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Respect for admitting and overcoming past biases. I used to feel the same way about Rap in general how you felt about Beastie Boys with an ignorant 'rap is crap' attitude. The worlds a much better place now that I can see the beauty I was sleeping on. Also, +1 for Three MC's and One DJ.
Today is the 11th anniversary of MCA's death from cancer. Rip Yauch. Save Sabatoge for after you've done a few others first. Deep catalog. Start with their old stuff and work up, it's fun to see their style develop.
50 year old black woman... Brooklynite here. The Beastie Boys are the Truth. I'll never forget the first time I heard them... as a kid on Eastern Parkway in BK. Their breakout track "Hold it Now". When that track dropped a lot of us had no idea they were white. The Beastie boys were a part of a very niche culture, exclusive to NYC. Hip hop, punk, jazz... the Lower East side, Brooklyn etc created a unique fusion. I've always found it so difficult to articulate... paint a picture of what it was like. It was a magical time and place. They are true Legends 🔥🔥
Paul's Boutique, album. Start to finish, one of the BEST rap albums of all time. 1989 this album was one of the reason we have sample laws now. The whole album is a sample, and it's a masterpiece of work.
my god...I must have smoked a pound of weed listening to that album. So epic. I would race mountain bikes (vs pros lol) and downhill ski in the off season. BEASTIES!
This is absolute truth. I remember buying Paul's Boutique on the recommendation of a friend when it came out. I'd heard a few tracks off of License to Ill before that. Paul's Boutique blew my little 17-year-old mind. I'm 50 now and still a huge hip-hop head because of that album and everything it opened me up to afterward.
The amount of money they would have to pay out to get samples cleared off that album if it came out today would be ridiculous. The Pink Floyd sample in Lookin Down the Barrel of a Gun is perfect
The Beasties don't have a bad song, everything they've done is good borderline great.... EVERYTHING... Their anthology The Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (very underrated album name) is perfect listen in all scenarios, like goin to the gym? Sounds of Science, Road trip? Sounds of Science, Skateboarding? Sounds of Science, Gettin Laid? Sounds of Science, Zombie Apocalypse? Raining Blood Slayer ok so maybe no ALL scenarios but you know what I mean... even Fatboy Slim's remix of Body Movin is worth listening to...
@dan carter The first album to contain "rap elements" came out in 81 but nobody was listening to "rap" until the early to mid 80s....I was there, I know. They were there in the beginning as it became mainstream. They truly were one of the first successful rap groups and they weren't even 100% rap.
Beastie Boys are a fundamental pillar of rap. They are both old school and ahead of their time. Flute Loop and Root Down are personal favorites. Get It Together, Too Many MCs, Pass the Mic, all great tracks.
MCA is flawless in the song, the point where the song changes and he flows with it, ends with the line "got eyes in the back of my head so I realize" still gives me chills. RIP MCA.
Love MCA but Ad Rock is my guy, he said: Ah, well, it's wack when you're jacked in the back of a ride With your know, with your flow, when you're out getting by Believe me, what you see is what you get And you see me, I'm coming off as you can bet
What I think is funny is that most people unfamiliar with 80s-90s punk rock culture dont even know the truth about hoe beasties became hip hop legends. They were originally a Punk band and began rapping at their shows as a joke. It is very common for punk bands to play different genres at their shows as a clown around. Its a punk thing. Anyways, the thing was that they turned out to be super good and talented at it and black hiphop culture embraced them instead of getting offended. Likewise, the Beasties embraced them back and the rest is history. But, they were very much a punk band in the beginning.
Beastie Boys is a hell of a rabbit hole to go down. One of the greatest musical acts America has ever produced. Sure Shot, Sabotage, Gratitude, Root Down, Hey Ladies, Shadrach, Car Thief, Shake Your Rump, Paul Revere, Jimmy James, Pass The Mic... the list goes on. And yes, they do play their own instruments as well.
The Beastie Boys were old school, but they were one of the very few rap artists that had platinum success for 3 decades of their career. The respect these guys got in hip hop was so profound that even Eminem credited the group for inspiring him to rap. They were 3 Jewish kids (Adam "MCA" Yauch, Mike "Mike D" Diamond & Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz) from NYC that formed a punk rock band... but as the New York urban rap scene blossomed in the 80's, they wanted to be a part of that genre... They got into the MC skills and got very good at it, but they had a shaky start... They claimed that wearing outfits while performing got them heckled "Menudo!" (the Latino boy band). In the mid-80's, they got in w/ producer Rick Rubin and his Def Jam label (which was home to L.L. Cool J and Public Enemy) and they appeared on MTV w/ the single "She's on it" in 1985... which was a comedy music video of the 3 boys trying to get a hot girl on a beach. The Beastie Boys released their first album 'License to ill' in 1986 and it sold 10 million copies in the US and had huge MTV hits - 'No sleep til Brooklyn'... 'Fight for your right'... But the group was not happy w/ their portrayal of being 3 'bad boys' who ran around chasing girls, drinking beers and causing trouble... They were 3 goofy guys from NYC who were friends w/ female artists and fans. They could have stayed w/ Def Jam and made more money, but they opted out instead... So, the Beastie Boys split w/ Def Jam, spent months tracking a record ("Paul's Boutique") which sounded nothing like "License to ill" and released it on their own label Grand Royal in 1989... It may not have sold as much (still platinum+ in the US), but the Beastie Boys were happier w/ the album and it has since become a classic rap record... "So what'cha want" was from the next album 'Check your head' (1992) and it was a platinum success - the track was a clap back at their haters.... the video was low budget, and it was their sonic vision entirely. It was the release of the single 'Sabotage' in 1994 from the album "ill communication" that made the Beastie Boys a major hit once again... the video was a huge MTV hit and depicted the Beastie Boys as police detectives in a 70's cop TV show (They claimed that they shot the video without permits, running around w/ a beat-up car and fake police lights & badges in L.A. and were lucky the real police never showed up😂) In 1998, they scored another major record 'Hello nasty' w/ a goofy sci-fi video for the single 'Intergalactic'...They kept making new records and also engaged in human rights activism. In 2012, MCA passed away after a battle w/ cancer, and the Beastie Boys announced that they would not continue without him... Eminem's album 'Kamikaze' paid homage to the cover of the Beastie Boy's 'License to ill' album.
