Let me school you on a few things. Back in the 70's, 80's and early 90's we didn't care what color you were, if you are truly down. 3rd Bass was one of those white groups that were down. If you grew up in the culture, respected it and had skills, your color, race didn't matter. One of the big issues I have about today is how everything is put into categories or boxes and if you don't fit a group you can't partake in a certain culture. BTW the last rapper was MF DOOM...R.I.P #oneblood #onelove
@@cheapagamer55 What the fuck are you going on about? 😆 I wa speaking in context of the music. BTW Jim Crow ended in 1965 and we are talking about hip hop in the late 80's and early 90's. Relax there talcom x.
That was totally the vibe I got growing up as a rural Canadian, from a lot of the music of the era... Real hip-hop is a 'religion' of peace, love, self-improvement, athletics, DIY, amd freedom... It got weird somewhere along the way... And neither of you are wrong, just, despite how close to 60s Civil Rights it was, it WAS a reflection of what had been fought for, even in the atrocious city conditions of the time... It wasn't open-open, but if you could prove your worth to hip-hop, you were accepted by it...
@@loneronin79 I wasn't referring to anything politically racial. I understand fully that America had and still has major problems with racism. My point was about the music. If anyone thinks that hip hip was only black culture, they don't know the history. The inception of hip hop was black, Latino and white. Many white brother and sisters were taggers, writers, DJ's, MC's and B-Boys. Let's not forget that.
The Prime Minister "Pete Nice" from 3rd Bass opened up the one and only Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, NY.. Over the years, Pete Nice was an avid collector of all sorts of hip hop memorabilia. He's actually got Run DMC's shell top Adidas, Flavor Flav's clock and LL Cool J's kango on display. That spot is too dope of a throwback featuring all the pioneers that paved the way..
I know this is old but I'm glad you realized what groups like 3rd Bass was all about. Their subsequent album Derelicts of Dialect was deeper, maybe not as playful as the first and is still my favorite album they did. They went after Vanilla Ice on that one. Serch was also one of the earlier people that helped bring Nas to fame.
It is impressive that back in the early 1990s 3rd Bass were Woke enough to speak out against injustice against Black people, and on basically their breakout song. The rapper in the chair is Pimp Minister Pete-Nice, the cat with glasses and the tall fade is MC Serch, and the beats are laid down by DJ Richie Rich who was one of the very first DJs America ever saw do full-on turntablism on national TV (remember the Arsenio Hall show?) Thanks for the awesome trip back in time on this track, and keep up the great work! Rest in power, MF DOOM, co-writer on this track with Serch, Pete Nice, and Prince Paul
Zev Love X is now known as MF DOOM R.I.P. From 3rd Bass check out Product of the Environment, and Brooklyn-Queens. If you start getting in to MF DOOM check out DOOMSDAY.
When Hammer 1st came out they posed him and ghosted some of his lyrics some executive did.cause they saw how New York. With moniove , BDP,Eric sermon,Chubb Rock Heavy D,,Tribe called Quest, Black sheep Big Daddy Kane. De la soul, Jungle Brothers,Leaders of the New scho the East coast Was where it was at or you.needed to be so west coast went totally different direction. Because all the LAPD racist shit. That still happens. Not saying all cops are bad but if puss ass england. Just gets tougher cops Our country is getting lazy I've watched cops run out of.breath chAsing people way faster. You use Ed to have to chasecrooks. Not just in a. Car. West Coast Rap because the way they were treated and what they had seen goingdown there. then they did it between ice-t coming off of Colors'I Another movie and soundtrack. I am a nightmare walking psychopath talking" Between ice-T writing that and Cube his cousin Del the Funky Homosapian who later became Del from the Gorillaz. that and Pharcyde along with the Alcoholiks was. The answer to West Coasts answer to less violent wrap. With Cube a nd N.W.A writing his their lyrics and the Alcoholiks which Xbit came from them.At.About that time LL came out with Mamma Said Knock you out. Hammer. shifted to the dancing gimmick along with Vanilla ice pop solo. Couple hit wonder club songs along 2 hit wonders
@Kingdgslim was but I was talk texting there was a lot .more I just gave up cause it kept misunderstand ing me . I'm a Florida boy Grew up in Orlando. we only had Uncle Luke and the 2live crew and the. Baby 2 live crew the Poison clan in Miami. In Orlando we n justhad. DJ MAGIC MIKE AND DROP THAT BASS. IT WAS ALL BASS MUSIC. HERE WE HAD TO GET OUR EAST COAST WEST COAST MUSIC ON RAP CITY AND 106 AND PARK. The closest we had to rap back then which is pretty much horror rap. It I loved it was The Geto Boys. Then eventually ATL started hitting and Houston and Memphis with 8 ball and MJG. Florida starting early 90s. In Orlando and Tampa was where they started having all the crazy raves at Firestone and Jamaican me crazy on Fridays. Just reminiscing the best time for me or my favourite era in hip hop was from about Slick Rick, Rakim Wu Tang ,Grave Diggaz, Mad Das efx, Krs1. Biggie,Gang Starr.,Red man LL ,Beasties, Digable. Planets Jurrassic 5. .camp low to the west coast Too Short ,Pharcyde Cypress hill ,Westside connection, NWA Easy, Alcoholiks the Beat nuts. DJ Honda, Green Lantern Funk Master Flex.I think early 90s to late 2010s were the best time. We actually had fun . not just taming pictures of us pretending to.
