunnurse]

years ago. serch is just real slimy. not about the brotherhood like he says

[@mdmejia67]

Sounds like Carley Pride doing country music. No pic or press.

[@dmc357]

Lyor asking Serch to write for Rakim makes no sense. That when I noticed Serch talks a lot of shit. I’m glad Pete called him out on iron Lord Sear’s show

[@Chuck-he1jd]

I think Search needs to keep steeping past the AM. God dam he is huge.

[@soulbrotherlegendary]

You Poison Belly Liar.. he aint put no fire under Rakim.. I've been hated on for years by saying this but I really don't like Serch.. something about him rubs me wrong (pause... I always wanted to use that in a sentence, lol) I'll roll with Hammer over these dudes anyday... Hammer employed 4,000 Black Dancers... I gotta roll with him hahahaha

[@user-kq7wx7bx2l]

racist loser

[@bros4lproductions292]

HE WORKED WITH NAS SHUT THE FUCK UP

[@dogsandyoga1743]

soulbrotherlegendary Real spill. I grew up in Hammers neighborhood (different eras) but he was really trying to hire EVERY dam body, on some save the hood shit. Even though he eventually took the L for it... I liked a couple 3rd songs, but I couldn't forgive them for that. I was glad when X-Clan dissed them...

[@oldschool4396]

raa u Oh wow he worked with NAS ! Does that mean he has the lyrical creativity or smooth swag as NAS from Queens Bridge ? Nas is a Icon and he holds his own Worldwide ! Fuck Serch , Nas is Legendary all by his self !

[@oldschool4396]

soulbrotherlegendary I REALLY don't like Serch fake ass either !!!!!!!

[@dzgroove9]

people are mean

[@zealousjay1993]

look with all due respect I'm GLAD 3rd Bass did Stepping to the AM

[@AwoIfakayode]

Lyrics written for Rakim?

[@SeanRosati]

Sway should interview RAKIM!!!!!