Beastie Boys - Cooky Puss EP (1983)

[@tishgrier]

Heard this when it first came out-- played on a college radio station. Died laughing! Was the funniest thing in '83. It's still funny. and if you're from NJ or NY, you know all about Cookie Puss, Cookie O'Puss and Cookie Chick :-D

[@michaelkottler]

Agreed: "Cooky Puss" remains hilarious as well as infinitely listenable. In my case, I saw the Cooky Puss EP on cassette at the record store, purchased it based on caprice and wow: what an amazing surprise it was, a revelation, even.

[@ErikS101]

Ditto. KMSA (my airname was white jelly fungus)

[@AuntieNina68]

College radio, here in Boston was all over Beasties!

[@kingstoneyblanco9925]

If I'm not mistaken, this cover is a still from a video of them walking like this when there was 4...Kate Schellenbach was still a member. It was before they even started rappin. Classic Punk...

[@leerog1]

This song was the first time I ever heard the B.Boys! My brother still has this on vinyl too. Beastie Boys forever :)

[@michaelkottler]

Damn straight.

[@TomSmith-gw6fn]

Amazing piece of history this EP. Recorded before Def Jam, before rap really ever left some urban circles. The experimemtalism here is crazy, especially for 1983. The Beasties were still primarily a hardcore punk group, and still had Kate Schellenbach on drums, the little known "Beastie Girl" who was ultimately canned by Rick Rubin. She's center left on this record art, and you can hear Mike D shout her out in the third track, Beastie Revolution.

[@kennyk7515]

Abv21 06 she (kate shellenbach) then went on to be an AWESOME lead singer with Luscious Jackson

[@sweetsamsara5507]

@@kennyk7515 Drummer. Jill and Gabby were the singers

[@beemo9]

Ahead of their time. They nailed the Fatboy Slim sound 15 years early, and Max Headroom too.

[@michaelkottler]

Nice Max Headroom reference. Ah, the golden years.

[@maxwheeler3241]

The scratching is Steve Martin's standup comedy "My Real Name". I first heard this in 82. I was 13 and thought man this is a fun time, so much different stuff coming out. It only got better in 83,84,85,86,87.............and then it ended.

[@Khultan]

Yup. My era, although, I would not learn of these early material until I got to Los Angeles, oddly enough, a few months before the group abandoned Def Jam records and NYC to relocate.

[@diannashebora4641]

Still makes me smile

[@Khultan]

Is Mike D. trying to sound like a Black New Yorker or a Puerto Rican New Yorker, I could never tell which...ROTFLMAO

[@diannashebora4641]

???

[@diannashebora4641]

???

[@OctoberRust99x9]

I can’t believe this came out so close to the 70s…

[@pete19ify]

respect to the beastie boys

[@sleezye6152]

British airways ripped off the bassline for Beastie Revolution and the settlement got the Beasties $40,000-Enough for Ad-Rock to buy a Roland TR-808 Drum Machine!

[@NBM3]

Fun part of that story ..in the commercial brit air played it backwards as background muzak in a crowded spaceport on the moon . And the boys still heard it !!! One day you'll see it .

[@slugcult1973]

That's how they were able to afford 59 Chrystie street as well.

[@theonlyalo]

Haha great story!

[@theonlyalo]

@@NBM3That’s amazing ❤

[@gasparsanchez4811]

"These pusswa crumbs are makin itch' I love it. Been a minute since I heard this song..

[@TonicJohn]

Still own this on cassette. It was giving to me by a neighbor when I was in the 7th grade It would've been 1988. This is classic it was recorded pre Def Jam, and is transition from hardcore Beastie Boys to one of the most influential Hip Hop bands of all time...

[@324kca]

John Grant we are the same age....and the same musical influences. I still compare evetything to beasties and just nothing ever seems to measure up.

