3rd Bass The Other Rap Group You May Have Forgotten.

[@Stanley.77]

3rd Bass is *CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.* This was from my era. I used to rock the "Pete Nice" haircut...Still do from time to time! (Thank God I still got a full head of hair in my mid-40s!)...Even walked with a cane for a while... though it wasn't a gimmick (I took a slug to the thigh and got a titanium rod in my leg).

[@jayski8082]

It was from my era too..& I used to rock MC Serch's hair style not Pete's except my rear head was engraved w/"Home Plate" not "3rd Bass". Huha.. Just kiddin', but I definitely used to rock both The Cactus Album & Derelicts of Dialect all thru my high school yrs. For sure they were an early hip-hop group that got slept on..& *still do!* And they were on main TV shows like Arsenio types to constant rotation on top 3 FM stations across the nation into Europe & abroad. That was super difficult to do! On top of that they were white & got luv from almost every early East Coast rapper..they even got played(& I believe was on)Yo MTV Raps. I don't think ppl realize how hard it was to be just an aspiring hip-hop artist in those days, let alone as *a white 1!* That my friends deserves much more recognition than even what they get today from the masses & industry.

[@The-Honeycomb-Hideout]

💙Stanley Lubarski agreed. Also from my era. I miss it. They didn’t get a lot of play out here in Oregon,but I liked ‘em. I saw u have old school Eazy E vids, GOD & you’re Polish…dang your girl is lucky😉😉💙

[@michaeladam3190]

dude they were fucking trash lol lame ass beats corny ass new york rhymes lol dude miss me with that nonsense

[@TURBOINTEGRATYPER]

I never forgot about 3rd bass. This group was great, they were my go-to hiphop group. Still listen to them today. May 5th, 2022

[@yamato126]

Futuristic type stuff

[@str8outtampls502]

Serch didn’t produce illMATIC. He got Nas signed, but DJ Premier, Q-Tip, Large Professor and Pete Rock produced the album. Let’s not forget he also discovered/signed O.C., and discovered the late great Zev Love X/ MF DOOM.

[@flywrightdrones]

Serch was listed as an executive producer

[@Helmuesi911]

Ill Bill and Non phixion as well.. just saying

[@depthsofmymind4492]

@@Helmuesi911 he didn't find them, he was in a group w them, but something happened cuz he never was on an official album w them, even tho the songs he was on were all dope af!

[@doctorworm3735]

KMD was already a group, and already well on their way despite what wikipedia says

[@SOIC3Y]

Search did all the sample clearances and other work, just not the tracks so he was part of the production

[@WinstonCorneilius]

32 yrs later, I can still recite the lyrics to that album...I was a senior in high school and the Cactus was my soundtrack...Wordz of Wizdom is my favorite

[@koolpopjones6499]

If you forgot about 3rd Bass..you gets the Gas Face

[@MichaelNorthrup-c1r]

No Gas Face for me!

[@greghicks5960]

I still listen to The Cactus Album and Derelicts of Dialect on a regular basis. Two of the most amazing albums of any genre. For me personally, Wordz of Wisdom and Product of the Environment are two of the best songs ever written.

[@jonathanrayne]

Wordz of Wizdom and Triple Stage Darkness are straight savage tracks!

[@DemetriusJonesatlanta]

3rd Bass rocked. I still bump them to this day. Severely underrated.

[@NealDamiano]

One of the most subversive and cutting edge hip hop albums of all time. Real hip hop never forgot and yes they should get their due more than they do 💯

[@josephsweeney4219]

Up there with Paul's Boutique, 3 Feet High and Rising, Rakim and Tribe Called Quest. They set the standard in the late 80s/early 90's for complex sampling and lyrical flow in hip-hop. For me, hip-hop has never sounded better than that era.

[@GunnyPhillips]

Steppin' to the AM was a DJ classic back in the day. Used to rock it at all of my sets.

[@bpb235]

It was also released on a laserdisc titled The Cactus Vidie/Yo

[@eltoro728]

My first concert .. I was a huge fan of them and of hip hop back in the day! This was a great video reminiscing and catching up .. haha hearing Serch n Pete go at it a bit disappointing - you would think they would be brothers for life after having gone through that experience - money changes people maybe?? Still sad 😞

[@protiusjames2867]

I was just playing 3rd Bass to my wife the other day, and I was like, daaaaamn they was DOPE AS FU(&, actually doper than I thought during the golden era.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Agreed sir, thank you for watching and commenting!

