FIRST TIME HEARING Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey • REACTION!!!

[@davidweiss8710]

"Is this them?" No. Is this a bunch of kids making a video and using the Beastie Boys music. Yes.

[@sherrysandlin3002]

The real one is on vevo

[@joshcopeland]

@@sherrysandlin3002 are you sure? I looked it up just now and vevo only has a video of them performing the song live. It's not a music video. I don't think they produced a video for this song.

[@MkFromMkorNoK]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5qxe2eZbsh5nZI WOAH!! WHO SEEN THIS?..!

[@jkirk99]

@@joshcopeland don't think they made an actual video for this song. this was normal practice to be selective about which songs got videos.

[@bibattybobattyboop9567]

You can tell that’s not them because that’s like a 90s model car LOL

[@EmbassyNerdcore]

So the Beastie Boys got signed to Def Jam because they were cosigned by Run-DMC, and were around the NYC hip hop scene in the early 80s. Then Adrock from the Beasties gave Def Jam a mixtape he enjoyed from LL Cool J and LL got signed off that. Then 3rd Bass got signed because they sounded a bit like the Beasties but were a little more co-operative. The Beastie Boys got sick of Rubin and Def Jam because they didn't like their deal (the standard 'screw over the artist' deal everyone gets as their first deal), and didn't want to keep making "Frat-boy party rap for white college dudes that didn't respect hip-hop" like Brass Monkey and Fight For Your Right. The Beasties wanted to push their creativity and sound, so they moved to LA and signed with Capitol Records. This is when 3rd Bass was still on Def Jam and started dissing the Beasties and that's why the disses to 3rd Bass happened on So Whatcha Want. And after a couple albums didn't do as big as their Def Jam debut Licensed To Ill, Capitol wanted to drop them so the Beasties started their own label Grand Royal and started signing some artists of their own under them.

[@CorduroyNinja]

"I wanna punch the world in the fucking face sometimes". I can relate my dude.

[@blgeiger71]

Likewise, my friend(s)...God, help us?!?

[@caincotterill5493]

No one can hate them, they are trailblazers of Hip Hop🇬🇧👊🏼

[@sbt17178]

The beastie boys aren’t partially responsible for putting LL on, Ad rock is the whole reason LL was heard in the first place. Rick Ruben was setting up the label in his dorm room and had hundreds of demos and mix tapes on the floor. Ad rock was kickin it and heard LL’s tape and made Ruben listen to it. Rick then set up a meeting with the then teenaged LL and Russel Simmons and the rest is history

[@WojMoj]

facts!

[@thegamingpanda79]

LL himself credited the Beasties at their hall of fame induction. Not calling you a liar but LL said it himself and he would know lol

[@robmoore423]

"If you subscribe, you get a free subscription" LOL dead

[@planetlesliee365]

Some random peeps made the video so it’s not an official music video, but the track so fire 🔥

[@nezlar]

"They look like they all smell like similac" LMFAO Coffee was almost spit out all over my keyboard

[@numberphive]

😂

[@GoldTop57]

Yep, MCA was the one who gave Rick Rubin the demo tape of LL Cool J back at the NYU dorms. LL is the one who inducted them in to the R&R Hall of Fame and he talked about it.

[@almubarak89458]

It was Ad-rock not Mca

[@fungusrumpus]

@@almubarak89458 yep

[@palmsquad4]

Yes. Adrock found the tape and said, Rick you gotta sign this dude.

[@whiteboysteve4474]

It was Ad rock and LL tape was in Rick's room already

[@GoldTop57]

@@whiteboysteve4474 Yeah you’re right. Devil’s in the details

[@mojodank]

The Beastie Boys actually began their music career as older teens. 17, 18, 19 years old and this song was on their first album as a rap group.

[@shortbusdriver83]

They actually started as a punk group. And there was a girl in the band. Listen to "Some Old Bullshit" and learn your history, son.

