SERCH: When we got to L.A., we heard that Hammer’s brother and the Crips had put out a hit on us. PETE: I’m actually the one who said the line about Hammer in the song, but Serch took the brunt of it. SERCH: There was a lot of drama with MC Hammer that resulted from that song. The gas face was when girls would suck their teeth and just walk away. SERCH: When a girl would diss us, Doom started saying, “She just gave me the gas face.” Which meant that we just spent our gas money to get to the mall, only to get dissed. “The Gas Face” (featuring Zev Love X of KMD) Bill Stephney, Russell and Lyor would tell us all kinds of stuff, and we thought they were just blowing smoke up our asses. That was an actual meeting we had with him. I did that with all of our meetings, just to hear all the bullshit they would say. PETE: I used to secretly record the guys at Def Jam. I didn’t know any of them before I met Mike that day. So that’s where all the Beasties’ disses on “Sons of 3rd Bass” came from. Two months later there was a piece in Spin and the writer asked them what they thought of 3rd Bass, and Mike D said how he threw shit at me and shooed me out. I was leaving his apartment and all of a sudden he started throwing shit at me, like foam balls and stuff lying around his apartment. They had gotten out of their Def Jam deal, and he gave me really good insight about Russell. One day I saw Mike D on the street and I ended up talking to him in his apartment, because I needed some advice. SERCH: The Beastie Boys were huge at the time. In this excerpt from the forthcoming book Check the Technique: Volume 2, Serch and Pete share the unexpectededly sensational stories behind a half-dozen classic Cactus tracks. The Cactus Album, produced by Sever, Prince Paul and the Bomb Squad, and featuring DJ Daddy Rich (born Richard Lawson), came out in October 1989 and went gold within six months. We’re still $150,000 away from being recouped.” “We used three or four samples per song, so those clearances ate up all our royalties. “Our advance was $5,000 each,” Serch says. That’s how it all began.”ĭespite signing to one of the hottest labels in hip-hop, the group’s deal wasn’t exactly a dream payday. Says Pete, “The old story that Russell and Lyor put me and Serch together is the furthest thing from what actually happened.” In fact, “I was at Chung King Studios and had laid down the original version of ‘Wordz of Wizdom.’ Sam liked the track and played it for Serch.
That white kid from Queens was Pete Nice. I think you guys should work together.’ “ Serch recalls, “One day Sam called me and said, ‘Def Jam signed another white kid from Queens. Track B6 has an uncredited sample of "Way Down In The Hole" by Tom Waits.Simmons’ right-hand man, Lyor Cohen, set up Serch with a producer named Sam Sever (real name Sam Citrin). Track B1 has uncredited samples of "Love Is Alive" and "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright Track A9 has an uncredited sample of a sample from "Rubber Ring" by The Smiths Track A8 has an uncredited sample of "Rise" by Herb Alpert Track A6 has an uncredited sample of "Pump Up The Volume" by M|A|R|R|S Track A4 has an uncredited sample of "Think" by Aretha Franklin Track A2 has an uncredited sample of "Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat & Tears Track A1 is an uncredited sample of "Good Old Days" by Leroy Shield Sticker on front sleeve: "Def Jam Recordings 30" (30th Anniversary of Def Jam Recordings 1984 - 2014) Serch*, Pete Nice* Engineer – Nick Sansano Producer – Eric "Vietnam" Sadler*, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee Written-By – E. Puffy McScruffyįlippin' Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball Producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Product Of The Environment Engineer – Mark Mendelbaum* Producer – 3rd Bass, M.C. Serch*, Pete Nice* Engineer – Nick Sansano Producer – Eric "Vietnam" Sadler*, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee
Serch*, Pete Nice* Engineer – Curt Fresca* Producer – Prince Paul Rap – Zev Love X Written-By – D. The Gas Face Co-producer – 3rd Bass, M.C.
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