They were the reason Rick Ruben listened to LL Cool Js demo in the first place which is why he was one of the artists that inducted them into the hall of Fame.
Nice synopsis! I've been a BBoys fan since I first heard them in 1986... when I was 11 years old. They were the soundtrack to my youth and always have been and always will be one of my all-time favorite bands. I love everything they've put out even though I've got more of a punk background as opposed to rap and hip-hop. They're just one of those groups that crossed so many genres... and did it flawlessly. A piece of my heart broke on May 4th, 2012.
It blows my mind how people are able to make it several decades into life without hearing some of these classics. Great reaction. Would love to hear more Beastie Boys reactions.
Thanks for saying exactly what i was thinking.. dude looks my age! I never bought anything the album, like him, wrapped up in our own sounds..but hearing this song again, ya they were really good for us all!!🏴📸
That’s Biz Markie you hear in the mix (from his collab with Big Daddy Kane) saying “Yeeeah, you can’t front on that” 😁 It’s cool to know that these guys were truly best friends and had the goal of cracking each other up with their rhymes in the studio. Some of the stuff the say is so comedic.
@@haileygreaux7473 nope. Biz Markie. I learned that watching the Session with. Christian James Hand. He had all the isolated tracks and broke them down for Tom Segura on a podcast. Phenomenal
50yr old hip hop head from Compton. Beastie boys have always been dope af. Beastie boys will forever remind me of cruising Crenshaw Blvd blasting No Sleep Til Brooklyn and Sir MixxALot's My Posse On Broadway. The Beastie boys are the dopest of the most underrated groups of all time.
@@mattb5370 I know they play guitar, drums and bass. Been a big giant fan since Krush Groove (she's on it sucks though btw, lol) "UNLIKE OTHER RAPPERS, they play instruments." This is a tired dogwhistle i have been hearing since like 1990. It's an overly defensive cover for only liking the white hip-hop group. The implication being what? that J Dilla wasn't musical? MF DOOM isn't playing himself like an accordion? Lots of rappers play lots of instruments. A drum machine is an instrument. What does that have to do with anything is what I am saying. If you are white and only like the beastie boys for hip-hop groups, cool. Own it. Don't create meaningless separations to justify it. The first is weird but fine. The 2nd starts to feel racist.
@@heathflagtvedt5769 great explanation. it's like saying "he speaks so well" to a black man. it's far from a compliment when it's drenched in stereotypes.
@@heathflagtvedt5769 this conversation makes me want to listen to Tribe Called Quest or early Pharcyde. I don’t even know how groups can come up with new sounds but these groups did… and before that, the really early rap certainly used turntables like instruments. Particularly before anything was digital and they were manually playing parts of records live
For me, the golden age of the Beastie Boys are these three albums. Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, ill Communication. Listen to them straight through and back to back. They are amazing.
The Beastie Boys brought Public Enemy and other great artists into the light. Touching to see Chuck D do their Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction speech and tell everyone what they did for him and others. It's a shame that unless you grew up in this time or have a solid musical vocabulary, some do not know the part they played in the growth of hip hop 😢. But better late than never 😊 RIP MCA❤ my favorite ❤ just that voice. "Cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce....."
@@turkeytrac1naw man NYC. All three were born there and got their start there. Also, their music is filled with references to NYC. I can’t even think of a reference to Boston.
Anybody who knows anything about 80s-90s punk culture knows that beasties were actually a punk band that started rapping as a joke but it was excepted by the culture so they embraced eachother and took it all the way.
Prepare to have your mind blown Polo. The Beastie boys catalog is as deep and extensive as Led Zeppelin and Tool. 3MCs and 1DJ is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. And yes I said it lol
My vote for your next BB song is "Sure Shot" off Ill Communication. It's my favorite and it's a great song, unquestionably, but its where their evolution as humans and their efforts to raise their social consciousness became part of their music. MCA's vocals: "I wanna say a little something that's long overdue/The disrespect to women has got to be through/To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends/I wanna offer my love and respect to the end" These guys were amazing for so many reasons but perhaps most especially because of how much they came to care about the world around them. RIP MCA. You are missed.
The thing about the beastie boys is that they just enjoyed making fun songs and joking around while experimenting with sounds. They also supported a lot of new artists.
The Beastie Boys were one of the foundational old-school rap acts. They weren't among the first rappers, but along with Run DMC and LL Cool J, they were among the first to get really popular and bring hip-hop into the mainstream. They're definitely worth checking out, I'd recommend Intergalactic or Sure Shot next.
Yo! These boys had nasty flow and introduced a lot of white kids to hip hop in the 80's. Including me. Run DMC and LL started to get mainstream play and the Beastie Boys pushed it over the edge. They started out as a punk band but transitioned to what they are. Traditional old school hip hop and you can see it in their "3 MC's and 1 DJ" track. License to Ill album was a monster success, and they slammed into the scene with comedic raps with monster beats and I think it helped outsiders ease into the genre.
The Beastie Boys are a legit, bonafide, top 10 (possibly 5), no question, Hip Hop group of ALL TIME. I love that a lot of heads are finally catching on over the last handful of years on RUclips. Coming from a late 80s Hip Hop head... Im still bumpin' their ish. Albums upon Albums of illness from real talented doods.... From Pauls Boutique - Ill Communication they were on another level. Beasties fo' Liiiiife! RIP MCA
And now listen to the Beastie Boys hommage "What you want" by Ren. His love for them oozes our of every bar and intonation. Also check "Illest of our time" and "Animal Flow" 🤷♀️ It's the #RENaissance
I've only just got into the Beastie Boys too. You absolutely MUST react to Sabotage. Either the live version on The Letterman Show.....which is so bloody exciting. Or the studio. Both are equally incredible. It's heavy, punky, dirty. Sends shivers down my spine watching them perform it.
my all time fav b-boys song. their whole discog is amazing. they pushed boundaries, were forward thinking, didn't take themselves too seriously and kept to their vision. Every single one of their albums is quality.
