I honestly wish we could all just sit in the same room and experience this greatness together. Thank yall for sending me down my favorite UA-cam journey ❤️🙏🏽
I forgot which one pass away but they have so many licks you never heard seen these boys in Ann Arbor at the blind pig and a year later they where big.
@@patricksiney to see them live in Ann Arbor was nuts they had MC but they play the beet with real burns and all of it it's e-zer when you spin a sound so it was a show.
Me too! I was all in on License to Ill and have had Beasties revivals about every 8-10 years. I’m having so much fun watching all these young people discovering the groundbreaking greatness of these giants now-it’s legit my current favorite habit 😜 RIP MCA; we’ll never get another new banger from BB’s and no one will ever duplicate their style or success. ❤
YAY!! Thank you for watching this! The distortion, the screaming guitar, the turntable, the lyrics- it's all BRILLIANT. It's one of my favorite songs by the Boys, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's refreshing to see younger people enjoying music that I grew up listening to. ✌👍
It's actually my favorite from them, hands down! I didn't appreciate it back then, because I wasn't into anything this alternative. but now that I'm in my 50's (like the Beasties), I can just recognize and enjoy the musical/artistic talent and really appreciate these guys. Thanks for your reaction!
Ive heard this song 1000 times, and I never noticed or thought of those last 2 bass notes at the end. lol. Thank you. What a banger. This is Adrock's fav Beastie Boys song alongside Intergalactic
Ya after Paul's Boutique they decided to pick up their instruments again and instead of paying for sampling, theyd play the music themselves, which is what you hear on this track. @@StaxReacts
That’s why I love watching reactors. I’ve listened to tool a billion times, but I’ll watch a reactor and they’ll catch a note that I’ve never heard before. It’s amazing!
They got samples from out of their wax collections and then recorded them with their own instruments to be chopped up and looped. This was to get around the 'sampling' prosecutions they faced during the release of Paul's Boutique. Mike D had a long cardboard cylinder attached to his kick drum with a mic at the end to capture and record the bassy kick drum. It gave it a unique resonance. They did this for the entire album and became a recording technique for the rest of their material, mostly. Most notably Hot Sauce Committee 2.
B Boys never needed a dis track to proclaim their cred. They proved they were legit and spit lyrics that were fun and socially conscious. Real artistry doesn't need to compare itself to the "competition" because there is no competition.
Beasties were and still are my favorite bands from the 80s “No sleep till Brooklyn” was like their war song or anthem for a long time Rhythm ing and stealing is my favorite from their first album You can really see some of their insane instrumental talent in the song “gratitude”
Beastie Boys= Equal Parts Hip Hop and Punk Rock. Nothing like touring with Cypress Hill then LL Cool J then doing a full out punk tour. Lollapalooza was insane back in those days. They are one of the only hip hop groups that my parents like, because they never say them as a hip hop group. They are uniquely there own thing.
For me, "Check Your Head" is their best album. Definitely desert island material. Also, they lit af in this video. Pass the Mic, Jimmy James and Gratitude are all amazing pieces of production.
Man ... Beastie Boys is my freaking childhood man! I remember me and my friends ... 12 years old ... headbanging around the living room listening to this album. I love that you're digging on them. Warms my heart.
I was a rocker liking mainly the 70's and 80's era music. I never really got into Hip Hop when it first came out. But I loved the Beastie Boys with their perfect blend of Rock and Hip Hop. There was nothing like it anywhere. Thanks for the reaction!!!
It had been a while when this came out since I heard new material. And like most high school idiots, Paul's Boutique was a little over my head. But at the start of college, it became a favorite. Then this came out and really dominated my brain for a good year at least. I really thought this whole album was genius. To me, Check Your Head is like low-key their best album. It's funny to think it was over 30 years ago since this came out. When I was rocking this in 92, thirty years ago woulda been like Elvis, I don't even think the Beatles were out. Trips me out.
I’ve pondered the same thing. Trippy to think that the artists from the 60s we listened to in the 80s, were our age at their time. What I think it is, is when we’re young, 20 and 30 years ago was literally our lifetime ago. Now, it’s during our lifetime so it doesn’t seem as long ago.