[@mojodank]

@@shortbusdriver83 I already knew that, son. Pay attention

[@wretchedrue7859]

The Young Aborigines!!! 😎 I'm 51 and The Beastie Boys STILL gets played in my car weekly

[@shortbusdriver83]

@@mojodank I've been listening to the B Boys since 1986. How bout you?

[@markshaffer6447]

That’s not them, I think this is a fan-video made fairly recently

[@noneofurbizness5838]

It's from the 80's on MTV. I'm 50. I know. Try looking up "Skills to Pay the Billz" 90's VHS

[@dneecy32]

Lol I was like whaaaaa I’ve never seen this and then I’m like whaaaa that’s not them.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

Nope, not them at all.

[@danwest9900]

I was going to say they look REALLY young. Their voices wouldn't sound like the real Beastie Boys.

[@elijahsantella4235]

If anybody knows the Beastie boys they would definitely know that this isn't them he probably should have done his research first

[@TCSO1757]

Brass Monkey is a brand name of pre-mixed cocktails made by the Heublein Company. As with many lesser-known cocktails that are named after colloquial expressions, widely differing recipes share the same name. In the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, the Heublein Company produced the premixed cocktail labeled Brass Monkey.

[@ck_sidekick8306]

I am 43 years old. This song was popping when I was a small child. I mean like Eight or nine years old. All through the decades, artist after artist after artist has tried to claim "We are bringing hip hop and metal together!!" And I'm over here like Yeah, The Beastie Boys did that like a million years ago.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

I´m 51 and would say "Dude, that credit belongs Rick Rubin only" the Def Jam label back in the days had 2 kinds of artist under contract metal bands + young hip hop bands who did hip hop differently than what was usually released on the Sugar Hill Records label. Those bands of Def jam saw each other on a daily basis in the Def Jam recording studio doing their thing being next door studio neighbors so to say... That´s why the slayer guitarist Kerry King did the guitar part for No sleep till Brooklyn because he was randomly present at the studio doing his Slayer stuff and Rick Rubin asked him to do it .... or why later Public Enemy + Anthrax got together for "Bring the noise."

[@jesusmontes1496]

@@michaelgrabner8977 in spite of the beasties doing punk and rap before meeting with rick? Rick Rueben is one of my favorite producers but lets give credit where credit is due.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

@@jesusmontes1496 they didn´t made rap before they met Rick Rubin. Before Def Jam they had just one kinda like Hip Hop track called "Cookie Puss" ment as a joke..but there was no "rapping" involved but DJ-ing...and guess what who the DJ was while performing Cookie Puss live in small Underground clubs of NY....Rick Rubin...and Def Jam didn´t exist...not yet. Everything what then musically followed was because Rick Rubin took those kids who were at that time far away from being "professional musicians" under his wing...until they split up after their Licence to ill tour.

[@loribernardisunwell9663]

I'm 42 and yep, I was given this tape by an older cousin when I was in elementary school lol. It was fun realizing what the songs meant as I got older 😂

[@beast01234567891]

Im 24 bud and i been kicking this since i was little. Great music never dies!

[@hulaGUNZ]

The original meaning of brass monkey goes way back to when the world was a lot different. When whoever ruled the oceans ruled the world. Warships would only have cannonballs instead of hypervelocity projectiles & 57mm guns. The cannonballs would be stacked on the deck of the ship or near the cannons upon wood blocks with little divots carved into them so they could stack the balls up without them rolling off. This holder was called a monkey. They eventually found that when it gets cold and freezes the monkey would expand because of water absorbtion, causing the balls to fall off & roll all over the place. Someone figured out that if they covered the monkey with brass this wouldn't happen. In the end they found that when it gets really really friggin cold even the brass monkey would warp and the, thus the saying "it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." ....so there you go.

