FIRST TIME LISTENING TO THE BEASTIE BOYS - WACHU WANT REACTION

[@singood7790]

This is NYC hip-hop with NYC punk roots. Absolutely legends and probably the most innovative hip-hop group to ever exist.

[@rdgblading1813]

They started as a hardcore punk band. Inspired by “bad brains”

[@samielamri6044]

The samples they find! Man alive!

[@andyg264]

@@samielamri6044actually on this album they picked up their instruments again (they started as a hardcore punk band) so some of the samples you hear are made from them playing around on guitar, bass and drums and creating loops. Plus the Hammond organ parts by Money Mark. Brilliant band

[@turyb.goodiii7356]

The Beastie Boys absolutely destroyed everything on MTV when it came out. When it came out in the 90s it was just one of a kaleidoscope of the Sickest artists that were coming out at the time. Now it's Hard AF to find good music.

[@daveratledge]

Boom... Beat me to it.

[@671oneblood]

They are literally one of the first Hip Hop groups ever... Come on now, yall... Do yo homework. The only reason they arent still killing it today, is because MCA passed away. Otherwise theyd still be on top.

[@Stefnmaddy]

💯

[@josephamesdacey6442]

There was like a decade of hip hop groups before them but they're one of the most known

[@671oneblood]

@@josephamesdacey6442 And here's our first... "ACTUALLY..." 🤣😂🤣 Goof

[@josephamesdacey6442]

@@671oneblood dude grandmaster flash, Kool herc, sugar hill gang

[@DJay_37]

Calm down guamanian, it's probably their first reaction to them and uk and USA music is totally different. Just like marianas listening to other cultural music brotha, some want to listen blindly then do research after due to if they feel the jam. Big ups big man on the knowledge though 👌🏽

[@carllouisyoung]

Rick Rubin had nothing to do with this album. Only their debut. The Beasties went back to playing instruments, and this is ALL them. The were originators, this was 1992 and was so dope they were flowing on this track. Listen to the lyrics.

[@bbb462cid]

"Money Mark" Nishita is on keys and the Biz is on it too

[@ianobrien3248]

@@bbb462cid Chuck D on the loop

[@bbb462cid]

@@ianobrien3248 Sound like Biz to me, check it

[@DonnaCPunk]

Exactly what I said when I heard whoever it was off camera say that. Beasties were done with RR after License to Ill tour.

[@MikeTaylor-uw5zy]

DJ Hurricane on the scratches and Mario C produced.

[@stevenwheat3621]

Wow you guys are lagging big time.. They're pioneers! And yes they're white.

[@quor2243]

100% And don't forget Mix Master Mike, one of the greatest DJs ever, won so many competitions they asked him to stop coming.

[@alexleyland]

Paul's Boutique yo.

[@danielwolk3576]

and Jewish!

[@BrianBurnett-py5el]

They youngsters they don’t know Beasty Boy were fly coming on the scene as white boys rapping.

[@iR00STER]

And Jewish

[@jasongarrett7149]

RIP MCA. I feel bad for anybody who didn’t get to be a teenager in the 90s it was amazing

[@aliciasavage6801]

Truth

[@bbb462cid]

Better to be in my 20s in the 90s

[@brianhagge3225]

Facts! Cruising all night in the homies CRX with 3 Vega 12s just listening to ill Communication. Good times I’ll never forget.

[@MichaelTorres-b2v]

It was the best time to be a teenager.

[@Phx_Phreak]

​@@bbb462cidI was thinking the same thing. Mid 20's when this dropped in 92. Life was good back then...

[@76063co2]

Guys, this song is like 35 years old, and they were one of the biggest groups of their time.

[@gtjohns220]

The Beastie Boys discovered LL Cool J and helped produce his first hit song. Their Paul's Boutique album changed Hip Hop production forever

[@moussegarbonzo8352]

De La Soul’s 3 Feet High & Rising was very influential in the production department as well. Prince Paul and The Dust Brothers were pioneers in sample layering.

[@Niko3387Y]

​@@moussegarbonzo8352 True, never forget Prince Paul the genius

[@moussegarbonzo8352]

@@Niko3387Y Word. I think 3 Feet might have even been released a few months before Paul’s Boutique. Either way, Hip Hop was never the same after these two releases. They both kind of worked together to form a major milestone in the evolution of sampling.