3rd Bass were on Def Jam label. Songs: Products of the environment Step into the a.m. Brooklyn Queens Pop goes the weasel Portrait of the artist as a hood (album version) But by far their best lyrical jam is- Words of wisdom. Fun fact MC Search found Nas and produced his 1st album.
Fun fact: 3rd Bass dissed Beastie Boys on the track "Sons of 3rd Bass," but got destroyed by MCA on the track "Professor Booty." And that was the end of it. In fact, years later, MC search straight up said if they ever made another 3rd Bass album, they'd have to put an apology song to Beastie Boys on it.
I'm a little bit late to this video but I'm going to hook you up. MC Serch and Pete Nice were white kids that grew up in the hood. They saw the oppression and discrimination first hand. Serch being a Jewish kid got to feel some of it too. So who were those people you didn't recognize in the video. The very first person for the intro looking all wacky was Doug E. Doug the comedian. He was just coming up when he jumped on to be in the video. You might remember him as Sanka in "Cool Runnings" about the Jamaican Bobsled team at the Olympics. He's still acting and doing comedy but he has a nice catalog of work that he's been in. The next person you didn't know the name of was the comedian Gilbert Gottfried. At the time of this video, he was just starting to get recognized but he really blew up after and can be seen in a lot of TV and movies. You asked about that guest rapper towards the end. That was Zev Love X who was a member of KMD at the time. KMD was like a Rap/R&B boyband at the time that never really got big. Zev ended up leaving the group and rebranding himself as MF Doom but faded away without ever getting any airplay. In the video you noticed a lot of other talent, here's why. 3rd Base had a lot of cred and respect for pure and simple talent. They made all kinds of friends within the industry by working WITH other teams rather than against them. They made friends in other production stables. DefJam, Herbie Lovebug's, Prince Paul's, etc etc. And when they went public with their own recordings, they had strong endorsements from these other artists and production companies who sometimes just showed up to the video shoots. Gas Face was 3rd Base's debut video and many of them wanted to be included to show support. The beef with Hammer. There were a lot of rappers who didn't appreciate Hammer for two big reasons. First of all, he was a very talented performer and excellent dancer, no one disputed that. However, unlike other rappers who wrote their own rhymes and laid out their own beats, after Hammer's debut, his production company took care of all that for him. They hired his writers and music production team to do the work for him. The second reason is because he hit the music business lottery. He got signed to a major label and went from street kid to flamboyant diva practically overnight. There are some who argue that he bought dishonor to the craft with his behavior. To add insult to injury, he showed poor judgment and business sense that was an embarrassment for many in the music industry when he literally ended up broke in just a few short years. And then lets discuss the argument of Cultural Appreciation with white rappers. When Vanilla Ice made his first rap video, he literally had to hire Black actors to play his friends. He was a white guy from Florida who grew up in an affluent neighborhood racing motorbikes but he still wanted to rap about a thug life that he never lived. Hmmm, that sounds fishy. Eminem rapped about the life he lived whether it was pretty or ugly. Beastie Boys weren't trying to be street, they wanted to rap about what they knew. Real rappers write what they know and live. MC Serch and Pete Nice came up on our streets and knew our life because they lived in our world and rapped about it. When other rappers were being accused of cultural appropriation, 3rd Base weren't. As someone in his 50's who came up in Brooklyn during the birth of Hip Hop and the B-boy break dancing on the street generation, you just got the inside scoop from someone who was there when it was happening. From what I hear, these days MC Serch is working for a music company or something related to that and Pete Nice runs a sports memorabilia company. And they all lived happily ever after.
Gilbert Gottfried is the comedian. Pete Nice was in the chair. Not Rock, Rap. Black rapper was Zev Love X from KMD who later became MF Doom after his brother DJ Subroc got killed, (the one he says doesn't get the gasface with the twists), hell of a DJ and producer. As you can see, they came out for them. There are vids on the 3rd Bass/Hammer feud.