Beasties influenced so many artists from across many different genres. LL Cool J flat out admits that if it weren't for them, he wouldn't have gotten his break. Beasties were and still are VERY underrated as lyricists and as a group. Mix Master Mike was an EPIC DJ. This is a VERY deep rabbit hole you're going to go down. Paul Revere, 3 Mc's and 1 DJ, Intergalactic, Brass Monkey, Sure Shot, Sabotage, Shake Your Rump, Fight For Your Right, etc are all crazy tracks.
@@annother3350 Beasties are the ones who got Rick Rubin to listen to his tape. He straight up says they helped him get his break during his Rock & Roll HOF induction speech.
Saw them at Lollapalooza in 94 and I couldn’t have been more impressed. I was already a huge fan but seeing them live, playing their instruments was off the charts. In that vain, Sabotage live on the David Letterman show would be awesome to see you react to. I absolutely love this channel. I’d donate if I could but just know that we all appreciate what you’re doing!
I consider myself lucky to have seen them live when I was a teenager. Their stage presence and show was better than any other group I've ever seen. Incredible band.
Beasties Boys are my favorite band ever. I just dropped $140 on the 25th anniversary of Hello Nasty. I fucking love these guys. I'm sad I only got to see them live once. These are my boys. From their first album to the last......
I've never really been into rap, but I've casually listened to Beastie Boys since back when they were a punk band. I think the thing that makes them so endearing to me, is that they never seem to take themselves seriously. The tracks come across as a group of besties just dicking around and having fun, and I vibe with that. I also really love that they have strong NY accents and never try to hide it. They're just authentic artists, and it's always easy to pick up on groups like that.
Beastie boys changed hip hop for ever . They broke all the rules and blended rock and rap . They were the third rap / hip hop band to be inducted into the the rock and roll hall of fame . Not to bad for 3 white boys from Brooklyn. They were treated like a joke in the beginning, and at the end of the day they were legendary. Never judge a book by its cover.
The Beastie Boys influenced so many things man. Their whole catalogue is just sick. They play their instrument too!! There a live video from a European show its off the hook. The crowd is insane! They were a PUNK band. They met Rick Rubin and he saw the opportunity to turn them into this Hip Hop group and the rest is history. The are the influence to so many. Listen to other hip hop artists talk about them. Watch their hall of fame induction presentation. Their DJ was so hood he was banned from Scratch competitions. They wouldn't let him compete. Bc nobody had a chance 3mc's and 1 dj. Your next assignment. To the 5 boroughs was one of their later projects great vibe to the whole album.
Every day is a learning day. Great review and glad you enjoyed the track. Their music was so diverse and they made some incredible songs. So sad we won't get to hear any new ones, but their catalogue is amazing. I was lucky enough to see them live in 1987 just as they blew up. Enjoy, Pauls Boutique is a masterclass album of Hip Hop.
Definitely get into The Beastie Boys! :D Root Down, Rhymin and Stealin, Looking Down the Barrel of a gun, get it together, intergalactic sure shot, brass monkey :D
I saw the Beastie Boys open up for Run DMC before “Licsenced to Ill” had come out….they had like 3 songs ….”Hold it Now….” ….”Slow & Lo”….& “Cookie Puss”…..LL was there too & he only had like 3 songs…..I know,I’m old 🤷🏼♂️🖤
What I love about reaction channels like this is that I was AROUND for a lot of 80s/90s music, but a lot of it I didn't really understand or appreciate at the time. Now, hearing it again... well, there's nostalgia, but I'm also in a very real sense hearing it for the first time.
Not really a surprise considering rap and punk are 1st cousins in Genre. Look at the gear that hip hop used to wear back when it first came out on vinyl. It damn sure was punk rockish. Blondie came out with a rap song. Punk rap embraced rap in the beginning.
@@Hooderaw yes! Blondie is another favorite. I also discovered Body Count with Ice T because of the first Lollapalooza. Most of the skate punk I like has a lot of similarities to early rap too. Bands like Bad Religion and NOFX. Now that I think about the style you brought up, these are early rappers did kinda dress like The Ramones 🤣
Dig way back into their early stuff. Brass Monkey, NoSleep till Brooklyn, She Crafty, Posse in Effect, Rhymin and Stealin…..all dope and different at the same time
Subscribed for more beastie boys! They released eight albums from 1986 through 2011. The albums went platinum, double platinum, triple, platinum, and even diamond. The beastie boys are the best selling rap group of all time by far. If you love this, you have a very deep well of tracks to listen to and I sincerely hope that you do
I bought this album the day it came out with the only $9 I had to my name. This track, in particular, kind of became the anthem to my younger life. I'm a married accountant now (with kids)... but every time I hear this song, I'm brought back to being a 15 year old, skater punk... and I'm proud of it!
Beasties opened the door for a lot of hip hop acts, as well as tons of “weird” music that can’t be pigeonholed into a single genre. From punk to funk to hardcore to straight hip hop and all spaces in between. They were the fuckin coolest. Rip MCA
I always stop for a Beastie Boys reaction. Like you, I was never into them when they were making these records but I’ve become a big fan since watching reactions and listening to the music. It’s funny you’re the second or third reactor who has said something about not listening to them in their youth, but instantly realizes how good they were now. You are right about that! The Beastie Boys have many, many songs worth reacting too. Paul Revere, Intergalactic, Pass the Mike, Root Down, No Sleep till Brooklyn, High Plains Drifter… the list goes on.
Beastie boys were the first hip hop act I put in my ear. "Licensed to ill". Then of course many years later Wu, Gangstarr, Mobb deep, OGC, Biggie, Pac, Lil Kim, Nas, Redman, Nore, Big Pun, Tony Touch, Jeru, MOP, Capone, it goes on and on.