[@Niko3387Y]

@@moussegarbonzo8352 yeah that was before paul's boutique in 89, these 2 albums and Marley Marl in 87,88 changed the game

[@moussegarbonzo8352]

@@Niko3387Y Marley for sure was a pioneer in beat making whose blueprint is still influential to this day!

[@lokihasbeentaken8493]

Beastie Boys formed in 1981. Their first album was actually a hardcore punk album that was never a major label release. Then "License To Ill", their first major label release, in 1986 which is widely regarded as one of hip hops greatest early releases.

[@chrisdunham2911]

Pollywog Stew then Cookiepuss

[@jasonc1975]

"Licensed"

[@mycuratedlife9072]

This was released in 1992 and you can't get more hip hop/rap than the Beastie Boys. Asap got nothing on the Beastie Boys...unfortunately rap these days isn't really groundbreaking.

[@tnightwolf]

I still remember when i first "discovered" Beasty Boys and Rage Against The Machine within months apart!.. My world was never the same (for the best)!

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

A$AP Rocky and Tyler The Creator are pretty creative.

[@JoltedBones]

​@@symptomoftheuniverse3862 yeah...Tyler is out there and asap can't get away from autotune I mean wtf are you using auto tune for rapping???

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

@@tnightwolf I said they were creative, their music and videos are creative, I did not say anything about production. If you REALLY listen to 'So what'cha want' there is most definitely vocal effects. You are the one who brought up A$AP.

[@stevewoldenga1019]

@@symptomoftheuniverse3862 No vocal effects. Cheap carbon mics.

[@edog6770]

Sounds like rock because they actually play their own instruments. Thats a real drum set, guitar, synth, etc

[@TammyM36]

Beastie Boys are the pioneers of hip hop!! Come on guys! These guys play their own instruments too. LEGENDS

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

You are clueless, I mean stop , just stop

[@butcrack6786]

One of the best live performances I've ever seen was Sabotage on David Letterman. Those dudes are metal Af. Universally respected across all genres.

[@charliewilson4203]

Ch-Check it Out is my favorite performance of theirs on Letterman. The timing on that was insane

[@fubar1217]

@@charliewilson4203 Same....when I first saw that, I was like "that was SICK".

[@butcrack6786]

@charliewilson4203 ya, but I'm bias af. Came up on trailer park metal. Exodus, testament, Priest, etc.

[@titantaekwondoacademyTTA]

"Unequivocally"!!

[@vailashayes5494]

This is Hip Hop.

[@tomking7080]

The first dope white boys who could rap. I’m 46 years old and the Beastie Boys were the shit in the 90’s. “Check your head” is such a dope album

[@Neoyorchese]

"Get it 2gether" with QTip

[@tomking7080]

@@Neoyorchese great track. One of my favorite on the album and one of my favorite Beastie Boys tracks

[@nickyoung8246]

I’m 46 also the music in the 90s was so fantastic so much great rap

[@tomking7080]

@@nickyoung8246 So much great everything. Not just rap/hip hop. Think about just how many unbelievable bands,groups we had then. Biggie(my favorite rapper ever)Pac,Nas,Jay,Eminem,NWA,IceCube (2nd favorite),Snoop,Cypress Hill,Wu-Tang,EPMD,Tribe Called Quest,Mobb Deep,MOP,OutKast’s,Busta Rhymes, The Roots,Missy,Lil Kim,36 Mafia and the list goes on and on. Rock/Nu-Metal:Korn,Deftones,Metallica,Megadeth,Linkin Park,Evanescence,Slipknot,SOD,Sepultura,Soul Fly,Slayer,Nirvana,Soundgarden,Alice in Chains,Pearl Jam,STP,Temple of the Dog,Jane’s Addiction,Green Day,311,Creed,Rage against the Machine,Foo Fighters and that list goes on and on. Don’t get me started on Pop music. Brittney, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Celine, Dion, Destiny’s Child, Alanis Morissette, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Spice Girls, Madonna, TLC, Red Hotchili peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Radiohead, U2,Boys 2 Men, Whitney Houston,Goo Goo Dolls and this list goes on and on and on. I’m a huge music buff. Can you name 10 bands or groups in the last 5 years that are halfway as good or popular as any of these amazing 90’s artists? Because I can’t !!! The 90’s in my opinion is the greatest era for music. Followed by the 1960’s-mid 70’s.