[@antwandukes]

If you search once was the DJ for Detroit radio station I think in the late'90s or early 2000s

[@antwandukes]

I meant MC search.

[@GhostRider-870]

You really got your money's worth for The Cactus Album. Great production, lyrics, and pacing. 10/10!

[@pablodados]

2:14 Mantronix also did this. Their 1985 album was called "The Album" or "The Cassette" depending on the format (don't think it got a CD release at the time).

[@horracejason8857]

so did Public Image Ltd. "album"(1986)

[@Dogen70]

I started to buy Mantronix cd last week

[@stewarteasy72]

I got all of 3rd Bass albums along with both solo debuts from MC Serch and Pete Nice!

[@ck552]

I'm surprised VH1 never made a Behind The Music on 3rd Bass.

[@Emcee_Shan]

I agree, it would have been very interesting. Thanks for the comment.

[@kevinclarke5226]

Facts

[@BIGANTYO]

For Real Tho, They Mad The White Rapper Show With Serch As The Host

[@Oginaka]

My mom put me on 3rd Bass when I was 6. Best thing she ever done, first song I heard from them was Oval Office. Still goes hard.

[@sereuno5343]

Had just moved from the Bronx to Houston when this album dropped. I bagged this joint as soon as I saw the Def Jam logo because at that time you knew it would be special on that label. It was only 3rd Bass, Biz Markie and De La Soul making music that was not only sonically dope and witty, but with comical elements a feature of the album. This was right before the west coast captured the rest of America and Houston was bumping Sir Mix-a-Lot and Eazy E's "Radio" (which blew my mind that they played hip hop like that on radio). The production and lyricism was ahead of it's time. Salute.

[@zroy9263]

Their albums were classics and hype! I dug these cats and enjoyed their music and rhyming. DJ Richie Rich also had mad skills on the turntables! Their beats, samples, and grooves were Def, thanks to production by cats like Prince Paul and The Bomb Squad. These cats definitely made their mark in the hip-hop game! Pete Nice may have been the better rapper of the two though.

[@Farns77]

Don't forget Sam Sever's genius.

[@jdrussell3828]

I agree Pete was the better lyricist but Serch was the entertainer

[@dre3k78]

The Cactus Album was a classic and the Revisited version had some remixes which were outstanding. My fav tracks were Soul in the Hole and The Cactus(remix). I remember being introduced to 3rd Bass by my brother when i was in middle school in the late 80s.

[@Emcee_Shan]

I really enjoyed Brooklyn Queen’s remixes

[@ltod2]

They deserve their flowers,saw them live in the 1990s and both can rap indeed

[@jarretkarlson]

SERCH got a new song out called "Round Here, first official song he's released in like 20+ years. also serch had zebrahead ost, non-phixion with bill gore sabac, pete had kurious and cage--you left out a ton of other stuff-but overall it's good-3rd Bass had the most potential out of any group back in the days, and it's a shame what happened with them. imagine what a 3rd album would have sounded like- lastly, eminem is a huge fan of the 3rd. i also met serch and pete in 2000 during ichabod's cranium at a red distrubution event in conn.peaceee

[@johnnyfox8934]

The Cactus Album never left my rotation. Words of Wisdom is my jam. And don't forget Back to the Grill by Serch. That remix is legendary.

[@frederickblackwell9960]

I grew up on 3rd Bass. I was about 2 and 3 years old when I heard Steppin to the A.M and Gas Face. As a matter of fact, The Cactus Album and Derelicts of Dialect are legendary Dope albums. Pop Goes the Weasel was humorous as fuck but also the 3rd Bass skits from Derelicts of Dialect album. These guys are legends of Rap. No offense to the Beastie Boys, who were the first White Rappers. RIP MCA. But 3rd Bass were the Greatest of all time legends and were Dope lyricists. I know several White Rappers that are Dope lyricists and also got mad style and skillz, for instance, from my hometown of Detroit Michigan Eminem and also Insane Clown Posse and Twiztid but also from the New York side, YBT, Necro, Non-Phixion, and Ill Bill, and from the West Coast Kottonmouth Kings and Crazy Town CXT. All of these White Rappers can flow a lyrical rhyme technique on the microphone and still got that 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 fa sho. Besides, Rap music in general it is not about race or color or ethnicity, if u got the soul within your heart, it doesn't matter, Rap music is a culture for everyone old skool and new skool, Rap music brought all races together as one nation. If u are a Hip-hop head and love to have fun with everybody, Rap music is where it's at. Rap music has many styles from traditional Rap to Rap-Rock, Rip-hop, and Rap-Metal and Horrorcore Rap. Mad love to MC Serch and the Prime Minister Pete Nice. I just wish that there was a 3rd Bass reunion and a new album, I'm just sayin'. 3rd Bass is still bumpin' every day in my turntables and boombox. But I also got mad Juggalo Family 🤡 love from ICP as well as a Juggalo. Awesome review of 3rd Bass Emcee Shan. Mad love. Peace.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you so much for watching, commenting and the kind words! 👍

