3rd Bass "Pop Goes The Weasel"

[FunkyRob]

I always wondered if Pete Nice actually needed the cane because he never danced in the videos.

[daschwah]

Rollins was asked about his Vanilla Ice cameo at a spoken-word performance I was at a few years ago; the explanation for how he wound up doing it was basically a malt-mix blend of knowing somebody who crewed for 3rd Bass, and thinking that the idea of mocking Vanilla Ice (Who he thought was a "fucking clown" at the time, but who he's since grown to appreciate) was hilarious.

When you're Henry Rollins, that's pretty much all it takes.

[chriscoburn69]

The clown with the goatee beard looks like 'Toady' from 'Neighbours!

[calisongbird]

Let me get this straight: they're ripping on Vanilla Ice for looping samples and "gettin' sued".... but they're sampling Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. mmmmkay....

[blakbanshee]

Alot of AJ6 footage. One of my favorite Jordans.

[rvpsmdsk]

sounds like sledge hammer beat

[MoBHunter]

Even though I'm a metalhead, this is the kind of rap that I enjoy listening to, not the stuff today.

[eriksarni1]

take it back to 1991, Good old dayz

[crissbones]

How the hell did they get Henry Rollins to be Vanilla Ice?!?!?!

[midnightblackrose]

too funny

[TheStarymist]

I remember this growing up and this is when music was fun :D

[BeingOStupid]

Hitting somebody over the head with a cane will get you Assault and Battery, not cool. You could seriously hurt somebody by knocking them over the head like that.

[1993bluegt]

THIS IS WHEN RAP WAS RAP NOT THE CRAP YOU SEE TODAY

[chrononautvideos]

@1993bluegt That's the irony of it. A lot of it really was crap. That's the entire reason 3rd Bass is dissing Vanilla Ice. Lil Wayne is the Vanilla Ice of today. You still have dope underground shit out there, and even really good semi-mainstream shit. Just have to LOOK for it now.

[philold09]

i just came here for Rollins

[PostPunkFan]

The ending to this is he-larious.

[WinkingOwl1]

class of 91 all day....

[PostPunkFan]

Ten years later and this song still has relevance. Look at the pop trash out there who call themselves real mc's: Kanye, Lil Wayne, will.i.am., even Jay-Z.

[korunObrien]

@PostPunkFan This song is 21 years old... Holy fuck im old :(

[jonasblackmore]

Who would've guessed Henry Rollins could do a perfect Vanilla Ice impersonation?

[LinxraNobody]

this is the stupidest song i ever regreted watching

[ReneRivera3004]

Holy shit, my parents were right. This was garbage.

[dnbcarlos]

They can be whites but Mc Serch is from Far Rockaway (Black neighbourhood) and Pete Nice is from South Floral Park (Blackneighbourhood) they are real boys from the ghetto

[k9feces]

Is the dude with the cane Tim Mcgraw?

[phantomscaler]

@k9feces are you serious?  SMH

[Zen53GT]

@phantomscaler Haha, Tim McGraw? Yes, that's a SMH. They look similar but I can't picture McGraw rapping and swinging a cane. Besides, McGraw and Nice have distinctive voices.

[PHD631]

many memories...40oz of some malt son

[MickeyFaster]

This song is just as relevant today as it was 20 years ago if not more,...Need I mention Jermaine Dupree, Lil Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, Drake, Soulja girl,....the murders of true hip hop,...

[DRUNKENRAMBLE]

Of all of their great songs , I've  always thought this one was a complete FAIL! LOVE 3B for life!!!!!! ....No Homo

[MisanthropyMatt]

First CD I bought when I came home from the Gulf in the summer of '91 ...

[dixielatino]

3rd base was was all good, did anyone notice them making fun of Vanilla Ice ? thumbs up if you did.there was always this beef with Vanilla Ice and 3rd base.

[davearmyofdarkness]

@dixielatino radder than that was the fact henry rollins was vanilla ice

[nadwick]

Thanks for putting this up and the list of the samplings. Kind of a shame that it got turned into a one-hit wonder for, ironically enough, jabbing at the one hit wonders. They're a solid group.