@@msmrsro Yeah, it can be strange how we process time. Like when I was a kid in 1983, World War II seemed sort of ancient. But the time elapsed was the same as us now looking back at the eighties. But for some reason when I listen to 1980's music, it strikes me as so much less old-timey as it seemed in the 80's when someone was playing music from the forties. I'm sure there's reasons for that other than how I'm perceiving it, but it is trippy nevertheless.
After Paul's Boutique was such a departure from Licensed to Ill, the big question was how they would sound on their next album. And they didn't disappoint with another change up in style. I remember being so excited as I watched this video the first time as a taste of what was to come, and it had me so excited for the album to drop. Definitely one of my favourite songs from the Beastie Boys. So much energy.
I get why you said change up, but arguably, since they started as a punk band.... from Check Your Head onward it was more what they actually were... a punk rock band with hip hop skills... hence why they really started pushing the narrative with more live band music and keeping all the DJ stuff too.
@@purplebeard1526while I see what you're saying, I would counter that until they started doing promo for Check Your Head, it wasn't common knowledge to thw average Beastie Boys fan that they used to be a punk band. That was a big focus on the promo of this album. And even considering their punk roots, this album was still a groundbreaking departure from everything that came from them previously. Aside from. The odd punk song, the only thing this album had in common with their Rat Cage output is the playing of instruments. It was was way more hip hop and funk than it was punk. I had bootlegs of their pre-Licensed to Ill catalogue but this was still a shock to the body and the brain when it dropped, as was the rest of the album.
@@HandSoloRecords I didn't even know they were a punk band till I picked up "Some Old BS". Honestly, I didn't like it...didn't get its appeal, but even still... you go from rock samples and simple beats on License to Ill to the DJ/Sample heavy Paul's Boutique, of which that was a drastic change in and of itself, to the rock/live band with funk and rap vibes on Check Your Head till the end of their career, of which they brought even more live band elements as they went along post Check Your Heard. The sound of Check Your Heard was as drastic from Paul's Boutique as it was from LtI to PB. I think CYH onward was what they really were all along.
@@purplebeard1526 That's what I'm saying... From Licensed to Ill to Paul's Boutique was a big transformation in sound for the Beasties, and from Paul's Boutique to Check Your Head was just as drastic. Ill Communication kind of refined the sound of Check Your Head. Hello Nasty added in some electronic influences. But the first three albums were sonically three very different albums but after that the differences became less dramatic and they sort of settled into a sound.
Agree with your word choices: genuine and authentic. Watching & listening to the boys makes me feel like we’ve spent some quality time with them. No frontin. “Believe me, what you see is what you get / and you see me, I’m coming off as you can bet.” Keep them coming, Staxman. 😊 Thanks!
Hello Nasty was my first album by them. I mean I knew all the earlier popular things from MTV but that was the first one I really really listened to. He did a reaction to intergalactic. Cha-cha-check it out 🤡
They did some really unique stuff. They started as a punk band and some of the instrumentals are actually them playing. The rest of the time they went to record stores and just bought tons of records in different genres to influence or sample.
I saw Jazzy Jeff n the Fresh Prince and the Beastie Boys open for Run DMC fourth row on the floor in 1987 in Cincinnati . One of my all time favorite groups
You are a young man that definitely understand music bro, the 50/50 with metal and rap u got it. I was a teenager back then and it was a banger. From Russia with love bro
Couple of interesting facts about Beastie Boys, first the word Beastie they actually made an acronym after the band was formed and named. It stands for 'Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence'. Also, about the forming of the band they originally started from a punk band that Michael Diamond (Mike D) was a member of. When a member of the group left NYC Adam Yauch (MCA) joined the Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock). This is why you hear a lot of rock and punk vibes in their songs. That's their roots. R.I.P. Adam Yauch.
Please keep rocking these beastie boy videos Sure shot, brass monkey, boomin granny, body movin etc. Ty lovin how you're jamming like we were when these came out
"Artwork" Yep. Exactly, I been on this point since '92 and I'm shakin my old ass to these fierce fuckin beats and rhymes. Beastie Boys forever. Word. You can't front on that...
