My First Beastie Boys Experience with Intergalactic! Vocal Analysis of rap?

[@scorpiofrancis1119]

‘Sabotage’ has to be your next Beastie Boys experience

[@svenjensen9770]

I absolutely concur!

[@benelleliv]

Shoulda been her first.

[@Tampahop]

@@benelleliv I would have gone with Fight For Your Right to Party.

[@tr-lj2vx]

Sabotage should have been her first Beastie Boys video. They sing in that one. Paul Revere needs to come after Sabotage though

[@scottNNJ]

I was thinking “Brass Monkey” if Elizabeth is looking for actual singing (though perhaps not very good singing)

[@renlessard]

"rhymes approaching the ridiculous" Well yeah. It's the Beastie Boys

[@megatryn]

They are the hip-hop version of Foo Fighters. At least as far as whacky videos concern.

[@danielpittman889]

Sometimes they get ridiculous. They'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice.

[@hdufort]

They approach the ridiculous, sneakily. Then they beat the crap out of the ridiculous.

[@colinwilson4609]

Channeling Devo.

[@ldobehardcore]

They Bust Mad Rhymes with a greater than 80% success rate. That qualifies as ill, at least from a technical standpoint.

[@brianforgos3194]

The "R2D2" sound is a DJ, Mixmaster Mike, cutting and scratching a record. His turntables are connected to a Wah-wah pedal to get that distorted sound

[@ricksallypeterson7246]

After reading your comment, my mind immediately went to, “‘Cause nobody can do it like Mix Master can!”

[@Spudz76]

Another turntable technician (deck wrecker, wrist wriggler, vinyl violator) from the similar era was DJ Q-Bert, and his "Wave Twisters" cartoon and album video (2001, ~45m) is one of my favorite pieces of content ever. Quirky spacy battle of good and evil with weird art and animation and tons of visual and lyrical/sample references, and the way it's all synchronized together. There are also still some old videos of performances, like hearing a harp is one thing but seeing the noises be coaxed from a harp by someone is transformative. Except replace harp with some vinyl, a needle, and an amplifier (and a slider/knob or two). Alas, also not vocal but could be paralleled to vocal techniques since rapid cutting and muting can form vocals out of hand-chopped phonemes. Dragging can create the same effect as a croak/creak/fry even though it's modifying a previously recorded voice.

[@allthesevens]

3 MC's and one DJ is fantastic for seeing the scratching.

[@xjuggernaughtxx]

@@ricksallypeterson7246 I got the D double-o, D double-o style!

[@E-d1d3]

​@@ricksallypeterson7246the way he mixes in the Another Dimension samples...

[@LogicalNiko]

Three Jewish kids from a jazz background trying to be a punk band in Brooklyn and then accidently stumbling on 1st gen rap of Grand Master Flash and The Sugar Hill Gang. They then switching their game up and becoming one of the first people to kickstart the modern rap era, and being the start of Def Jam Records. They are ridiculous because these circumstances were ridiculous. They wrapped an immense amount of talent around the fun and the party aspect of the scene, making nothing quite say party like the Beastie Boys. And that R2D2 sound is Mario C. (Mario Caldato, the producer on this) and Ad-Rock between turn tables, synth, and sample edits.

[@ScottLovenberg]

The rule is that the Beastie Boys took the music itself, and the craft *very* seriously, but took themselves not seriously at all. They were true craftsman and a lot of the things you hear from them and think, "this sounds like xyz" are things they pioneered. BB are consistently praised by top tier artists in every genre. Reportedly their album Paul's Boutique was Miles Davis' favorite album up until he died.

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Boutique is Top 10 albums of ANY genre...

[@amnesiacalibis]

Paul's Boutique turned 35 on July 25.

[@ScottLovenberg]

@@amnesiacalibis I'm going to give it a listen right now while I do yard work; it's been a minute, but I know that album stands the test of time. I used to think it was a shame that the cost of making another album in the style of PB would be prohibitively expensive in modern times for the cost of sampling and licensing, but I think maybe it's great that we got Boutique while it could still be done and it was done right. We're finally having another Renaissance of genre blending and experimenting, but it makes you realize how far ahead of the curve the Beastie Boys were and respect their musicianship so much more.

[@0okamino]

Truly true. They may be the Clown Princes of Rhyme, but they’re no joke.

[@geob3963]

Add a little help from Rick Ruben and the Dust Brothers... Ta-Dahhh

[@user-scott-pearce]

When thinking of the beastie boys I can’t help but think of the cartoon Futurama set 1000 years in the future, the character Fry, who was frozen in 1999, meets their persevered talking heads in a jar and says he had all 5 of their albums, the beastie boys respond by saying “That was a 1000 years ago, now we got 7”

[@Spencer_Beard]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[@seamusburke639]

"DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP A T-SHIIIIRT!"

[@marcwright8395]

I believe that qualifies as 'ill'

[@StormTehSinner]

I actually like the the mashup of Masdamind ("Intergalactic Futurama" by Masdamind99 here on YT) of this song better than the original :D

[@ItsTheBigDeal]

Telling ya all it's a miraaaaage, tellin ya all it's a saaAAaaboooootaaaaaaage. Sabotage, yeah!

[@seventhson2151]

I like my sugar with coffee and cream

[@wigenite]

(cream!)

[@loberd09]

I do actually order my coffee that way (sometimes). It used to work. Now I just get blank stares and feel old.

[@RedSinter]

😂 I like a little Coffee in my cream and sugar....😊

[@dazwold]

Doesn't have the same edge if it's not in a thick New York accent!

[@aTofuJunkie]

Straight up Black Coffee for me personally.

[@marshallindustries726]

The crazy thing is the boys have perfect pitch, while sounding like they're yelling, and rapping. Super super hard to do. They used a Vocoder for the Intergalactic voice. In the early 1970s, Moog developed a vocoder with Wendy Carlos for the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange. Artists such as ELO (“Mr. Blue Sky,” 1977) and Kraftwerk (“The Robots,” 1978) popularizing its sound. There are bits of classical music flowing through this song. Rachmaninoff's "Prelude C-sharp Minor," sampled from a recording by Les Baxter played on a synthesizer, is blended into the verses. The piece of classical music at the beginning of the song is "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky. Also sampled is "Love is Blue" by The Jazz Crusaders. Mix Master Mike is the DJ (turntablist) on this track scratching your "R2-D2 " sounds. Mix Master Mike is often credited with inventing the Tweak Scratch. The scratch is performed by moving the record back and forth while the platter motor is stopped. The inertia of the platter causes the sounds to slow and drop in pitch in an unusual manner. He is also well known for the unusual technique of using a wah-wah pedal, an effect most commonly used by guitarists, with his turntables. All of them are self taught musicians, and because of that they experimented with everything, helping to pioneer a huge amount of music in some many different genres. All just natural talent; style and having fun.