[@gwakon]

1991-92. Their cultural relevancy can't be understated.

[@kevinslayzak1214]

As a NYC metal head for 50 yrs the B-Boys have been holding down the five bourghs for DECADES... y'all need to seriously spend the next WEEK of DAILY Beastie Boys records..the first 5ish FULL albums will ROCK your shit..lol😅..no lies told🔥 you'll thank me for it directly afterwards 👍 Paulie's boutique will get you bouncing..they ALL will .

[@donaldlamendola1392]

Facts.... I've been a metal head since I was 10 but the I remember hearing my older brother playing Brass Monkey in his room when it came out. Even then probably when I was like 5 or 6 I have liked the Beastie Boys. They were literally the 1st music I knew I liked.

[@juicicles5881]

I think to the five burroughs is a bit unsung. It has my fav song of theirs. "Right right now now". You're right, though, all the early shit rules. I can't even meet someone named Paul and not say "We all dressed in black, we snuck up around the back"

[@TheRealOG666]

@@donaldlamendola1392man, same! 75’ Dude here, MetalHead and HUGE Beastie Boys fan.

[@Tricklarock]

He'll yeah Paul's

[@DaWease]

FACTS straight up. it's the Joint!

[@ForgeAheadwithMike]

man you guys gotta do your homework... BEASTIE BOYS!

[@mickeyellison7929]

They don't believe in homework. They are MAGA nutjobs. They hate facts.

[@bastrd_OnE]

They have no business talking about hip hop!

[@eltravos99]

Honestly if they did their homework then the reaction would be pointless. The point is to come into the reaction fresh.

[@McLarnan]

I think this counts as them starting to do said homework. Give them time. We weren’t all fortunate enough to grow up with it. ❤

[@mikeslover8065]

Beastie boys came out in the middle 80s. Their rhymes. Beats. Style. Was way ahead of it's time. They don't get the credit they deserve.

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

Yes they do

[@robhughes4682]

They do with anyone who knows (matters)

[@steves.6519]

One of my favorite Beastie lines: "Im cooler than a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce".

[@mikepoole2004]

Beastie boys are goats. So many people sampled their shit and never gave them credit. Hip hop pioneers.

[@ianobrien3248]

lol the ultimate irony after Paul's Boutique.

[@monstafloppa871]

This was the early 90's and there were some legendary hip hop groups roaming the earth at the time that included Wu Tan Clan, NWA, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, etc.

[@tomsnider7611]

Yeah, as mentioned, THEY PLAYED THE INSTRUMENTS! Not rapping over a loop, no autotune, no laptop studios.

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

They most certainly used samples and looped them who the fvck are fooling?

[@tomsnider7611]

@symptomoftheuniverse3862 ever seen them play?

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

@@tomsnider7611 The song Root Down is them Sampling Jimmy Smith from his live recording of 'Root Down'. Sure Shot, Jeremy Steig, a jazz flautist from a song called 'Howlin for Judy'. Brass Monkey sampled Wild Sugar- 'Bring it here'. Looking Down the barrel sampled Mountain's 'Mississippi Queen. I could go on but I think you get the idea.

[@tomsnider7611]

Right, and they still played it live. No auto-tune, no lip sync. Oh, and hey, they were a band. How many of those do you see in popular music today? BTW, I didn't mention anything about sampling because there is a difference.

[@linzzyy]

As a 47 year old white Canadian, Beastie Boys introduced me to Hip Hop- they were THE SH!T. A new video was like Christmas morning! Go down the rabbit hole, you won’t be disappointed

[@carlosbored78]

I'm 46' bro, and here in Chile was the same felling!

[@christoker6835]

I'm 44 and totally agree. When a new video dropped by them it was fecking awesome

[@TheMangoAnglo_onTwitter]

No one cares you are white.

[@mmhis74]

49 Canuck too. License To Ill is one of my favourite childhood memories.

[@mrbug4803]

They’re still the Sh!t! First song both my kids learned the words to was Paul Revere. We sing it every time we’re in the car.

[@STILL-KICKIN]

3 MC’s and 1 DJ 🔥

[@istark]

This.