Keep the old school reactions coming. Great to see the appreciation for classic hip hop as well as the classic rock jams you’re doing. Since you’re checking out 3rd Bass, for me, Wordz of Wizdom was the standout from their first album. That track showed they had a strong flow. Sons of 3rd Bass was also a good track, a diss record where they came at the Beastie Boys.
It’s the one that gave them credibility. Their other songs go the comedic route but still contain substance. Some people who never heard of 3rd Base until now might think they are corny, since the art-form has evolved so much since the 80s but as we know they were taken serious as artists back in the day.
Their Ice Ice Baby diss Pop Goes the Weasel was their biggest hit, reaching the top of the rap charts, but Steppin to the AM is definitely the superior single.
My 3rd Bass list for next reactions: Wordz of Wisdom. Arguably their best track, great beat and they both bring great flow. Steppin To The AM. Always loved this beat, solid old school hip hop dance track. Oval Office. Beat on this one was from The Bomb Squad... but the lyrics are a tad... uhhh.. sexually suggestive. So might not be a fit for the channel, but always loved the track.
I only remember this and "Pop Goes The Weasel" which is a diss to Vanilla Ice. They sampled Stevie Wonders "YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN" which was a diss to President Richard Nixon and featured The Jackson 5 on backing vocals.
It's funny with the whole woke thing going on lately. I'm like, did the media totally ignore 80s/early90s hip hop lol? There was so much knowledge being dropped, but I guess the beats were so crazy and amazing that people missed it. Tribe, De La Soul, PE, 3rd Bass, Beastie Boys, X-Clan and a ton of others were on contant play in my room as a kid. I also love when i was wearing a MFDoom hoodie and some kid gave me ish like I didn't know him. I looked at him, smiled, and said, "Well, what about Zev Love X? You like him?". "I don't listen to trash" was his reply. Lol kids are funny.
I was born in '72. Grew up with Zapp, Gap Band etc, then finally.. hip hop hit the scene with MC Shy D, Boogie Boys, Gigolo Tony, Steady B, Marley Marl , Gucci Crew, UTFO, Roxanne, Big Daddy Kane, BDP, Twin Hype....... Making a mix tape right now brought me here. Later in the 80's 3rd bass was jammin. Check out MC Serch's solo albums
The anti-Hammer sentiment came from 2 things. First, Hammer insinuated that he was better than Run DMC and LL Cool J in a verse on "Turn This Motha Out". Plus, Hammer was seen by the "hardcore" MC's as a "poppy" sellout. So, 3rd Bass saw themselves as riding for the culture. This could've went south because Hammer's brother was a Crip and put a hit out on them. They had to hire an OG to travel with them to the West Coast to defuse any conflicts... and there were a few.
3rd Bass was for real. They paid their dues by hitting all the hard core Hip-Hop spots in the toughest NY neighborhoods before getting put on. They love & rep the Hip-Hop culture no matter color of skin. Yes, MC Search can step & spit 100 % ! Also. MC Search is credited with getting Nas noticed. Love my NY tri-state Hip-Hop !
MC Serch was from Redfern Projects in Far Rockaway Queens-Edgemere section/the "edge of the universe". Far Rockaway was Queens' "Bushwick by the bay.As hardcore as any NYC hood
A yo Van! That 3rd rapper is noe better known as MF DOOM. Please check him out. He's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. His beats and lyricism are so influential. He's got so many other personas too! Straight from a comic book man. RIP MF DOOM. ALL CAPS!
ONE LOVE MIKE!!! And 1. Why aren't we friends? 2. Why aren't you Subbed to the Channel? 3. Why aren't you a Patron inside the Patreon helping of Kill The Game?
3rd Bass is as deep-rooted in Hip Hop as it gets. Serch is the one who helped put Nas on. He was in a position to negotiate on Nas behalf and he got Nas a fair, I think even a good, record deal. DJ Richie Rich (Daddy Rich) was among the best deejays of the time. 3rd Bass is absolutely, hands down, in the upper echelon of the Hip Hop Annals. The Cactus Album is a masterpiece of Hip Hop.
3rd bass song Brooklyn queens , total awesomeness. On their cactus album the song suns of third bass is them trying to call out the beastie boys, however the beasties gave no look.
This was probably already addressed seeing as this video is a year and a half old but the reason they dissed Hammer in this video\song was because Hammer was dissin Run DMC & other rap pioneers in some of his songs. Notice how DMC & Jam Master Jay are taking part in the kicking of the plastic hammer lol
Gilbert Godfried is the comedian. He was known for being loud and annoying as hell. You keep pointing out these are "white dudes"...back then we just didn't focus on that shit. Now days, it's all people look at. There was no "cultural appropriation" crap back then. We all just got along. It was an awesome time. Rap, house, hip-hop, rock, pop, r-n-b...it was all great. It mostly sucks now. We need more Anita Bakers, Keith Sweats, Heavy Ds, Salt n Peppas, Princes, Boyz II Men's, H-Towns, Brownstones, etc. REAL talent, real voices. Music and entertainment...not trash.