[bahgheera]

Ferrets does not equal weasels!!!!!

[MrMaxinne]

20 years later and sadly nothing has changed. . .

[mx6lover]

Did anyone see those HUGE weasels running muck in the city ? Damnnnnnn

[JasonL77]

I heard this song for the first time in 20 years on XM Radio's "90's on 9" station today. Now, I've watched this video four times in a row.

[mybigqw]

i just searched "pop goes the weasel", i dont even know wtf this shit is!

[daneyboy88]

hahaha 90s rap!!!!

[WizardGlik]

I disagree.

The weasel is diesel.

[EddieBrock237]

@ren2020ky - What's really funny is that I actually mean that. And yeah, it's a little embarrassing to admit that.

[stereoguru75]

Wow hip hop classic 1991!

[munkeedragon]

this song sux...3rd bass always thought they were so much better than vanilla ice on all levels when in fact they were just the same except vanilla ice actually had skills where as 3rd bass had the skills of a pre-schooler...

[ren2020ky]

@munkeedragon lmao, dude 3rd bass was actually accepted by the (hip hop) community. their skill level is much underrated infact. and the people that like them the most are hardcore hiphop enthusiasts. u must be a kid.

[johnduncan77]

@ren2020ky I can second that. 3rd Bass was well respected at that time. "Dialect" was pretty well received. Pete (Peter J Nash now) did a pretty nice baseball documentary a while back. The song I liked most on that album- "Problem Child" (deep song, deeper video). Serch has ALWAYS been respected. You cross the audiences they had, you did something right. They were respected because they didn't try to be someone else. Richy Rich, underrated.

[Dactuck]

@munkeedragon Some the ways of weasel..

[Dactuck]

@munkeedragon Pop went THIS Weasel.

[goozledcom]

check out my site Goozled.com....it gets no better...

[thatonedrewguy]

Complete fantasy, there's no way they could beat down Henry Rollins

[EddieBrock237]

What's funny is that Vanilla Ice has a bunch of songs that are better than this one.

[ren2020ky]

@EddieBrock237 lmao

[UberTacoNoob]

pop pop goes the weasel adn the weasel goes pop

[krazywhitechick]

The lead singer looks like he is in disguise crazy but he looks and sounds like kid rock cleaned up.

[jwlgn309]

True, but a lot of other mc's also didn't suck as much as Vanilla Ice.

[jwlgn309]

BTW, all the samples on this, and most any other commercially available hip-hop recording, have been cleared, and royalties paid. In the case of this track, the most prominent samples were Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer", The Who's "Eminence Front" and a bit of "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder. You're welcome.

[jorgekluney]

@jwlgn309 There were alot of mc's who did not clear their samples... not just Vanilla Ice.

[ren2020ky]

@jorgekluney lol

[jwlgn309]

@80sunshower A little history lesson, since I'm assuming you're too young to understand. Hip-hop has been using samples since Sugarhill Gang rapped over Chic's "Good Times". It's part of the art form, as long as it's done legally. What Vanilla Ice did was claim to have changed the bass riff from Queen's "Under Pressure" for use as the hook in "Ice Ice Baby", and therefore not have to pay royalties

[mesmerizedbyamy1]

@jwlgn309 "using samples since...Chic..."

Way before that. We've been "sampling", mixing, breaking beats, 'selecting', or whatever way you wanna put it, since DAY ONE.

[MrPetenice78]

@uselessShvte like im sure you are that "Fat ass" has more money than u'll ever see. He still makes bank producing and running his own radio show...oh and have u ever heard of "Nas"? well guess who discovered him and put him on...thats right "Fat Ass" did. Learn ur hip hop history b4 shooting off at the mouth. Growing up in Brooklyn atuomatically gives u street cred btw

[goozledcom]

nice.... a video with some style

[UselessShyte]

On behalf of all white people, i apologize for this fat ass, puke inducing, fake mother f**ker for trying to look and be black and FAILING like a dipshit. I just cant stand when these no brain morons try to be black. News flash fat boy, you look like a complete F**KING CLOWN. It would be SOOOO cool to be able to meet these fake bastards and tell em face to face. See if chunky butt is gonna hti me with some HOOD SPEAK. Im sure tank ass fatty there works at taco bell by now....

