I was at this show..The Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. April 1987. First concert I ever went to. 13 years old and still cannot believe my mother allowed it. Still love the Beasties to this day. I just went to an awesome exhibit at Beyond the streets in LA last weekend. Absolute legends. RIP Yauch...you are missed!
@@jeremyrybak1090 you might be right.. I always thought it was filmed at The Capitol because I know for sure they filmed a couple videos that might but maybe this is from a different night on that same tour?
I have mine somewhere. I'm still trying to find the Japanese LaserDisc of this, though; it came out around the time they were breaking up with DefJam and Columbia, and I think CBS ended up pulling it off the market. I think "Licensed to Ill" was out of print until Island bought DefJam. But that Laserdisc is seriously rare. Yeah, it may be large and not as cool as the DVD, but it has everything the DVD has: a good (enough) picture, digital sound, and it won't wear out like VHS.
The green room/backstage party is from The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ show. Also, when they're cruising around in the Blazer doing bong hits, they are on their way to White Castle in Clifton NJ as well. I know this because I grew up in Clifton
First Joe strummer,then Jam master jay and now MCA,these legends were gone too soon!I Will miss you MCA, always made me laugh or bring a smile to myface when listing to beastieboys music.You will never be forgotten and your always in my heart.
@@natalier222 maybe, but I do This is the preminent BB album imo This is what I'd put on my MP3 right before going in to break my own state deadlift records Well, this and PE, EASY E, etc I liked it cuz it's loud, aggressive and violent- this song in particular
Yes, I’m sure they had a terrible time passing around the chicks gyrating in the cages, touring, drinking, rhyming and stealing and mixing wine and women and song and such….
yankees29 u do realize licensed to ill(uminati) is a complete job, the beastie boys were made with a purpose. love their music, but the history behind them is tainted for me and now i understand their lyrics. and ILL COMMUNICATION was probably the most genuine record where as III was the intro to what was their purpose (entertainment)
Piracy mixed with womanizing, dangerous drug use, and rhyme skills unparalleled makes for a rap shanty all MC Buccaneers must pay allegiance and salutations to!
From listening to The Beastie Boys whole discography, I must say this is one of their best songs. Mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath is a terrific idea, which makes them some of the best samplers in rap/hip-hop. I wish more modern rap groups would have better samples when they use them.
They started off as a punk band in the early 1980s, They got onto DEF jam thanks to Rick Rubin Riding the rap train, then they redefined themselves in the 90s With the dust Brothers.
46 years old and I never knew there was a video for this song (I had a bootleg cassette back in '87) Argo brought me here - I've had that opening drum part stuck in my head for two days.
I love how people throw beer up on stage and they pop it open and drink it and then spray it all over the crowd arguably three of the best rappers of all time what a time to be alive
This song still goes hard 35 years later, and still holds up today. For a different twist, go to your settings (gear icon) and play it at 1.25 speed. Boom
mobus1603 Same here. This came out on Laserdisc in Japan, but I never got a chance to get it. It never got released in the US because they left DefJam and CBS, and they couldn’t release it. The even ended up pulling the VHS copies of this.
And to think LED ZEP never sued for usimg their beat from "when the levee breaks....Some record producer had approached Robert plant and told him that these new rappers named Beastie boys was using their music in a song and Robert said he wanted to hear this song and so finally the producer fetched a cassette tape and played it and it's told that Robert plant heard this song and said let them use it... Thats a cool gesture!❤
Beastie Boys looped the Zeppelin beat with a reel to reel tape wrapped around a mic stand ,edited with a razor blade until it was usable. Then they threw the Black Sabbath " Sweet Leaf" riff over Bonham's beat. This was before samplers were affordable (1985 or 1986) Lyrics reference Sex Pistols and The Clash
@@oscarsoto9512 bro, put the meth pipe down! Educate yourself, for once in your life When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
I was at this show. At the long gone Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ. I am the goofy wide mouth open kid at 13 seconds. A friend told me I was in it back when this VHS came out but never saw it myself until today. 22 years later.
Saw the Beasties with Public Enemy and Murphy's Law at the CApitol Theater in Passaic N.J. and had a blast. RIP MCA you will not be forgotten, your music was the soundtrack to BHS high school 1986-87
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! I miss ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! the good 'ole days ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! when you could rock out ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! to these songs. ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! I remember singing & dancing to this song at a club in NYC in the 90's. Everyone started screaming & singing together, it was like a honed & simultaneous energy through out the club. Beastie Boys also proved you didn't have to perform for your fans with a lot of magic, explosions, or a huge decked out stage with back up singers choreographed to dance like the main performer, all you needed was talented singers & a hot chick in a cage, what else do ya' need?! I don't regret my youth, I embraced it.