Rhymin' & Stealin' is the best album opener period... Also the entire Pauls Boutique album is choice listening from start to end. Their whole career was bangin. Other selecrions include Get It Together, Make Some Noise, Pass the Mic, The Move... You really cant miss
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Beastie Boys - Three MC's And One DJ
Beastie Boys - Root Down
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Respect for admitting and overcoming past biases. I used to feel the same way about Rap in general how you felt about Beastie Boys with an ignorant 'rap is crap' attitude. The worlds a much better place now that I can see the beauty I was sleeping on. Also, +1 for Three MC's and One DJ.
Paul revere
Today is the 11th anniversary of MCA's death from cancer. Rip Yauch. Save Sabatoge for after you've done a few others first. Deep catalog. Start with their old stuff and work up, it's fun to see their style develop.
Just react to every single one of their songs… :)
50 year old black woman... Brooklynite here. The Beastie Boys are the Truth. I'll never forget the first time I heard them... as a kid on Eastern Parkway in BK. Their breakout track "Hold it Now". When that track dropped a lot of us had no idea they were white. The Beastie boys were a part of a very niche culture, exclusive to NYC. Hip hop, punk, jazz... the Lower East side, Brooklyn etc created a unique fusion. I've always found it so difficult to articulate... paint a picture of what it was like. It was a magical time and place. They are true Legends 🔥🔥
True dat!
Love your post!!
I’m 49, and you painted that picture just fine.💯
Hear
Hear Sista 🎉
You are SPOT ON!
Paul's Boutique, album. Start to finish, one of the BEST rap albums of all time. 1989 this album was one of the reason we have sample laws now. The whole album is a sample, and it's a masterpiece of work.
Agreed! it is a masterpiece.
100%. Hands down in the top 5 best hip hop albums of all time.
my god...I must have smoked a pound of weed listening to that album.
So epic. I would race mountain bikes (vs pros lol) and downhill ski in the off season. BEASTIES!
This is absolute truth. I remember buying Paul's Boutique on the recommendation of a friend when it came out. I'd heard a few tracks off of License to Ill before that. Paul's Boutique blew my little 17-year-old mind. I'm 50 now and still a huge hip-hop head because of that album and everything it opened me up to afterward.
The amount of money they would have to pay out to get samples cleared off that album if it came out today would be ridiculous. The Pink Floyd sample in Lookin Down the Barrel of a Gun is perfect
3 MCs and 1 DJ is a great choice. Can't really go wrong with them, though.
Party don’t start till the DJ gets there!
@@kathyembley455 Damn skippy! Haha
The Beasties don't have a bad song, everything they've done is good borderline great.... EVERYTHING... Their anthology The Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (very underrated album name) is perfect listen in all scenarios, like goin to the gym? Sounds of Science, Road trip? Sounds of Science, Skateboarding? Sounds of Science, Gettin Laid? Sounds of Science, Zombie Apocalypse? Raining Blood Slayer ok so maybe no ALL scenarios but you know what I mean... even Fatboy Slim's remix of Body Movin is worth listening to...
@@thumpyloudfoot864 Glad we agree. Body Movin, I need to go listen to that one again. You got it stuck in my head by mentioning it.
@@chrisfrench9257 same here mang...
RIP Adam Yauch aka MCA. Gone way to soon but left a legacy of groundbreaking and cutting edge music.
I'm 50 and this song still absolutely slaps like it's nobody's business. A timeless classic!
3 MC's and 1 DJ is a clinic. Beastie Boys is a deeeeeeeep rabbit hole. They were there at the very beginning of hip hop.
Hip Hop started in the South Bronx in the 70's.!
That's right, Dan. I think of the Beasties as the second or third generation of NY hip hop.
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@dan carter The first album to contain "rap elements" came out in 81 but nobody was listening to "rap" until the early to mid 80s....I was there, I know. They were there in the beginning as it became mainstream. They truly were one of the first successful rap groups and they weren't even 100% rap.
@@fredtaylor9792 WTF? HA HA ~ _YOU_ NEED a history lesson!
Sabotage or Intergalactic are also amazing tracks !! ❤ They have higher production level
Yes, definitely intergalactic!
Yes on both of these songs. OLder school, rhyming and stealing
Definitely Intergalactic, also No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Sure Shot, Sabotage... You really can't go wrong with the Beastie Boys.
Intergalactic!
Beastie Boys are a fundamental pillar of rap. They are both old school and ahead of their time. Flute Loop and Root Down are personal favorites. Get It Together, Too Many MCs, Pass the Mic, all great tracks.
Nice to see these recommendations - the less commercial cuts are best ones to me also! 🤘🏼🤘🏼 Get it Together w/ Q Tip… hellz yes!
Absolutely
And you’re leaving out Paul’s boutique. The rabbit hole is deep.
@@Tr1hawaii phone is ringing
@@stevehatcher7700 oh my god
I went to Lollapalooza ‘94 a Smashing Pumpkins fan and left the show a Beastie Boys fan. Still one of the best performances I’ve ever seen.
I went there a Beasties fan and walked away a Pumpkins fan! The good old days!
I was there in ATL! Dropped way to much ***
@@dnatech4477 "You just took... The most acid that I've ever seen anyone take in my life..."
Ohmmmmmm Ohmmmmm Ohmmmm Ohhhhhshit....@@joshuaa.5523
Yo i went in Arizona and the Beastie Boys got 2 anchores that was the fucken best memory I ever had
MCA is flawless in the song, the point where the song changes and he flows with it, ends with the line "got eyes in the back of my head so I realize" still gives me chills.
RIP MCA.
MCA definitely had the most hip hop voice such a good rapper pretty underrated
He killed it on “A Year and a Day”. One of my favorite BB tracks.
MCA was the king! Best flow and best lyrics.
“Im as cool as a cucumber as a bowl of hot sauce”
Love MCA but Ad Rock is my guy, he said:
Ah, well, it's wack when you're jacked in the back of a ride
With your know, with your flow, when you're out getting by
Believe me, what you see is what you get
And you see me, I'm coming off as you can bet
Growing up as a punk rock kid, the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy were my gateway into hip-hop. Legends, to the end.
Ironically, Beastie Boys started as a punk band in the early 80s.