[@user-xd1ze4jf6e]

This is the kind of detail I expected the music professional doing the reaction to focus on. Not sugar with coffee and cream.

[@TheAwetist802]

This comment wins the internet!! Thank you.

[@noneprovided689]

*If my rap’s soup, my beats is stock.* …the most undersold, under-appreciated line in the song.

[@Joetime90]

"Step away from the table when I start to chop" That whole section is probably my favorite drops in hip hop. People don't take the Beasties seriously, but the OGs do.

[@diegosanchez1203]

"when it comes to envy, y'all is green!" and the green screen appears behind them instantly!

[@johndevoist8129]

This confirms that Elizabeth has grown up from an extremely sheltered childhood.

[@Guurzak]

I do have to wonder, though, just how strong that gummy was that she had before recording this.

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Clearly

[@MrRabiddogg]

to be fair, she was likely a toddler if she was even born when this came out

[@jhankins1126]

​@@MrRabiddogg1998?

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

@@MrRabiddogg The song is from 1998. Even if you assume she was born in 1997, is that a reason to not have any clue what this band was about when you are supposed to know about music?

[@kevinparker2375]

If you want to get your nerd on, you have stepped into a whole new sub-culture. This video calls back to the "man in a rubber suit" Godzilla influenced movies and TV shows. After the 1954 introduction of Godzilla, Asian TV and movies (primarily Japanese, but Korea also had some) shifted toward Kaiju content in the 60's. Of these spawned "Johnny Soko and his Flying Robot", "Inframan" as well as all of the Godzilla vs (insert monster name here). These also inspired Power Rangers and later Pacific Rim (Del Toro is a HUGE fan of the genre). As to the "R2-D2 sounds", that is scratching...where a DJ pushes the record back and forth to create specific sounds from a designated place on the record. Beastie Boys was one of the first Rap based groups that blended hard rock into their music but not as samples, but actually music they composed to drive the beat. I wholeheartedly agree that you should check out "Sabotage" and "No Sleep Til Brooklyn". Additionally, if you want a heavy rap/metal collaboration, you MUST check out Anthrax/Public Enemy "Bring The Noise"

[@IamLertimo]

100%. Thank you!! I get unreasonably frustrated every time I see a reaction to this video, wondering "How is it not one of these so-called media-savvy nerds can get a straightforward Godzilla reference?!" I would've thought you didn't even have to seen any of those old Japanese movies, they've seeped into pop culture to such a degree that I thought the references would be obvious, but clearly I'm wrong. Most people don't even make the fairly straightforward observation about the video's location - I mean okay, not everyone will know it's Tokyo, but it's clearly not shot in chinatown either. The youth of today, grumble grumble, end of civilisation, grumble grumble....

[@alphasixty1316]

I just want to replace Godzilla (American sub-par version) with Gojira the vastly superior original.

[@afishcalledminnewawa]

@@IamLertimo yeah I feel this comment

[@fortyfukinseven]

Don't forget they filmed this IN JAPAN without permits (maybe, I think) without really telling anyone. All of the people you see are locals going about their life, and reactions are real.

[@wellthatwasfun]

In one word: Tokusatsu.

[@danedelacruz3553]

The Beastie Boys were originally in New York hardcore punk rock band. They quickly switched to hip hop early in their careers. The music video for intergalactic is reminiscent of a Japanese kaiju movie (giant monster). The word Beastie is actually an acronym that stands for boys entering anarchistic states towards inner excellence.

[@jasonbrock2681]

That "mmmmmm-drop!" that had you laughing is actually a call back to a previous Beastie Boys song.

[@zbenefield76]

I came here to say this. TYFYS.

[@JasonPeltier]

I think it might actually be the actual clip from that song?

[@Mitwadus]

The new line.

[@adamschaeffer3614]

@@Mitwadus The New Style, License to Ill

[@jasonbrock2681]

@@JasonPeltier You might be right. Does seem like the sound quality changes and they seem to match up pretty well on a listen.

[@arinbaun9452]

So I'm a vocalist for a Beastie Boys tribute act, and this song is one of the most popular ones at all of our gigs. When the part "Beastie Boys known to let the beat..." hits, we pause and let the crowd scream themselves hoarse before we come in with the "mmmmmm, DROP" And this video is a tribute to Japanese Kaiju films, the part where they are in the jumpsuits was even filmed in Tokyo. And to answer your question, Godzilla was the first franchise to explore giant monster battles in an urban setting (your subscribers are mostly nerds as well 😏)

[@pauljs75]

The first would be King Kong. But the Japanese took that kind of thing to another level.

[@michaelccozens]

@@pauljs75 I think you'd have quite a debate on that, as "giant monsters" of many varieties were quite popular once people like Ray Harryhausen and his forebears started realizing what you could do with film effects. "King Kong" is certainly the most famous early example, but I'm not at all sure it was first. "Godzilla" itself (the 1953 film) was heavily influenced by a film released a year earlier, "The Beast from 20 000 Fathoms", based on a Ray Bradbury story. Interestingly, the much-derided Roland Emmerich "Godzilla" of 1997 was very much a remake of that proto-Godzilla film (I'm not trying to defend Emmerich's piece as such, but it does show that his film wasn't necessarily as unconsidered as seemed to be assumed).

[@michaelccozens]

While Kaiju films are a slightly-indirect reference here, I think the main one is specifically to the '90s phenomenon of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", who were friggin' everywhere at the time of the video's release. That show, of course, was itself heavily influenced by earlier Japanese kaiju films and TV shows (especially things like Jet Jaguar and Kamen Rider. The '90s Western "Japanimation" boom seemed to be largely a resurgence of the '70s "Second Kaiju Boom" that took place in Japan, also known as the "Henshin Boom" . BTW, I was today years old when I learned that "kaiju" comes from "kaijin", an expression literally meaning "strange person"). The distinguishing features here, I think, are the (increased) leaning-into of the low-budget effects and the hyperactive editing style, all pushed to or over the edge of hyperbole. Very MMPR, especially to Western eyes of the time that were largely unfamiliar with the Japanese cultural context behind that property.

[@kovert6407]

People who love Intergalactic are not very good Beastie Boys fans. Also, what's wrong with, I don't know, "The New Style", where the "let the beat drop" came from in the first place?

