Pass The Pickle – Fittingly, the duo follow-up the ode to Daddy Rich’s cutting skills with a comical interlude that has two old white guys (who I’m pretty sure are both played by Pete Nice) trying to recruit Daddy Rich to work in their deli slicing up meat (for $3.25 an hour), since he’s so nice at cutting things. Pete and Rich’s backdrop isn’t great, but it’s definitely an improvement from the production mediocrity that’s plagued Dust To Dust thus far. The Lumberjack – Pete uses this one to give props to his deejay, Daddy Rich, and his turntable skills. Pete Nice’s flow sounds disastrous over an instrumental that is the audio equivalent to watching paint dry. Verbal Massage – This is the second Beatnuts’ produced track of the evening, and surprisingly, they get off to and 0-2 start. I guess it’s all about evolution though, right? Kick The Bobo – This was the second single released from Dust To Dust. The energy level improves, slightly, on this one, as Pete and Rich hook up a decent backdrop, but Pete’s flow continues to sound choppy compared to the smoothness the listener became accustom to hearing when he was with 3rd Bass. He’ll, even the vocal sample on the hook (which is a clip of a woman performing a hypnotism telling her prey “you are getting sleepy”) encourages you to catch some Z’s. And as Pete pussyfoots through the track, you’ll become more and more woozy. Pete Nice and Daddy Rich get together to concoct what may be the most boring instrumental in the history of hip-hop. ![]() The Sleeper – Boy, is this one properly named. Hopefully this isn’t a sign of things to come on Dust To Dust. Pete and Rich kick things off with a sleepy instrumental produced by The Beatnuts, and Psycho Les (of The Beatnuts) joins Pete on the mic. This was a very underwhelming way to start things off. Rat Bastard – This was the lead single for Dust To Dust. I hadn’t heard this story before, until a few days ago. Pretty interesting listen. Side note: Click this link to hear MC Serch talk about the hit Hammer had put out for 3rd Bass for dissing him back in the day. It would have been nice to hear at least one more 3rd Bass album from my favorite white boy rap group. 3rd Bass would go on to briefly reunite at the tail end of the nineties, but the trio wouldn’t give the hip-hop world any new music. I’ve never listened to Dust To Dust before today, and even though I was aware that Pete and Rich released an album, I don’t remember hearing any of their songs on the radio or seeing any of their videos on TV back in the day. Like Serch’s Return Of The Product, Dust To Dust would be the only album released by Pete Nice & Daddy Rich. I found Dust To Dust a few years ago at one of the used music spots I frequent. Needless to say, Dust To Dust wasn’t a commercial success, and it received mixed reviews upon its release. Pete Nice and Daddy Rich would handle the bulk of the production on Dust To Dust, with the steadily emerging production team, The Beatnuts, handling a handful of beats as well. ![]() Pete and 3rd Bass’ deejay, Daddy Rich, would go second, releasing their debut Dust To Dust, nearly a year after Serch’s project. MC Serch would strike first in the summer of ’92 with his solo debut Return Of The Product (click here to read my thoughts on Serch’s solo album, and to find out more about 3rd Bass’ break-up). Both would release solo albums under the Def Jam imprint, which was also the label home for all three of 3rd Bass’ group efforts. ![]() The break-up of 3rd Bass in 1991 started the beginning (and the end) of both MC Serch and Pete Nice’s short-lived solo careers.
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