), and the hard drums give it a rough feel. Wolf And Epic hook up a monster track, that sounds both soothing and heavenly (thanks to a dope loop and the angelic I.S.S.H.H.C. Here It Comes – The first song of the evening was also the lead single from ROTP. 3rd Bass had a short-lived reunion from ’98 to ’00 but no new music ever came out of it. This would be Serch’s first and last solo album (no, I don’t count his Many Young Lives Ago: The 1994 Sessions that he released in 2007 as a legitimate solo album) as he would begin to do more work behind the scenes, including being responsible for getting Nas signed to Columbia and O.C. Ray (from the Double X Posse…remember “Not Gonna Be Able To Do It”?) to handle the bulk of the production duties on ROTP. Serch would recruit Wolf and Epic (who I first became familiar with from their work on MC Lyte’s Act Like You Know) and T. Both would stay with the Def Jam family for their solo records, with Serch being first to drop his solo debut Return of the Product, in the summer of 1992. While on tour promoting their sophomore album Derelicts Of Dialect, MC Serch and Pete Nice were no longer seeing eye to eye on things, which resulted in the duo feuding and ultimately breaking up while literally still on the road. The duo would go their separate ways (with DJ Richie Rich sticking with Pete Nice) and start their solo careers. Happy New Year!Īfter two consecutive gold selling albums, trouble begin to rear its ugly head in the 3rd Bass camp. What better way to start off the new year than with a New Years Day post.