[@arinbaun9452]

@@michaelccozens I mean, If we're going way back then we have to mention the 1925 version of The Lost World. If the OG King Kong is gonna be considered a Kaiju film, then this was where Willis O'Brien first became famous for his dinosaur Stop-Motion, and his apprentice for that movie and Kong was Ray Harryhausen. And of course Beast From 20,000 Fathoms is an underrated gem. But I'd argue that the true origin of the Kaiju movie would have to be the film that coined the term, the '54 Gojira.

[@SevenEternities]

Sabotage live on the Letterman show is an amazing performance. You can see them playing all the live instruments, the energy is awesome 😎

[@groovyone]

Straight up truth! I remember watching Letterman that night. Letterman and Conan always had the beat bands and musicians on their shows.

[@Kissfan96dr]

I remember that performance. I second this!

[@notabritperse]

Yes! Followed by their Letterman performance of "Ch-Check it Out," one of the most well-executed live TV hits ever.

[@kevinkoch5243]

​@@groovyoneI agree, but for the nerdiness factor, she needs to do the official video first, then follow it up with that live performance.

[@namoric]

100%

[@strawtube72]

That "MMmmm DROP!" was ICONIC and from a song of theirs like 8 years earlier,immediately recognizable,

[@jimeisele6046]

12 years earlier!

[@bridesbiscuit]

Who else but The Beasties could pull off sampling themselves..

[@djcahoon1032]

'Brass monkey', 'fight for your right', or 'no sleep till Brooklyn' would all be good songs for you to experience.

[@davidsthubbins176]

Licensed To Ill is such a great album!

[@falconeer99]

"No sleep til Brooklyn" is the song I play to start a roadtrip

[@jeffrobagman2834]

If we're going Licensed to Ill, It's Paul Revere all the way!

[@LHeyden-o6i]

Everything that you all said in these ⬆️ comments, YES!! This nonsense was after they really didn’t care to or need to rap anymore. I was SO excited to see Elizabeth cover the BB’s, but not this silliness.

[@spimniven1721]

@@falconeer99 one of my favorite lyrics ever "He's got his own table at the Bucket of Puss!" GENIUS!

[@nylonstringninja]

There are a few musical groups that are so unique they stand alone and Beastie Boys is one of them. They are one of a kind.

[@emergentform1188]

This group started out as a joke, actually. Just a way to kill time at the end of their live shows and to their shock the crowds loved it so they rolled with it and kept the joke going (they were actually serious/talented musicians). It's not serious music and was never intended to be. Sort of like if a talented actress did only fans and made 10 millions dollars, lol.

[@pauljs75]

@@emergentform1188 The current version of a joke band like that is Psychostick. Not quite as big as the Beasties, but some of their lesser known stuff is more in-depth than the "BEER song" or "Do you want a taco?" "Largiloquent Dithyramb" for instance would be a good one, or "#1 Radio Single" which pokes fun at nu-metal.

[@11GalleryATV]

The "mmm Drop" is a reference done in one of their earlier songs "The New Style" from their 1986 Debut Album "Licensed to ILL"

[@bustacap3791]

It's a sample, a reference is something different.

[@mylesayres6060]

And by the time of their peak in the late 90's, people sampled that line so much, they were literally beating it to death by that point lol.

[@11GalleryATV]

@@bustacap3791 This is not a sample in this song, they actually recorded it slightly different, but in the same style to the original. So it is a reference. They did not just "sample" or copy and paste the old one right in.

[@bustacap3791]

@@11GalleryATV its a sample from license to ill.

[@bustacap3791]

@@11GalleryATV you can clearly hear the difference in the voice.

[@briangoss8062]

Between knowing and liking the Mr.Spock reference and coolly sliding in an Illithid reference you rock! I knew I was impressed with you before but now, dang! As others have stated yes, Sabotage should probably be the next video.

[@JesseTemple]

Beastie Boys got their start as a punk rock band. Mix Master Mike, their DJ, who is responsible for all of the audio track and sampling you hear, is one of the greatest DJs that ever lived.

[@DJKr15py]

I won't argue over who is better but D-Styles work with Busdriver (especially the album Temporary Forever) is up there with him.

[@JimmyStrummer]

@@DJKr15pyCan’t forget Terminator X, too! “It Takes A Nation Of Millions” was groundbreaking.

[@tempsitch5632]

MMM is not responsible for all of the audio track and sampling you hear. W T actual F is wrong with you ?

[@MilanFourTimesEight]

@@JimmyStrummerterminator X didnt produce and most of the scratches you hear on record werent by him but by Johnny Juice

[@monkeykplunk]

RIP MCA ❤ Every now and then something reminds me of a Beastie Boys song and I go down a KZbin rabbit hole. Thanks Elizabeth! *jumps down the hole*

[@okiedad5784]

"Well I'm MCA, I got nothing to prove, pay attention my intention is to bust a move" damn I miss him

[@MeganBecker]

I was watching Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend today with Mike D and Ad-Rock and here I am. They brought a tear to my eye talking about MCA. Legend.

[@misternoplease]

They ARE making fun because they are having fun. The only thing serious is the delivery and structure of it all, doing it like they mean it.

[@HollowGolem]

I kind of miss this sort of goofy, light-hearted hip hop from the '80s. Most of this stuff kind of died with gangster rap and it's only recently been starting to come back.

[@lokithecat7225]

B Boys: Jealous of the rhyme and the rhyme routine Liz: I'm going to get grumpy about the emphasis. pla - ne - ta - REE

[@nobodyimportant7804]

@@HollowGolem 80's? The Hello Nasty album which contains Intergalactic came out in 1998.

[@HollowGolem]

@@nobodyimportant7804 Yes, but the Beasties came out of the 80's, and it's the scene that influenced them. They always felt like a relic in the 90's.

[@milhousevanhoutan9235]

@@HollowGolem Yeah but if you thought they were all fun and games you weren't listening closely. Like sure they didn't go full socially conscious rap but they always had songs and runs that had a point. Sabotage is essentially about government coverups of their bad behavior going so far as to say that they can be shut down with the "push of a button" (also a subliminal at MikeC, saying they could criticize him but he'd just cut it). In the video they play hapless federal agents. Song for The Man is them saying to other men who creep on women and decide their entitled to women that they're sickening and it asks them "What makes you think you think you have the right?" In a World Gone Mad is considered one of the greatest contemporaneous protest songs of the Iraq War. and if they ever did release a socially conscious album it was To the 5 Burroughs. Even a song like "Girls" which sounds really misogynist is basically the tamest most "proper" thing ever- The story is Ad-rock is girl crazy, there was this one girl who liked MCA, MCA wasn't into it so Ad-Rock asked if he could pursue her instead, note this was about their friendship not because MCA had dibs, Ad-Rock just wants to make sure MCA isn't interested. Ad-Rock then asks her on a date they go on a nice date but he doesn't score but that's fine, then she moved away for a while. Now she's back showing interest in Mike D. It at no point shames her for being interested in different people in the band or say she's wrong for turning down Ad-Rock. Which for the time (hell even now) was pretty progressive when it came to men making songs about women. So like yeah, they were fun and games, but I think reducing them to that does them a disservice. They had things to say that were important.