Man I love seeing you watching and hearing these amazing songs for the first time! That was me about 3 years ago. Watching you takes me back. They’ve got so many more bangers to go.💥 Pass the Mic, High Plains Drifter, The Move are a few others.
I still have my ticket stub from the Manchester Academy, June 19, 1992 Beastie Boys/Rollins Band double headline (they swapped slots gig to gig) Probably my favourite gig that I've ever been to. Smallish venue (2-300 people) I can remember it like yesterday!
Takes me back to 1992 when this was constantly on MTV when I was going to school in Orlando. Sounds as good today as it did then. Attitude, vibe, production -- unmatched. Stone cold classic.
It never gets old! Since the 80s! I'm so glad I'm a gen x kid and I got see the rise of all the great ones ❤ great choice young man ❤ they've been on every record, tape, CD, illegal download, MP3 player, and playlist since inception ❤❤
Great reaction bro! This song is so well done that we play it at volume 11 every time…the instruments and flows are thick and heavy like a mud slide…RIP MCA..✌️🎤🔥
As blown away with the instrumental production of this song as you were, if you watch closely during the infrared scenes, that is all footage of the beastie boys playing their own instruments. Keyboard, guitar, bass and drums. How many Hip-Hop groups can you think of that literally played their own backup tracks ?
So glad you dig em'! Saw these guys with RATM & Cypress Hill at the Cal State Dominguez Hills Velodrome in 1994 and that whole stadium was hopping up an down to this song! I'm 56 years young and still bump good music in my ride! keeps me young!
my absolute fave. which is hard to say with Beastie songs lol. this was released in 1992. still cant believe it's been that long. I remember when it was brand new. our faces were blown off then, too lol.
Man, ive been listening to beastie boys since highschool in the late 80s. Ive always loved these guys. Im just finnishing the beastie boys book. If you like this era of music, then you'll love that book. I highly recommend it
Love the reaction! Very Insightful and genuine. You nailed it, too!..."I want you off the wall, if you're playing the wall" is a dope AF lyric, just as it was 30 yrs ago.
"I'm cooler then a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce". RiP MCA❤ that voice. His bass line is what made "Sabotage". Did you watch the video of them doing "Sabotage" live on SNL? The official video was fun, but watching them play their instruments like when they were a punk band, is ❤. Those songs were my teen years.
@@StaxReacts oops I meant Sabotage live on David Letterman not SNL.😊 All the images of natural disasters in So Whatcha Want are after Ad-Rock's line "you think that you can front when Revelations comes?"....biblical
Been loving your Beastie Boys reactions and also Informer by Snow. If you have a list going I would like to suggest the group K7, song Come Baby Come. There is an offical video as well. To me it has that Informer type of energy to it! Keep up the awesome music reactions!
Great reaction STAX! On point with the Rock and Hip Hop….Beastie Boys started as a Punk Band. So many great tunes by the B-Boys your discography is very entertaining to watch Bro…keep up the good work!
If you coulda been around when this dropped. It still sounds as straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥 like when it can out. I was 20 years old and this was the most anticipated drop of the year.
There's a concert by them on UA-cam. It's live in Glasgow in 1999 and absolutely brilliant. The entrance is... omg, that entrance. I think you'd really like it. REALLY like it.
The background vocals of the "yeah, you cant front on that" is actually the legendary Biz Markie, he was on a few songs on the album, including a short song called "The Biz Vs the Nuge" and its actuallt Ted Nugent on huitar wailing a quick tune with Biz Markie on vocals, worth checking out for sure.... actually this whole album kicks ass, it is my fav B-Boys album of all time.
My favorite Beastie Boys song. I remember when I was a teenager and my dad was helping fix my walkman and my dad put the headphones on Beastie Boys tape was in it, he didn't really appreciate hearing it as much as I did 😂😂😂
Utter and complete musical genius. One of the most influence-bending hip-hip bands of all time. Three Jewish kids from New York City who perfected the strain of mixing hip-hop, punk and hard rock with some of the single greatest mixes and blending ever created. A 1994 masterpiece.
