They were artistically interesting enough for the music and art kids, fun enough for the jocks, and could rhyme for the hip hop kids. When I was growing up, Beastie Boys had this universal appeal. Sorry, no Brass Monkey here, but plenty of other beers to fit your Beastie Boys catalog from License to Ill to Hello Nasty. Summer’s just about here, so pop a Beastie Boys cassette in the boom box, lace up your golf shoes, and crack open a beer because it’s time for Beastie Boys and a Six Pack. From the bratty kids of License to Ill, to the underdog masterwork of Paul’s Boutique, to the live instrumentation of Check Your Head, the Beasties were constantly evolving. Unlike many bands of the era, they were constantly reinventing and pushing themselves forward. It was heartfelt, fun, and informational, all wrapped up together.īeastie Boys to me were a group that always delivered. It’s two hours of history, reminiscing and musings by the two living members at a live audience taping. The newly released, Beastie Boys Story on Apple + was one new show I did not want to miss. From The Last Dance to Waco, TV has been something to look forward to. Just like most of the population out there, good television is one way that I’ve been coping with the life-altering pandemic. He’s one of the top five greatest MCs of all time, and to hear him giving respect to Beastie Boys was the best.Kick it! It’s time for Beastie Boys and a six pack. It’s so funny! And when you have Nas on your album just coming in to smash a verse and also give their respect, you just know these are the dudes because Nas is the king. The music video for this song is like the sickest music video ever! Danny McBride’s performance is Oscar worthy. MAKE SOME NOISE (Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, 2011) Well then, let’s just kick it old school and show them how it’s done.’ They could’ve aired this song back in the ‘80s when they here on tour with Run DMC. They were like, ‘There’s all this talk about us just being party MCs. This song sounded so fresh when it came out, but also so old school too. It’s so huge! I was lucky enough to see them on the Hello Nasty tour too.ĬH-CHECK IT OUT (To the 5 Boroughs, 2004) Everything about Intergalactic is amazing. It was the best! And as if you already had so many hits in your career, that you then come out with this song, which again was an evolution of your sound. I got stickers, and all sorts of cool stuff. They were like, ‘What does Beastie stand for?’ And I was like, ‘Boys Entering Anarchistic States of Intellectual Excellence.’ I won an XL Hello Nasty t-shirt and a free copy of the CD. I snuck into a bar that was doing a Hello Nasty record release party when I was younger, and I won every single prize in their Beastie Boys Q&A. HEART ATTACK MAN (Ill Communication, 1994)Īgain, this is just a sick hardcore song. But I love this song just as much as Sabotage. We thought we’d go with a recognisable one and crush it instead. This was another song that we talked about covering, but we decided that we’d done enough obscure covers. I have the single of this, where you have all the different beats behind it. It’s got a hardcore sing along, a groovy bass line, the down picking guitar, super funky drums, hip-hop verses, the scream – it’s got everything. We did a lot of obscure covers before we decided to do one that everyone knows, and my argument for doing Sabotage was that it doesn’t matter what genre of music that you listen to, that song is the best. You could break dance to Root Down all day long. But then you also have songs like Root Down on there. And it’s obviously the record that has Sabotage on, which is their rock anthem. I could do a top ten just on this record. They’d done all these other things – everything from hardcore to funk and whatever – and then this record came out and it crushed everything. To me, Ill Communication is the pinnacle of the Beastie Boys. So they revealed yet another side to me here. I was listening to skate punk bands like NOFX and Lagwagon, and there was a little crossover with that stuff, but this was actually the first proper hardcore music I ever heard. Even at that time I don’t think I knew anything about Youth of Today or the Gorilla Biscuits – or any of the New York hardcore scene – so this was my introduction. Hearing songs like Egg Raid on Mojo for the first time was crazy. This was when I dived way into the Beastie Boys and bought the compilation of all their early hardcore stuff. But they didn’t take themselves too seriously either.ĮGG RAID ON MOJO (Some Old Bullshit, 1994) They’ve helped to spread awareness about Tibet. It was like, ‘Oh, they’re making fun of everything.’ It wasn’t that they were actually like that in real life. When I saw that for the first time it all made sense. (YOU GOTTA) FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY!) (Licensed to Ill, 1986)įight For Your Right was such an iconic music video.
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