[@Joey_Gray]

Facts 💯 they need to check it out. No beat machine, no computers, just mix master Mike 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jameswilliams4804]

And we be gett'n down with no delay,so mix master WHAT YA GOT SAY? We're just 3 mc's and 1 dj!!!!!!😊❤

[@skrachmowax8894]

We be getting down with no delay

[@cozmachina]

We be gettin down wit no delay. Mix master Mike, whatchya got to say???

[@Arsolon618]

Autotune invented in 97, this Beastie Boys track came in 1992.

[@TheSickSicks]

Exactly.

[@jameswiley3615]

That’s better than any rap the past 20 years

[@williamhatchjr2307]

While I am absolutely a Beastie Boys fan, "the past 20 years" is a pretty big stretch....

[@symptomoftheuniverse3862]

B.S. They were great but nobody?

[@garryiglesias4074]

@@williamhatchjr2307 Yep they did "Too many rappers" in 2009, so it's more about 15 years...

[@Mac_Fleetwood]

Rick Ruben didnt produce that. Its a Beastie Boy production. Check out Sabotage they did a few years later. It sounds like it morphed from this

[@roems6396]

Autotune did not exist until 97, and that song with Cher wasn’t big on the radio until 99! So much ignorance in this room. 😂

[@pmbbmp]

Autotune may not have existed but pitch correction did...since the 50s

[@outlawed7515]

Roger Troutman used auto tune around the late 70's early 80's

[@patrickbarnes2707]

​@@outlawed7515no he didn't , he us a talkbox and a vocoder.

[@roems6396]

@@outlawed7515 It, did, not, exist.

[@citizensunitednegatingtech9783]

It was "manual tune" back then ​@@roems6396

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

The Beastie Boys NEVER stopped changing and doing new things. Every album was different. Every song was unique. They never settled for one sound or style.

[@coachmullen1]

They rap, for real. They had a punk rock background but they were also on NYC at the time when hip hop was emerging. They started rapping and released a fully old school hip hop album in 1987. Starting with their 2nd album, they started including a few tracks that merged their rap style with their edgy punk sounds. But make no mistake, they are hip-hop royalty!

[@DevanLund]

Not enough people know about how, in the late 70s to the mid 80s NYC, punks and hip-hop kids would hang together, because they tended to only be put on at a handful of venues/clubs back then, so there was a lot of underdog overlap.

[@travisspaulding2222]

@@DevanLund When you consider that both punk and hip hop emerged from disenfranchised youth in NYC, which was mostly impoverished at the time, especially the Lower East Side Manhattan, it's not surprising that they intersected. For the most part, white kids gravitated more towards punk (or thrash metal at the time) and the black kids gravitated towards hip hop. But when those things intersected, it was fantastic. Namely Beastie Boys and Bad Brains being the best examples, in my opinion. I know Bad Brains is from DC, but they spent a lot of time in NYC in the early days.

[@Aardquark777]

​@@travisspaulding2222 Yes! Beasties mention in the liner notes on their first album "Some Old Bullshit" that they named the band Beastie Boys because they wanted it to resemble the BB in Bad Brains. They respected their whole philosophy of PMA Positive Mental Attitude etc. It also says Beastie is actually an anacronym for Boys Entering Anarchistic States Toward Internal Excellence. Theres even a song on that album named B.E.A.S.T.I.E.

[@drinkswithgeeks2374]

Awww the young peeps hearing their roots from hiphop for the first time. The Beastie Boys were one of the originals. “Grandpa been rapping since 83’”

[@sundance9042]

🤣😂

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

You have to listen to Paul Revere by the Beastie Boys. One of the most classic beats ever recorded. These guys are pioneers of Hip Hop beside Run DMC, LL Cool Jay, and all the 80's rappers.

[@cjonesufc]

Anyone who wants to know how important these guys were to rap and hip hop need to go watch LL Cool J and Chuck D (Public Enemy) induct them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In fact, Ad Rock basically discovered LL.

[@bens2529]

sad how people have no idea about hip hop history.

[@wendysmith3126]

Beastie Boys have been around four 40 years! One of my favorite groups.

[@alexiscausleywaabagiizhigo8606]

Hip hop. It was the 80s and 90s.. they using distortion mics.. "Their 1986 debut album, Licensed to III, was the first hip-hop album to reach Number One on the charts, and did more than any other recording to introduce the genre to the suburban masses."