Zev love x aka MF DOOM,Viktor Vaughn or King Geedorah from KMD. You should check out their music, especially the track bananapeel blues off the Mr. Hood album.
Pop goes the weasel was a more popular song back then, and lots white rappers got teased but people like millie vanilla got more shit than most white rappers
So many icons in that video. Yoooo, that couldn't really be the first time ya heard Gas Face?!?! Still can't belive DOOM is gone RIP DJ Subroc DOOM, Zev Love X
Rip MFdoom. The third rapper.
See LFR!!! I’ve posted the past several videos now! MF DOOM - BEEF RAP!
MF DOOM (madvillain) figaro
@@PRESTO-ERNESTO Another great choice!
Zev Love X ! RIP Metal Fingers!!
*MF DOOM
Let me school you on a few things. Back in the 70's, 80's and early 90's we didn't care what color you were, if you are truly down. 3rd Bass was one of those white groups that were down. If you grew up in the culture, respected it and had skills, your color, race didn't matter. One of the big issues I have about today is how everything is put into categories or boxes and if you don't fit a group you can't partake in a certain culture. BTW the last rapper was MF DOOM...R.I.P #oneblood #onelove
@@cheapagamer55 What the fuck are you going on about? 😆 I wa speaking in context of the music. BTW Jim Crow ended in 1965 and we are talking about hip hop in the late 80's and early 90's. Relax there talcom x.
*MF DOOM
That was totally the vibe I got growing up as a rural Canadian, from a lot of the music of the era... Real hip-hop is a 'religion' of peace, love, self-improvement, athletics, DIY, amd freedom... It got weird somewhere along the way...
And neither of you are wrong, just, despite how close to 60s Civil Rights it was, it WAS a reflection of what had been fought for, even in the atrocious city conditions of the time... It wasn't open-open, but if you could prove your worth to hip-hop, you were accepted by it...
Facts.
@@loneronin79 I wasn't referring to anything politically racial. I understand fully that America had and still has major problems with racism. My point was about the music. If anyone thinks that hip hip was only black culture, they don't know the history. The inception of hip hop was black, Latino and white. Many white brother and sisters were taggers, writers, DJ's, MC's and B-Boys. Let's not forget that.
Steppin to the AM, Brooklyn Queens, Pop goes the Weasel, Gasface were their biggest hits .
And for solo work Here It Comes, Back To Grill Again for MC Serch
Steppin to the AM is so ill
Products of the Environment too!
Next up, Don?
A special appearance by KMD's Zev Love X.
Rest In Beats DOOM.
The comedian is Gilbert Gottfried, he is also the parrot in Aladdin.
And also a goddamn American treasure!
He's on cyber chase on PBS kids too
Bro he was in Problem Child!
He was the AFLAC duck for a minute too
I know he been in tons of stuff, if you know you know, but if you don`t you still heard him as the parrot in Aladdin.
The Prime Minister "Pete Nice" from 3rd Bass opened up the one and only Hip Hop Museum in the Bronx, NY.. Over the years, Pete Nice was an avid collector of all sorts of hip hop memorabilia. He's actually got Run DMC's shell top Adidas, Flavor Flav's clock and LL Cool J's kango on display. That spot is too dope of a throwback featuring all the pioneers that paved the way..
3rd Bass - "Pop Goes The Weasel" and "Product Of The Environment"
"Wordz of Wisdom"
Brooklyn Queens is a good one too.
There it is there it is, black and white black and white.
Steppin to the AM!
RIP Doom. He was the third rapper. React to some MF Doom please!
ALL CAPS PLEASE
@@seanfrank32 MF DOOM RESPECT!
I know this is old but I'm glad you realized what groups like 3rd Bass was all about. Their subsequent album Derelicts of Dialect was deeper, maybe not as playful as the first and is still my favorite album they did. They went after Vanilla Ice on that one. Serch was also one of the earlier people that helped bring Nas to fame.
You have to do MC Serch "Back to the Grill" (featuring Chubb Rock, Nas and Red Hot Lover Tone)
Chubbster, word up!!
@@intolerant_left Chub owned that song
It is impressive that back in the early 1990s 3rd Bass were Woke enough to speak out against injustice against Black people, and on basically their breakout song. The rapper in the chair is Pimp Minister Pete-Nice, the cat with glasses and the tall fade is MC Serch, and the beats are laid down by DJ Richie Rich who was one of the very first DJs America ever saw do full-on turntablism on national TV (remember the Arsenio Hall show?) Thanks for the awesome trip back in time on this track, and keep up the great work!
Rest in power, MF DOOM, co-writer on this track with Serch, Pete Nice, and Prince Paul
Prime Minister Pete Nice.