I remember I used to work at Pizza hut and before the store opened, I decided to blast this album "Licensed to Ill " and when the opening beat to " Rhymin and Stealin " came on a rock n roll girl who worked there said "ahhh, Zepplin. " I still wonder what she thought when the Beastie Boys started rapping.
When I was a kid this was the first tape I owned.. I had a walkman and use to skateboard and wear this tape out. My favorite song from beasties. Thanks MCA for the memories.. Such a Bad Mutha.. RIP Buddy you will be missed.
Even though I may be 19 going on 20 and caught up with Beastie Boys with Hello Nasty and Ill Communication, their music stood out to me as one of the best music I've heard. Throughout high school while people were listening to today's music, I was in tune with music like the Beastie Boys and Wu-Tang and Heavy D...music I caught when I was a tot. MCA's passing really hits me here, but I know that because of the Beasties, they inspire me to go through life and follow my dreams.
I had this song on a cassette tape/mix when I was a freshman at Uk in 1993. My roommate and I wore it out, the tape that is, the song can’t be touched!
As much as I would love to credit ZOSO with the beat, it was actually Memphis Minnie in 1929 that made that song possible for Zep. Still no harm no foul. Peace.
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I was at this show..The Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. April 1987. First concert I ever went to. 13 years old and still cannot believe my mother allowed it. Still love the Beasties to this day. I just went to an awesome exhibit at Beyond the streets in LA last weekend. Absolute legends. RIP Yauch...you are missed!
Damn I thought this was at The Palladium in L.A.
I don't think this was at capitol
@@jeremyrybak1090 you might be right.. I always thought it was filmed at The Capitol because I know for sure they filmed a couple videos that might but maybe this is from a different night on that same tour?
no way your mom let you go to a beastie boys concert where they had cage dancers and spraying beers thats awesome
This video is a trip too funny❤
This brings back memories. I 'm 51 & still like this..
The Beastie Boys + Led Zeppelin + Black Sabbath + a dash of The Clash = What's not to LOVE!
Absolutely especially zep and sab 2 of the best bands of all time
Don't forget... Cage dancers
For those who don't know:
Drums: Led Zeppelin -When The Levee Breaks
Guitar riff: Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
euh ... x'cuse me ... a dash Clash via Bobby Fuller Four, x'scuse me not
@@J450NRS11 I DID NOT HEAR THAT SWEAT LEAF IN ALL THESE YEARS HOLY SHIT 🫠
I’m 47 years old, this song came out in 1986 and this is the first time I’m watching this video. Thanks for uploading it.
I'm 51 i bought this album the day before it came out, 1st time seeing this video too
I was 24 when this song came out. I'm 58 now and I still listen all the time. It never gets old.
Same. But 44
I'm 51 ,I saw these guys in Providence in 1986 ,License to ill tour!
I'm 45 and had no idea there was a video
No one could combine rock and hip hop in the most genius Way then The Beastie boys
They a true Super Group, went beyond gip hop and rap, only other crew compares and the Wu Tang clan....
I would say Linkin Park, but BB would have been a key influence for them.
@@fearthemonkey-72 Omg
Just NO
@@fearthemonkey-72 I don't get why people think people from certain Demographies listened to fvcking N U M E T A L !
Anthrax anyone?
Still to this day no other album starts this damn hard. Licensed To Ill is top 5 greatest album ever!!
RIP MCA!You will be missed.Wish I could have seen you guys live in concert.
Although I loved them all, MCA was always my fave. Always.
the beasties were sick as hell back in the 80s
+bigmo72 No, they were ill,according to them
i see what you did there
Not sick..... ILL
bigmo72 i love the first album they cant get no better n my opinion the first one kicks assesses
D3STROYER No.1 i like that broham.very ill
Wow this song really holds its ground -- it's better than 95% of new music being released today -- for real!
How can you go wrong with sampled sabbath, zeppelin, and beasties? I wish gotg3 would have used this instead of Brooklyn
I'm 19 years old and I'm proud to say I'm one of the few kids in my generation who listens to them.
No, you're not.
One of a few!!!
I have this VHS to this day. I've had since 1987.
OHH
i wish i could have one, that's sick!
Yeah man.. with the cops at the end lol
Get it made i to dvds just in case. Some old vhs can erase themselves over time..