Just watched your reaction to "Sabotage" and was ready to recommend that you listen to this very track. Glad you already took the initiative and glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the content. Appreciate you.
I honestly wish we could all just sit in the same room and experience this greatness together. Thank yall for sending me down my favorite UA-cam journey ❤️🙏🏽
That'd be fantastic
I forgot which one pass away but they have so many licks you never heard seen these boys in Ann Arbor at the blind pig and a year later they where big.
one world. We are all connected. I love the Beastie Boys. They always bring a smile to my face.
@@patricksiney to see them live in Ann Arbor was nuts they had MC but they play the beet with real burns and all of it it's e-zer when you spin a sound so it was a show.
So do you. thank you. Success in all you put your mind and time to.
The production is sick. Glad you pointed that out. Completely under appreciated. Live instruments, great cuts and edits and funky.
Yesss so good🔥🔥🙏🏽🙏🏽
No big sets, no backup dancers, no CGI, just raw hip-hop.
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I am 44 and so happy to see how people still appreaciate the BB.
Thx
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49 here, all their music still holds up.
Me too! I was all in on License to Ill and have had Beasties revivals about every 8-10 years. I’m having so much fun watching all these young people discovering the groundbreaking greatness of these giants now-it’s legit my current favorite habit 😜 RIP MCA; we’ll never get another new banger from BB’s and no one will ever duplicate their style or success. ❤
I'm 50, been appreciating them since 5th grade. Legends.
Just turned 60 and still love 'em!
That video may have been uploaded in 2009, but the actual album was released in 1992.
I figured it was released at an earlier date thank you
Peep the Remix with Cypress Hill. It Has a video as well.
And it doesn’t get old.
YAY!! Thank you for watching this! The distortion, the screaming guitar, the turntable, the lyrics- it's all BRILLIANT. It's one of my favorite songs by the Boys, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's refreshing to see younger people enjoying music that I grew up listening to. ✌👍
It’s just so lit, I know I was brought up in the wrong time 🔥🔥🙏🏽
"The Record Company" covers this, recently I found them. Worth a listen.
I would camp out infront of MTV, waiting for this to get on just so I feel pumped enough to go to school, haha! LOVE IT!
It's actually my favorite from them, hands down! I didn't appreciate it back then, because I wasn't into anything this alternative. but now that I'm in my 50's (like the Beasties), I can just recognize and enjoy the musical/artistic talent and really appreciate these guys. Thanks for your reaction!
Some of their instrumental funk tracks shows just how versatile they truly are. Not just punk and hip hop!
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@@StaxReacts Check out Pow! or In 3s.
Ive heard this song 1000 times, and I never noticed or thought of those last 2 bass notes at the end. lol. Thank you. What a banger. This is Adrock's fav Beastie Boys song alongside Intergalactic
Of course 🔥🔥it was very quick so definitely easy to miss🙏🏽
Ya after Paul's Boutique they decided to pick up their instruments again and instead of paying for sampling, theyd play the music themselves, which is what you hear on this track. @@StaxReacts
That's an 808 drum sound not a bass note.
That’s why I love watching reactors. I’ve listened to tool a billion times, but I’ll watch a reactor and they’ll catch a note that I’ve never heard before. It’s amazing!
They got samples from out of their wax collections and then recorded them with their own instruments to be chopped up and looped. This was to get around the 'sampling' prosecutions they faced during the release of Paul's Boutique.
Mike D had a long cardboard cylinder attached to his kick drum with a mic at the end to capture and record the bassy kick drum. It gave it a unique resonance.
They did this for the entire album and became a recording technique for the rest of their material, mostly. Most notably Hot Sauce Committee 2.
They are Hip Hop Royalty, true innovators, and the most under appreciated Hip Hop group of all time. No question.
B Boys never needed a dis track to proclaim their cred. They proved they were legit and spit lyrics that were fun and socially conscious. Real artistry doesn't need to compare itself to the "competition" because there is no competition.