Actually Sam Sever did their beats too.
Zev Love X is now known as MF DOOM R.I.P. From 3rd Bass check out Product of the Environment, and Brooklyn-Queens. If you start getting in to MF DOOM check out DOOMSDAY.
Anybody remember MC Serch and Prince Paul as hosts of the "White Rapper Show?"
Someone uploaded the whole series on here. I binged on it the other day.
Stepping to the A.M. another great track from them. Zed love X from KMD(another underrated group from the 90’s) RIP MFDOOM #ALLCAPS
The third dude is Zev Lover X from a group named KMD. Check out their song "Peachfuzz." He later on became know as MF Doom.
ALL CAPS!
@maineiacial Say you don't know 💩 without saying you don't know 💩 😂
@@40EastTrill remember buying this album back inna day. think i got sex packets the same day. music was real back then
@@maineiacialI had the album too. You didn't know that Zev Love was MF Doom?
@40EastTrill ofc i did bro. thats why i suggested Barcade. i wanna introduce the lyrical genius, Aesop Rock
MC Hammer dissed RUN DMC in his first two music videos. That's why 3rd Bass don't like Hammer
Hammer put out a contract on their lives. MC Search said he went to therapy 3 times a week for 25 years and he's finally starting to get past it
When Hammer 1st came out they posed him and ghosted some of his lyrics some executive did.cause they saw how New York. With moniove , BDP,Eric sermon,Chubb Rock Heavy D,,Tribe called Quest, Black sheep Big Daddy Kane. De la soul, Jungle Brothers,Leaders of the New scho the East coast Was where it was at or you.needed to be so west coast went totally different direction. Because all the LAPD racist shit. That still happens. Not saying all cops are bad but if puss ass england. Just gets tougher cops Our country is getting lazy I've watched cops run out of.breath chAsing people way faster. You use
Ed to have to chasecrooks. Not just in a.
Car. West Coast Rap because the way they were treated and what they had seen goingdown there. then they did it between ice-t coming off of Colors'I Another movie and soundtrack. I am a nightmare walking psychopath talking" Between ice-T writing that and Cube his cousin Del the Funky Homosapian who later became Del from the Gorillaz. that and Pharcyde along with the Alcoholiks was. The answer to West Coasts answer to less violent wrap. With Cube a nd N.W.A writing his their lyrics and the Alcoholiks which Xbit came from them.At.About that time LL came out with Mamma Said Knock you out. Hammer. shifted to the dancing gimmick along with Vanilla ice pop solo. Couple hit wonder club songs along 2 hit wonders
@Kingdgslim was but I was talk texting there was a lot .more I just gave up cause it kept misunderstand ing me . I'm a Florida boy Grew up in Orlando. we only had Uncle Luke and the 2live crew and the. Baby 2 live crew the Poison clan in Miami. In Orlando we n justhad. DJ MAGIC MIKE AND DROP THAT BASS. IT WAS ALL BASS MUSIC. HERE WE HAD TO GET OUR EAST COAST WEST COAST MUSIC ON RAP CITY AND 106 AND PARK. The closest we had to rap back then which is pretty much horror rap. It I loved it was The Geto Boys. Then eventually ATL started hitting and Houston and Memphis with 8 ball and MJG. Florida starting early 90s. In Orlando and Tampa was where they started having all the crazy raves at Firestone and Jamaican me crazy on Fridays. Just reminiscing the best time for me or my favourite era in hip hop was from about Slick Rick, Rakim Wu Tang ,Grave Diggaz, Mad Das efx, Krs1. Biggie,Gang Starr.,Red man LL ,Beasties, Digable. Planets Jurrassic 5. .camp low to the west coast Too Short ,Pharcyde Cypress hill ,Westside connection, NWA Easy, Alcoholiks the Beat nuts. DJ Honda, Green Lantern Funk Master Flex.I think early 90s to late 2010s were the best time. We actually had fun . not just taming pictures of us pretending to.
@@robjackson2321 DJ Laz
Thank you for clearing that up
3rd Bass were on Def Jam label.
Songs:
Products of the environment
Step into the a.m.
Brooklyn Queens
Pop goes the weasel
Portrait of the artist as a hood (album version)
But by far their best lyrical jam is- Words of wisdom.
Fun fact MC Search found Nas and produced his 1st album.
the last one Elroy Cohen is Lyor Cohen who was actually one of the managers and producers at Def Jam when they were there
Fun fact: 3rd Bass dissed Beastie Boys on the track "Sons of 3rd Bass," but got destroyed by MCA on the track "Professor Booty." And that was the end of it. In fact, years later, MC search straight up said if they ever made another 3rd Bass album, they'd have to put an apology song to Beastie Boys on it.