I have mine somewhere. I'm still trying to find the Japanese LaserDisc of this, though; it came out around the time they were breaking up with DefJam and Columbia, and I think CBS ended up pulling it off the market. I think "Licensed to Ill" was out of print until Island bought DefJam. But that Laserdisc is seriously rare. Yeah, it may be large and not as cool as the DVD, but it has everything the DVD has: a good (enough) picture, digital sound, and it won't wear out like VHS.
The green room/backstage party is from The Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ show. Also, when they're cruising around in the Blazer doing bong hits, they are on their way to White Castle in Clifton NJ as well. I know this because I grew up in Clifton
Buying this cassette , when it came out , as a 12 year old . Game changer!
you had to fight for your right to party
Wore it tf out and drove parents nuts playing it nonstop 😂
My whole childhood was beasties. Boy times have changed
i NEVER get tired of this.... RIP Adam
not all my high school days were winners and these guys kept it from beating me down. RIP MCA and THANK YOU!
Words cant explain just how incredibly dope the Beastiies are. No one will ever be as fresh as these dudes. EVER!!!!!!!!
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Beastie Boys all in one. Such greatness
This to me was why they took off….it was rap, sure, but it was rock as well…
First Joe strummer,then Jam master jay and now MCA,these legends were gone too soon!I Will miss you MCA, always made me laugh or bring a smile to myface when listing to beastieboys music.You will never be forgotten and your always in my heart.
I love this song ❤ now my son loves listening to Beastie Boys. He keeps telling me to put it on in the truck
What I like about their videos is that they just seem to be having so much fun doing it
they acted how they were TOLD to act. by the record company. they have no fond memories of this era in their so called career.
@@bobbycowper2915 meh
@@lockandloadlikehell that’s true Rick always told them to act like that.
@@natalier222 maybe, but I do
This is the preminent BB album imo
This is what I'd put on my MP3 right before going in to break my own state deadlift records
Well, this and PE, EASY E, etc
I liked it cuz it's loud, aggressive and violent- this song in particular
Yes, I’m sure they had a terrible time passing around the chicks gyrating in the cages, touring, drinking, rhyming and stealing and mixing wine and women and song and such….
Drums: When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Guitar : Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
And... 'I fought the law' - The Clash!
Fav bands = epic combo
Steve M Thanks Mr wizard nobody knew that.
Rick Rubin was a beast getting all these samples cleared. Never would happen now a day.
yankees29 u do realize licensed to ill(uminati) is a complete job, the beastie boys were made with a purpose. love their music, but the history behind them is tainted for me and now i understand their lyrics. and ILL COMMUNICATION was probably the most genuine record where as III was the intro to what was their purpose (entertainment)
Rest in PEACE MCA! Long live THE BEASTIE BOYS!!! All the greats will NEVER be forgotten!
Piracy mixed with womanizing, dangerous drug use, and rhyme skills unparalleled makes for a rap shanty all MC Buccaneers must pay allegiance and salutations to!
This an Andy Kaufman level of commitment to an image. The next album was who they really are.
beastie boys the most bad ass hip hop/rap group ever...
rock kinda
Well rap/rock/hip hop infact who cares they're fucking awesome
no dont worry they are a hip hop/rap group, iTunes defines them as such
Agreed!
along with Run DMC
From listening to The Beastie Boys whole discography, I must say this is one of their best songs. Mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath is a terrific idea, which makes them some of the best samplers in rap/hip-hop. I wish more modern rap groups would have better samples when they use them.
They started off as a punk band in the early 1980s, They got onto DEF jam thanks to Rick Rubin Riding the rap train, then they redefined themselves in the 90s With the dust Brothers.
Illest guys ever. MCA, Adrock, Mike D...........Beastie Boys 4 ever. RIP MCA.
Women, beer, rock, REAL rap, wish I had a fucking time machine. I'd catch their tour with Run DMC.
Wee Willy Wonka good times back then!
Wee Willy Wonka good times back then!
REAL RAP, TRUE HIP HOP, with Heavy Metal instrumental, helle yeah !
rap music today is shit comparing to this
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The When the Levee Breaks drums beat is properly honored here. Respect
these scratches in this track was like dope to me, and still is....80s virus NEVER NEVER left me! really.
46 years old and I never knew there was a video for this song (I had a bootleg cassette back in '87) Argo brought me here - I've had that opening drum part stuck in my head for two days.
I love how people throw beer up on stage and they pop it open and drink it and then spray it all over the crowd arguably three of the best rappers of all time what a time to be alive
im 15 and just getting into them, theyre amazing
They’re great!!
