The album was certified Gold within three months. It also reached the top 20 in New Zealand and found modest success in the UK. It became their biggest hit, reaching #29 on the US Pop Chart and topping the Rap Chart. Its lead single “Pop Goes The Weasel” was an attack on Vanilla Ice and his recent success crossing over to ‘hit pop’ with what 3rd Bass considered a lack of respect to the origins and soul of hip hop. In June of 1991, 3rd Bass released their second and final album Derelicts Of Dialect. Griff later said that he didn’t remember saying it (despite eyewitness insisting he did), then told the Washington Post, “I meant is watching us, little kids are saying, ‘Why you let 3rd Bass dis you?’ I never really wanted it to get ugly the way it did.” Thirdly, during an argument between Serch and Professor Griff (of Public Enemy) in the halls of Def Jam, Griff allegedly called Serch a “Jew bastard”. The Beasties responded with lines directed at Serch in their song “Professor Booty”. Secondly, the group dissed the Beastie Boys, who had just left Def Jam Records, in their track “Sons Of 3rd Bass”. According to Serch, Hammer then put a hit out on the group. ![]() However, Hammer interpreted the line as Pete Nice dissing his mother. First, Pete Nice used the name of Hammer’s 1988 single “Turn This Mutha Out” to diss to him in their song “Cactus”, simply to say they are better than him. Years later, The Source would name The Cactus Album as one of the 100 Best Rap Albums.ģrd Bass soon found themselves involved in controversy. In New Zealand, “The Gas Face” and “Brooklyn-Queens” were both top 40 hits. Overseas, those two singles plus “Brookyn-Queens” achieved modest success in the UK. ![]() “Steppin' To The A.M.” and “The Gas Face” both peaked at #5 on the US Rap Chart and The Cactus Album was certified Gold within six months. After a writer from The Village Voice exposed them, the group quickly became “the first critically respected white hip-hop group since the Beastie Boys”. They soon signed with Def Jam Records.ģrd Bass released their first single in 1989 without any press photos or interviews to intentionally hide the fact both rappers were white. The three began performing as 3 the Hard Way, later calling themselves 3rd Bass. At the time, Pete Nice hosted a hip hop radio show on Columbia University’s radio station with Richard “Richie Rich” Lawson. In 1986, white rapper Lord Scotch introduced Peter ‘Pete Nice’ Nash to Michael ‘MC Serch’ Berrin at the famous NY nightclub Latin Quarter.
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