Specifically, “If a Beastie was my fetus, I’d have it aborted.”
The comedian is Gilbert Gottfried. Voice of Iago (Aladdin) and the Aflac duck. He's also one of the dirtiest and darkest comics around.
you need to hit up some EPMD... Eric and Parish Making Dollas (edit: you mention them at the end LOLZ)
YEEEEESSSSS
Third Bass was on Def Jam with LL, EPMD and Public Enemy. I think you already know the connection with Run DMC and Def Jam.
MC Serch from Far Rockaway Queens Pete from Brooklyn Strait hood!
I'm a little bit late to this video but I'm going to hook you up.
MC Serch and Pete Nice were white kids that grew up in the hood. They saw the oppression and discrimination first hand. Serch being a Jewish kid got to feel some of it too.
So who were those people you didn't recognize in the video. The very first person for the intro looking all wacky was Doug E. Doug the comedian. He was just coming up when he jumped on to be in the video. You might remember him as Sanka in "Cool Runnings" about the Jamaican Bobsled team at the Olympics. He's still acting and doing comedy but he has a nice catalog of work that he's been in.
The next person you didn't know the name of was the comedian Gilbert Gottfried. At the time of this video, he was just starting to get recognized but he really blew up after and can be seen in a lot of TV and movies.
You asked about that guest rapper towards the end. That was Zev Love X who was a member of KMD at the time. KMD was like a Rap/R&B boyband at the time that never really got big. Zev ended up leaving the group and rebranding himself as MF Doom but faded away without ever getting any airplay.
In the video you noticed a lot of other talent, here's why. 3rd Base had a lot of cred and respect for pure and simple talent. They made all kinds of friends within the industry by working WITH other teams rather than against them. They made friends in other production stables. DefJam, Herbie Lovebug's, Prince Paul's, etc etc. And when they went public with their own recordings, they had strong endorsements from these other artists and production companies who sometimes just showed up to the video shoots. Gas Face was 3rd Base's debut video and many of them wanted to be included to show support.
The beef with Hammer. There were a lot of rappers who didn't appreciate Hammer for two big reasons. First of all, he was a very talented performer and excellent dancer, no one disputed that. However, unlike other rappers who wrote their own rhymes and laid out their own beats, after Hammer's debut, his production company took care of all that for him. They hired his writers and music production team to do the work for him. The second reason is because he hit the music business lottery. He got signed to a major label and went from street kid to flamboyant diva practically overnight. There are some who argue that he bought dishonor to the craft with his behavior. To add insult to injury, he showed poor judgment and business sense that was an embarrassment for many in the music industry when he literally ended up broke in just a few short years.
And then lets discuss the argument of Cultural Appreciation with white rappers. When Vanilla Ice made his first rap video, he literally had to hire Black actors to play his friends. He was a white guy from Florida who grew up in an affluent neighborhood racing motorbikes but he still wanted to rap about a thug life that he never lived. Hmmm, that sounds fishy. Eminem rapped about the life he lived whether it was pretty or ugly. Beastie Boys weren't trying to be street, they wanted to rap about what they knew. Real rappers write what they know and live. MC Serch and Pete Nice came up on our streets and knew our life because they lived in our world and rapped about it. When other rappers were being accused of cultural appropriation, 3rd Base weren't.
As someone in his 50's who came up in Brooklyn during the birth of Hip Hop and the B-boy break dancing on the street generation, you just got the inside scoop from someone who was there when it was happening.
From what I hear, these days MC Serch is working for a music company or something related to that and Pete Nice runs a sports memorabilia company.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Eric B "I Ain't No Joke"
Dude as a 57 year old man , it hurts me to see they way we are divided, we didnt care back then , all of us was banging the same jams
same same brother.
Man, I forgot that MF Doom rapped on this song way back then. Zev Love X. RIP. Thanks for the blast from the past
Love DOOM on KMD and Gas Face. Such a great artist. Gone too soon. RIP. Gas Face is such a great song. Everything by 3rd Bass is awesome!
Gilbert Gottfried is the comedian. Pete Nice was in the chair. Not Rock, Rap. Black rapper was Zev Love X from KMD who later became MF Doom after his brother DJ Subroc got killed, (the one he says doesn't get the gasface with the twists), hell of a DJ and producer. As you can see, they came out for them. There are vids on the 3rd Bass/Hammer feud.
You should react to Serch's story bout Hammer putting a hit out on 3rd Bass. 😆
He said he went to therapy 3 times a week for like 25 years and he's just starting to get passed it, if I remember correctly
Keep the old school reactions coming. Great to see the appreciation for classic hip hop as well as the classic rock jams you’re doing. Since you’re checking out 3rd Bass, for me, Wordz of Wizdom was the standout from their first album. That track showed they had a strong flow. Sons of 3rd Bass was also a good track, a diss record where they came at the Beastie Boys.