Born in 91 but I'm a beastie boy fan fr these fellas are genius
MCA makes every song, every time ..
I was 13 when this hit...different times and the 80s ladies can't be topped!
This song still goes hard 35 years later, and still holds up today. For a different twist, go to your settings (gear icon) and play it at 1.25 speed. Boom
You insane…
Just tried it at your suggestion and it changed My life!
Love it
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Damn!! Same here!!!
😘👌
Hoooooly $hit! Well played, brother!!!
This is STILL my favorite offering from The Beastie Boys. Paul Revere and Sabotage follow respectively.
A very timeless song and video by one of the greatest hip-hop group of all time the Beastie Boys.
RIP MCA!!!!!!!! My heart goes out to your family!!! You fought a long hard battle, but I hope now you are pain free and at peace. Shalom!
2021 and this jam still gives me chills. Straight 🔥 RIP Adam Yauch. ✌🏽
Definitely one of the best from Licenced To Ill!!!
I wore this tape *_out_* back in the day!
mobus1603 Same here. This came out on Laserdisc in Japan, but I never got a chance to get it. It never got released in the US because they left DefJam and CBS, and they couldn’t release it. The even ended up pulling the VHS copies of this.
Yep! Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom 💣💥💣💥
EATME
This is the first song I ever heard by the beastie boys and consequently it is still my favorite after all these years.
Man I forgot how hard this went.
1986 Mets 30 For 30 brought me here! "Little roller up along first...Behind the bag!!!!!"
And to think LED ZEP never sued for usimg their beat from "when the levee breaks....Some record producer had approached Robert plant and told him that these new rappers named Beastie boys was using their music in a song and Robert said he wanted to hear this song and so finally the producer fetched a cassette tape and played it and it's told that Robert plant heard this song and said let them use it... Thats a cool gesture!❤
Because they initially stole the riff ?
Beastie Boys looped the Zeppelin beat with a reel to reel tape wrapped around a mic stand ,edited with a razor blade until it was usable. Then they threw the Black Sabbath " Sweet Leaf" riff over Bonham's beat. This was before samplers were affordable (1985 or 1986) Lyrics reference Sex Pistols and The Clash
@@subsanity667 yes sir 🤟
@@oscarsoto9512 bro, put the meth pipe down! Educate yourself, for once in your life
When the Levee Breaks" is a country blues song written and first recorded by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie in 1929. The lyrics reflect experiences during the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
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This album came out when I was in high school, i.e., this is the kind of music we had when I was in high school - as compared to now.
and it's still good
Class of 88!
This song is pure anarchy !!! Brings me back .. I love my generation !!!
Man I LOVE THIS. That beat.
BEST SONG BEST INSTRUMENTAL BEST BEASTIE BOYS
This album is a classic.I was 10 years old when this came out
"Rhyming and stealin' in a drunken state, and ill be rockin' my rhymes all the way to hells gates" -RIP MCA
Best line in the song.
I was at this show. At the long gone Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ. I am the goofy wide mouth open kid at 13 seconds. A friend told me I was in it back when this VHS came out but never saw it myself until today. 22 years later.
one of my favorite hip hop tracks of all time
saw this tour in Detroit....fishbone and Murphys law as opening acts.....small venues, crazy antics, my favorite version of the boys.....beautiful
A great drum lick mixed with a great guitar riff. Beastie Boys lead rap rock for sure.
SeanO Covers1999 Pretty much invented it along with Run-Dmc
This song still bangs the hardest. It just amps u up!
Saw the Beasties with Public Enemy and Murphy's Law at the CApitol Theater in Passaic N.J. and had a blast. RIP MCA you will not be forgotten, your music was the soundtrack to BHS high school 1986-87
Beastie Boys....got be the best ever bar none.....this song is so dope and fresh...
had this on repeat doin the treadmill the other day... gets me PUMPED!!!
Yeah, I was there, and there has Never been another more amazing group of sick rappers since them. Check it.
Nancy C bone thugs and h there are nice to see in concert the very time did see them was 94 or 95 in New Mexico it was a sold show
nothing like them i remeber the 80's i was in my young 20's this group was a gift from the gods.......
Bloody Awesome so Many Years Later.
Bloody Mary- don't say it 3 times....she didn't birth Jesus.....long story 😂
Best opening track of any album.
Licensed to Ill was the first "tape" I ever bought and the best. I will never forget how sick an experience it was to listen to it the first time
I'm way too old now to still have a crush on Ad rock, but I can still only see him through my preteen/teen eyes.