[@alexiscausleywaabagiizhigo8606]

They were played everywhere growing up.. high school lunch music.. lol. They did influence a lot of people. " Beastie Boys are considered very influential in both the hip hop and rock music scenes, with artists such as Eminem, Rage Against the Machine, Hed PE, Limp Bizkit, Sublime, and Blur citing them as an influence." And the video is flipped(the visuals are in negative)

[@Best..YT..Music..Playlists]

they're cheap karaoke mics. like just above toy store quality. something like you might see in Best Buy today. they had buttons for a couple effects but rather than using effects they just turned up the gain and got the overdrive.

[@chrisfuller2069]

This song was released in 1992. Auto-tune was released in 1997. Believe by Cher was released in 1998.

[@slayercfv]

99 autotune believe is in 99

[@chrisfuller2069]

@@slayercfv Uh, no. I already gave you the correct dates. ""Believe" is a song by the American singer Cher, from her 22nd studio album, Believe (1998). It was released as the lead single on October 19, 1998, by Warner Bros. Records." "Auto-Tune is audio processor software released on September 19, 1997, by the American company Antares Audio Technologies."

[@lunaticfringe7741]

They took LL Cool J's mixtape to their Label🎉 At their induction to the r-n-roll hall of fame, LL told the story himself & Chuck D talked about their 1st tour which was with them.

[@elbruces]

Back when Def Jam's official address was just Rick Rubin's college dorm room.

[@marviafrancis-robinson2560]

It was Ad Rock who introduced LL to Rick Rubin.

[@antonytheolddog8626]

This song was done through a kids tape deck... Literally....

[@cactaceous]

It was a kids microphone with sound effects that someone brought to the studio and they used it.

[@antonytheolddog8626]

@cactaceous yeah..that's what I was saying.. pretty much 🙄

[@doug6321]

Where y'all been? Under a rock? Beastie Boys taking y'all back to school.😊

[@JayEvans1911A1]

Beastie Boys originally started out as a Hardcore Punk band back in the 80s, but they were all big rap and hip-hop fans, so they started rapping themselves and the rest is history. Since they were originally a punk band they all knew how to play instruments. While their albums were mostly rap, they'd sometimes have the occasional punk rock track, or chill instrumental track mixed in with all the rap tracks on their albums. They'd also make tracks like this one where they'd combine rap with rock. Sabotage is another rap/rock sounding track. Y'all should check out more Beastie Boys. RIP to MCA.

[@carlosfletesjr]

Guys, they were also musicians, and played all the instruments themselves and made their own music! Legends!

[@johnmolzahn8230]

Now do 3 MC's and 1 DJ.

[@cannae216]

Probably my favorite Beastie song- been a fan since I was a teenager. Groundbreaking group-turned sampling into an art form. Billboard ranks 1989’s Paul’s Boutique in the top 50 rap records of all time.

[@laurih.t.8723]

Bestie Boys literally the reason why Eminem exists.. Plus LL Cool J, House of Pain, BDK, etc. .. Marshall recognized all the people who influenced him and BB was one for sure 👊👍🥰🎶🎶👏👏❤

[@Browninharlem]

Don't forget 3rd Bass.

[@laurih.t.8723]

@Browninharlem Yes! Thank you for adding on... I welcome all those, cuz Marshall credited a LONG list of inspirations 👊❤️

[@timp5048]

This whole album is FIRE. These guys had punk roots, and then started rapping using samples and DJs and stuff and when they got to this level of popularity they could do more of what they wanted, and hence we got Check Your Head. Whole album is fire 🔥

[@matthewgoodA1206]

Always been my favorite Beastie Boys track. Just love that big, thumping beat on it.

[@PixelPro-4000]

AdRock strummed a low string on a guitar into a large wooden box to make that "bass drum" sound you hear throughout.

[@derekhughcharms4012]

When this came out it was so different than their previous records, BLEW OUR MINDS!

