“Groove Holmes” (and me) Mike D”. You get a dope track with a message that can’t be repeated enough: “Too many rappers, and there’s still not enough MCs”eval(ez_write_tag([[336,280],'hiphopgoldenage_com-box-4','ezslot_3',114,'0','0'])); “So many wack emcees, you get the TV bozak / Ain’t even gonna call out your names, cause you’re so wack / And one big oaf, who’s faker than plastic / A dictionary definition of the word spastic…”. Intergalctic
Every rap group needs an origin story, and this one is a barnburner. “Three MCs and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay / Mix Master Mike, what’cha got to say?”.
It only gets juicier from there. “If you can feel what I’m feeling then it’s a musical masterpiece / If you can hear what I’m dealing with then that’s cool at least / What’s running through my mind comes through in my walk / True feelings are shown from the way that I talk…”. Quotable: “I wanna say a little something that’s long overdue / The disrespect to women has got to be through.”, For all the inspired beat tapestries they sewed together on Paul’s Boutique, the Dust Brothers’ greatest decision might have been handing the reins to Sly & The Family Stone on this cut. “So What’Cha Want” Give me this instead, any day: a hard, skeletal beat, with each Beastie jockeying to out-schlock the others. 1 album Hello Nasty, “Ch-Check It Out” from 2004’s To The 5 Boroughs, which marked the band’s third consecutive Billboard No. Quotable: “Everybody rapping like it’s a commercial / Acting like life is a big commercial.”. A tribute to Mix Master Mike’s DJ skills, truly a beast on the turntables. 11. 4. “In 3’s” “So like a pimp, I’m pimpin’ / I got a boat to eat shrimp in / Nothing wrong with my leg, I’m just B-boy limpin’…”. Yeah, no wonder Paul’s Boutique tanked commercially. “How many rappers must get dissed / Gimme eight bars, and watch me bless this / I start to reminisce, ooh, when I miss / The real Hip Hop with which I persist…”. Your email address will not be published. The Beastie Boys always had the knack for picking the perfect album opener. “Now here’s a little story I’ve got to tell / About three bad brothers you know so well / It started way back in history / With Ad-Rock, M.C.A.
A song so hard, it apparently will inspire no less a badass than James Tiberius Kirk in a few centuries. “Shadrach” 1 debut Licensed To Ill, “Shake Your Rump” and “Hey Ladies” from their 1989 reinvention Paul’s Boutique and “So What’Cha Want” and “Pass The Mic” from 1992’s multi-platinum Check Your Head, which hit Top Ten on the Billboard 200 chart.
So, in honor of both the Boys hitting the quarter-century mark and this week’s release of Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. That harpsichord interlude is such a double-take moment for first-time listeners. BONUS: The Five Greatest Beastie Boys Instrumentals. And it became the namesake for an excellent NewsRadio character. “All you Trekkies and TV addicts / Don’t mean to dis, don’t mean to bring static / All you Klingons in the f***ing house / Grab your backstreet friend and get loud…”. A New Collection Out Now. Never gets old. Which part do you rock hardest to?
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