In the summer of '87, I wore this cassette out in my '81 Camaro Berlinetta while cruising around town with my friends. Oh, the memories!
MOST ILLINEGST B-BOYS!
Most illinegst steallinegst killinegst B-Boys!!!
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! I miss
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! the good 'ole days
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! when you could rock out
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! to these songs.
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES! I remember singing & dancing to this song at a club in NYC
in the 90's. Everyone started screaming & singing together,
it was like a honed & simultaneous energy through out the club.
Beastie Boys also proved you didn't have to perform for your fans with a lot of magic, explosions, or a huge decked out stage with back up singers choreographed to dance like the main performer, all you needed was talented singers & a hot chick in a cage, what else do ya' need?! I don't regret my youth, I embraced it.
The Pirates of hiphop
Saw the beastie boys/ public enemy/ Murphy's law at the Providence Civic center R.I. 1987
First song heard about those guys. Now I'm a big fan.
Best jam on Licensed to ill for sure!
RIP MCA❤
I remember I used to work at Pizza hut and before the store opened, I decided to blast this album "Licensed to Ill " and when the opening beat to " Rhymin and Stealin " came on a rock n roll girl who worked there said "ahhh, Zepplin. " I still wonder what she thought when the Beastie Boys started rapping.
waaay ahead of their time
Was thinking that the whole time watching it lol
I remember seeing this video for the first time when I was 8 years old. I had the vinyl 2days later. Some kick ass fucking 80s shit right here.
John Kempshki Yeahhh, you see now groups like BROCKHAMPTON with songs like HEAT having heavy ass beats and voices
your stupid.
For sure. Their legends
I’m glad my parents got me into good music
The drum sample from "When the Levee Breaks" by the great John Bonham is what makes this track.
***** I probably didn't either!
Saw them back in 8th grade, freshman in college now...they were an amazing first concert..Place was packed too.
I WAS THERE!!
Yooo are you in the Video?
Nice. My father had tickets for another concert and couldn't go, because I was born right then, so sad
@@almakolcke9379 lol your what
@@kriajundaz5714 ?
When I was a kid this was the first tape I owned.. I had a walkman and use to skateboard and wear this tape out. My favorite song from beasties. Thanks MCA for the memories.. Such a Bad Mutha.. RIP Buddy you will be missed.
Even though I may be 19 going on 20 and caught up with Beastie Boys with Hello Nasty and Ill Communication, their music stood out to me as one of the best music I've heard. Throughout high school while people were listening to today's music, I was in tune with music like the Beastie Boys and Wu-Tang and Heavy D...music I caught when I was a tot. MCA's passing really hits me here, but I know that because of the Beasties, they inspire me to go through life and follow my dreams.
I haven’t listened to this in years Beasties were Badass
God, I’ve loved this song since I was 12 in 1987!
RIP Yauch. 😢
I love how RUclips advertisements show shitty music when people wanna listen to good music
Just like Spotify.....I am listening to The Clash or the BBoys and they advertise Shawn Mendez.....and I get a sudden diarrhea attack
Diarrhea attacks suck
@@fabiobalenzano6439 Pay for it! Why?!!
Man.... I miss the 80's
DOPE!!!! ali baba and the 40 thieves....
Ali baba and my man Mike D!
Like a lemon 2 a lime, a lime 2 lemon...
It's awesome that you got to see them, one of the best bands ever! :)
This is some Old School Shit!!!
Beasties will always remain my favorite rap group!
80s decade it was my ,life.....BEST BEST ever......
I had this song on a cassette tape/mix when I was a freshman at Uk in 1993. My roommate and I wore it out, the tape that is, the song can’t be touched!
As much as I would love to credit ZOSO with the beat, it was actually Memphis Minnie in 1929 that made that song possible for Zep. Still no harm no foul. Peace.
26 years ago tonight was my first concert ever, this is a total flashback, so awesome!
Yes beastie boys are the great 👍 ones of rap they really put it out in their shows 👍❤️🎵🐒
My cousin Josh busts out a tape his uncle gave him when we were 7 or 8 and I was hooked for life!!! R.I.P MCA
Drum loop adapted from "When the leevee breaks" by Led Zeppelin
And riff from Black Sabbaths Sweat Leaf
Nothing captures that youthful rebellious spirit like License to Ill.
Ahhh a world without mobile phones. Isn't that great to see?
It's the way life should be.
preferiría un millón de veces estar aya que con el puto facebook
But imagine some of the footage that would exists if a Licensed To Ill era Beasties had iphones
No fake hair, lips, tits or asses either.
I agree as I currently am typing on my phone.