[@fredharrison9512]

If you want watch something cool you should look up the Beastie Boys being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. They are introduced by Chuck D of Public Enemy and LL Cool J. They talk about how the Beastie Boys gave them their first opportunity in Hip Hop. That is coming from two legends in the industry. They talk about how important the B Boys were to hip hop being put on the map.

[@DjStinger]

That is definitely dope

[@shakyarcher]

Brass Monkey was a premixed cocktail produced by the Hubelein Company in the 70's, 80's and 90's. As a young adult in the late 80's - early 90's, we drank it specifically because of this song, and also because it was cheap. The Brass Monkey referenced in the song has been incorrectly identified as a malt liquor & orange juice coctail, but Mike D set the record straight in a 2014 conversation with Studio 360's Sean Rameswaram. Brass Monkey ihas most recently been produced by The Club Distilling Company of Stamford CT.

[@user-py3we5wf4u]

I know you're right but as a west coast kid the OJ and 40 wasn't bad. You drank till the label add oj and you got some funky monkey

[@dfw_sleepypillz1007]

1 part Dark Rum 1 part Vodka 2 Parts OJ Same vibe but tastes better than the OG Monkey.

[@Bmcghee1976]

The Beastie Boys Are The Originators of some of the best rap lyrics and every rapper sense has sampled their album

[@whiteboysteve4474]

This came out in mid 80s and I live in Norfolk VA and everyone white or black was listening to Beastie boys

[@macsfe9828]

I'm so surprised by all these youtube hiphop head reactors who seem to have no knowledge of the Beastie Boys! I got turned on to them when Check Your Head came out and it was new to me bc I didn't (and still don't) listen to hiphop or rap, not really, and have zero connection to that culture (=zero knowledge about rap/hiphop history). I was into a variety of music and The Beasties were among my top faves at the time. And now I'm watching all these youtubers hearing about them for the first time? Like, what?? They were even on Jimmy Fallon talking to Questlove from The Roots not too long ago, both he and Jimmy were fanboying big time! It's interesting to me to now learn that they were kind of like pioneers of the genre (I guess?)

[@negativeindustrial]

Bro, I grew up in NYC. EVERYBODY was rocking the Beastie Boys. It was fucking mandatory.

[@Fullm00nBlanket]

@@macsfe9828 I find it hard to believe too.

[@Fullm00nBlanket]

I live in the mostly white suburban part of my town. We even heard of Beastie Boys. I was born in 1978 too

[@DJ.1.]

2live crew sounds like this. i loved it, when i was a kid. still love it! ✌

[@paulschmidt1644]

My guy, you gotta check out LL Cool J inducting the beastie boys into the rock n roll hall of fame.

[@queenshersei896]

Why you don’t see anyone hating on them... they don’t constantly diss people in their songs and they are friendly

[@DocRobert]

Yo I was born in 1977. This song came out when I was like 9 years old. The first time I heard the Beastie Boys, some older kids were walking around the neighborhood blasting this out of a boom box... because it was 1987 and that was totally a thing. Now it’s 2020 and I’m watching my two year old rock out to it. Life is weird.

[@horrorflikmusickofficialyo1014]

I was 12 bought it back, in 1986 at Kmarts.

[@DocRobert]

@@horrorflikmusickofficialyo1014 Ok this is random and nobody asked, but the first tapes I ever bought were He’s The DJ And I’m The Rapper, by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and the soundtrack to The Lost Boys. Also at Kmart. Love.

[@afewminuteswithchrispycubi8945]

Born in 77 myself. I still love the bass drop

[@NunYaO]

Dude, I'm from 72 & Beastie Boys was the 1st 'not my hippie-dippy parents' music I'd ever heard! Totally jammed with them!

[@DocRobert]

@@same_ole_lemonz4195 Sounds like a pretty cool 16 year old. I have a 19 year old stepkid who plays new music for me, and she gets annoyed if I recognize the song they’re sampling (or sometimes just straight up covering), like I ruined it for her. 😂

[@rcstockton]

Finally, a hip-hop reactor who truly engages with, thinks about, and articulately describes what he's watching. Subscribed.