[@djstarsign]

After reading some comments, maybe a bit of context would be helpful: Beastie Boys was a hardcore band who were living in NYC when the very first rap 12”s were being released. They became big fans of the music (which was just starting to get media exposure at the time) and they (along with fellow rap aficionado, budding producer, Rick Rubin) would go see some of the earliest rap shows being performed in lower Manhattan. They gradually began to incorporate more rap into their shows and eventually became a full blown rap group. Their first album (produced by Rubin) became a huge success. But their follow up (produced by The Dust Brothers) failed to meet expectations. The sound was championed by critics and fellow rappers, but the “Fight For Your Right” crowd wasn’t into it, and hardcore hip hop fans were more interested in newer artists who were pushing rap music in super interesting territories. Also, Beastie Boys had gained a reputation for being prankster and were thought of almost as a joke. They were able to record a third album, and by this time, they weren’t on anyone’s radar. Instead of spending buttloads of money recording at fancy studios, they built their own studio, packed it full of used gear, and started jamming. What ended up happening was a fusion of soulful instrumentals, songs with a jazzy/latin vibe, straight ahead rap, and a reintroduction to their hardcore roots. They’d also reinvented themselves as a hodgepodge of 70s/80s/90s underground influences. They still had their irreverent, prankster character, but it was more subdued. When they released the album, it was met with a lot of enthusiasm by a new audience of skateboarding, stoner, and indie hip hop enthusiasts who were more adventurous with their music tastes. They reflected the Beastie Boys attitude of appreciating everything from Lee Scratch Perry, The Meters, Bad Brains, Sly Stone, and Sergio Mendes. It was a welcome reintroduction to the band who was a little older, and they also happened to catch the wave of underground bands who were starting to gain a larger mainstream audience. The timing was right for their new record and it ended up selling really well. So Watcha Want was their third single (I believe) and after it was released, it became a pretty decent hit. The video got a ton of mtv rotation (back when they played videos). Their success was followed up by the even more successful Ill Communication a few years later. That record featured Sabotage, another giant hit. Nobody could have predicted that they would reemerge as one of the biggest bands of the 90s when Paul’s Boutique was deemed an underwhelming, commercial failure. In some ways, 90s Beastie Boys was the perfect soundtrack to the decade that was starting to rediscover a lot of 70s influences (from fashion to movies to music and pop culture) and merge it with the future facing possibilities of technology and the emerging internet.

[@margiem5173]

Beastie Boys have been active since 1979, and their popularity started in the mid 1980’s. ❤🙏 RIP MCA 😢

[@dathorndike4908]

Each one of the Beastie Boys were musicians as well. They often used real drums, bass, guitar in their music. That made their sound really stand apart from the other rappers of the day.

[@mudpie6524]

One of the sound tracks of my youth. We would drive around partying and blasting the Beasties!

[@leftofthedial4760]

2:40, this conversation is insane to me, having graduated high school the year this came out

[@gregbanks5624]

Same

[@travispowell1513]

Beastie Boys are one of the pillars of Def Jam records and rap in general. Their first album (License to I'll) released on the same day as Run DMC, LL Cool J and Salt and Pepa.

[@timafterhours7062]

So funny to me when I see youngsters getting sooo surprised over stuff like this... Most of the biggest rap/pop/r&b hits an artists get where they are by sampling the living crap out of older music... Very little of it is truly unique...

[@samgod]

True, but let's not forget that the Beasties sampled a shit ton themselves too. Only in a far more creative way.

[@timafterhours7062]

@@samgod of course they did, it was the best way to fuse Rock & Rap... 😎👍

[@christerry78]

Rick Rubin only produced their first album.

[@TylerDurden-yk4dh]

When this came out, everything looked like this, that's just how our era was. Cypress Hill had the same visuals, Redman, Tribe Called Quest, even groups like Deeite were doing the trippy psychedelic visuals.

[@robertday1671]

Hey love the beastie boys! Especially this video!

[@joeelwell162]

beastie boys are the 1 who gave ll cool j demo to rick

[@KALKANIAM]

Everyone reacts to the wrong song. The #BEASTIEBOY song you should have done was "Brass Monkey". Brass Monkey is literally the song that changed rap, because it was the first fast rap. It was an L.L. Cool J concert, and everyone laughed when they came on stage because no one had seen a white rapper unless you lived in NYC. Then that beat dropped, and people went nuts. I just stood there looking, mouth wide open. Best feeling in the world. They changed everything because fast rap ment faster dancing. It was wild. That footage would be gold.