Beasties were and still are my favorite bands from the 80s
“No sleep till Brooklyn” was like their war song or anthem for a long time
Rhythm ing and stealing is my favorite from their first album
You can really see some of their insane instrumental talent in the song “gratitude”
They’re coming I promise, love the boys❤️😊
No Sleep Till Brooklyn is da bomb!
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My favorite line…” Dirty flow like a mudslide “ love your reactions, Stax!
FACTSSSS. Thank you so much Mrs Jennifer 🙏🏽❤️
mine is "suckers write me checks and then bounce, so I reach into my pocket for the fresh amount"
Beastie Boys= Equal Parts Hip Hop and Punk Rock. Nothing like touring with Cypress Hill then LL Cool J then doing a full out punk tour. Lollapalooza was insane back in those days. They are one of the only hip hop groups that my parents like, because they never say them as a hip hop group. They are uniquely there own thing.
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lm 54 and LONG live The Beastie's....! Saw them, EVERY time, they came to town....!
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For me, "Check Your Head" is their best album. Definitely desert island material. Also, they lit af in this video. Pass the Mic, Jimmy James and Gratitude are all amazing pieces of production.
All are coming soon I promise
Check Your Head is a masterpiece.
Paul’s boutique was revolutionary
Beastie Boys just make me happy. This came out in 1992. Crazy.
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Man ... Beastie Boys is my freaking childhood man! I remember me and my friends ... 12 years old ... headbanging around the living room listening to this album. I love that you're digging on them. Warms my heart.
Yesss they are amazing
Love hearing the appreciation for absolutely fantastic music from that long ago, truly a great reaction. Thank you.
Thank you it so much, this means a lot🙏🏽🙏🏽
I was a rocker liking mainly the 70's and 80's era music. I never really got into Hip Hop when it first came out. But I loved the Beastie Boys with their perfect blend of Rock and Hip Hop. There was nothing like it anywhere. Thanks for the reaction!!!
🔥🔥🙏🏽thanks for supporting
You said Wholesome!!!! You would say that if you went to one of their concerts. It was unforgivable. Crazy crazy.
It had been a while when this came out since I heard new material. And like most high school idiots, Paul's Boutique was a little over my head. But at the start of college, it became a favorite. Then this came out and really dominated my brain for a good year at least. I really thought this whole album was genius. To me, Check Your Head is like low-key their best album. It's funny to think it was over 30 years ago since this came out. When I was rocking this in 92, thirty years ago woulda been like Elvis, I don't even think the Beatles were out. Trips me out.
It’s amazing how as you matured the album grew on you. Just shows the effect their music has on different individuals. Love this❤️
I’ve pondered the same thing. Trippy to think that the artists from the 60s we listened to in the 80s, were our age at their time. What I think it is, is when we’re young, 20 and 30 years ago was literally our lifetime ago. Now, it’s during our lifetime so it doesn’t seem as long ago.
@@msmrsro Yeah, it can be strange how we process time. Like when I was a kid in 1983, World War II seemed sort of ancient. But the time elapsed was the same as us now looking back at the eighties. But for some reason when I listen to 1980's music, it strikes me as so much less old-timey as it seemed in the 80's when someone was playing music from the forties. I'm sure there's reasons for that other than how I'm perceiving it, but it is trippy nevertheless.
After Paul's Boutique was such a departure from Licensed to Ill, the big question was how they would sound on their next album. And they didn't disappoint with another change up in style. I remember being so excited as I watched this video the first time as a taste of what was to come, and it had me so excited for the album to drop. Definitely one of my favourite songs from the Beastie Boys. So much energy.
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I get why you said change up, but arguably, since they started as a punk band.... from Check Your Head onward it was more what they actually were... a punk rock band with hip hop skills... hence why they really started pushing the narrative with more live band music and keeping all the DJ stuff too.
@@purplebeard1526while I see what you're saying, I would counter that until they started doing promo for Check Your Head, it wasn't common knowledge to thw average Beastie Boys fan that they used to be a punk band. That was a big focus on the promo of this album. And even considering their punk roots, this album was still a groundbreaking departure from everything that came from them previously. Aside from. The odd punk song, the only thing this album had in common with their Rat Cage output is the playing of instruments. It was was way more hip hop and funk than it was punk. I had bootlegs of their pre-Licensed to Ill catalogue but this was still a shock to the body and the brain when it dropped, as was the rest of the album.