[@ecnicholson]

It's so awesome watching you have so much fun with this. Your laughter is infectious and gave me a new appreciation for this. As a person who GREW UP with this as one of my first forays into being a social creature beyond "my two best friends," I'd gotten used to taking this song seriously. It meant THAT MUCH to me as a kid. Like, "this is what art is!" And I recognize I have to sit back sometimes and say, "you know, man: comedy can be an artform, too."

[@marcelplum9613]

"3 MCs and 1 DJ" shows the pure power of their music. I love "Sure shot" and "Sabotage" and most of their videos are pure fun. And the MTV Live gig about 45 minutes is legendary. Best rap band ever. ❤

[@psyckohero1002]

Sure shot

[@vinniegorman8321]

Awesome recommendations! I love 'An Open Letter to NYC' too

[@Danjite]

Not just rap, dang it! They played instruments and had an instrumental album

[@marcelplum9613]

@@Danjite i agree. But they are called a rap band and this is what they called themselves too. Their main genre is rap with parts of Punk, Rock and so on. My listed Sabotage is not a real Rap song.

[@jpace1976]

Shake your rump is funky

[@johnfilar4286]

Your comment about the bass is spot on. Beastie Boys were popular during my high school years (mid- to late-80s), and that was an era of giant subwoofers powered by massive amps in your car. Not to mention, many of us spent way too much money on hi-fi home stereos with large speakers and subwoofers. We'd go out cruising on Friday nights with music just blasting from our cars, bass thumping away. Their music was perfect for it!

[@coldanimal5107]

Bass thumping away, slowly but steadily unscrewing everything that holds the car together...

[@matthewgoodA1206]

I remember it was like that in the ‘90s, too, I heard tons of deafening bass from cars.

[@iananelson8256]

When I was in High School people used to cruise on Union Ave. in Bakersfield, CA. It would be hundreds of cars just driving up and down the road with the stereos thumping and many more parked on either side with the doors and trunks open to really show off their bass.

[@Hackspear214]

You can easily replicate this at home with some bass shakers in your chair.

[@raidonbay]

So I was in 6th grade at the time you're speaking about. I was in 3rd grade when another student let me listen to Brass Monkey from their cassette Walkman.

[@jamiemacdonald436]

The Flintstone Flop reference came from an episode of The Flintstones where Fred became a pop music icon and accidentally created a dance move by the same name. 👍

[@Atheos-1]

By dropping a bowling ball on his foot, then hopping around holding it, before front flipping onto his back.

[@DrDeuteron]

I saw them live at Candlestone Park,

[@abelgil9911]

I’m so happy you enjoyed this. I grew up in the 80s and the Beastie Boys were always epic! Sometimes, music is just there to entertain and make us happy! And that is perfectly good.

[@justinscott7492]

The video is a throwback to Saturday morning Japanese monster movies that our generation always watched....Godzilla, Mothra, etc.

[@MaxPenguine]

+ (first) power rangers series....

[@jd177]

Yeah any Kaiju fighting movies

[@mattbalas8828]

Just like growing up with those cop shows that inspired the Sabotage video.

[@loberd09]

Sabotage needs to be done next. The official music video is AMAZING but their David Letterman live performance is AMAZING. The energy in that performance is unmatched

[@carolberkowitz8551]

That live performance is the BEST!

[@jamesfriery6925]

If you can find the Star Trek clip, it was a KILLER usage

[@migwar]

1994 MTV VMAs I think edges it just for the suits, but musically similar :)

[@MattBorchert]

I hadn't seen that performance before. Incredible.

[@Hudson316]

@@jamesfriery6925which one? They used Sabotage twice in the reboots if I remember right. The car chase with young Kirk in Trek 09 stealing his stepfather’s car, and in Beyond with the drones

[@EvanWeber1234]

This is a heckuva place to start with the Beastie Boys

[@afterforever21]

I think you mean BEST place!

[@raidonbay]

Sabotage is probably the best place to start.

[@maxlandshark]

Nah. This is the proper place for a 90s kid.

[@druzparanormal1270]

Knowing that she wants to react to singing, I'd suggest that she checks out the license to ill album. Fight for your right, no sleep till Brooklyn, etc. She could always check out their old punk stuff too, like the aglio e olio album. I'm a huge beasties fan, but I could totally see how someone could struggle to take some of their stuff seriously today. I think she'd find flute loop interesting too. Lol

[@Zuerjelberger]

"Heckuva". Now that's my new favourite word.

[@daniellynch2300]

I think part of the magic and appeal of the Beastie Boys is their humor and never taking themselves too seriously. They were innovative without being arrogant about it. And above all they enjoyed making people smile and get up and "get low" to their music. I appreciate you stepping out on this one. :) Think Godzilla for the visual inspiration.

[@carmencrincoli]

If you want to go deeper, I suggest you watch "Three MC's and one DJ" next. The video that's here on KZbin is actually a live recording, they did the whole thing in one shot in a 3rd level sub-basement in NY, and there's a whole scene with a single-camera for the entire thing. It's a masterful showcase of how solid they are as performers, and the DJ was 🔥🔥

[@bloodstone2k]

Mixmaster Mike. He's incredible!

[@desmofan1864]

Mixmaster Mike is an absolute legend!

[@joshuatmanion8010]

Piped in live as their performance for an Mtv music awards. 1 take, 1 dj, 1 record, no beat machine. %100 pure hip hop from concentrate, enjoy.

[@andrewallison70]

I'm glad someone already mentioned this also, just a pure performance

[@got2soar]

Yup, love the one

[@TalkingWithBob]

You got to do sabotage. The video for that one is great you will love it.

[@jacquesdespadas]

Their SNL performance of Sabotage was amazing!

[@lesdodson9134]

Or the black and white live version.

[@bryangirod9173]

Liz- if you wanna go full herd mode, look into Shaffer the Darklord "The Rappist". His word play is exquisite.

[@reedkent7255]

My fave song..