[@savageinstitute9569]

Cher "Believe" -1998 -c'mon bro thats from the 70s😂

[@FlyinEye]

Rick Ruben doesn't use autotune even today. Autotune wasn't around until mid 90s+. But Rick Ruben doesn't believe in autotune with artists he produces. In fact many have tried to get him to use it on them, he says nope. FYI that Cher song was late 90s. I'm an audio engineer and I remember when Anateres Autotune was released (wasn't even invented until 1997). There's a lot of distortion on these vocals but no autotune. In the 84,85,86 Rick Ruben was THE N.Y. hip hop producer. Did L.L. Cool J, Run DMC, and The Beastie Boys. He did the Aerosmith x RUN DMC collab, Walk This Way because he wanted show people that Rock and Hip Hop (AKA Rap) could reach fans on both sides. Neither artist was thrilled about it and didn't think it would work. It became a huge hit.

[@kristoferbatdorf2873]

The only band that has the same credibility in the punk scene and hip hop scenes, when legends and icons from hip hop refer to these guys as royalty, you should definitely listen to them, they produced this not rick rubin, if your interested check these out by them. Paul Revere Rhymn and Stealin The sounds of science Pass the mic 3 mcs and one dj Something got to give No sleep till brooklyn, and theres 30 or 40 other songs you check out as well.

[@BigSirZebras]

The best part of being the (2nd) youngest of 6 kids is I heard this and earlier stuff when it came out. 15 years later my friends that were the oldest or only had one older sibling were like, "Have you ever hear___________". Me: "yeah, my brother had all their records 20 years ago". Or "My sister would play that album 24 hours a day". 1989 When i was 9, my 19 year old brother moved out for 2 years. I took over his room and he said to take care of his records and comics. My 9 year old friends were blown away by the music he had. They had just never been exposed to anything that wasn't on the radio while they were alive.

[@punisher_764]

Mario Caldato Jr was the producer not Rick Rubin . The guy with the red hat is Mike D the one with the Knicks shirt is Adrock and the one with the raspy voice is MCA who died some years ago ago . They are Jewish rappers from NYC . Y’all really need a gen x person to explain it because we grew up with this music when MTV actually showed videos shoutout to the Cartier family back there your channel is very cool . The video is from 1992 . Check out there license to ill album from the 80s it’s a classic.

[@ruemeridian9472]

You mixed Adrock and Mike D…Adrock is in red who rapped first and Mike D is in the Knick’s shirt. Don’t worry, I got you 👌🏻

[@jenniferfowler682]

Rap/rock/grunge/funky/ they are everything guys!! They are insane live - next up y’all need to do sure shot or hey ladies

[@aliciasavage6801]

"Grunge Rap" was an awesome term. I am gen x and was known as a "grunge girl" and i loved the Beastie Boys

[@cactaceous]

In the words of the legendary Adam Yauch… RIP… “You must be talking about grunge?!”

[@jamesmccreery250]

They toured with Run DMC, Raising hell tour. The dude in the red shirt discovered LL Cool J.

[@andrewrigney5888]

Best rap group of all time. Yall need to do more beastie boys!

[@MarcisBold]

Wu

[@Yathome00]

LOL I was there when it came out, it’s a classic! ❤❤❤❤ and you should have seen them in concert!

[@lakermd]

“Well I’m as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce” one of the best lyric lines ever!

[@markbeulen7646]

As a teenager growing up in the 90s and mostly listening to punk and metal, these guys - with Cypress Hill - were my introduction to Hip Hop. Still legends and I still play their tunes.

[@lisamartin3734]

This is tha SH*T !! YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW GREAT THIS IS 🎶🎶

[@effer3]

They never heard of the Beastie Boys?????

[@bobsylvester88]

Better late than never.

[@elbruces]

Watching people learn things is what reaction channels are all about.

[@lynnc5252]

My first concert ever, was the Beastie Boys and PUBLIC ENEMY open for them. I was an instant fan! Fight the Power for life. 💙✌️✊

[@seanhealy3579]

Didn't realize Cartier was in the back. More Collabs, fam.

[@quantumtheo]

Almost every single Beastie Boys album is solid gold front to back. They have crazy awesome deep cuts that are all kinds of different genres. Paul's Boutique through Hello Nasty in particular, but all their albums are great. Cept the first one, the Beastie Boys themselves only play a few tracks from it anymore.

[@jason.martin]

The band Came out in the mid 80's and they rocked! interesting how I forget how long ago this was. Yep 90s tune pre Autotune days

[@martane665]

Seeing when all of you started head bobbin in sync made me smile. Happy you enjoyed it.