What I think is funny is that most people unfamiliar with 80s-90s punk rock culture dont even know the truth about hoe beasties became hip hop legends. They were originally a Punk band and began rapping at their shows as a joke. It is very common for punk bands to play different genres at their shows as a clown around. Its a punk thing. Anyways, the thing was that they turned out to be super good and talented at it and black hiphop culture embraced them instead of getting offended. Likewise, the Beasties embraced them back and the rest is history. But, they were very much a punk band in the beginning.
And they Jewish!
To paraphrase Fab Five Freddy, Hip Hop is Black Punk Rock.
More!!!
Paul Revere has always been my favorite Beastie Boys song. I would check that out. Never gets old!
Me too love the reversed hi hat beat
ohhh, you going back back
Paul Revere and High Plains Drifter are 🔥
ABSOLUTELY! One of the hardest bass lines ever 🔥
@@fredrickrodriguez8848🔥🔥🔥 Love High Plains Drifter 🔥🔥🔥
RIP MCA. Love your reacts man, '3 MC's and 1 DJ' is another banger by them.
'Check Your Head' remains one of my favourite albums of all time. It has everything; hip hop, jazz, funk, punk rock, daft comedy sh*t...legends
Me and my best friend played the shit out of my cassette tape whenever we went cruising in the car. Still have it stored away.
I bought the CD three times in the late 90's cuz people kept stealing mine.
@@stuffbenlikes lol. That sucks. That's why I told my brothers to fucking copy their CDs so if they're stolen, you can make another copy.
Check Your Head was a masterpiece. Will always live in my top 5 albums of all time.
@@BrickNewtonMe and my friends blasted CYH on repeat in my ’88 Honda Accord. Good times.
Their music aged well. They didn't take themselves too seriously or try to be something they weren't. You can hear how much fun they were having.
Beastie Boys is a hell of a rabbit hole to go down. One of the greatest musical acts America has ever produced. Sure Shot, Sabotage, Gratitude, Root Down, Hey Ladies, Shadrach, Car Thief, Shake Your Rump, Paul Revere, Jimmy James, Pass The Mic... the list goes on. And yes, they do play their own instruments as well.
The Beastie Boys were old school, but they were one of the very few rap artists that had platinum success for 3 decades of their career. The respect these guys got in hip hop was so profound that even Eminem credited the group for inspiring him to rap.
They were 3 Jewish kids (Adam "MCA" Yauch, Mike "Mike D" Diamond & Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz) from NYC that formed a punk rock band... but as the New York urban rap scene blossomed in the 80's, they wanted to be a part of that genre... They got into the MC skills and got very good at it, but they had a shaky start... They claimed that wearing outfits while performing got them heckled "Menudo!" (the Latino boy band).
In the mid-80's, they got in w/ producer Rick Rubin and his Def Jam label (which was home to L.L. Cool J and Public Enemy) and they appeared on MTV w/ the single "She's on it" in 1985... which was a comedy music video of the 3 boys trying to get a hot girl on a beach.
The Beastie Boys released their first album 'License to ill' in 1986 and it sold 10 million copies in the US and had huge MTV hits - 'No sleep til Brooklyn'... 'Fight for your right'... But the group was not happy w/ their portrayal of being 3 'bad boys' who ran around chasing girls, drinking beers and causing trouble... They were 3 goofy guys from NYC who were friends w/ female artists and fans. They could have stayed w/ Def Jam and made more money, but they opted out instead...
So, the Beastie Boys split w/ Def Jam, spent months tracking a record ("Paul's Boutique") which sounded nothing like "License to ill" and released it on their own label Grand Royal in 1989... It may not have sold as much (still platinum+ in the US), but the Beastie Boys were happier w/ the album and it has since become a classic rap record... "So what'cha want" was from the next album 'Check your head' (1992) and it was a platinum success - the track was a clap back at their haters.... the video was low budget, and it was their sonic vision entirely.
It was the release of the single 'Sabotage' in 1994 from the album "ill communication" that made the Beastie Boys a major hit once again... the video was a huge MTV hit and depicted the Beastie Boys as police detectives in a 70's cop TV show (They claimed that they shot the video without permits, running around w/ a beat-up car and fake police lights & badges in L.A. and were lucky the real police never showed up😂)
In 1998, they scored another major record 'Hello nasty' w/ a goofy sci-fi video for the single 'Intergalactic'...They kept making new records and also engaged in human rights activism. In 2012, MCA passed away after a battle w/ cancer, and the Beastie Boys announced that they would not continue without him... Eminem's album 'Kamikaze' paid homage to the cover of the Beastie Boy's 'License to ill' album.
Thank you for all of that. I’ve been a fan for 30 years and I never knew all of that😮
They were the reason Rick Ruben listened to LL Cool Js demo in the first place which is why he was one of the artists that inducted them into the hall of Fame.
@@MEGATRON1069 so many people from the newer generations don’t know the amount of artists BB insprired and outright helped. Cheers for your knowledge
Nice synopsis! I've been a BBoys fan since I first heard them in 1986... when I was 11 years old. They were the soundtrack to my youth and always have been and always will be one of my all-time favorite bands. I love everything they've put out even though I've got more of a punk background as opposed to rap and hip-hop. They're just one of those groups that crossed so many genres... and did it flawlessly. A piece of my heart broke on May 4th, 2012.
same
It blows my mind how people are able to make it several decades into life without hearing some of these classics. Great reaction. Would love to hear more Beastie Boys reactions.
Thanks for saying exactly what i was thinking.. dude looks my age! I never bought anything the album, like him, wrapped up in our own sounds..but hearing this song again, ya they were really good for us all!!🏴📸
I know I've never been into rap & hip hop but I remember being exposed to this albulm as a kid & I was a metal head.
Like I posted, I don’t buy it for a second. With as big as this song was there is no chance this hasn’t been heard by someone if they’re over 25.
😢😅😂 deprived of good music since birth, "You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watchin' that garbage"
Exactly, how the heck you say you are into hip hop but never heard beastie boys. Dats whack!
That’s Biz Markie you hear in the mix (from his collab with Big Daddy Kane) saying “Yeeeah, you can’t front on that” 😁
It’s cool to know that these guys were truly best friends and had the goal of cracking each other up with their rhymes in the studio. Some of the stuff the say is so comedic.