[@jasonschrandt4998]

@@jacquesdespadasthe live performance of sabotage on David letterman is goat

[@davebrown7174]

Welcome to the world of the Beastie Boys! It’s nice to have you with us!! These are quite possibly the most versatile performers you will EVER see/hear! Punk Hip-Hop/Rap Funk These cover a lot of territory!

[@Extortionism]

don't forget the Jazz on In Sounds from Way Out...

[@skilletpan5674]

Yeah from Hardcore to Hip-hop. They were great. They are up there with legends like David Bowie,The Beatles and John Farnham.

[@costanzafaust]

Party Rock, Instrumental Groove, the list goes on and on...

[@TheTroupeMasterGrimm]

I love the callback to “the new style” with the “beastie boys known to let the beat… mmmMM DROP!”. this song is just unparalleled.

[@lonehawk71]

I saw the Beastie Boys live at Jones Beach. So glad I did. Rest in Peace, Adam Yauch.

[@andybb311]

RIP to a legend put of the box tinkerer (aka MCA)

[@zippymacadoo6336]

Fond memories of that venue ❤

[@DaP84]

The gengre with giant monsters comes from Japan, called Kaiju, which means "strange beast". Original Godzilla from 1954 is regarded as the first Kaiju movie. The word's origin is associated with monsters and creatures from ancient Japanese legends. I love the Kaiju subgenre when the movies are done right! And by the way, stop hating on this song, lol. This is a legendary Boom Bap track!

[@AlanYoungIII]

The Japanese popularized it, but the first movie that had a giant monster in a city was King Kong in 1933.

[@kronos6948]

That "R2D2 sound is definitely scratching. Beasties are old school, like really old school so their rhyming scheme and back beats still have that old school flavor but a bit more modernized. Scratching was an art form for all old school hip hop and rap.

[@costanzafaust]

She asked if C3PO and R2D2 did music, I wonder if anyone is going to tell her about Auralnauts? It's Baby Time!

[@kronos6948]

@@costanzafaust Hell yeah! They don't get the credit they deserve for all the hard work they do. Could you imagine a vocal analysis of "Baby Time"? 😂😂

[@djtazzyjeff]

Thats not just any scratch, that is the man, the myth, the legend Mix Master Mike. greatest record DJ on the planet.

[@kronos6948]

@@djtazzyjeff holy shit, are you the real Dj Jazzy Jeff?? If so, I'm honored that you responded. Thanks for all of your contributions to hip hop and being part of my youth!

[@PaulGuy]

This is their first album with Mix Master Mike, and he did some absurd things with turntables. It's very likely just him.

[@normalityrelief]

Artists who are also nerds are among my favorite people 😊 This came out the summer before my senior year and it always makes me feel like a teenager. I had a lot of fun seeing your take!

[@DrLipkin]

You're going to get lots of recommendations, but there's one particular video that will appeal to you most. 3 MCs and 1 DJ. Why? Because that's all it is. Three MCs and one DJ. The Beastie Boys, three microphones, Mix Master Mike, and one record. Filmed live in one take (from three angles). If you want to dig into their voices, breathing, and performances, that's the video to do it on.

[@ReneJethmal]

Yes! Excellent suggestion! Sabotage will get all the votes, but 3 MCs is fantastic.

[@geob3963]

Shadrach

[@Jaw-t3t]

Nathaniel concurs

[@stewartwhaley4833]

Word

[@DanPyjamas]

Its an awesome, raw video. Love the freeze frame in it :D

[@C4L3D0N]

3 MCs and 1 DJ official vid... just sayin'... 😉

[@PixelBaller]

Lyrics taken from Run DMC a decade earlier fyi

[@a7734999]

That sounds feels like a human because it is. 2 MC's and 1 dj will show you.

[@PaulGuy]

The best example of their skills, outside a concert video.

[@packrat-y7j]

We be gettin down with no delay...

[@heffatheanimal2200]

Agreed. The best Beasties song and music vid IMO

[@timseguine2]

They started out as a punk rock band but transitioned mostly into rap. They have a few well-known songs that are more melodic, like Sabotage, or Brass Monkey. A summary version is that they mostly were like the rap party music from the 80s and early 90s before gangster rap really dominated the scene. Their typical songs are fun and have a beat you can dance to.

[@aldovaskeet5621]

Once you understand what you're misunderstanding it's going to blow your mind. The R2D2 you're hearing is actually a turn table scratching.

[@mcnater]

This

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

Nearly everything is tongue-in-cheek with the Beasties. Their skills with the 3-man-weave are unparalleled. They are silly and honest and real. I was 14 when they released their first album. I grew up with them. The Beasties are a huge part of my musical lifescape.

[@alexanderpatterson8549]

I’ve been a huge fan of the Beastie Boys since 1986. It still always blows my mind when someone doesn’t know them.

[@solaralloyd6157]

The R2D2 sound is record scratching or scrubbing. It is created by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable.

[@killermacmc]

Makin' it scratch. But let me tell you somethin': don't try it at home with your dad's stereo; only under hip hop supervision, all right?

[@OrgaNik_Music]

@@killermacmc Alright, hear this So you wanna be the emcee, huh?

[@TimothyDorsett-f7d]

That’s actually a technique invented by Mix Master Mike in which he bends the vinyl while “scratching”. He calls it the Tweak Scratch.

[@phimuskapsi]

Which is why it can also have a 'human element' that she noted.

[@bobsylvester88]

Not sure if someone else mentioned this but this song won the Beastie Boys the 1999 Grammy for best Rap performance by a group. They also won the Best Alternative Album Grammy that year for ‘Hello Nasty’. Finally, the video we just watched won the MTV award for Best Rap Video 1999. That was back when MTV was a big deal in music.😂

[@kevinmalone4341]

The Beastie Boys were originally a Punk Rock band that became one of the pioneers of rap in the late 80s and 90s. Probably the most influential group from that era, along with Run DMC.

[@jj74k]

Came here to say this- it’s amazing how many people never heard their punk stuff - I happen to have been a fan since I got cookie-puss’ number from them back in the day!

[@gurbulflap]

I was going to say that too.

[@craiglee5460]

Me too

[@okiedad5784]

Yes! I'm glad someone said this. Listen to Check Your Head and it's sooo punk

[@Zomb1eDawg]

The beastie boys are absolute pioneers of hip hop 🙏🤟 I love that you did this Elizabeth. You are a master of your craft when it comes to vocals but you have a lot to learn when it comes to hip hop. It is truly an immaculate art form when you start to deep dive. You became a metal head so maybe hip hop head is next for you.