[@carlosgk1]

i remember this flew under the radar! i saw it in bevis and butthead and i was so fascinated with this song in particular…and this was at the time a new sound for the beastie boys, and a lot if people hated in it. the BB have many sounds, they are punk origins and became early hip hop pioneers and eventually broke out into many different genres. they are GOATS

[@madanvil]

The vocal effects were used with the Sony "Variety Mic". Meant mostly for karaoke, if I'm not mistaken. MCA refers to it in their song Sure Shot (1994). 'I rock a bullsh!t mic, that's made outta plastic'. And yeah, you guys really have to check out their whole discography to appreciate their range of talent.

[@JamBurglar]

👆This guy knows what he's talking about!

[@chancemartin6957]

They came out in the early 80s as punk rock rap and on stage they are a full instrumental band with about 12 musicians performing all their music and sounds

[@DSTowerRat]

Def. no auto tune.. I was born in 75.. I was 17 when I owned this "tape" in chrome. Great song, great album. Thanks for the react.

[@dond9327]

They were a punk thrash band that merged inspiration from both punk and hip hop, growing up in new york they had tge exposure....live shows were amazing...played their own instruments...original sound. .

[@oof333]

Hearing you talk about the effects, unlocked a bunch of memories of old 'tube' TV's that couldnt handle brights and darks and got pixelly, and had knobs you used to shift the colour and saturation as the TV got old and the colours started fading and washing out. All these effects are familiar to people who were in their 20's in the 1990's and remember those TV's! Also the grainy texture reminds me of home-VHS video tape playback. The Beastie Boys were definotely leaning into retro samples and fashion too.

[@diggaz2006]

Desde Chile escuchando a los Beastie Boys For ever!!🇨🇱😎 Los mejores blancos en el juego !!

[@tricky2055]

I first heard this song back in ‘92 at a frat party. I was in high school. 😊

[@Veeper-62]

Thank you for this video. This is the best reaction video I have ever seen hands down.

[@robertbarnhart7041]

So What'cha Want" released on June 2, 1992. Cher popularized Auto-Tune with her 1998 single "Believe". The Aphex Twin track "Funny Little Man", from the 1997 EP Come To Daddy, was one of the earliest songs to use Auto-Tune, released less than a month after Auto-Tune

[@danajohnson6794]

Haven’t listened to this in forever and had forgotten how the effect is like record scratching, so f’n cool

[@YvonneWinslow-v9n]

They play their own instruments. Because they were actually a hardcore Punk band in the 70s/80s. In the early 80s they started doing more hip-hop ... and the rest is history ❤

[@Apostrofe]

It's from 1992, and was a return to form for the group after Paul's Boutique. They started as a punk ban in NYC then gravitated to hip-hop. They always always paid tribute to black hip-hop acts. To get a whole different flavor, check out "Fight for your right to party" (Their first hit) and Sabotage (possibly their biggest hit, used in the Star Trek reboot movie).

[@samanthajboatwright3359]

Girl got her head moving. She definitely likes it! 🤟

[@shecamt]

I used to LOVE the Beasties Boys. I remember being around 13 years old when this album came out, and I listened to it NON-STOP! I still remember all the lyrics to every song on that album. God, I'm old! 😅

[@TabbyQ.9563]

I bought their tape in '87. Saw them at a concert in '92. They stopped the show to save a girl getting her ass kicked in the pit. Classy. They were doing some crazy jazzy stuff at the show. Not afraid to try some new stuff.

[@jbrock76]

Those lyrics and that flow... dude's were unbelievable! They were so good, man!!

[@bendickerson9510]

I love seeing the smiles and vibes grow with the passing verses.

[@Unclesmokey314]

being there for it all was awesome!!! picked up on Beasties very early and grateful for it.. 52 yrs old and still rock the Boys, often.

[@lawrencebuckley7156]

Some you guys body chair dancing is how we banged to this. Shoulder and a head bump remember when it came out. Love from Victoria,BC Canada. Ludacris just like that

[@botz77]

Classic MTV videos are the greatest. So much creativity on tiny budgets and it started the careers of some of our best film directors today like David Fincher, Spike Jonze (Who might have directed this, he did a lot of Beastie Boys videos), and many more.