[@arclight2012]

I was into all sorts of music in high school, but hip hop was sooo important. And I was very aligned to Def Jam artists for some reason. My favorite was (is!) Public Enemy, and 3rd Bass's Cactus Album came out right as I was really getting into PE.

[@PassingThroughProductions]

Loved this! Me and Lori just watched.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you so much my friend

[@PlutoSevenTbb75]

If you listen to the Beasties you can hear tons of old school rappers mentioned by them Root down alone is one of the greatest acknowledgement to old school ever written…

[@fantasmadelzacamil7767]

Had the single on cassette

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Yo, the MC Serch interview on Math Hoffa is _incredible_ - just judging off the clips, so far... can't wait for the full episode!

[@elvinsolano6177]

Correction! M.C. Search is from Far Rockaway Queens Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich are from Brooklyn NY respectfully.

[@scaleshenry]

Man 3rd Bass was that group! Plus their Dj Daddy Rich was dope as hell also!

[@dogsandyoga1743]

I wasn't even a super fan although I really really loved Brooklyn Queens and Step Into The AM. After they dissed Hammer I couldn't rock with them too tough (and was glad XClan had dissed them 🤣). I didn't mess with Derelicts Of Dialect at, except for Ace In The Hole with Zev Love X (DOOM) which was undeniable...

[@unkelkreepy8529]

The only band I ever saw have a different title for each format was the public image limited 'generic' album. The album was called album, the CD was compact disc, and the tape was cassette

[@kevinclarke5226]

If hip hop was giving out trophies 3rd bass to me would be in the hip hop hall of fame

[@Emcee_Shan]

Agreed, thank you for the comment

[@kevinclarke5226]

Th@nk y💓u 4 my he@rt

[@jeyzeus]

Talking about hall of fame, Eminem mentioned 3rd bass as one of his teachers/influences in his acceptance speech.

[@oscarsanchezmendoza2274]

one of my favorites! the cactus was it! it is sad that they grew apart and can't speak to each other.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Agreed

[@animefan25]

6:21 Mc Serch also hosted a second reality show called "Miss Rap Supreme" and starred in the Spike Lee movie "Bamboozled".

[@alking6633]

Pete Nice was Dope !

[@scaleshenry]

Btw, keep in mind MF Doom i.e. KMD rocked with these guys and Mc Search did position Nas, in some type of way lol!

[@NotBadParents]

Whaaaaa! Forgotten, I've never even heard of them! Ha ha ha, Icabod's Cranium! And, now I'm adding this to my Amazon Music playlist!!!

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you for watching sir, much appreciated

[@flipitmix]

Third bass will always be one of the dopest groups to have ever done it❤

[@inglewxxpbiz6806]

They had all the ingredients. Both could rap. And they had a world class DJ. I got nothing bad to say about them.

[@michelledevillers3053]

I love 3rd Base. I still listen to their music. I hope they resolve their differences.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Same here, thanks for the comment

[@BIGANTYO]

I Do To, So CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED, They Get Fucked With The Whole "White Rapper" Shit

[@disgruntledhuman]

If the MC Hammer hit story is to be believed, the story I heard was it stemmed from the song The Cactus when Pete said “The Cactus turned Hammer’s mother out “

[@AxeMan808]

I checked before posting the same thing. Hammer might've been mad at the other reference; he felt HE was fair game, his mother was not.

[@lobotomyscam1051]

​@@AxeMan808Yeah, Pete's line is what really pissed him off. The whole beef started because Serch asked Hammer if he wanted to have a dance battle and he rudely brushed Serch off like he was a scrub.

