Yes, that is a Volkswagon emblem on his neck. Most people don't know that in the 80s kids would take the hood ornaments off of cars and wear them on a neck piece. In retrospect it was a very strange trend. For awhile, every Mercedes, BMW and Porsche in the neighborhood would be missing the hood ornament in front.
That is a VW chain. After Mike D starting wearing.that chain there was a major increase in folks stealing VWs off the actual Cars. The guitarist who plays the solo at the end is Kerry King from Slayer. Slayer is a thrash metal band but funny enough they qere signed to Def Jam records which was a rap label. So Kerry played the solo on this song. Also the uncensored video use to be on UA-cam. Also when Mike D Says our managers crazy, he's always smokes dust, he's got his own room at the back of the bus. He is talking about Russel Simmons who is Run From Run DMCs brother, and is the founder of Def Jam. He liked to snort coke back in the 80s as many folks did. He can be seen in the video making out with the lady after Mike D mentions him. You guys are gonna have to do RUN DMC too. Specially the song Kind of rock. This might be the best combination of rock and rap ever
In the mid-'80s big gold chains on rappers became a thing, with some sporting huge Mercedes badges as a bling status thing. I always saw Mike D's VW chain as poking fun at this, like someone was going to be impressed by a Volkswagen.
It's also worth pointing out the reason Mike D wore a VW chain was taking the piss on other rappers having Mercedes, BMW or Audi emblems.All German luxury cars. So he chose a generic German car brand instead to make a point.
As a kid in the 80's, this song defines it for me. That blend of metal and hip hop, as I listened to Run DMC, Public Enemy and Ice T alongside Motley Crue, Iron Maiden and Metallica. It was ALL good.
Iam 47 and loved loved the 80s I remember always blasting this and other songs by the beastie boys in my car with my subwoofers to school especially this song .so many great beastie boy songs and all these songs are a must songs to listen to . so whatcha want, sabotage intergalactic ,fight for your right , Paul revere , brass money. Then of course always blasted rob base & Dj EZ Rock it takes two is must song . many many more great awesome songs hope you guys listen to them maybe throw out a message me name chad aka cheddar love you guys page forget the haters on you for some your stuff when it doesn't show the video crystal clear or anything else you guys are awesome my kind peeps keep doing you much love and respect sorry if message super long oh ya some run dmc some cutis blow and others will comment later sorry if I also didn't look up to see if you already listened to I forgot to do this song is so classic they are one my favorites these guys were always so funny and clowning around making you laugh as well as the great music love them
Hell yeah! Have you seen the latest Spiderman movie?....there is a No Sleep Till... joke in there. You gotta check out Car Thief, Get It Together, BBoy Bouillabaisse!
Title is homage to Motorhead's No Sleep til Hammersmith, their live album that went into the British charts as #1. Think about it, Motorhead live enters the chart as #1. Definition of the good old days.
Hip hop began to spread to the suburbs with Run DMC but it was the Beastie Boys who really made hip hop blow up in the burbs. They were superstars when they were touring for "Licensed to Ill." The bleeped out lines are: "Our manager's crazy, he always SMOKES DUST." and "Four on the floor, Ad-Rock's at the door, MCA's in the back 'cuz he skeezin' with a WHORE." Y'all need to check out their song Shake Your Rump.
Mannnnn talk about memories💜💜💜 my best friend Amy (still to this day my best friend) her dad got her a brand new 1987 trans am with T-Tops and this cassette tape was on repeat… 😂😂😂 Huge hair but the best times of my life Thank you💜💜💜👏👏👏👏
Rick Reuben was producing metal band Slayer at the time and got Kerry King to supply the guitar parts . At the time , no mainstream hip hop acts were doing this. And the words weren't bleeped out in the original music or video
One of their 3 rock songs. But they were all hits. The Guitarist from Slayer helped on this one. The Brooklynites, we were tribal to this stuff. We were hardcore. We beat the punks up we were that crazy. We pulled their earrings out and stole Thrash music from them and Mosshhed it. The Romones were the exception though because Joey Romones Dad beat up bon Jovi's dad in the parking lot.