[ren2020ky]

@UselessShyte lmao, do u know who the "fat ass" ur talking about is? lmao

[abanahasky73]

One of the original diss tracks...POP!

[80sunshower]

He;s talking about whoever he's talking about in this song boosting tracks and then looping it, but you can hear he stole sledgehammer by peter gabriel in the background. Pop Pop goes the hypocrite....

[MrPetenice78]

@80sunshower that was the point jackass

[mesmerizedbyamy1]

@80sunshower

Dumbass doesn't get the irony intended. You would have had to been listening at the time to get it, I guess.

[calisongbird]

@80sunshower Exactly!!! WTF.

[calisongbird]

@80sunshower Exactly!!! LOL @ "Pop Pop goes the hypocrite".

[dazincalculation]

Pop goes the weasel 'cause the weasel goes Pop!

[veghead456]

Ferrets!<3

[goozledcom]

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[ntyce7921]

Didn't like it then....don't like it now. Where's the trashcan?

[pikkdogs]

20 years later, we could make the same song. But instead of targeting vanilla ice, we can target lil wayne and 50 cent. Its not about making billions on a bottle of water, its about something bigger.

[ckelley63]

These fucking wiggers make me sick!!! One hit MUTHA FUCKERS!!!

[TWiz717]

@ckelley63 One hit wonders? hahahaha just cause they wasnt commercial dont mean they was one hit wonders. what about underground hip hop now a days? i guess they're all one hit wonders. Search even put out classic solo shit. fuckin kids now a days.

[TWiz717]

@ckelley63 Not to mention Search put discoverd and put Nas on. do the knowledge b or at lest act like you know. fuck outta here.

[SnakeEyes207]

I remember this song, look! they have to get ferrets instead of real weasels.

[LedWilde]

It's funny because these two guys dissed so many rappers in their career and then when they broke up and had solo careers they dissed each other MUCH worse than when they dissed these rappers. Vanilla Ice was lame.

[JasonWho13]

MC Search made it to Third Base, Vanilla Ice hit the home run.

[ocvoice09]

ironic that the song is about ripping off - but they actually stole their main rhythm from Peter Gabriel's 'Sledge Hammer.' great song though...

[whycantihavemyownuse]

@ocvoice09 i know right but what rapper or group don't sample old school music lol

[TheDharmawheel]

pretty much the shittest song ever made!

[jester6241996]

@TheDharmawheel

Pretty much the dumbest person I've never met. Fuck off this song is great.

[TheDharmawheel]

@jester6241996 lol! 

[BigKev96]

Lol @ Serch was soo caught up in the moment....he litterally beat Henry Rollins ass....And theyre good friends still to this day...

[PrimetimeD]

Goes for mine, I goes for mine. Find the Prime won't eat the green eggs and swine. Words to live by

[yungblaze1917]

check out the freestyle i did to this classic

[danmanwick]

Ferrets

[sxr951]

vanilla is a cool dude! he lives down here in florida. wild mototcross rider and jetskier!

[dslgunner1977]

@sxr951 I think people are too hard on Robert Van Winkle. 'Vanilla Ice' was nothing but a media-created, pre-fabricated "White rapper"; the managers/record companies already knew who 'Vanilla Ice' was before they even met Van Winkle, not the other way around...It was basically like a director picking an actor to play a part in a movie.

Granted, "Vanilla Ice" was lame as hell, it's not who Van Winkle was as a person. He made the mistake of selling out to get rich, and it ended up ruining him.

[UMMD1]

fuck vanilla ice faggit

[IXFijiChris]

wow, somewhere, 55 people suck at clicking "like"

[Wrightwasright]

The weasels rule now

[megamaneggaman]

born in '97, i fucking love 3rd bass. my favorite song being monty hall, i love all things all things old school and underground. i guess im a self hating hipster in a way. but anyway, i gotta thank my dad for exposing me to real music from a very young age and not letting me be a sheep to the mainstream media.

