Beastie Boys Perform "Three MC's and One DJ" and "So What'cha Want" | Letterman

Awesome, Dave f**kin shot this!
(From "Late Show," air date: 2/8/06)
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[@thelettermanpodcast]

Mix Master Mike is the GOAT. These moments are FANtastic.

[@elcreyo]

"Now, here's a little something you may not like... My DJs name is Mix Master Mike!"

[@jeremymcinturff985]

hands down one my favorite performances by the beastie boys. the beat switch @5:38 to "Breathe" by Fabolous is cleannnn.

[@mikefarrington7141]

I've never seen this before, and after watching it 20 times in a row it's now my favorite.

[@Steely_Fran]

Check the version they did at Live Earth in 2007. Mix Master Mike switches the beat to "Breathe" like he does here, but he switches it to Nas - Made You Look towards the end of the song.

[@thedude4672]

I LOVE these guys! RIP Adam Yauch

[@richardgruenthaler9523]

The greatest rap group ever!

[@johncornell3665]

Beastie Boys are the best and love the Handycams. Thanks Dave!

[@paulb808]

I LOVE this performance! Thanks for finally uploading this!!! Beastie Boys are the best.

[@nathanfolkemer8392]

MMM. That mix is my absolute favorite love performance. True banger.

[@KungEMuller]

Wow! A great musical performance and Dave's awesome directing skills!? That's incredible!

[@calixa]

PURE HIPHOP. 3 EMCESS and 1 DJ to the MAX. Mike is unreal back there. Saw them in 98 and 04.

[@nathanaelbrown1983]

The beat at 7:00 is spectacular.

[@mikebostler2316]

Great post! We need a channel that replays all of Daves shows. Please!!!

[@PrankZabba]

They talk about it in their autobiography. I believe they just went and rented all the cameras to do it with. This looks pretty awesome as well. I don't remember seeing this one. Used to tape a lot of the music performances back in the day. Lost some tapes, but got maybe 8 between 90 to 95. Haven't played those tapes in years.

[@EyeTunz]

Well one lady was feeling it anyway. (7:05)

[@dennyzartman]

I could see Ad Rock get his arm ready to do the pyramid move at the end, but he noticed MCA wasn't doing it and pulled back

[@oceanwoods]

The ‘one’ dj got snubbed with the Dave handshake

[@prograde_adv]

Mike handled it like a pro! No worries....

[@dallastrujillo7540]

I know! Bad Dave! 😆 poor guy. He killed it!

[@RandallBelcher-xe1is]

One of the best HipHop crues legends .

[@ylette]

Great camerawork, Dave!

[@thelettermanpodcast]

Lol

[@vanlifephilippines7304]

@ 2 megapixel camera

[@rangers11ization]

The one guy who had the camera facing his own face was great😂

[@thedude4672]

He was determined to get on national television

[@dnawoodshop5431]

I'm tired of driving it's due time that I walk about ........classic

[@jamesleaver1391]

Baller.

[@emilianocruz11]

Yess finally waiting long Time found this live versión of so whatcha want in 2006 on letterman showb

[@claudioloyola3080]

tears in my eyes for the master adam and beastie boys thanks.chile santiago ,2024.

[@baybeachbeauty]

That was killer ❤ Dave!

[@kimberleyphillips6671]

Tooooo cool

[@wardengentles53]

3 rappers who are so articulate enough to understand EVERY SINGLE WORD. And on point

[@timbauza1370]

Who was on the crowd, extras from the movie Coma?

[@snitchurmom80]

That breakdown @6:36 ✌🏼

[@bradpreston7779]

I have it on good authority that nobody can do it like Mix Master Mike.

[@nathanfolkemer8392]

The BEST 60 seconds in music history. That bass sweep is subwoofer fodder.

[@makyeah]

03:05 obliterated that guy, "85 yr old cue card boy". Dang! lol

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

U love the camera? Very good, it loves you too 😂😂 keep it then, it's useful for you 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@MichaelSilverMedia]

Their concert was filmed at MSG, come on Dave. It holds 19,500 beastie boys.

[@Some-guy-you-dont-know]

"We Made This Movie" vibes.

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

Everything s ok dear Dave ? ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Artimao]

Itn hurts me that I will never attend a live performance of the Beastie Boys and those guys in the audience are frozen still watching them

[@TabethaAurochs]

I've been to two of their shows and seen them at Lollapalooza-all when I was in high school early-mid 90s. I promise everybody was going gorillas the whole time! They were unlike anything we'd seen before-hip hop/rap/punk/skate culture mixed together LOUDLY 😅 It felt revolutionary. Getting to go to those shows-and as a teenager, which still feels like it was the right age to do so? That's not something I take for granted 💜💜💜

[@Artimao]

@@TabethaAurochs I'm sure it must have been amazing, all the time I watch videos of theur live performances they look eletrifying

[@LiberalsArePoop]

I saw them on the License to Ill tour. They were amazing from the very start.

[@mikearon1970]

Saw them in Philly at Festival Pier in Aug 2007. Mid 90s, soooo hot, and they went non stop 2 hours in polyester suits… best show I’ve ever seen

[@DOSkywalkR]

So the Beastie Boys started that thing about everybody in the audience filming a performance instead of living in the moment 😅

[@jeffwallace6176]

Noticed that this official Letterman post edited out the shots Dave filmed of his assistant Stephanie... She has been wiped from all shows apparently.

[@jimestooper1480]

Is this Lip synced? MCA's voice is coming through the mic at times and he's not singing into it. Never seen BBoys do that before

[@Jayizzo007]

Wow..new footage...I don't remember watching this back in the days!

[@RonGerstein]

Everyone does not remember, brainless.

[@marcoscastorrelano869]

Hip Hop needs to go back to this .... Tremendous!

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐

[@BurmaJ]

Beasties start @ 4:00

[@RonGerstein]

Onky 18 years ago.

[@micahweedman]

Shout out to Paul’s Ed Sullivan impersonation

[@amjh4lah809]

6th and relatively early 😊

[@thelettermanpodcast]

There’s only one number 6@!

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Cool camcorder.(s)

[@rsgabrys----]

--------------------- sony was uno to use 8mm tape in camcorders ....thanks4sharing

[@basicbreakfast]

Mike D needed faster kicks on that night 😝

[@keefriff99]

Now THIS is the hip hop I like. I’m getting old but I really dislike modern hip hop.

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

Interesting song 😂😂😂

[@colonialstraits1069]

Its called a medley

[@johaniffsofiz]

Terrible audience but great performance by the best 😅

[@thelettermanpodcast]

They’ve actually referred to them as ‘ the’ Beastie Boys, things he usually didn’t do… Normally he omitted the ‘the’

[@cactaceous]

It’s Beastie Boys because Beastie is an acronym.

[@curtfox91]

Crowd sucked they killed this

[@erics9511]

Dave made me barf with the zoom...other than that it was great.

[@CrayogenicDeath]

Letterman is absolutely terrible at shooting

[@dhpbear2]

What a waste of videotape :(

[@thedude4672]

They didn't use videotape, boomer Welcome to the digital world

[@dhpbear2]

@@thedude4672 This was from 2006. I'm sure there was TAPE in Dave's camcorder.

[@mikefarrington7141]

@@dhpbear2 Wrong, the cams all live-fed to the control board and was produced live by a director calling out camera switches in the control room. This wasn't edited together after the fact.

[@annemarie1507]

Rap is a low art form, but it is more fun when it's done by nice Jewish boys who get the joke.