@@HandSoloRecords I didn't even know they were a punk band till I picked up "Some Old BS". Honestly, I didn't like it...didn't get its appeal, but even still... you go from rock samples and simple beats on License to Ill to the DJ/Sample heavy Paul's Boutique, of which that was a drastic change in and of itself, to the rock/live band with funk and rap vibes on Check Your Head till the end of their career, of which they brought even more live band elements as they went along post Check Your Heard. The sound of Check Your Heard was as drastic from Paul's Boutique as it was from LtI to PB. I think CYH onward was what they really were all along.
@@purplebeard1526 That's what I'm saying... From Licensed to Ill to Paul's Boutique was a big transformation in sound for the Beasties, and from Paul's Boutique to Check Your Head was just as drastic. Ill Communication kind of refined the sound of Check Your Head. Hello Nasty added in some electronic influences. But the first three albums were sonically three very different albums but after that the differences became less dramatic and they sort of settled into a sound.
Agree with your word choices: genuine and authentic. Watching & listening to the boys makes me feel like we’ve spent some quality time with them. No frontin. “Believe me, what you see is what you get / and you see me, I’m coming off as you can bet.” Keep them coming, Staxman. 😊 Thanks!
Thank you so much, ❤️
They did not shy away from trying new things, true trailblazers...WAY ahead of their time🤘😎🤘.
Yay! I waiting for this one! I was 15 when came out... I miss old MTV. Great reaction!
🔥🔥🙏🏽thank you so much
I love the Edie Harris callout! Jazz legend and master of clarinet, sax and vibraphone. He is a legend.
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Grew up in the 80s. Thanks for appreciating our time man.
Glad you enjoyed it
One of the best crews to totally embrace their goofiness, especially in their videos. Always loved that about them
Yeah dude, you GET it!
Can't wait till you discover the "Hello Nasty" album... Roll one for it ;]
It's another Beatles-worthy trip through genres!
I’ll for sure be ready for it hahaaa
Hello Nasty was my first album by them. I mean I knew all the earlier popular things from MTV but that was the first one I really really listened to.
He did a reaction to intergalactic. Cha-cha-check it out 🤡
I’m 67 and liked the Beastie Boys from the start. They came out of the Aerosmith/RUN DMC rock/ hip hop mash up time when anything goes. Good review.
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They did some really unique stuff. They started as a punk band and some of the instrumentals are actually them playing. The rest of the time they went to record stores and just bought tons of records in different genres to influence or sample.
I saw Jazzy Jeff n the Fresh Prince and the Beastie Boys open for Run DMC fourth row on the floor in 1987 in Cincinnati . One of my all time favorite groups
I love how after so many of their songs you say that was your favorite! I feel that. Every song is my favorite too!
Literally lmao
You are a young man that definitely understand music bro, the 50/50 with metal and rap u got it. I was a teenager back then and it was a banger. From Russia with love bro
I love this song! Been blasting this shit for YEARS! It never gets old.
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This was sooo good when it came out back in the early 90s and it still holds up!
“You’re so funny with the money that you front..”. Brings me all the way back 🤘🤣🤘
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Released. 1991 - US. Vinyl -. So hard to believe this is *33 years old!!!* 😊
Wowww
I seriously don't know why I waited so long to understand the genius of Adam Yauch(God rest his soul). But damn, he is brilliant. Such a good guy.
The whole album is amazing. The Beatie Boys crushed it. Their whole discography is worth listening to.
Factsssss
I grew up listening to this. MY expectation of hip hop is at GOD level because of that. Very few fit the bill these days. LL BEASTIE BOYZ
Couple of interesting facts about Beastie Boys, first the word Beastie they actually made an acronym after the band was formed and named. It stands for 'Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence'. Also, about the forming of the band they originally started from a punk band that Michael Diamond (Mike D) was a member of. When a member of the group left NYC Adam Yauch (MCA) joined the Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock). This is why you hear a lot of rock and punk vibes in their songs. That's their roots. R.I.P. Adam Yauch.