[@gazhazzler1916]

Pussy Cook

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@Nic Bell *The HxC Beasties meet the Hip Hop on New Wave-Punk downtown clubs by late 1982* like The Negril and The Mudd Club, where also was played records of Kurtis Blow, Treacherous Three, Spoonie Gee, Funky 4+1. *Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis* a.k.a. Tony Flow was the first white on rapping on a full row of songs on a demo in 1983.. *before Beasties "Rock Hard" (1984)* .

[@michaelkottler]

Same here and agree w/your summary re: how uniquely dope AF and ahead of its time "Cooky Puss" was.

[@kicknbackfishn2311]

DAM why am I only hearing this now, I'm gonna have this beat stuck in my head for weeks, years

[@chipchippie]

Is it still in there? In mine now too.. :0)

[@michaelkottler]

It will never fully leave your head. Even if consciously there's a lapse, your subconscious will eventually return "Cooky Puss" to heavy rotation.

[@Darth77Pimp]

I like the irie dub reggae beat in the middleWhat a surprise !

[@Plexpara]

still their punk times....but the first steps to hip hop.

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Plexpara On that time, Hip Hop really was like a Black Funky version of Punk Rock, in the sense of make some exciting and direct from the simple and tuff.

[@ptcrusa]

@Nic Bell not even close to being the first rap group. There were hundreds of groups and MCs before the Beastie Boys released License to Ill. They were probably the first white people to release anything hip hop related, so for that they are really pioneers

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@@ptcrusa Interesting that *at the same time, early 1983, in L.A.,The Red Hot Chili Peppers* , another punk kids was already *rapping* and play that Punk-Funk fusion take it from The Contortions and others similar stuff. *Anthony Kiedis was i think the first WHITE MC* , if you noted that The Beasties are 3 jewish kids.

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@Nic Bell *the Real 1st Rap/Hip Hop Group was GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE 3 MC's* in 1975, later renamed like The Furious Five. The First White full Rappin singer came *from Italy : Pino D'Angio in 1980* . The *first american caucasian all Rap singin on a demo was RHCP demo 1983* .

[@ptcrusa]

@@RobertoGinsburg Except Anthony Kiedis is not an MC, he plays a different genre, funk rock, which also does have rapping. Only in Hip Hop do you call the vocalists MCs. I consider Jewish people to be white

[@parkerwhitey]

I was fucking 1 year old when this came out. What an awesome time to have lived

[@go-goakins1489]

I used have this record ! It’s a classic 🙌🤟😎

[@kw5732]

Is it for sale??

[@natatk1570]

@@kw5732can you read?

[@rabbit0712]

This song brings back so many memories for me.. I miss my youth

[@carinaaa17]

ho old are you

[@SQUIGGLEVISION3D]

ho old are you

[@michaelkottler]

I hear that, big-time! "And if they take it HG Wells, well I'll be on the 1st flight" - Frank Black

[@Doodlebugdude]

I used to have this on vinyl.

[@decipherdaz9920]

haaaa i still have this on Tape , it was pretty much different to what we was getting in 83/84 i was pretty much pure Electro at this time

[@Bigtutk]

Thanks for posting this mc1382. been over twenty-five yrs since I last heard this joint ! R.I.P MCA !!!

[@PaintedSkyDweller]

What a trip hearing this tonight… just as good as the in sound from way out 😎😎😎

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

Track Listing: 1.Cooky Puss: 0:00 2.Bonus Batter: 3:19 3.Beastie Revolution: 5:41 4.Cooky Puss (Censored Version): 10:51

[@sadiehallinger1401]

#upvote

[@Mtv-get-off-thee-air]

Why is beastie revolution mixed so damn well? I mean this whole ep kind of is

[@godisnature2012]

thank you mc1382 for sharing!!! can't believe they were just 17!!! love the beasties always forever and ever

[@Richie_C_Mejia]

I owned this album in the 80s.

[@svipdagx7291]

&i owned yoú in the 80's.Now i own a new rubber chicken wich i call Eustace&i rule the chicken!K.Hissinger.