Those are boxer short under wear,, my graduation party of 100 plus in 93 was a boxer party mandatory... my graduation family was dancing on my father's furniture,,, we were all b+ or above students, the class valedictorian was their,,, so proud of my peeps! My younger brother was the bar tender in the kitchen, taking tips to pay for breakfast. We acquired about 50 bottles of liquor mysteriously...? I had a Porsche symbol chain which I acquired from a phantom Porsche,! My father upset... asking were I got my symbol from? They were only on the front end of cars... he sold vw, Porsche and audi for Howard Holmes in Elmsford n.j. for about 20 years... had the beasties posters on my walls growing up... no lie.. lived a blessed , loving life ever since... surround yourself with positivity, and it comes back to you. It's about intent... much love❤❤
Beastie Boys were a punk rock band before iconic and also Jewish Rick Ruben started them rapping, so they played their own lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums!
I was in 7th grade when this came out. The Beastie Boys brought rap music to a whole new audience. Them and Run-DMC turned the rock crowd back then into lifelong hip hop fans. Thanks for checking out their music and sharing your reactions with us. Keep up the good work.
Beastie Boys were just starting out w/ their first record 'License to ill' in 1986... they had a single "She's on it" on MTV before that. Rick Rubin was their producer on the Def Jam label, and he had signed Beastie Boys and Slayer and was working w/ 2 completely different acts. Rubin got Slayer guitarist Kerry King to play on Beastie Boys' record... When they did this music video, Kerry King said they had originally wanted the gorilla to knock him off the stage... he said, "If anyone's knocking off anyone offstage, it'll be me doing the knocking." So that's what they did... back then, King had long hair... he shaved his head after 1991...😁🤘🤘 By 1987, the Beastie Boys were selling millions of records... while Slayer made their impact w/ their 1986 album 'Reign in blood', which sold a half million copies, but set a benchmark of speed in extreme metal 🤘🤘
Being 73, I love a wide variety of music, from old standards, early rock progressive rock, Motown, jazz and a lot of classical. Check out 2CELLOS. They play cellos to rock tunes. They will blow your minds. As for rap, It's Eminem and Beastie boys.
This album was produced by Rick Rubin he also produced slayer and had kerry king play guitar on the record. Back then only rock was being played so it was kinda like well we’ll just rap over rock riffs. Side note Beastie Boys started out as a punk band and can play instruments also check out live Sabotage video where they play instruments
Fun fact! The guitar player on this song and in the video is Kerry King. Guitarist for Slayer
Yes, that is a Volkswagon emblem on his neck. Most people don't know that in the 80s kids would take the hood ornaments off of cars and wear them on a neck piece. In retrospect it was a very strange trend. For awhile, every Mercedes, BMW and Porsche in the neighborhood would be missing the hood ornament in front.
That is a VW chain. After Mike D starting wearing.that chain there was a major increase in folks stealing VWs off the actual Cars. The guitarist who plays the solo at the end is Kerry King from Slayer. Slayer is a thrash metal band but funny enough they qere signed to Def Jam records which was a rap label. So Kerry played the solo on this song. Also the uncensored video use to be on UA-cam. Also when Mike D Says our managers crazy, he's always smokes dust, he's got his own room at the back of the bus. He is talking about Russel Simmons who is Run From Run DMCs brother, and is the founder of Def Jam. He liked to snort coke back in the 80s as many folks did. He can be seen in the video making out with the lady after Mike D mentions him. You guys are gonna have to do RUN DMC too. Specially the song Kind of rock. This might be the best combination of rock and rap ever
In the mid-'80s big gold chains on rappers became a thing, with some sporting huge Mercedes badges as a bling status thing. I always saw Mike D's VW chain as poking fun at this, like someone was going to be impressed by a Volkswagen.
For a while VW we’re giving them away for free so people could replace them (and to stop people from stealing them) 😂
Dust is pcp not coke. And you can’t smoke coke
It's also worth pointing out the reason Mike D wore a VW chain was taking the piss on other rappers having Mercedes, BMW or Audi emblems.All German luxury cars. So he chose a generic German car brand instead to make a point.
As a kid in the 80's, this song defines it for me. That blend of metal and hip hop, as I listened to Run DMC, Public Enemy and Ice T alongside Motley Crue, Iron Maiden and Metallica. It was ALL good.
Same friend. Still do.