[JaceMandel]

The Era When saying "NOT" was the Funniest thing.. Time flies too Fast..

[dslgunner1977]

@JaceMandel Haha...good times. I was 14 when this song came out. I remember that era very well; people saying "not!" or "psyc!".

Another thing I completely forgot about, until just now, was yelling "Chops!" then giving someone a karate chop to the back of the neck for doing something stupid, or clumsy. I don't know if this was just a regional thing from Chicago (my home town) or if it was more widespread, but it was really big from 1989-1991.

[Dk1N]

They need to bring this shit back to 2011.....my 7 year old son will listen to old skool hiphop b4 new skool shithop.

[Shadowknight16]

and alot of these phony rap weasels running around in 2011 only last for about a month or two...nothing like old school

[hannahjade09]

pure genoius 

[patriciamisslilmex]

whats that dance move at 2:20?

[chuckface06]

i remember dude from "in living color" saying this LOL "POP go the weasel cuz the weasel say POP!"

[elburgerbotbek]

great song , but product of the enviroment is much better

[melondoggy]

When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I remember I heard some goofy song on the radio, and the only part I could remember was the chorus. Tonight, just for fun, I looked for the song and found this. Hearing this song that I may never have heard again after so long literally gave me chills. Never mind that it's bizarre, it' s still another part of my childhood recovered thanks to Youtube.

[TheMrEMeat]

I wanna see someone administer the sellout beat down to Eminem and Jay - Z. I excuse Dr. Dre because hes done enough dope shit to be excused for his wack commercial bullshit. God knows most black performers retire to nothing, unfortunantly.

[JRDollas732]

my government teacher always singing this song.

[Wiggitywigg323323232]

ahead of its time

[Lddy]

In 90 or 91, I came home and my GF was listening to "Ice Ice Baby." My stereo was consequentiality smashed into maybe 5 million pieces. I love this song. it was obvious at the time who it was about. ... To anyone who talked shyt about Henry Rollins: HAHAHAHAHAHA Rollins in GOD. Look over your shoulder before trying to sleep tonight.

[HalfCracker4life]

Ahh how I miss the 90's. Thanx 4 posting.

[erocktheartist]

Like it or Not Hiphop has gotten Better than this. yeah theres alot of wack shit out now but Underground wise rap music gotten Wayy better.

[jibcamera]

im pete nice, you want my autograph?

[386bigDee]

3rd bass was gully back then.hammer and vanilla ice were label puppets.party people say hoooooooooooooooooooo.

[theInfamous3]

People, stop saying "Henry Rollins is Vanilla Ice", we get it by now. Thanks alot.

[TheRhythmCollection]

@theInfamous3 What? Henry Rollins is Vanilla Ice?

[Slumminbum]

@TheRhythmCollection Indeed, sir it is.

Henry Rollins dressed as Vanilla Ice. People don't believe them when I tell them this-but it is a fact.

[mattyv138]

henry rollins is vanilla ice in this

[jeremywells1977]

why hate on vag ice

[hellfukk666]

Pete Nice's voice has a sarcastic sound to it.

[hellfukk666]

I like how they beat the shit out of the Vanilla Ice look-a-Like at the end of the video.

[bossdaddy44]

Pete Nice looks like a mafia hit man, lol. this was the shizznick back in the day, still on point today.

[hellfukk666]

Last time I heard, Pete Nice ( the one with the Cane) owns and runs a Sports Memorabilia store.

[poger32]

Come on, Brother, yell white boy now.

[mhutak]

what's with the throne and cane?

[shawnxian73]

wow The seals were playing this song after they popped Bin Laden

[GrimLeRogue]

THIS WAS THE SHIT BACK IN THE DAYYYYYYY Bx 16 BUS hahaha

[MelvinWren]

cause the weasel goes pop

[migzgeenojov]

henry rollins!

[PrinceOfEternos83]

It's a shame it's edited at the beginning. Still a cool song after 20 years.