[@discus1713]

I can't even watch this with these goofballs pretending to be them

[@syx3s]

they weren't trying to be something they weren't. they were what we should be striving for today. pure talent and everybody respected the talent and the art.

[@ricksta1443]

Sabotage would be a great Beastie Boy song for you to react to.

[@noneofurbizness5838]

The live version from late show with letterman

[@thedudeabides4829]

Live on Letterman in 94 is a great live version

[@ricksta1443]

I see, I must have missed it.

[@RH-km5wj]

Sabotage is a great one.

[@Trippdaddy85]

The Beastie Boys were signed VERY shortly after RUN D MC. The minds behind the label knew unequivocally that RDMC would kill it with “Raising Hell” and the producer and manager (who always smoke dust)- Rick Rubin was the MOST talented hands on producer hands down. Def Jam and “Rev Run” had to allow him to full artistic freedom when it came to the B Boys. The follow up album called “Paul’s Boutique” is in my top 10 albums of all time because they introduced sampling in its rawest form, played ALL their own instruments, and mixed beats from J Brown, Chaka Cahn, the Bee Gees, as infinum... PLEASE don’t get it twisted,

[@jonnylemonjello3719]

how can someone even consider themselves a "rap fan" and not know the B Boys. it's ridiculous. they were literally the second group signed on Def Jam, they were in Krush Groove for fucks sake

[@ToeCutter0]

Paul’s Boutique is criminally underrated. It’s just as good as License to Ill, if not better in some respects. Those rhymes (and that thick synth in Shake Ya Rump) are near-mystical. I feel lucky to have been only 16 yo in 1986, when Licensed to Ill came out. It was the perfect age to experience it all.

[@shortbusdriver83]

And while Paul's Boutique was not a commercial success, it's the reason my brother a CD player, because the cassettes were all sold out.

[@angiekipp7528]

Not the first ones!!

[@angiekipp7528]

Well at least he's apologizing for the people and the fuckin video is playing is bullshit cause I KZbin'd it and I got the fuckin real video!!

[@raveousone]

looks like some kids making their own video after school in the school building....no aint them

[@tracyannpardue1530]

Brass Monkey was one of their first hits. It was around 83 ish. It was a drink. But Beastie Boys Brass Monkey was their first hit in the south me and my friends heard. It blew our minds. They are acually great funky blues musicians as well. Wrap was the cherry on top.

[@acosta1503]

Gotta do "HOLDIT NOW, HIT IT!"

[@jessicaadams1479]

3 MC’s and one DJ is one of their best! The video was shot in one take and mix master mike is 🔥

[@annewilliamson6261]

God, I saw that video and I was floored. How did I forget about old school mixing because my play list is full of old school hip hop. But I just saw mixmaster Mike in action and my jaw dropped. The official recorded version starts with a voice mail and he drops another beat to the same song! And that voicemail is real. Mixmaster Mike had a cool beat he was working on, so hey calls up his guy and says “are you interested” and Beastie Boys said “hell yeah!”. He was their tour DJ! And he killed it! And the Beastie Boys killed it too. I wish I got the chance to see their absolute brilliance live. But you can see that. Just watch some live performance videos. Start to end. It’s the journey. And while your at it, listen to the full album of Okay Compute by Radiohead. It’s less than an hour, but we only listen to the hits. The story telling is in the full version. I’m sure Beastie Boys were like this as well, but I need a full listen of licensed to ill, but I love that album! So no problem with that! ✌️💚🙏

[@dannwalker9865]

Love, love, love that you are getting familiar w/ the Beastie Boys!! They are amazing & super fun with it too 🔥 P.S. This isn't their video. Don't think there is a video for this one..

[@YogisCycleService]

Ha ha another awesome song. Well done. Yes I am binge watching your beastie collection

[@markwillis675]

Tone loc sang a song called "Funky cold Madina" that was HUGE for it's time.