Steppin to the AM was their biggest hit. I think its their best track too.
It’s the one that gave them credibility. Their other songs go the comedic route but still contain substance. Some people who never heard of 3rd Base until now might think they are corny, since the art-form has evolved so much since the 80s but as we know they were taken serious as artists back in the day.
Their Ice Ice Baby diss Pop Goes the Weasel was their biggest hit, reaching the top of the rap charts, but Steppin to the AM is definitely the superior single.
I wore that song out!!!!
My 3rd Bass list for next reactions:
Wordz of Wisdom. Arguably their best track, great beat and they both bring great flow.
Steppin To The AM. Always loved this beat, solid old school hip hop dance track.
Oval Office. Beat on this one was from The Bomb Squad... but the lyrics are a tad... uhhh.. sexually suggestive. So might not be a fit for the channel, but always loved the track.
Geeezus I’ve been waiting on some real hiphop classic! Dope!
Pete Nice was the coolest white dude in the world back then. If you see him now he has not aged too well. Legendary group though!
Hell yea old school third base. Kick him in the grill Pete.
3rd Base is one of my all timers that NO ONE talks about any longer
It's been over 30 years since I've heard this or thought of 3rd Base. Very crazy feeling.
The third rapper you asked about was none other than the recently passed legend MFDOOM back during his days with KMD.
You started with Pete Nice, MC Serch and DJ Richie Rich. And you have Zev Love X from K.M.D.
The rap from 1987 to 1994 was the best there ever was and ever will be
I only remember this and "Pop Goes The Weasel" which is a diss to Vanilla Ice. They sampled Stevie Wonders "YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN" which was a diss to President Richard Nixon and featured The Jackson 5 on backing vocals.
3rd rapper was Zev Love X from KMD, mostly known now as MF DOOM. rip DOOM
"Dancin around like you think you're Janet Jackson" - MCA killing Serch on Professor Booty.
Yeah, they did a Beastie diss track but the Beasties left them in the dust
@@Dadmasterjames precisely my point.
It's funny with the whole woke thing going on lately. I'm like, did the media totally ignore 80s/early90s hip hop lol? There was so much knowledge being dropped, but I guess the beats were so crazy and amazing that people missed it. Tribe, De La Soul, PE, 3rd Bass, Beastie Boys, X-Clan and a ton of others were on contant play in my room as a kid.
I also love when i was wearing a MFDoom hoodie and some kid gave me ish like I didn't know him. I looked at him, smiled, and said, "Well, what about Zev Love X? You like him?".
"I don't listen to trash" was his reply. Lol kids are funny.
The first rapper was Prime Minister Pete Nice
I was born in '72. Grew up with Zapp, Gap Band etc, then finally.. hip hop hit the scene with MC Shy D, Boogie Boys, Gigolo Tony, Steady B, Marley Marl , Gucci Crew, UTFO, Roxanne, Big Daddy Kane, BDP, Twin Hype....... Making a mix tape right now brought me here. Later in the 80's 3rd bass was jammin. Check out MC Serch's solo albums
Brooklyn Queens is another good 3rd Bass jam.
MC Hammer was nobody to fck with though. Redman & Too Short two of many who got stories on Stanley Burrell. 💯💯
Peter Nash/aka Prime Minister (Sinister) Pete Nice!
Gilbert Gottfried.... Third Base were Icons loved them I had the first two cassettes they put out.
The anti-Hammer sentiment came from 2 things. First, Hammer insinuated that he was better than Run DMC and LL Cool J in a verse on "Turn This Motha Out". Plus, Hammer was seen by the "hardcore" MC's as a "poppy" sellout. So, 3rd Bass saw themselves as riding for the culture.
This could've went south because Hammer's brother was a Crip and put a hit out on them. They had to hire an OG to travel with them to the West Coast to defuse any conflicts... and there were a few.
Also I heard somewhere else that Serch challenged Hammer to a freestyle dance battle and Hammer told him to f-off as he drove away in his caddy.
And got Vanilla Ice good in "Pop goes the Weasel"
3rd Bass was for real. They paid their dues by hitting all the hard core Hip-Hop spots in the toughest NY neighborhoods before getting put on. They love & rep the Hip-Hop culture no matter color of skin. Yes, MC Search can step & spit 100 % ! Also. MC Search is credited with getting Nas noticed. Love my NY tri-state Hip-Hop !
MC Serch was from Redfern Projects in Far Rockaway Queens-Edgemere section/the "edge of the universe". Far Rockaway was Queens' "Bushwick by the bay.As hardcore as any NYC hood
NYC 3rd Bass, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Tribe Called Quest
3rd Bass is cool but ya gotta know Special Ed. I'm the Magnificent and The Mission.