[@Richie_C_Mejia]

Svipdagx I cut chickens heads off with a hatchet

[@xrpgorilla1742]

Hell yaaa

[@djjace2527]

I still have this on 12" vinyl.

[@michaelkottler]

Nice.

[@thearchive4109]

This song is so intergalactically stupid. I love it!!

[@frankiefugazi]

Some Old Bullshit. Love it.

[@michaelkottler]

I think "Some Old Bullshit" was my introduction to "Cooky Puss" and daaaamn, I was mightily impressed. From the infectious bass to the crank call to Carvel to the Steve Martin samples and everything else: dope AF in perpetuity.

[@AndreS-mx9ff]

a masterpiece of its own ...

[@crushingalldeceivers]

I bought this back in the day, and my mother called for dinner so... take me home and eat me...Yeah!

[@ernestodelaserna9494]

I'm hearing a big influence here from Malcolm McLaren and Carvel Ice Cream.

[@chriscipollone1246]

i used to have this on wax when i was a little kid wish i still had it

[@moonroxxx]

This is still hilarious in 2024 😂😂😂😂 " I'm talking now and shit you know ! This shit now !! !

[@ttacking_you]

There's a Lee scratch Perry influence at play here .. this is New Yorks answer to the clash.

[@ttacking_you]

And big audio Dynamite

[@katastrophickpop8498]

Hm? This is the first time listening to the Beastie Boys! I found their cassette tape (for this album) at a yardsale. They gave it to me for free. I thought it was cool but I have nothing to play it with so I looked up the songs. Holy shit this surprised me, but I weirdly like it? I’ll definitely be looking into the older songs though!

[@dooolaay]

Katastrophic Kpop I will buy it from you. Name your price.

[@mrmanagain]

thanks for putting this up

[@chrisswalker2956]

So oldschool das ich dit jarnicht wusste... 14: min whaaaat

[@tmseh]

Word.

[@romans116notw]

I was today years old when I heard about this album.

[@slipamo4309]

My sister's name was Huruhruhruhruh

[@krispy3790]

lol the steve martin sample. legendary

[@mcrv9783]

Lmao

[@JHATDRUMMER1976]

TAKE ME HOME AND EAT ME YAAAAAAAAY!

[@rizla7496]

Pussy Crumbs

[@PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury]

Their beats are sick, and best of all, they're part of the tribe. Long live Judah ✌️

[@michaelkottler]

Damn straight.

[@calvarychapelhh]

Here's my supervisor, he'll help you. Classic most people never heard of.

[@bgray625]

I first heard this on the new wave / weirdo station WLIR out of Long Island, NY; it came in fuzzy but audible in Brooklyn. It was the "Shriek of the Week". I recognized the Steve Martin bit as well as the delicious ice cream characters that the BB's wanted to speak to. Nonetheless, I was dumbfounded. What the hell did I just hear???

[@mozarinapaulino226]

A velha arte de dar trote nos anos 80/90 !!! 😜

[@flippingsteve7143]

I officially own this. Best life.

[@flytune74]

Old day bliss 👌

[@dickmintss9504]

Oh my god lol this song is so funny

[@ragga1975]

thanks mca

[@jacekpietrzycki6073]

lubie beastie boys i wszstkie rodzaje hip hopu i jeste neutrealny jacek metal biedrona jadzka omen bunt forever

[@retroracingshirt591]

dope

[@xrpgorilla1742]

The good ol days

[@michaelkottler]

Damn straight.

[@ShyGuy83]

This record kind of reminds me a little of Negativland.

[@Chris-sv7xq]

I got the number anyway baby... I has this original LP. Still

[@GmGuy543]

RIP MCA

[@PoliticalTalkAbout]

I have the original cd of this…somewhere. -lol

[@echoecho24]

Nice

[@Gratefuldeaf]

THE BEAT goes on.

[@starchile7518]

thank you thank you thank you!