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Great Reaction
Just subscribed !!!
I’m 56 years old and have been listening to this band forever.
I still listen to them, daily.
Thanks for the sub!
The, "I wasn't ready" means. . . dayuuum! from StaxReacts! 😂
Please keep rocking these beastie boy videos Sure shot, brass monkey, boomin granny, body movin etc. Ty lovin how you're jamming like we were when these came out
Of course man, love brother ❤️
"Artwork" Yep. Exactly, I been on this point since '92 and I'm shakin my old ass to these fierce fuckin beats and rhymes. Beastie Boys forever. Word. You can't front on that...
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Man I love seeing you watching and hearing these amazing songs for the first time! That was me about 3 years ago. Watching you takes me back. They’ve got so many more bangers to go.💥 Pass the Mic, High Plains Drifter, The Move are a few others.
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Was waiting for this one. Gotta be in my top 3 Beastie songs. This song will instantly make you feel better and get your head bobbin' 🎤🎹🎶
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BB's be spittin' hard bars like it's nuttin'.
LOVE THIS! So cool seeing the first reactions!
Thank youuuu
I still have my ticket stub from the Manchester Academy, June 19, 1992 Beastie Boys/Rollins Band double headline (they swapped slots gig to gig) Probably my favourite gig that I've ever been to. Smallish venue (2-300 people) I can remember it like yesterday!
That’s so amazing 🙏💙
Takes me back to 1992 when this was constantly on MTV when I was going to school in Orlando. Sounds as good today as it did then. Attitude, vibe, production -- unmatched. Stone cold classic.
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The song punches you in the face from the jump and doesn't let up until it's over!
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Started listening to them in high school in the 80s and they just got better with every release. I still go back to them all the time. Beasties 4eva.
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“Get It Together” ft. Q-Tip is 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻
Great reaction Stax 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
It’s coming Wednesday, thank you so much
@@StaxReacts It's a banger
Iconic, timeless
Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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If we talk about music, this is the best hip hop group ever and i know everything in hip hop
It never gets old! Since the 80s! I'm so glad I'm a gen x kid and I got see the rise of all the great ones ❤ great choice young man ❤ they've been on every record, tape, CD, illegal download, MP3 player, and playlist since inception ❤❤
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Great reaction bro! This song is so well done that we play it at volume 11 every time…the instruments and flows are thick and heavy like a mud slide…RIP MCA..✌️🎤🔥
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As blown away with the instrumental production of this song as you were, if you watch closely during the infrared scenes, that is all footage of the beastie boys playing their own instruments. Keyboard, guitar, bass and drums. How many Hip-Hop groups can you think of that literally played their own backup tracks ?
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Beastie Boys are world class
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So glad you dig em'! Saw these guys with RATM & Cypress Hill at the Cal State Dominguez Hills Velodrome in 1994 and that whole stadium was hopping up an down to this song! I'm 56 years young and still bump good music in my ride! keeps me young!
I gotta check it out
I enjoyed all your rx to Beastie Boys. I grew up listening to them. We didn't know why it was good, just knew it was. I like your insights! Ty!
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This is my fav song ever. Right before “The Choice is Yours”. And “The Scenario”. Love “Pass the Mic” too. Many others
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This song is hard to the core!
This and Sabotage are my two favorite Beastie Boys tracks.
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Coming up in the early 90s, Beastie Boys and Pharcyde were party jams. Got the girls shaking some booty.
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my absolute fave. which is hard to say with Beastie songs lol. this was released in 1992. still cant believe it's been that long. I remember when it was brand new. our faces were blown off then, too lol.
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By far my fav beasties album 🙌🙌 You must own this album! The background effect is like the tales from the dark side TV show.
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I was lucky enough to see these guys on opening night when this album dropped. It set the bar.
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Man, ive been listening to beastie boys since highschool in the late 80s. Ive always loved these guys. Im just finnishing the beastie boys book. If you like this era of music, then you'll love that book. I highly recommend it
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Love the reaction! Very Insightful and genuine. You nailed it, too!..."I want you off the wall, if you're playing the wall" is a dope AF lyric, just as it was 30 yrs ago.
