Pop Goes the Weasel

About Pop Goes the Weasel

This article is about the hip hop song "Pop Goes the Weasel" by 3rd Bass. For the nursery rhyme, see "Pop Goes the Weasel"."Pop Goes the Weasel" is the best-selling single from hip hop trio 3rd Bass; it appears on their second album, Derelicts of Dialect (1991). Released a year after the ill-fated Cactus Revisited E. P., "Pop Goes the Weasel" instantly became a hit and soon went gold. The song helped the album reach gold status a month later. The song's message was similar to "Gas Face", voicing criticism towards the many mainstream commercial rap artists that had been gaining attention in the early 1990s (such as Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer). The song features funk samples from the J. B.'s and Stevie Wonder as well as rock samples of The Who's "Eminence Front", and the foundation sample was from Peter Gabriel's #1 hit, "Sledgehammer". Production came from John Gamble, Geeby Dajani, and Dante Ross (noted for their groundbreaking work on Brand Nubian and Grand Puba's debut albums). The music video featured Henry Rollins as Vanilla Ice. more »

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1991

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Let's all sing Pop Goes The Weasle

Pop goes the, pop goes the windin' of the weasel
I see the empty pocket needs a refill

I got a squad with a list of complainers
I should have started RAPE
Rappers Against Phony Entertainers
So we can make it known that we won't get swayed
It's ninety-one son, so somethin's gotta change

Gettin' paid to peddle sneakers and soda pop (pop pop pop)
Pop goes the weasel as drawers drop (drop drop drop)
Why not take your top ten pop hit
Fix the music and make senseless rhymes fit

I guess it's the fact that you can't be artistic
Intricate raps, becomin' so simplistic
I gotta strong mind it doesn't have to be spoon-fed
And I can read what doesn't have to be read

So some stay illiterate and feeble, legally licked
You go the ways of the weasel (the weasel)

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Hip-hop, got turned into hit pop
The second a record was number one on the pop charts
For those that get on heart that gotta in the ghetto
Let no one forget about the hard part
Now in ninety-one we got a new brand, a new band
Lookin' like the same old Klan
Same old thieves that skeez so we gotta make sure
That real rap has got to endure

Why score all my points in one period
Appearin' in complex structure like a pyramid
The paper for the media presence
Ya learn lesson from the face of false legend
Stop vexin' on the skills, ya ain't originate
The thin ice you skate upon will break and set ya straight
Ate up on the plate, now who's diesel
Not the weasel, not the weasel, pop goes the weasel

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Ya stole somebody's record then ya looped it, ya looped it
Ya boosted the record then ya looped it, ya looped it
Aiyyo, I came from Cali, and they hooped it, they hooped it
But now you're getting sued kinda stupid

Boosted tracks get slaps, ya got no haps
To reach all four corners of the map
For kids in Kansas to those who speak Spanish
Doin' crazy damage so the wack gets banished
Can't manage the truth until you buy a way
Ya ain't quick so ya switch off the exit from my highway
To rest but a crook, had to take a second look
Ever heard of a chef who can't cook?
But the Minister Prime can lay laws
Hey yo, Pete Nice, rip the mic and go for yours

Goes for mine, I goes for mine
Find the Prime won't eat the green eggs and swine
On line like the Serch, in the hoody with the woody
Get a disc or tape, at Sam Goody
Why'd ya run through the doors some left open?
Ropin' off the scenes of the crime smokin' 
I got pub and I'ma nut like a SCUD see
Blowin' up, like I'm throwin' up a beef patty
Sell-outs run a bout like the measles
No cures, cause pop goes the weasels

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop pop goes the weasel, the weasel 
Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel goes pop

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3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups. They split up in 1992 and again in 2000 after a failed reunion. The group released two studio albums in their initial career and both of them were certified gold by the RIAA. more »

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