[shymoneykid]

hip hop is dead the south kill hip hop like the nigga soulja boy we need more white raper to save hip hop like lil wyte jellyroll and haystak white people can save rap

[JL0vely]

@shymoneykid nah coporate america killed hip hop

[ChicagoWhiteSoxGirl]

Yeah.. ole school, my Matthew loves this song!!

[JohnSmithAprilMay]

so that's not a Peter Gabriel loop they're rapping over? Fucking hypocrites.

[JakkGryphon]

@JohnSmithAprilMay

pretty sure that was the intention, to involve a well-known sample.. it was part of the message

[MrMaxinne]

back then it was clean and you could actually undertsand what the heck they are saying. and they actualyy had talent, unlike now where they only rely on a catchy/obnoxious melody.

[Crazyblessed85]

WoW this is the same beat J Dupri used for that song wit Nas, What's the name for it?

I saw the video that summer he was runnin in the mall with a Fly Gucci Suit

[THUNDEROUS122]

They must of predicted the future in 91 cause a lot of phony rap weasels are out and about in 2011

[pedrinelastronauta]

@THUNDEROUS122  Ya dig... Like NAS said " Hip Hop is dead"

[THUNDEROUS122]

@pedrinelastronauta Sad to say you are right bro. Fake ass bitches killed hip hop .. calling it pop and radio disney sell outs

[jerudoriginal91]

@pedrinelastronauta As long as there is the underground, Hip Hop will never die

[pontus227]

@THUNDEROUS122 they mean vannilla ice and mc hammer

[creeshello]

@pontus227 vanilla ice is a fag compared to serch.... serch eats vanilla ice cream for dinnaz.... and eatz mc hammer chips for lunch

[pontus227]

@creeshello yeah little pop bitches

[getabox]

Love the "Sledgehammer" riff in this.

[Blackmailguy]

Vanilla Ice was bigger...........hahahha

[kooklyn69]

I Like 3rd Bass!!! Good 90's.

[anonymouslol]

white guys with a fade

[mutantpoo]

Good Lord. Found this after all these years. Just as dumb ass now as it was back then.Chumps.

[mccarrpo]

Those are ferrets, not weasels.

[rrhorse12]

@mccarrpo

The weasel family includes - Ferret, stoat, polecat, mink, ermine, black-footed ferret, long tailed weasel, least weasel. Other relatives of the weasels are martens, otters, badgers, and wolverines.

[dfunkt]

i loved this album! mc serch was definitely the best of the early white rappers i think...good flow, tight style, and very clever.

[MrJojoskates]

Rollins as Vanilla Ice......classic!

[dataslul]

That guy with the goatee attended a fucking ivy league university....fuck me.

[jonathanalomoto11]

@danzigjr ferrets get the gasface

[cheapcape]

This is a dope cover of the Gabriel song!

[oldschoolbx1970]

This is the best 3rd Bass video ever. I love how they dis that pathetic excuse for a rapper Vanilla Ice. They should've reunited and dissed Kevin Federline,another pathetic excuse for a rapper.

[danzigjr]

Those are ferrets, not weasles.

[jfliguy]

How are you going to have a diss album with fools dancing in the back ground?

[HelloG23]

FUCK VANILLA ICE! ! ! !

[cheapcape]

@HelloG23 Naw, Vanilla is cool. Fuck Whiz Khalifa!!!!

[DEFSCOTTYB]

Funny how they say "U stole somebody's record than you looped it, you looped it" but they are looping Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" on this track haha. But, i'm sure they cleared the sample first. Love 3rd Bass, big fan.

[MyJunior1975]

@DEFSCOTTYB You know what else is ironic about this song? They were airing out the people who had hit records on the pop charts, and "Pop Goes The Weasel" was a huge pop hit for them! LOL!!!

[badboybaldy1]

sweet'ness now this is rap with cool'ness bless

[geezyhamilton130]

it's amazing as a 27 year old man i listen to this and i swear to goodness this song from 1991 is better than any of the bullshit that is out now, it's ironic that 3rd bass said rap was going Pop in 1991. it's like they predict the future because in 2011 all this Nikki Minaj, Drake, Waka Flocka, and Lil' Wayne bullshit is pure CRAP...