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"I'm cooler then a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce". RiP MCA❤ that voice. His bass line is what made "Sabotage". Did you watch the video of them doing "Sabotage" live on SNL? The official video was fun, but watching them play their instruments like when they were a punk band, is ❤. Those songs were my teen years.
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@@StaxReacts oops I meant Sabotage live on David Letterman not SNL.😊
All the images of natural disasters in So Whatcha Want are after Ad-Rock's line "you think that you can front when Revelations comes?"....biblical
Seeing this makes me happy! There's totally more where that came from in the Rock/Metal world
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Great reaction bro, yea they started the rap/hip-hop/metal stuff... Only after this came limp Bizkit and others...
I watched this video when it first dropped back in 1992-93 era so many times when smoking the Green....great memories
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The fire in the eyes in the thumbnail is something I needed more than it's impossible to explain. THANK YOU!!!
OF COURSE, HOPEFULLY I EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS🙏🏽❤️
@@StaxReacts You always do. 🤗
I’m 56 and still crank up the Beasties and Run DMC. We had some of the greatest groups in the 80s.
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That beat is like a damn tank rolling down the street !!!!
Say it again for the people in the back!!!!
SO fun to listen to this amazing music thru new ears! Thank you!
NO, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING🙏🏽🔥❤️
Roll into their 90s stuff... Remote Control, Body Movin, Super Disco Breakin... Hello Nasty album. 👋
Bettttt
Been loving your Beastie Boys reactions and also Informer by Snow. If you have a list going I would like to suggest the group K7, song Come Baby Come. There is an offical video as well. To me it has that Informer type of energy to it! Keep up the awesome music reactions!
Betttt, thank you so much I’ll get on it🙏🏽❤️
Love your videos, I been listening Beastie Boys since the early 90s, so awesome music.
Rock on!
Hands down my favorite rap group. Been a fan since the 80’s.
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Paul's boutique is probably there best album
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Beastie Boys we’re brilliant live. I miss them .
Yesss they sure were
Great reaction STAX! On point with the Rock and Hip Hop….Beastie Boys started as a Punk Band. So many great tunes by the B-Boys your discography is very entertaining to watch Bro…keep up the good work!
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This song is forever Whitney Kopas giving me my first lapdance at a party sophomore year of high school
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This is the one I was waiting for. They go HARD in this song.
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They are considered Godfathers of Hip Hop and 3 of the legendary MCs
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This one right here is my jam........I use to watch Much Music for hours for this video back in the day.
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If you coulda been around when this dropped. It still sounds as straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥 like when it can out. I was 20 years old and this was the most anticipated drop of the year.
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Beastie Boys will forever top any rappers post 2010.... actual talent actual lyrics actual artists
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There's a concert by them on UA-cam. It's live in Glasgow in 1999 and absolutely brilliant. The entrance is... omg, that entrance. I think you'd really like it. REALLY like it.
I’ll check it out for sure
My favorite beasties song 💥💥💥💥
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The background vocals of the "yeah, you cant front on that" is actually the legendary Biz Markie, he was on a few songs on the album, including a short song called "The Biz Vs the Nuge" and its actuallt Ted Nugent on huitar wailing a quick tune with Biz Markie on vocals, worth checking out for sure....
actually this whole album kicks ass, it is my fav B-Boys album of all time.
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My fave Beastie Boys song! ♥
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My favorite Beastie Boys song. I remember when I was a teenager and my dad was helping fix my walkman and my dad put the headphones on Beastie Boys tape was in it, he didn't really appreciate hearing it as much as I did 😂😂😂
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Love this song,it brings me back to 96/97 in 6th grade when I started partying hardcore
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Utter and complete musical genius. One of the most influence-bending hip-hip bands of all time. Three Jewish kids from New York City who perfected the strain of mixing hip-hop, punk and hard rock with some of the single greatest mixes and blending ever created. A 1994 masterpiece.
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Just watched your reaction to "Sabotage" and was ready to recommend that you listen to this very track. Glad you already took the initiative and glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the content. Appreciate you.
Thanks for that!