[@grilledspaghetti]

Adam (RIP), or MCA as he was known, for me had one of the best rap voices ever. Listening to them was sort of like just waiting for the next husky MCA line to drop.

[@theibault]

MC, is what he was and did I miss him every day. RIP Yauch.

[@geob3963]

Their trade offs, vocalist to vocalist, are impeccable. Cadence, sublime.

[@HorrorMakesUsHappy]

That used to be a really common part of hip hop back in the 70s and 80s when it was groups of friends just rapping together, and I still think it was one of the most fun parts of hip hop because reciting the rhymes with friends also fostered friendship. Kind of sad that it fell out of favor as the egos of the performers increased. You have to really be willing to share your best lines with your friends to be able to literally trade lines like this. It's like the hip hop equivalent of trading cards.

[@chrisross-fd3fo]

I can not believe that 3 jewish kids from NYC my age creating hip-hop/rap , in the 80s, which wasn't and still isnt musically my choice,put out about 6 songs that instantly get me blasting beats and spitting dope lines , saying what- what in the streets. At least til I leave the home confines...For they are 3 pasty white meshuggah. And a never to be matched one of a kinda..What great songs!...MOM.. where my Hustler

[@djbeema]

I like how she thought there was a pitch shift when Mike D soloed. No that's just his super nasaly voice 😂

[@cosmicphoto05]

I saw the Beastie Boys live back in the day, and the bass shook the ground... I could feel it in my rib cage.

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

Just as a little note for what might have been going on, there's actually a class of electronic music that's referred to as sub-bass that's intended to get that effect. It's right at the bottom of the range of human hearing for the sound itself, but you absolutely feel it. It adds a layer of texture, especially live. For myself, I learned about it from Melissa Reese in Guns N Roses.

[@ShadowThundercat-u1e]

Welcome to THE BEASTY BOYS!! I'm no good at making playlists, but the band is so good that you will have fun with just about whatever you try.

[@timfrank1262]

The music video for 3 MCs and 1 DJ needs to be your next Beastie Boys watch/listen. It’s live and was done in one take.

[@LardyMcFly]

Hell yeah, great song/video!

[@this.is.a.username]

this ^

[@UnlimitedPossibilities345]

Yes please!

[@DanHintz]

will definitely blow your mind.

[@user-kbz09]

Oh, their song 'Sabotage' is more rock and has more of what you'd call "singing". One of their biggest hits ever

[@SqueebRyS]

I've been listening to this song for 20-something years and I never realized they were saying "another dimension" until just now.

[@mitchellpark7157]

How?

[@marcwright8395]

Really, wow

[@gunnbr]

Same here. I wouldn't have noticed at all without the lyrics being shown to me.

[@joeyjojojrshabbadoo]

Mind blowing

[@warwulf4023]

Same. Was reasonably convinced that he was complaining about a troublesome bowel movement (I'm having a bad chit)

[@aTofuJunkie]

Beastie Boys are complete Musical Geniuses. "Paul's Boutique" is a masterpiece of an album.

[@fridaynightanti-venon]

"Paul's Boutique" is a masterpiece of an album." So underappreciated in its time for sure! They were way ahead of the curve with that album!

[@Dr.Strangmeme]

If you try to knock me you'll get mocked I'll stir fry you in my wok Your knees'll start shakin' and your fingers pop Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock One of the greatest lines ever written.

[@theibault]

Elizabeth, I love that you love the mmmmmmmmmm drop part. You would be amazed to know that they are sampling themselves and that that part gets sampled by a ton of other people as well. It comes from the track The New Style from their first album Licensed to Ill. And as much as they are hip hop artists, they are their own genre as well, just the Beastie Boys.

[@janihaavisto79]

I love tea, coffee even more. In tea i use sugar and milk or cream pretty much similar as you do, but coffee i drink with sugar and full milk. Because in Finland at least our coffee tends to be quite bitter as is. Obviously there are many flavours and degrees of roast so it depends how bitter coffee tastes like.

[@briangeorge286]

The video of Three Mc's and one DJ is a must watch. A fantastic one take live performance and all the music being produced by Mix Master Mike using just a single turntable is amazing!

[@scottd8108]

Yes, it's amazing🍻🍻

[@Idyll_Insomniac]

This somehow reminded me of Run DMC, so I recommend some songs: RUN DMC - It's Tricky RUN DMC & Jason Nevins - It's Like That RUN DMC ft. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

[@johnafirth]

Rock Box too. That was one song named by the Beastie Boys as a big influence.

[@navbuoy]

Wasn't Run's brother the Beastie Boys producer?

[@Idyll_Insomniac]

@@navbuoy Sorry, no clue

[@Vodkarn]

Come on, you've gotta recommend Christmas In Hollis, too.

[@otakudude]

Well, they opened for Run-DMC back in the day, so...

[@TahoeNevada]

The Beastie Boys started out as a Punk band in the 80's. The B-Side, Cookie Puss (1983) was their first proper "Rap" song. In the mid-80's they brought the Rock/Punk attitude to Rap, and crossed over to the mainstream. Their first tour was opening for Madonna in '86!

[@packrat-y7j]

Egg RAID on mojo!

[@E-d1d3]

Be Excellent Always Strive To Inspire Everyone. Or something like that.

[@brianblancho7938]

​@E-d1d3 boys entering anarchistic states towards internal excelence.

[@TommyLightfoot]

Your content is so friggin' delightful

[@stevenporter8740]

If the Beastie Boys can get into this channel surely The Message from Grandmaster Flash will get a look in?

[@johnafirth]

Yeah, go old school. Bit of Kurtis Blow too.

[@Hudson316]

Hear me out… full version of Rapper’s Delight

[@costanzafaust]

And Kool Moe Dee "how ya like me now" considering they name drop him in this song.

[@wyldhowl2821]

Run DMC and also Public Enemy. Some great rhymes, not pretentious stuff either.

[@foreveralone11w]

I love how you "listen" with your whole face! You could never hide your true feelings about the song 🎧 My new favorite reaction channel ❤

[@kenabi]

the beastie boys are literally all over the map for sound. its mostly rap, but it can't really be described like some artists can. hey ladies, car thief, paul revere, girls, so whatcha wan't, lookin down the barrel of a gun, no sleep (till brooklyn), sabotage, brass monkey, sure shot, body movin. really. just all over the map.