I always thought that was Cypress Hill!
@@haileygreaux7473 nope. Biz Markie. I learned that watching the Session with. Christian James Hand. He had all the isolated tracks and broke them down for Tom Segura on a podcast. Phenomenal
50yr old hip hop head from Compton. Beastie boys have always been dope af. Beastie boys will forever remind me of cruising Crenshaw Blvd blasting No Sleep Til Brooklyn and Sir MixxALot's My Posse On Broadway. The Beastie boys are the dopest of the most underrated groups of all time.
I'm not a big RAP fan, but one thing that really helps me to appreciate the Beastie Boys is that they actually played their own instruments!
Like beat making isn't an insrument. please.
@@heathflagtvedt5769 they play drums, bass, and guitar. they were a band before they rapped.
@@mattb5370 I know they play guitar, drums and bass. Been a big giant fan since Krush Groove (she's on it sucks though btw, lol)
"UNLIKE OTHER RAPPERS, they play instruments." This is a tired dogwhistle i have been hearing since like 1990. It's an overly defensive cover for only liking the white hip-hop group.
The implication being what? that J Dilla wasn't musical? MF DOOM isn't playing himself like an accordion? Lots of rappers play lots of instruments. A drum machine is an instrument. What does that have to do with anything is what I am saying.
If you are white and only like the beastie boys for hip-hop groups, cool. Own it. Don't create meaningless separations to justify it. The first is weird but fine. The 2nd starts to feel racist.
@@heathflagtvedt5769 great explanation. it's like saying "he speaks so well" to a black man. it's far from a compliment when it's drenched in stereotypes.
@@heathflagtvedt5769 this conversation makes me want to listen to Tribe Called Quest or early Pharcyde. I don’t even know how groups can come up with new sounds but these groups did… and before that, the really early rap certainly used turntables like instruments. Particularly before anything was digital and they were manually playing parts of records live
Get it together beastie boys ft Q-tip is a must 🙌
Also sabotage is an experience 🫠
Get it Together!!
Get it together is LIT!
Wait a minute. Oh my gawd
Get it Together is an underappreciated masterpiece.
Skills To Pay The Bills, Jimmy James and Three MC's And One DJ are worth checking out too
A favorite of mine is Sure Shot from the Beastie Boys. It's in a similar vibe to this track. Also RIP MCA, legend.
I was going to mention Sure Shot. I'm not a rap guy at all but I'm going to go listen to it now, just thinking about it :)
I was just going to write this. Excellent choice.
Paul's Boutique.🔥.so many dynamics involved.they were waaay ahead of their time on that album.
It's a hip-hop Beatles record !
Isn't this track from Check Your Head?
@@e.j.leonard2379yes it is
For me, the golden age of the Beastie Boys are these three albums. Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, ill Communication. Listen to them straight through and back to back. They are amazing.
Professor Booty and Root Down are a couple of their most underrated tracks in my opinion
Root Down is the shit
Professor Booty has a verse from MCA blasting MC Search from 3rd Bass!!
Professor Booty is a masterpiece 😁
Professor Booty is my favorite of their entire catalog ❤ (dancing around like you think you're Janet Jackson 😉)
@@steviekc9057 Everything MCA says after that line is why he is cemented in my top 5
The Beastie Boys brought Public Enemy and other great artists into the light. Touching to see Chuck D do their Rock n Roll Hall of Fame induction speech and tell everyone what they did for him and others. It's a shame that unless you grew up in this time or have a solid musical vocabulary, some do not know the part they played in the growth of hip hop 😢. But better late than never 😊 RIP MCA❤ my favorite ❤ just that voice.
"Cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce....."
Public enemy predates the beastie boys by a couple years.
Truth
They did Sabotage live on David Lettermen and they played all the instruments, they were a really unique group
They have always played their own instruments and wrote all their own music/lyrics
They are musical geniuses
Started as a punk band in Boston.
@@turkeytrac1naw man NYC. All three were born there and got their start there. Also, their music is filled with references to NYC. I can’t even think of a reference to Boston.
@@damienzillas "Paul Revere" is about all I can think of.
Anybody who knows anything about 80s-90s punk culture knows that beasties were actually a punk band that started rapping as a joke but it was excepted by the culture so they embraced eachother and took it all the way.
I am a 55 yo white female and I love the Beasties. I still have their first album. ❤❤
Prepare to have your mind blown Polo. The Beastie boys catalog is as deep and extensive as Led Zeppelin and Tool. 3MCs and 1DJ is one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time. And yes I said it lol
Love this era where they have this perfect blend of their own instrumentation and their sampling. They are such great producers.
Yasss please more Beastie Boys!!! I have loved them for almost 40 years❤️❤️❤️ RIP MCA 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yeah, 40 years for me too. As a 16 year old Aussie, me and my mates couldn't get enough. As a 56 year old, I still listen to them weekly.
My vote for your next BB song is "Sure Shot" off Ill Communication. It's my favorite and it's a great song, unquestionably, but its where their evolution as humans and their efforts to raise their social consciousness became part of their music. MCA's vocals: "I wanna say a little something that's long overdue/The disrespect to women has got to be through/To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends/I wanna offer my love and respect to the end"
These guys were amazing for so many reasons but perhaps most especially because of how much they came to care about the world around them. RIP MCA. You are missed.
This is one of my favourite albums of all time and my personal fave from them. It's got rock, funk, rap, punk, it's gritty and analogue.
Old school 90’s Beastie boys damn was just a different time
There was definitely less pain involved in simply existing, heh.
Now get off my lawn.
@@ArmedAngryAtheist give damn near anything to go back and just live there forever🤣
Same 🤣
Before the Internet, life was so much easier.
Late 80's man. Licenced to Ill was a game changer.
They were so fresh album to album. Every album sounded so different than the ones before it.
Intergalactic is a great jam!!
The thing about the beastie boys is that they just enjoyed making fun songs and joking around while experimenting with sounds. They also supported a lot of new artists.