[@whiteboysteve4474]

Wild thing also

[@lisasurles1655]

I loved me some Tone Loc!

[@Dungeon_of_Rap]

Tone loc 🔥

[@m2pmd70]

That whole album was great! First album I ever bought on CD, coincidentally - I still have it somewhere.

[@faustusgood8194]

Wild Thing was the first million selling rap single

[@V0ltron]

You were born in '78, and never heard Beastie Boys!? I was born in '80 and grew up listening to them.. wow. They're like heroes of our generation.

[@moisesmeza2974]

I've also wondered that. He said he's heard of LL Cool J , but not the Beastie Boys. I was living in Mexico at that time, and I knew about them, and not only them I knew about EPMD, MC Too Short, 2 Live Crew, Public Enemy etc. But this guy has to act surprised...

[@lpgibbo7463]

I'm old enough to remember stealing VW badges off cars & especially vans to wear round our neck, Volkswagen owners hate the Beastie Boys! 🤣🤣🤣

[@LastLetterisZed702]

I am from Ontario, Canada and I was also born in '78. The Beastie Boys were really popular here.

[@elbruces]

I like to think the real Beastie Boys would support this. On an interview, Sway asked Ad Rock if the new artists should give props to the old school and he was like "nah. I wasn't listening to 50 years olds when I was in my 20's, there's no reason they should be expected to care about me."

[@thothmark]

First rap song I loved. 16 years old

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Beastie Boys "Sure Shot", "Boomin' Granny", "Slow and Low", "Alive", "Body Movin'"! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@_frzr_7759]

eggman

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

I'll second Slow and Low and Body Movin' 2 really fun songs.

[@adventurecoasters5652]

Body moving!!

[@Loozinitizoffhismedz]

slow and low, anything off Licensed tbh

[@WarnerSisterDot89]

Body Movin' is soooooo good! I love the Fatboy Slim remix.

[@llurguyf]

Watch LL Cool J’s speech inducting the Beastie Boys into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He gives them all the credit. Also the Roots credit the Beastie Boys a lot.

[@ineedmoneyi5463]

Brass Monkey is half malt liquor half orange juice. Drink half a Colt or OE and top the bottle off with Tropicana. It's fire.

[@bobtwichew3103]

No it's not. It's a bottled mixed drink with rum and fruit juices. They sold 8 packs of it(like 8oz). Maybe you and your crew made your own version of it like that though?

[@joannegoldsmith5844]

We did ours half old e and half grand marnier. No need for oj.

[@matthewbrug6337]

@@bobtwichew3103 You're right, it's actually a dark rum, vodka, and OJ bottled mixed drink that was sold in liquor stores at the time though. People did think it was the malt liquor OJ combo thing since they also mention 40ozs in the song, but they have clarified it was the mixed drink they were singing about.

[@johneseify]

That is them!!!!

[@johneseify]

I was in elementary school, when this came out!!!

[@rogercline5377]

"Beastie Boys took it seriously when they wrote it" 🤣🤣🤣

[@skinnybuddha74]

I had to laugh at that part too. Lol

[@Rizzinfallen1VODs]

One of the members of 3rd Bass helped with NAS and his contract signing. Dudes are legend in their own right. Their biggest classic is Pop Goes the Weasel.

[@lpgibbo7463]

I recently commented on a Harry Mack video (I'd not heard of the guy til a week ago) about how his sound reminds me of Third Bass & imparticular MC Serch. I'm 50 & have their Albums on vinyl still, thought no one else remembers them. 😊🎶

[@drewt2790]

"Pop Goes the Weasel"? Come on Bro... You know "The Cactus" was their' big joint. "Portrait of the Artist as a Hood" is a better song than "Pop" and both these songs are on the same record.

[@doncarlossr.]

I remember drinking some Brass Monkey after this came out when I was a youngin. lol! It tasted really good. Lol!