[@andre.gorley]

I get that you're not too knowledgeable when it comes to Rap or Hip-Hop. But I taught that your reaction was a bit disrespectful, especially with comments that had nothing to do with the song. I know that you come from a classical background but make no mistake, Rap and Hip-Hop is a serious artform and Beastie Boys were masters of it. What's important is not the quality of the voices in Hip-Hop and Rap but how words can flow and yes it sometimes demands certain twist of tongues too serve the songs. Beasties took their music very seriously and that's why they sold more than 50 million albums. Unfortunately they disbanded after Adam "MCA" Yauch died of cancer in 2012. These guys were from NY and are legends in the Big Apple. They formed in 1981 and they actually played Punk music at the time. They were also involved in a lot of social causes in NY and abroad, including the Free Tibet movement. They are so missed and not the least for their sense of humor. I hope that you'll investigate more of that style of music and get a better appreciation of it by discovering the techniques and all the intricacies that it demands, like you did with Rock and Metal. In time I think you'll really surprise yourself and enjoy going down that rabbit hole ✌

[@bmlessler]

You hit it, it’s always a bit jarring to hear an expert talking about an adjacent field you’d just assume they’d know about but actually don’t.

[@EbayDK2K]

Getting to experience your reaction and also the see how great they were as MCs - just brillant :) Please let "Three MC's And One DJ" be next, you wont regret it!

[@thedukh1374]

Turns on notification for when the video mmmm.. drop

[@cavalryscout9519]

If you're giggling and going off on a wild tangent about sugar with coffee and cream, you're getting it.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Not really. He said HE likes his sugar with coffee and cream. Anyway, I love the Beastie Boys, but I'm not sure if it's the right music for her vocal analysis.

[@mattdixoncarter9383]

There's a Beastie Boys documentary on Hulu (The Beastie Boys Story). Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz tells the story of the band, etc. It was really y interesting to see where they were at as musicians and people with Intergalactic and their other material.

[@chippy519]

The biography is an absolute masterpiece

[@Mechanic618]

"Sabotage" or "Sure Shot" are classic Beastie Boys tracks to check out

[@waltstilwell4933]

Their live performances on the Letterman show are fantastic.

[@MichaelLabriola-f8s]

Especially when they started a song walking off the subway! Totally cool and memorable!😅

[@nickc9070]

Yes

[@Lucia_DuVide]

I love how she has finally discovered record scratching. What a wonderful new era we have embarked upon

[@dicebar_]

I'd love to see you do a few videos on NF. It's more rap, but I think the idea of the voice as a percussive instrument ("cadence") is actually a very interesting subject. Most of the videos are also all very cinematic and address mental health issues (a la Ren), which I do think is on-brand for you as well. All his songs and videos intertwine, so while it's tempting to suggest a deep dive and go for all of it, I've curated a short list of songs that contain the main narrative beats: 1. The Search [Journey 1/3. The entry point for most new people learning about NF] 2. Leave Me Alone [Journey 2/3. The direct sequel to The Search] 3. How Could You Leave Us [Interlude: Story time] 4. Hope [Journey 3/3. The capstone to the Journey] There are actually a lot more tracks in 'the journey', with all of these videos and songs containing references to one another, but these three tracks link up cinematically to make one cohesive story. The Search is also a popular video to react to, with the biggest reaction video having over a million views. How Could You Leave Us just gives a huge amount of background on the why of NF, and is an amazing song in its own right. Lastly, if this would prove popular, I also recommend NF's track "Story", which in my humblest of opinions should be played at film academies as a showcase how much story you can cram into five minutes. Thanks for reading my TED talk!

[@zeeptollbooth4129]

You have a lot to learn about rap/hip hop. Words are sometimes bent for both rhyme and flow. Snoop dogg is a master at word flow and his rhymes are so smooth that it feels like you're floating along with the music. He is a Rap and hip hop ICON and essential if you want to know the game. It's so cool watching you experience this non conventional music style that makes it's own rules and brakes others. Peace and Love to you and your family 💕

[@terrancebrown87]

“Edgy humour that is also really sophisticated” thank you for seeing it so clearly!

[@520azdc]

I saw the Beasties live when they were touring for this album and it's one of the best concerts I've ever seen. They played on a rotating stage in the middle of the arena, half their set was hip-hop with Mix Master Mike on the turntables and half their set was them playing guitar, bass and drums doing their signature rock/punk/funk mashup. It was incredible.

[@nicolasstanley1392]

Seriously awesome

[@reanimated]

I was in the pit for that show. My college bf had to lift my short a$$ up to see a few times lol. And then the encore of "Sabotage"...it was a war zone lol. Great times!

[@ShaunHensley]

@@reanimatedyou should have never dumped your college bf

[@shanekelley3064]

I was there. The laser light show, rotating stage, they played some of their jazz shit.. some dude passed a joint that had to be laced with .. something.. blew my mind.. doesn't matter. I'll always remember that show, but I'll never remember how I got home.

[@nobodyimportant7804]

Mix Master Mike is a magician from another dimension.

[@ry2456]

My Semi-nerdy friends and I LOVED playing this in high school. 2000 ish. Just plain fun. No need to take it seriously, just have a great time letting lose. Laughter encouraged!

[@a.grimes4202]

The group that took hip-hop mainstream by mid-1990. Other songs I would consider a must hear by them are “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)”, “Sabotage”, “So What’cha Want?” , “Paul Revere” and “Brass Monkey”.

[@john79taxidriver20]

nah i was watchin em live in 80's kid they were original n first n got black rappers noticed by whites in 80's goth n pop world!!

[@chrisergna617]

Can't forget "The New Style", which is where the "Mmmmm, DROP" sample comes from. Yes, they sampled their own song in this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5Oqn4hva6esj7M

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Nah, bad suggestions. Half of that is from the first album which even they distance themselves from.

[@danawarner7119]

You forgot "Girls" in that song list 😅

[@DiMoTik]

She needs to do a video on “Egg Raid on Mojo” 😂

[@briangeorgebedard]

When I was young I asked my mother for a Beastie Boys album. She bought me a Beach Boys album.

[@toddaulner5393]

Funny! Equally as good!

[@nathanwolfshohl8377]

good Mom

[@damiku-8866]

I think they actually were Beach Boys fans and I always wondered if that was the origin of their own name.

[@garyballard179]

Well, the two biggest bands of all time are The BEAch Boys and The BEAtles.

[@kenkeep69]

The Beastie Boys have a incredible range of styles in their library and a lot of it derives from what they sampled for their tracks and their background as punk musicians. Shambala is a funky track with Buddhist chanting which continues and flows into Bodhishattva Vow. Some of their most amazing work is not what was released but was tucked neatly in place on their albums. Another interesting track is Flute Loop.

