http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.450&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rssIf early Beastie Boys was geared towards frat kids and Vanilla Ice appealed to their high school counterparts, then 3rd Bass was perhaps the first white hip-hop group that appealed to the growing throngs of Caucasians who grew up as die-hard enthusiasts of the genre. Comprised of emcees Serch (Michael Berrin), Pete Nice (Pete Nash) and DJ Richie Rich (Richard Lawson), 3rd Bass seemed to spring from nowhere in 1989 with their debut LP, <I>The Cactus Album</I>. With production by De La Soul's Prince Paul and Public Enemy's The Bomb Squad, <I>Cactus</I> is widely considered an early hip-hop classic. Serch's street-hardened voice and irreverent lyrics were a perfect foil for the more austere approach of Pete Nice. While that album and its single, "Gas Face," put them on the map, the Queens trio is best known for parodying Vanilla Ice on their breakout 1991 hit "Pop Goes the Weasel," the first single from the <I>Derelicts of Dialect</I> album. It was a brilliant strategy that not only garnered them a lot of publicity, but would also help distance 3rd Bass from the then-inevitable stereotypes of a Caucasian rap group. Subsequent albums never quite had the same artistic or commercial impact -- though Serch earned a footnote in hip-hop history as the person who discovered Nas. - Sam ChennaultEast Coast Undergrounden720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:17:12 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.450&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss If early Beastie Boys was geared towards frat kids and Vanilla Ice appealed to their high school counterparts, then 3rd Bass was perhaps the first white hip-hop group that appealed to the growing throngs of Caucasians who grew up as die-hard enthusiasts of the genre. Comprised of emcees Serch (Michael Berrin), Pete Nice (Pete Nash) and DJ Richie Rich (Richard Lawson), 3rd Bass seemed to spring from nowhere in 1989 with their debut LP, <I>The Cactus Album</I>. With production by De La Soul's Prince Paul and Public Enemy's The Bomb Squad, <I>Cactus</I> is widely considered an early hip-hop classic. Serch's street-hardened voice and irreverent lyrics were a perfect foil for the more austere approach of Pete Nice. While that album and its single, "Gas Face," put them on the map, the Queens trio is best known for parodying Vanilla Ice on their breakout 1991 hit "Pop Goes the Weasel," the first single from the <I>Derelicts of Dialect</I> album. It was a brilliant strategy that not only garnered them a lot of publicity, but would also help distance 3rd Bass from the then-inevitable stereotypes of a Caucasian rap group. Subsequent albums never quite had the same artistic or commercial impact -- though Serch earned a footnote in hip-hop history as the person who discovered Nas. - Sam Chennault http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.132629&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss East Coast Underground Tue, 26 Jul 1994 00:00:00 -0700 3rd Bass Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.132629 alb.132629 3rd Bass art.450 10.99 Derelicts Of Dialect alb.132629 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/4/3/9/1079345_170x170.jpg 1994-07-26 00:00:00.0 1991-06-18 00:00:00.0 true true main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.132629&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.132629&variant=data&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.212541&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss East Coast Underground Tue, 22 Nov 1994 00:00:00 -0800 3rd Bass Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.212541 alb.212541 3rd Bass art.450 5.99 The Cactus Revisited alb.212541 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/4/3/9/1079344_170x170.jpg 1994-11-22 00:00:00.0 1990-01-01 00:00:00.0 true true main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.212541&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.212541&variant=data&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.135693&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss East Coast Underground Tue, 30 May 1995 00:00:00 -0700 3rd Bass Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.135693 alb.135693 3rd Bass art.450 10.99 The Cactus Album alb.135693 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/5/5/9/1079555_170x170.jpg 1995-05-30 00:00:00.0 1989-10-23 00:00:00.0 true true main-release http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.135693&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.135693&variant=data&rws=%2F3rd-bass%2Fdiscography.rss