[@zacharytomlin8495]

Loving the beastie boys reactions. I remember watching on VCR the tape of license to ill. What a wild movie about them and my first introduction to naked women as a kid. Still remember my mom walking by and asking what are you watching as I responded you let me rent it. Now let's go to the run D.M.C. raising hell tape. First ever rap tape I heard or purchased. My mother just asked when I started playing it what have you tricked me into buying you. Keep up the awesome work @lfrfamily.

[@soundcloudofficial5930]

Out of all of the joints people are recommending nobody is recommending “The New Style” to me you are NOT a Beastie Boys connoisseur unless you know this one, has one of ILLEST breakdowns in hip hop history. And the overall song was a masterpiece of party hip-hop, pop and punk. YOU MUST DO THIS ONE!

[@steveyacconi6538]

For sure!!

[@tammywalton9769]

Yesssssss!!!

[@lenculpepper9150]

Paul Revere and The New Style my two favorites.

[@dylanduff9125]

Awesome bro,your open mind and openness to find out about our 80’s legends…awesomeness….we were lucky,their music xploded into in our lives and stayed with us defined & enriched our lives….”let it flow let yourself go!”..awesome reactions bruh!

[@edjohnston8119]

This isn't the beastie boys video...just some kids having fun with it.

[@sweirich777]

This song was played in the Baltimore and D.C.Area. I am from the southern Pennsylvania area and was around the 80s as a teenager and first heard this song on a radio station called power 99 soon to be the alternative rock station HFS in the 90s.

[@el_m00nmanmoonman37]

3rd Bass! Gas Face or Pop Goes the Weasel

[@jeffdavis1611]

Gas Face!! 😂😂😂

[@Steely_Fran]

Wordz of Wisdom

[@MrScarcejason911]

They actually have quite a few good songs... mc serch solo album "return of the product" was great too.."steppin to the am"...great song

[@Steely_Fran]

@@MrScarcejason911 Definitely. Return to the Product is a dope album. "Back to the Grill Again" with Chubb Rock and Nas is fire. I can't remember the name of the other MC that's featured on the track. You really can't go wrong with any 3rd Bass. Personally, I like Derelicts of Dialect more than The Cactus Album.

[@joelbeatty6895]

Steppin to the A.M.!!!!

[@bambam1697]

If you didn't find out yet, yes it's them I think in 86 it came out, n they goof because they were more punk rockers goofing with rap and got popular. And Tone lock made a drink song around same time funky cold madina,

[@mikeelko8527]

1986. Pay attention to the album cover. It’s actually a cigarette being squished made to look like an airplane

[@Sportsref13]

also note it says "Eat Me" backwards :P

[@CarlosHernandez-zl6jz]

Beastie Boys- Hold it now, Hit It Classic Hip-Hop Possible Car Test 🔊🔉

[@videodead9630]

Definitely checkout “Shake Your Rump” it’s one of their best songs

[@ExzeRR]

I'm from Eastern Europe, and I heard Beastie Boys late 80', blew my mind.

[@HondoJarrus]

"Root Down" and the video for "Three MCs & One DJ" are pretty sweet for the old school respect. 👍

[@saltysouthernmomma9354]

Van, I got this cassette tape when it came out in 1985. Licence to ill I was in the 8th grade! I still know every word of this album & I'm 50 now.

[@omarmartinez2846]

“Pass The Mic” and “High Plains Drifter” Classics!!!

[@doctorspockARTS]

I love the hook on high plains drifter

[@RoverWaters]

High Plains Drifter

[@shannonnichols3415]

1.This isn’t Beastie Boys and 2. We didn’t have hate, we just had fun!

[@josephramirez3688]

The whole Beastie Boys catalog is dope AF.

[@c-mancleveland4632]

To start with, Beastie's, LL Cool J, basically all of them from New York were mainly played there, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, etc. This was their first album and it just kept getting bigger and bigger. To put in perspective, we were playing beastie boys at the club right along with Slick Rick, Kurtis Blow, UTFO, and many others. Paul Revere was the one that was probably asked more than any others, but there was like 4 or 5 songs we steadily played.