[@DanielLopez-me9mh]

3rd bass brings me back to the late 80s and early 90s the gas facecwas my favorite song 🎵 and pop goes the weasel

[@adg_87]

Hearing them beef like that hurts my soul. Never wanna hear friends dissolve into enemies.

[@rogeranderson9784]

I was playing Wordz of Wizdom just the other day... Hip hop music back in them days was more than just the golden era for me... It was hip hop music at its finest

[@unkelkreepy8529]

My hc band opened most of our shows playing wordz of wizdom and word to the third. 🤘

[@perseverepictures3545]

WORDZ OF WISDOM is my favorite song from 3rd Bass!!!

[@BUD-TV]

3rd Bass is definitely a needed chapter in Hip Hop

[@dogsandyoga1743]

People forgot about 3rd bass? Maybe casual music fans, but any hip-hop head definitely remembers them. If not for anything else, they introduced the world to MF DOOM

[@platogenova9573]

Great video - thanks for making it

[@Emcee_Shan]

@@platogenova9573 thank you for watching!

[@91Definite]

Yo! They done a show again like a few days ago! Now it’s rumored they doing a U.S. Tour in 2025! If so? Ima definitely try to go to one of their shows! I don’t really believe this gonna last though. Too bad we’ll never get another 3rd Bass album though

[@Emcee_Shan]

@@91Definite i heard, that should be interesting for sure!

[@lobotomyscam1051]

Both of their albums were great, front to back.

[@travismcgowan9698]

nobody forgot 3rd bass they were stupid dope

[@zabut2301]

3rd Bass. Great music, memories.

[@allgasnobrakes919]

I remember Back when I was like 5-6 years old my older cousin that was 11 years older then gave me a 3rd Bass Cassette… It was my Very First Hip Hop Cassette tape I received…And I was in awe of all the Curse words and shyt…Lol 3rd Bass is responsible for teaching me how to Curse a mfkr out 😂🤣😂🤣

[@omoowobhd]

Regardless of my opinion of Serch, this album is a classic & a masterpiece which I still listen to & own on cassette...Btw, Don Newkirk recently passed away who was affiliated with 3rd Bass...

[@cheroncarter1056]

3rdbass is hip hop all day

[@BlueBeastFilms]

Good work on this, fella...

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you!

[@whateveritwasitis]

My baby momma lives in onoenta next to cooperstown .so did I for a lil time.i had no idea he was there all that time

[@danofiremano]

I really liked 3rd Bass & Serch's solo recording was pretty awesome too. I think he did more than Pete Nice ever has!

[@BigDapPacino]

3rd Bass also used to roll with the Stimulated Dummies collective that featured Kurious Jorge and Pudgee Tha Phat Bastard...KMD also knew a lot of the same people ...rest in peace to Don Newkirk who was the announcer on " The Gas Face" and of course, Zev Love X alias MF Doom...Serch was a privledged White kid who was given a pass to dance and battle rap on the NYC club city scene!

[@dexmulligan1075]

Stimulated Dummies was a production team that did not “feature” Kurious or Pudgee. Google is your friend.

[@siannes4599]

Absolutely I'm still bumping the cactus album regularly, huge old school hip hop head since 85. 💿📀🔥video brother⚡️

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you so much

[@carlrice1774]

I'm saying, if you're really down with hip-hop you are aware of 3rd Bass.

[@kingkelly44]

Do one on KMD!

[@michaelf3653]

Saw them live at Rugters University, at the Livingston student center in Piscataway, NJ. Must have been in early 1992. They were CLEARLY done with it, barely looking at each other and making as little effort as possible with their show. They obviously didn't want to be there. I dragged all my freshmen pals to see them, even though they never heard of 3rd Bass at the time. I caught lots of heat for the way they performed, that's for sure. Lol. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was their last show together the way it went down. Still, two great albums and possibly the pinnacle of the sample era.

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Loved the Gas Face and bought the Cactus album of the back of that which I was also good.

[@dexmulligan1075]

Richie Rich wasn’t really involved with the Cactus Project. At the time 3rd Bass’ DJ was a guy named White Knight. He did the cuts on the album. Rich did the tour and stepped in on the “Product On The Environment” remix (and the remix album) I believe and then everything on Derelicts….

