3rd Bass Biography

Biography of 3rd Bass. Detailed 3rd Bass profile and review.

3rd Bass was a pioneering early nineties rap group, notable for being one of the first white rap groups in history. With the Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass helped prove that white rap was viable both critically and commercially. MC Serch went solo and released Return of the Product, which includes the second major label recording of Nas, a now legendary rapper. Nice and Rich teamed up as Prime Minister Pete Nice and DJ Daddy Rich, and released Dust to Dust. Neither act achieved much popularity. Third Bass MC Serch went on to work at Wild Pitch, a now defunct label, then founded Serchlight Productions. Nice retired and opened a baseball memorabilia store in Cooperstown, New York.

MC Serch (b. Michael Berrin), Pete Nice (b. Pete Nash) and DJ Richie Rich (b. Richard Lawson) were the three founding members of the group; Richie Rich was the only African-American. Nice was a student at Columbia University and hosted a hip hop show on WKCR. MC Serch rapped at clubs and block parties and released a single called "Hey Boy" on Idlers, an independent label. Sam Sever, a producer, convinced Nice and Serch to work together. Sever, Prince Paul and the Bomb Squad produced The Cactus Album (aka Cee/D), a critically acclaimed debut LP. Then, 3rd Bass released Derelicts of Dialect, which included vicious teasing of Vanilla Ice, as well as guest appearances by KMD, Chubb Rock, and Nice and Smooth. The track critical of Vanilla Ice, "Pop Goes the Weasel", was the group's biggest chart single, and helped separate the two phenomena of Ice and 3rd Bass. Whereas Vanilla Ice was regarded as a culture thief who watered down the sound of rap, 3rd Bass managed to identify themselves as unambiguously white, but still respectful of hip hop's traditions.

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