[@starchile7518]

"MURDDAAAHHHH!!!!....JINX!" LOL...I love them sooooooo much!!!!

[@garybell1420]

Got this ❤

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Brilliant!

[@miami9452]

Dope!!!

[@thaduke5560]

PERFECTION.RIP MCA

[@immrnoidall]

So out of time in so many ways and places. had to force myself to listen to the whole thing.

[@davidgo8874]

ohhh, b-e-a-s-t-i-e go!!

[@flashgabbo5968]

Great EP

[@manuelmontiel5418]

I bought a copy of this at the 99 cent store

[@dickmintss9504]

This song is a prank call

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Dick Mintss Yeah to CARVEL ice cream company. Is hilarious how is listened the laughs of Yauch, Horovitz, Schellenbach when Mike Diamond response to the innocent Carvel operator.

[@wubanger478]

first time hearing this

[@carinaaa17]

what'd you think of it?

[@garcalej]

Still waitin on our ice cream cake….

[@bazza-one]

1983, I was struck by lightning in 1989 in uk. Along with oother strange stuff. It isn't a joke. Yes I know it's an ice-cream.

[@arielilariooredvi257]

LaNe's trivial war cry and peace treaty that didn't die....

[@furkankarakaya6614]

auuuuuuuuw 🔥 🔥

[@phillipobrien5618]

Bad as hell....where these guys came up with this? Cool as hell beat!

[@juanmanuelpais4529]

B-Boys parte de una vida juntos

[@Emmachantiri]

Your welcome.

[@rockmasterdjriz7776]

ad rock,,mca ..mike d..and kate schenbach on drums

[@sikphil6854]

+jay rizzone later played in Lucious Jacksons

[@eddiealmeida5589]

jay rizzone Do you mean Kate Schellenbach?

[@awolsurf-TC]

"take me home and eat me yeah"

[@FriedWaffles95]

Shit with this bitch. Classic! I say that whenever I get in a jam.

[@michaelkottler]

Likewise. And I use an amalgamation: "Just make that shit for now, b" frequently.

[@staxdeluxe]

lol they're making fun of Eek a Mouse something fierce in Beastie Revolution

[@Berrybubblsss]

I think it's pass the dutchie

[@tmseh]

Fresh beats yo.

[@msshellock7025]

Oh, the illness.

[@GmGuy543]

this is american history

[@michaelkottler]

Damn f-ing straight! You called it.

[@Zopf-international]

At cooky volume..

[@FriedWaffles95]

Jazzhansolo knows very little of the origins of the B-Boys.

[@royguy5986]

three words...........KING ADD ROCK

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Too many d's, I house you, yo man the kid ad rock B!

[@stephen8311]

they named the forth member at the beginning of beastie groove its bazootie

[@ollievaughn8227]

This is the shit...

[@jimmers112]

Take me home and eat me yeah!

[@groomeb]

Game Changer

[@LuboMirtchev]

Same era of the Thriller...

[@rifqifajri2629]

ina track 9min what the song playin?

[@TheLarryburns84]

Beastie Revolution.

[@RobertoGinsburg]

Rifqi Fajri A Rasta Dub Beastie madness.

[@bdaycaker]

We’ll never know his real name. Nor his sisters...

[@zackjp]

who's the fourth guy on the album ? a DJ?

[@smashism]

+zadow sunfire The fourth person is a girl. Kate Shellenbach.

[@sikphil6854]

+zadow sunfire Kate Shellenbach, she's a girl and later played in Lucious Jacksons . check em out

[@mrmanagain]

magic mike?

[@officialpurifiedbeats]

7:39 ... lil wayne was inspired..

[@koolaidkid420]

Koolaidkid ™ approved ***** d a why ?

[@juan_pe8546]

Clásico

[@felab5313]

Yo pick it up

[@bvmbsplff9243]

Juan Epstein/Dante Ross brought me here

[@koolaidkid420]

And my mother called me for dinner