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thanks for the info 👍

[@Soldier_Sean]

Mc serch is such a hypocrite , I side with Pete nice

[@BradYaeger]

The guy playing Vanilla Ice in the Pop Goes the Weasel video is Henry Rollins

[@alimantado373]

£rd Bass were the rival to Gangstarr in my memory. I brought every album! from both.

[@frankiefingerz8047]

Nah i never forgot about 3rd bass they have a few of my fav hip hop songs of all time product of the environment remix & gas face

[@psychman555]

Nice job, sir 👍

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you so much my friend

[@christopherporterfield8816]

They even did a reunion at Woodstock back in 1999

[@islandbee]

Never forgot about 3rd Bass.

[@israeljohnson9843]

I had this tape is was AWESOME!!!

[@shanswanwaters5822]

I absolutely love WORDS OF WISDOM !!!!

[@danfitz6783]

In my opinion the best thing 3rd Bass did for music was inspire Beastie Boys "Professor Booty" which was one of the best diss tracks of the 90's. That's it.

[@olddboodaa4395]

Didn't forget about them at all. One of my fav. Talk about a fall out. Sad.

[@KANUCHRONICLES]

They were my 1st HipHop live show and it was cool AF, it was around the time they were gonna break up and I could tell but they still were nice. I think them doing an argument podcast would be hilarious actually, like 2 old former friends now just bitter & mean as junkyard dogs hashing out old nonsense is fun entertainment.

[@Emcee_Shan]

I’d like to hear them work it out as well. I don’t think it’ll ever happen but alas wishful thinking! Thank you for commenting.

[@johnmince1303]

The guy who played Vanilla Ice in Pop Goes the Weasel is Henry Rollins!

[@tobiaspain]

I’ve had a 20+ year grudge against Prime Pete. Took my girl to a concert in Brooklyn and waited in the rain for an autograph because my girl wanted it. Search and Richie Rich gave us autographs and said hello. Petey poked his head out of the back door where we were the ONLY ones waiting. “ Hey Prime Minister, can my girl get an autograph?” He looked at us and said “ yeah, hold on”. He ducked back inside and after about 15 min we were told he left out another door. One 18 yr old kid and his girlfriend waiting in the freakin rain, Pete. You’re forever a douche for that.

[@imshaunnurse]

you gotta understand the issues they had with each other.

[@Tonybologne805]

This video should be viewed only by kids born after 1999 cause we all remember 3rd Bass. Serch is good any hood in San Diego

[@awwwnawwbruh]

They are not forgotten by true headz...they even featured a young MF Doom on "The Gas Face" as a member of KMD...

[@Ramble79]

KMD came up with the term Gas Face. RiP Doom and subroc

[@kandr21400]

Pop Goes the Weasel was my favorite.

[@char1737]

Oh my God the gas face, Pop goes the weasel so much goodness !

[@DennisAllums]

Just because MC Hammer danced people thought he was soft. I heard no one was harder and more dangerous. He was always stepping to rappers to fight. The smart backed down and away.

[@30907bng]

Pete Nice was from Floral Park Long Island.

[@100timessquare]

Pete Nice is from Brooklyn

[@slainteron4027]

Yep, never heard of them, not surprised as I don't follow that genre. But good video.

[@Emcee_Shan]

Thank you for watching and leaving a comment my friend.

[@savagelychill2858]

They’re not both from Queens. Pete Nice is from Brooklyn.

[@kellyj.azania4371]

As soon as I heard the "Sledgehammer" intro, they had me. "Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop."

[@jamesearlcash1758]

The two in question were a fly by night group that was put together by record execs after they were seen and heard battling each other at The Latin Quarters night club and other spots They never got along and to this day they have beef with one another.

[@heathflagtvedt5769]

dancing around like they think they're janet jackson.

[@vanmedya8699]

90s was the golden age

[@mg19cal]

Back in the day I always thought Pete Nice was like a way older dude because of his cane. At least he sold his gimmick well

[@eljefemaximo5420]

I never understood half of what 3rd base said. You had to be deep in the NYC hip hop scene to get most of their inferences. What's a Emus? Who's L Roy Cohen?

[@WalterSobchak1000]

Still think the Cactus Album stands up as one of the best ever rap albums

[@AL_KING777]

Nobody forgot about 3rd bass, especially Humpty Hump. Plus I think MF doom was linked up with them.

[@ncruz7609]

These boy where the coldest