A yo Van! That 3rd rapper is noe better known as MF DOOM. Please check him out. He's your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. His beats and lyricism are so influential. He's got so many other personas too! Straight from a comic book man. RIP MF DOOM. ALL CAPS!
Yes sir. I rocked with 3rd Base back in the day.
NOBODY CAN FUCK WITH 3RD BASS! They were brothas with light skin! Rear Like A 50 pound Diamond!
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The Comedians name is Gilbert Gottfried (R.I.P)
In the 80's these boys were up there with the best of them. Them and Beasties was music we got high on. Good ole days!
You’re response to search trying to dance was classic
the entire Cactus Album is Dope! Serious writing! I still have the original album and cassette!
Finally..👍❣️ peace Vato,from N Cali..good music ❗
Gilbert Gottfried plays the shark record executive
3rd Bass is as deep-rooted in Hip Hop as it gets. Serch is the one who helped put Nas on. He was in a position to negotiate on Nas behalf and he got Nas a fair, I think even a good, record deal. DJ Richie Rich (Daddy Rich) was among the best deejays of the time. 3rd Bass is absolutely, hands down, in the upper echelon of the Hip Hop Annals. The Cactus Album is a masterpiece of Hip Hop.
The comedian's name is Gilbert Godfrey
3rd bass song Brooklyn queens , total awesomeness. On their cactus album the song suns of third bass is them trying to call out the beastie boys, however the beasties gave no look.
The Brooklyn queens
Think about this... these guys put this out in 1988, that deep in the culture in 1988!!
This was probably already addressed seeing as this video is a year and a half old but the reason they dissed Hammer in this video\song was because Hammer was dissin Run DMC & other rap pioneers in some of his songs. Notice how DMC & Jam Master Jay are taking part in the kicking of the plastic hammer lol
The golden age of hip hop!!
All DEF JAM ARTISTS-FAMILY 'Gas Face' one of my favorites, thanks for the commentary, homie
Pop Goes the Weasel was ironically their breakthrough crossover hit.
Mc Serch will forever be my favorite white emcee cause of this verse.
The comedian is Gilbert Gottfried. He was the voice of the parrot iago in Aladdin.
Gilbert Godfried is the comedian. He was known for being loud and annoying as hell. You keep pointing out these are "white dudes"...back then we just didn't focus on that shit. Now days, it's all people look at. There was no "cultural appropriation" crap back then. We all just got along. It was an awesome time. Rap, house, hip-hop, rock, pop, r-n-b...it was all great. It mostly sucks now. We need more Anita Bakers, Keith Sweats, Heavy Ds, Salt n Peppas, Princes, Boyz II Men's, H-Towns, Brownstones, etc. REAL talent, real voices. Music and entertainment...not trash.
3rd Bass!!!!!!!!!
Love 3rd Bass!
You want Old School? UTFO "Roxanne Roxanne". RIP Kangol Kid
This!!!! Original diss rap.
LOVED them and used to jam to them all the time....def check out Pop Goes the Weasel
YESSS!! Thank You. 6:51 R.I.P. MF DOOM!!
Please react to 3rd Base - The Cactus.
I was so dissapointed as a kid that Third Base wasn't big in my hood. I loved them guys, same time as Queen Latifa, MC Lyte.
Pete Nice is the dude in the chair, hammer was wack when he came into the game and worked hard to get respect
They had to be. They knew they had to be. They couldn't be pop. They wanted to accepted.
I like Soul in the Hole where they just rap over the straight Sister Sanctified sample. 🔥🔥🔥
80's hip hop was great.
Steppin to the AM is their best cut.
Zev love x aka MF DOOM,Viktor Vaughn or King Geedorah from KMD. You should check out their music, especially the track bananapeel blues off the Mr. Hood album.
I fporgot all about Gas Face ! Pop goes the WEasel was what i remebered most
Gilbert Godfried - Comedian.....and best voice of the AFLAC duck
His name is Zev Love X of KMD. You also know him now as the late great MF Doom. R.I.P.
Holy shit! I was in high school when this came out i loved these dudes. The cactus album was best
3rd bass. Me on a submarine. Real shit
The third rapper is Zev Love X aka MF Doom. RIP
Ultra Magnetic MC’s
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Raise it Up
product of the environment and wordz of wizdom were my fav. serious tracks and no goofing around.
Pop goes the weasel was a more popular song back then, and lots white rappers got teased but people like millie vanilla got more shit than most white rappers
Stepping to the am is fire
Seb love X of the group KMD later became MF Doom who just recently passed away. RIP
So many icons in that video. Yoooo, that couldn't really be the first time ya heard Gas Face?!?!
Still can't belive DOOM is gone
RIP
DJ Subroc
DOOM, Zev Love X