Girls always cracks me up, 30 years later lol.
Released. 1991 - US. Vinyl -. So hard to believe this is *33 years old!!!* 😊
The Beastie Boys were one of the foundational old-school rap acts. They weren't among the first rappers, but along with Run DMC and LL Cool J, they were among the first to get really popular and bring hip-hop into the mainstream. They're definitely worth checking out, I'd recommend Intergalactic or Sure Shot next.
Yes, always more Beastie Boys. You've got like a 30yr catalog of music to go through. They switch it up as time goes on but stay true to their roots.
rock!
Yo! These boys had nasty flow and introduced a lot of white kids to hip hop in the 80's. Including me. Run DMC and LL started to get mainstream play and the Beastie Boys pushed it over the edge. They started out as a punk band but transitioned to what they are. Traditional old school hip hop and you can see it in their "3 MC's and 1 DJ" track. License to Ill album was a monster success, and they slammed into the scene with comedic raps with monster beats and I think it helped outsiders ease into the genre.
Grew up listening to Beastie Boys....once ya head start nodding, u hooked!!! Legends
44 years old, from the north of England. This album blew the world right open for me - gateway to so many thingsm RIP Adam
The Beastie Boys are a legit, bonafide, top 10 (possibly 5), no question, Hip Hop group of ALL TIME. I love that a lot of heads are finally catching on over the last handful of years on RUclips. Coming from a late 80s Hip Hop head... Im still bumpin' their ish. Albums upon Albums of illness from real talented doods.... From Pauls Boutique - Ill Communication they were on another level. Beasties fo' Liiiiife! RIP MCA
And now listen to the Beastie Boys hommage "What you want" by Ren. His love for them oozes our of every bar and intonation.
Also check "Illest of our time" and "Animal Flow"
🤷♀️ It's the #RENaissance
You need to check out "Get it Together" from the Beastie Boys. It features Q-Tip and a MEAN beat. It's my favorite Beasties track.
I've only just got into the Beastie Boys too. You absolutely MUST react to Sabotage. Either the live version on The Letterman Show.....which is so bloody exciting. Or the studio. Both are equally incredible. It's heavy, punky, dirty. Sends shivers down my spine watching them perform it.
Hands down one of my favorite albums. I still remember every word to every song. Huge part of the fabric of my DNA.
my all time fav b-boys song. their whole discog is amazing. they pushed boundaries, were forward thinking, didn't take themselves too seriously and kept to their vision. Every single one of their albums is quality.
Beasties influenced so many artists from across many different genres. LL Cool J flat out admits that if it weren't for them, he wouldn't have gotten his break. Beasties were and still are VERY underrated as lyricists and as a group. Mix Master Mike was an EPIC DJ. This is a VERY deep rabbit hole you're going to go down.
Paul Revere, 3 Mc's and 1 DJ, Intergalactic, Brass Monkey, Sure Shot, Sabotage, Shake Your Rump, Fight For Your Right, etc are all crazy tracks.
Hell yeah! To add to that, N.W.A. honors the Beastie Boys by sampling them on "Straight Outta Compton", and that was in 1988.
Cool J was big a few years before the Beasties though
@@annother3350 Beasties are the ones who got Rick Rubin to listen to his tape. He straight up says they helped him get his break during his Rock & Roll HOF induction speech.
@@speedball10169 Yes, so it is poignant that Cool J got famous before them
@@annother3350 The Beasties were big before LL Cool J, and they were still big after no one cared about LL Cool J.
Saw them at Lollapalooza in 94 and I couldn’t have been more impressed. I was already a huge fan but seeing them live, playing their instruments was off the charts. In that vain, Sabotage live on the David Letterman show would be awesome to see you react to. I absolutely love this channel. I’d donate if I could but just know that we all appreciate what you’re doing!
Saw that tour too. They were so much better than the smashing pumpkins
They NEVER disappointed live. NEVER EVER!!!🥰😎🎤⬇️💯
RIP Adam Yauch🙏😇💖
This is how I still answer people when they call out my name
I consider myself lucky to have seen them live when I was a teenager. Their stage presence and show was better than any other group I've ever seen. Incredible band.
I did too! 1987 was a good year.
I saw them in 1998. On their Hello Nasty tour!
One of the greatest and most influential groups of all time.
Just play the whole Pauls Boutique record and then realize that specific record is why samples were so heavily regulated after it !!
Exactly right. Snuck that album in in time.
Paul’s Boutique is legendary for the sampling.
This song is just so damn good.
They rapped in a way that never, ever sounded boring.
Weeks. We could spend weeks on them and only do the ‘essentials’. It’s deep. I’m glad you’ve gotten started! 🔥👏👏👏
Beasties Boys are my favorite band ever. I just dropped $140 on the 25th anniversary of Hello Nasty. I fucking love these guys. I'm sad I only got to see them live once. These are my boys. From their first album to the last......
That just happens to be the greatest Beastie Boys song ever. The most wicked beat. Love that song
3mc's and a dj......sabatoge....No sleep till brooklyn. all bombs!
RIP MCA - Adam Yauch. Track # 3 on this album - Pass the Mic
I've never really been into rap, but I've casually listened to Beastie Boys since back when they were a punk band. I think the thing that makes them so endearing to me, is that they never seem to take themselves seriously. The tracks come across as a group of besties just dicking around and having fun, and I vibe with that. I also really love that they have strong NY accents and never try to hide it. They're just authentic artists, and it's always easy to pick up on groups like that.
Holy snappers
Beastie boys changed hip hop for ever . They broke all the rules and blended rock and rap . They were the third rap / hip hop band to be inducted into the the rock and roll hall of fame . Not to bad for 3 white boys from Brooklyn. They were treated like a joke in the beginning, and at the end of the day they were legendary. Never judge a book by its cover.
Beastie Boys - "Gratitude" is worth a reaction, incredible bass!
Yes please more beastie boys
The Beastie Boys influenced so many things man. Their whole catalogue is just sick. They play their instrument too!! There a live video from a European show its off the hook. The crowd is insane!
They were a PUNK band.