[@tamarakindle73]

Do "She's Crafty" and "MMM Drop"

[@whiteboysteve4474]

Good ones and your the first I seen request these gems

[@_frzr_7759]

how about eggman?

[@elijahsantella4235]

He definitely needs to check out Paul's boutique a Beastie boys album I don't think a lot of people know about that album is very underrated

[@image3320]

The Beasties were their age when they made this song. The Beasties are a real band. They play instruments. They were signed to Def Jam for their first album. Russell Simmons Rev Run's big Brother got them on the label. Early 80s DefJam Rick Rubin produced this

[@bobs.3764]

Check out the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction for them. Chuck D and LL Cool J were the ones to speak for them.

[@davelew86]

Class of 1986 here and my friends and I burned through multiple cassette tapes of this album. Great commentary. . How Beastie of you!

[@atheistinalabama4206]

Gotta do Girls by the Beastie Boys💯 💩 is hilarious 😂😂 much ♥️🙋‍♀️🕉️

[@daniellimas7446]

Brass monkey is good hell yhea! When this jam came out everybody was drinking the funky monkey. Later on NWA dissed it in one of ther songs it went something like " fuck the brass monkey, it all about the Old English 800 8ball.

[@kaydee63]

This and Paul Revere are my two top favorites by the Beastie Boys. I haven't seen the video before, but I don't think this is them

[@whiteboysteve4474]

A car from the late 90s couldn't be in a video from mid 80s. No hate buddy. 2021 be positive

[@pjsin9472]

I've been trying to get Mr. Video to do this! Thanks bro. Awesome. LL was my first fave rapper 2. You remember UTFO?. Loved this reaction haha. Lol thanks for making me feel old, this came out when I was in 7th grade. Jesus. Adidas with no laces, chains, and we would pop good ornaments off of cars at the hospital across street from middle school to hang on our chains haha. Lil 80's thugs

[@juspatmil]

High plains drifter

[@Joe-gb3lu]

Also '78 here. Beastie Boys were quite popular in my almost entirely white middle class suburb outside Cleveland. But so were Run DMC, N.W.A., and Public Enemy (though not when adults were around)

[@franksbtka1624]

That's not them. Great song though. :)

[@johnw806]

Lmao. I was a metalhead teenager when this song came out. Cranking metal playing B ball. Friend we called Monk got hurt and was puking at a tree so this song came on an we called him the chunky monkey. Puke chunks in his hair...lol

[@sveinstmobekken2175]

Can't recall ever seeing a video to this song, so I think you're right, but hell, I aint sure

[@shannonnichols3415]

I love this video because it’s not beastie boys, but it’s exactly beastie boys!!!!just random people having a ball! Iconic!

[@lumpylowell]

Masta Ace is another of Eminem's influences, you gotta check out Acknowledge

[@MrScarcejason911]

I had a "sitting on chrome" cassette single ...It had a remix on it i played the shiiiiiit out of that tape..

[@rodciferri9626]

I saw the Beasties perform with Run DMC and LL Cool J in 1986 - they were all great!

[@liambissonnette3971]

React to sabotage next or You Gotta Fight For Your Right to party

[@bigcraiggles9838]

Girls next

[@sartori69]

They never made an official video for this song

[@markwoodworth7445]

Brass Monkey is Olde English malt liquor and orange juice.

[@kj320175]

Human Beat Box- The Fat Boys

[@Vintech64]

Redo your reaction maybe with your son or something. The cheap video really is distracting....

[@patsstuffclark9522]

Way back, about a hundred years ago, I saw Houdini, Beastie Boys, LL Kool J and Run DMC In Oakland. It was amazing!!!!

[@juice404]

You should do something off Paul's Boutique. It's a super influential hip hop album and is the pinnacle of sampling.