[@nickclark6646]

Yes! Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find someone referencing this! Incredible range of styles just on Ill Communication alone. Love the jazz influence in Futterman’s rule, although didn’t even recognise that as a kid buying the album

[@DreamingintoCreation]

I'm so happy you finally did a Beastie Boys song! License to Ill was one of my first cassette tapes, and I remember sitting on a speaker in my window blasting it and singing at the top of my lungs when I was like 8 while my friend danced like a loon in the room haha. Please do Sabotage or Paul Revere next!

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

"Paul Revere" should be your next Beastie Boys song. It's their best song and off their best album License to Ill.

[@glitchworks5957]

Its hard to argue against Paul Revere, but Brass Monkey and No Sleep Till Brooklyn are also top contenders from that album.

[@mitchellpark7157]

This is my favorite Beastie Boys song!

[@constitutionalright827]

Definitely-- especially if you like to audio play between left and right... Not to mention the almost reversed bass beats.

[@joshuatmanion8010]

And definitely have subwoofers for that, old 808 bass that they ran the magnetic tape backwards on for recording.

[@vddr24]

Sabotage on letterman is one of the best live performances of any song ever.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

They wrote the lyrics during the commercial break.

[@hell3quin864]

​@@BobbyGeneric145Is that vid on yt? Bc if it is Im going there right after this.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

@@hell3quin864 the performance yes,... Video of them writing the lyrics? No. Honestly its one of those things I read in a magazine decades ago and can no longer find proof of.

[@christianwilhite83]

Love this! And as others say, "Sabotage" should be your next BB reaction!

[@michaelm2502]

I’m stoked you found the Beastie Boys. The way they playoff each other is so slick and their beats ,particularly the beat drop you caught, are the best. New Style off their first album has the best beat drop in hip hop, period. Lyrics might not be suitable for your show. Bit more gangster but in general they were all about fun. Three Jewish boys from NY who carved their place in rap history.

[@M0T0bri]

I love watching Elizabeth's professional analysis for the songs that I grew up listening to. Brilliant series! I wasn't a Beastie Boys fans really, but I find it awesome that she knows what an Illithid is!!! When I was her age D&D was only for geeks. At 54 yrs old I still play D&D on PC (Baldur's Gate 3), but I'm always up for DM'ing the traditional tabletop version whenever I get a willing party- which is very rare these days. I don't think you would have found many beautiful women like Elizabeth playing D&D back in the late 80s🙂

[@TravfromTO]

If you want to know where the different sounds come from. You should watch the 3 MC and one Dj video. RIP MCA I feel so old. The Flintstone flop was a dance that Fred invented in an episode of the Flintstone cartoon. All the kids were doing it😂😂

[@DavidLewis-v4m]

I admire the concept of this song so much. "Let's see if we can make one rhyme go through the entire verse each verse." 1st verse, everything ends in "ile". 2nd verse, everything ends in "eem" or "een" or near enough. 3rd verse, every line ends with "ock". Awesome they were able to keep it going like they did. I love the occasional internal rhymes they managed to sneak in, here and there, too.

[@fhertlein]

Being a metal head I always found their music humorous and catchy.

[@ZepG]

@fhertlein Exactly like me lol. I used to hate rap in the early 80's, then came the Beastie Boys.

[@kevinbrown9831]

I'm with you on that!

[@marcustrimpin3981]

They started out as a metal band but switched to rap/hip-hop

[@metalafro]

Check out Gratitude, if you haven't. Metal head myself, song rips. Distortions on freaking point

[@BigTroyT]

As others have mentioned, the Beastie Boys started out as a punk band, but quickly became fascinated with the HipHop/Rap movement that was happening in The Bronx and Brooklyn in the late 70s, and they changed direction. At the time, it was exclusively a black genre, and early "MCs" (which we now call rappers) would rap over a beat from a drum machine, often with no other instrumentation. But soon, they started employing DJs who would use 2 turntables and a mixer, and they would take two copies of the same record, and they would "loop" a section of a song on one turntable while they "back-spun" on the other turntable to go back to the start of that section of the song, and then they would switch, allowing a good DJ to loop that section indefinitely and create a continuing beat WITH other instrumentation that the rappers could rap over. The records used were largely funk records (James Brown in particular) and sometimes Disco records. The Beastie Boys were among the earliest white rappers, and they also sampled rock and metal albums from the 70s rather than funk and disco, which made them incredibly unique at the time, and became their signiture. However, they DID start as a band, and on later albums, they actually played their own music on actual analog instruments (guitar, bass, and drums), which was also new territory for HipHop/Rap. Their song Sabotage is a great example. But their first album, Licensed To Ill, was their breakthrough sampling rock songs, and then Paul's Boutique took sampling to an extreme and became INCREDIBLY influential on many different genres of music. They were so innovative that after the release of their debut album, there was NEVER any question of their authenticity or credibility. They'd been performing in NYC for years by that time and were known by everyone in the East Coast scene, and as I said, they went places that no other rapper had gone before, and did lots of new things incredibly well while maintaining their own undeniable style, and so they've always been respected.

[@firehawk2324]

It's The Beastie Boys. Don't take them seriously. All of their videos are wild and that's part of their charm.

[@tumbleder1]

The constant rhyming throughout a verse, as well as twisting of pronunciation to create a rhyme is a staple of hip hop.

[@aliciazambri4237]

The Beastie Boys were actually formed out of members of an experimental hardcore punk band called The Young Aborigines. Mike D or Michael Diamond was on drums and there were others who subsequently left the band and then Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz took over bass. But then in the early 80s, they decided to make a full transition to hip-hop and rap. They were a household name in the mid- to late 80s and into the 90s. Their style paved the way for a lot of hip-hop artists. They don't sing, they rap. Unfortunately, Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away in 2012 from cancer so they disbanded.

[@VicNoel-fk5vg]

I never never never thought I'd see you react to Beastie Boys and I LOVED it! Your facial expressions were priceless!😆 Please do more BB. My pick would be Sureshot.

[@Lady_Vengeance]

It's so fun seeing someone discovering the Beastie Boys! They capture you with humor but they begin to reel you in with their inventive beats and musicianship. This is how it begins for us all.

[@keithrussell6766]

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

[@merrimackvalleyblackdog45]

Yes. I've been screaming this for months! Newest album is amazing.

[@davidoconnor3201]

I appear missing

[@keithrussell6766]

@@merrimackvalleyblackdog45 I feel you - I've been making this comment on every video for like a year and a half now. Maybe someday... 🤞

[@jessaw8160]

Please!

[@acousticlysound]

Kalopsia!