They met Rick Rubin and he saw the opportunity to turn them into this Hip Hop group and the rest is history. The are the influence to so many. Listen to other hip hop artists talk about them. Watch their hall of fame induction presentation.
Their DJ was so hood he was banned from Scratch competitions. They wouldn't let him compete. Bc nobody had a chance
3mc's and 1 dj. Your next assignment.
To the 5 boroughs was one of their later projects great vibe to the whole album.
If you like this watch Root Down and 3 MCs & 1 DJ by the Beasties.
Love the beastie boys , they were awesome. 45 here and grew up with this. Way too good and funky.
Every day is a learning day. Great review and glad you enjoyed the track. Their music was so diverse and they made some incredible songs. So sad we won't get to hear any new ones, but their catalogue is amazing. I was lucky enough to see them live in 1987 just as they blew up.
Enjoy, Pauls Boutique is a masterclass album of Hip Hop.
Definitely get into The Beastie Boys! :D Root Down, Rhymin and Stealin, Looking Down the Barrel of a gun, get it together, intergalactic sure shot, brass monkey :D
More Beastie Boys!! You can't go wrong!✌
How have your NEVER heard this?!!
Beastie boys are one of the best ever! always fire, unique AF!
I saw the Beastie Boys open up for Run DMC before “Licsenced to Ill” had come out….they had like 3 songs ….”Hold it Now….” ….”Slow & Lo”….& “Cookie Puss”…..LL was there too & he only had like 3 songs…..I know,I’m old 🤷🏼♂️🖤
Was there too my brother
We are getting old 😆 god bless
"Cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce." Damn I love that line.
Yea
Phenomenal line. I still quote it from time to time.
What I love about reaction channels like this is that I was AROUND for a lot of 80s/90s music, but a lot of it I didn't really understand or appreciate at the time. Now, hearing it again... well, there's nostalgia, but I'm also in a very real sense hearing it for the first time.
In the Hall of Fame for a reason....crazy talanted ..some of the best albums of all time
Love the Beastie Boys
Great memories of the 80s..Ah nostalgia.
Makes me proud to be 50. Their music has filled my ears for years.
Next please do
“Paul Revere”
To this day
has the nastiest bass and also the best story telling lyrics the beastie boys had done
Yes! 3 Mcs and 1 Dj
What's funny Polo, is that they started out as a punk rock band 😂
Yes!! I’m a huge punk fan and I love beastie boys!
Not really a surprise considering rap and punk are 1st cousins in Genre. Look at the gear that hip hop used to wear back when it first came out on vinyl. It damn sure was punk rockish. Blondie came out with a rap song. Punk rap embraced rap in the beginning.
@@Hooderaw yes! Blondie is another favorite. I also discovered Body Count with Ice T because of the first Lollapalooza. Most of the skate punk I like has a lot of similarities to early rap too. Bands like Bad Religion and NOFX. Now that I think about the style you brought up, these are early rappers did kinda dress like The Ramones 🤣
Mullet Head!!
@@nathansanchez7232 “cut the sides, don’t touch the back” 😆
Absolutely love the Beasties! This is my youth. ❤🎉❤🎉
The best trio of all time!
Dig way back into their early stuff.
Brass Monkey, NoSleep till Brooklyn, She Crafty, Posse in Effect, Rhymin and Stealin…..all dope and different at the same time
Subscribed for more beastie boys! They released eight albums from 1986 through 2011. The albums went platinum, double platinum, triple, platinum, and even diamond. The beastie boys are the best selling rap group of all time by far. If you love this, you have a very deep well of tracks to listen to and I sincerely hope that you do
I CAN'T believe that this dude is that old and HAS NEVER, even ACCIDENTALLY, heard this song before!! It was EVERYWHERE for like, 6 months straight!
Not on most Black radio stations.
Beastie Boys are a fun rabbit hole to go down.......they just look like they're having fun all the time!
Check Your Head is such a killer album, but Paul's Boutique is just next level!! So many layers of genius. 🙌🏼🔥
I bought this album the day it came out with the only $9 I had to my name. This track, in particular, kind of became the anthem to my younger life. I'm a married accountant now (with kids)... but every time I hear this song, I'm brought back to being a 15 year old, skater punk... and I'm proud of it!
Beasties opened the door for a lot of hip hop acts, as well as tons of “weird” music that can’t be pigeonholed into a single genre. From punk to funk to hardcore to straight hip hop and all spaces in between. They were the fuckin coolest. Rip MCA
I always stop for a Beastie Boys reaction. Like you, I was never into them when they were making these records but I’ve become a big fan since watching reactions and listening to the music. It’s funny you’re the second or third reactor who has said something about not listening to them in their youth, but instantly realizes how good they were now. You are right about that! The Beastie Boys have many, many songs worth reacting too. Paul Revere, Intergalactic, Pass the Mike, Root Down, No Sleep till Brooklyn, High Plains Drifter… the list goes on.
THIS IS THE SQUAD!! All day long!! RIP MCA! Props!
Beastie boys were the first hip hop act I put in my ear. "Licensed to ill". Then of course many years later Wu, Gangstarr, Mobb deep, OGC, Biggie, Pac, Lil Kim, Nas, Redman, Nore, Big Pun, Tony Touch, Jeru, MOP, Capone, it goes on and on.
Beastie Boys 💯
Rhymin' & Stealin' is the best album opener period... Also the entire Pauls Boutique album is choice listening from start to end. Their whole career was bangin. Other selecrions include Get It Together, Make Some Noise, Pass the Mic, The Move... You really cant miss
Great call on Rhymin and Stealin. No sleep til Brooklyn is another banger that doesn't get mentioned enough
I love how Rhymin & Stealin is 100% pirate themed.
License to ill... whole album deserves a listen
Hold it now......HIt iT!!!! Whistle whistle scratchy scratchy scratchy scratch scratch😂
Yes!!! 🤘
I just love the Beastie Boys, so the short & long answer is of course a big YES.
I would listen to this track over and over and over and over again non stop
MCA- best voice. REST IN BEAST. He was the unofficial leader, but they were nothing without all 3 pieces.