[@ParasitikOne]

Boutique is said to have something between 100 and 300 samples… they went crazy with sampling on that one. It was basically a flop when it released but gained traction over 10 years and went double platinum. They were ahead of their time with that one… people weren’t ready for it and didn’t get the vibe until years after it’s release.

[@bigjay123]

We used to JAM to 3rd BASS. The Cactus Album.

[@yolandria]

Don't forget to check out "Rhymin and Stealin!"

[@realPenrodPooch]

Definitely. In fact, the whole Licensed To Ill album is a playlist to react to.

[@cornxx3]

@@realPenrodPooch I'm here for this. That whole album!

[@jennifermatter9690]

Or Root Down. He has so many songs to discover

[@carlamarlene2927]

Beastie boys went on tour with Madonna before they had even recorded an album!! This was my ringtone on all my cell phones for the house phone landline. My kids loved it

[@kathigreen1479]

Omg, one of my very favorite songs by them. Lawd a'mercy, did I have MANY a good times to this song in college (in the 80s). Gah. Just love them so much.

[@FunnyBugBeesandWoodWorks]

No man, beastie boys was popular in like 1985....I was born in 70 and listened to them non-stop in the mid to late 80's. This song was on one of the first casette tapes i ever got with my own money lol, think i was like 16 when this song was released, so 1986

[@raymondboyd1200]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 This is like my Dad looking up Beastie boys.

[@seung-wunyi475]

Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina - about sex potion/liquor. tha💣. best was to go retro with Beastie boys is start with their earliest songs and work forwards....you can really see their evolution from simple beats Bboy style to becoming really accomplished Rap artists/musicians. Brass monkey was one of their earlier songs, got that raw flavour. Biz Markie Slick Rick Run DMC Boogie Down Productions LL Cool J Big Daddy Kane Monie Love De la Soul Public Enemy Queen Latifah Anything on the Def Jam label is my recommendation if you want to do an old Skool Retro excursion.

[@L4v4riv3r]

This song was my favorite when I was 6 years old. That funky monkey!

[@spundefiant3925]

Brass monkeys was used as a slang term for cold environs. This saying derives from the traditional Navy phrase "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". This references the brass structure or 'monkey' where cannon balls were stacked and cold made the brass contract to the point where the iron cannon balls fall off the brass rack.

[@caseyquinn9282]

3rd Base only released 2 albums. Their most popular song was The Gas Face or Pop Goes The Weasel. It was rumored that MC Hammer put a hit on MC Search (3rd Base leader) because he talked about Hammers mom on a record.

[@The-Angry-Vet]

Early 80’s rap several songs had tracks with Colt 45, Mad Dog 22 , and don’t forget the best that OE (old English 800) beastie boys were my favorite group when they came out and are still one of my favorites along with PAC,2 live crew, NWA

[@tbruck9947]

3rd Bass THE GAS FACE!!! also STEPPIN TO THE A.M.!!!

[@amyeminter8909]

78 NN VA. I was in the 5th grade and my cousin 4 years older gave me this cassette tape. She said it will change your life. And it did! I went from listening to Madonna and Debbie Gibson to being exposed to this masterpiece 'Liscence to ill' turned me from 80s pop to 90s hip hop. I love and miss classic hip hop. When a beat was EVERYTHING! From A Tribe Called Quest and LL Cool J, to Biggie and 2Pac, Jay-Z, The Roots, Busta, Wu-Tang ...good times!

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Rick was the first dj, for the Boys. Then, he, and Russel, started Def Jam. The Beasties found Ll, and, introduced them. This was the first Beastie Boys song I heard. My dad's lawyer friend, brought me for a ride in his Alpha Romeo Spyder, and said, you've gotta hear these guys. I've been hooked, ever since.

[@mimzyrising4145]

I was born in 79 , I've been listening to the Beastie since I was a kid and I live Canada LFR