Definitely 💯
If yunz are wondering who was the dude doing the lead guitar 🎸 that’s Kerry king of SLAYER 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
shes so quiet and chilled
Iam 47 and loved loved the 80s I remember always blasting this and other songs by the beastie boys in my car with my subwoofers to school especially this song .so many great beastie boy songs and all these songs are a must songs to listen to . so whatcha want, sabotage intergalactic ,fight for your right , Paul revere , brass money. Then of course always blasted rob base & Dj EZ Rock it takes two is must song . many many more great awesome songs hope you guys listen to them maybe throw out a message me name chad aka cheddar love you guys page forget the haters on you for some your stuff when it doesn't show the video crystal clear or anything else you guys are awesome my kind peeps keep doing you much love and respect sorry if message super long oh ya some run dmc some cutis blow and others will comment later sorry if I also didn't look up to see if you already listened to I forgot to do this song is so classic they are one my favorites these guys were always so funny and clowning around making you laugh as well as the great music love them
If yall haven't done 3 MCs and 1 DJ by Beastie Boys yet, that's a must
Beastie Boys High Plains Drifter and Car Thief are dope!
Car Thief so slept on, my favorite track of Pauls Boutique
No doubt! It’s hard to pick a favorite on that album! The whole album is amazing!
And the guy playing the guitar is Kerry king of slayer 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hell yeah! Have you seen the latest Spiderman movie?....there is a No Sleep Till... joke in there. You gotta check out Car Thief, Get It Together, BBoy Bouillabaisse!
React to their 1st single release from Licensed to Ill: "Hold it now"
Hit it
My favorite Beastie Boys songs as a kid ( didn't know it wasn't about weed, which I now smoke. )
I'm a hard-core rock fan but I've rocked with The Beastie Boys from the jump
Title is homage to Motorhead's No Sleep til Hammersmith, their live album that went into the British charts as #1. Think about it, Motorhead live enters the chart as #1. Definition of the good old days.
Beastie Boys HARD funky tracks that you haven't reacted to yet: "Get it Together" .."The New Style" - "Time to Get Ill"
Hell yeah, these are great choices!
Yes Exactly! Plus much more... a lot of reaction videos all cover the same stuff. Would love to see some deeper dives for sure.
Hip hop began to spread to the suburbs with Run DMC but it was the Beastie Boys who really made hip hop blow up in the burbs. They were superstars when they were touring for "Licensed to Ill."
The bleeped out lines are:
"Our manager's crazy, he always SMOKES DUST." and
"Four on the floor, Ad-Rock's at the door, MCA's in the back 'cuz he skeezin' with a WHORE."
Y'all need to check out their song Shake Your Rump.
This was the first time we heard of the beastie boys. This video came out I think in 86. The next day I would hear the song in everyones car jamming.
Mannnnn talk about memories💜💜💜 my best friend Amy (still to this day my best friend) her dad got her a brand new 1987 trans am with
T-Tops and this cassette tape was on repeat… 😂😂😂 Huge hair but the best times of my life Thank you💜💜💜👏👏👏👏
Rick Reuben was producing metal band Slayer at the time and got Kerry King to supply the guitar parts . At the time , no mainstream hip hop acts were doing this. And the words weren't bleeped out in the original music or video
The ECW and WWE group known as the F.B.I. (Full-Blooded Italians) used the instrumental version of this song as their theme in those companies.
You still haven’t done the Beastie video for “Root Down”!
Raw awesomeness. Shows the energy and vibe of how it all began.
Rhymin and Stealin needs to be next. Best opening album track for sure
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Yes
Fun facts, they were a punk rock group to start with but loved hip-hop, L.L. cool J helped get them signed to Def Jam records
I know this is a old post but you got that backwards. The beasties gave Rubin LLs demo
I was in the Army when this came out just got to my first duty station such a great album and so many great memories from that time
Growing up it's was run DMC and Beastie boys on repeat
One of my Top 3 favorite Beastie Boys songs
This was Brooklyn when all the cultures where coming together so many amazing sounds came out of it. Learn where it came from
Kerry King from slayer on guitar
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot has to be next.
Already reacted to it!! Lol
I can’t search on beastie boys for some reason. Maybe it’s my phone. How about Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun?
def check out their song "The Move". great song off their last album
One of their 3 rock songs. But they were all hits. The Guitarist from Slayer helped on this one. The Brooklynites, we were tribal to this stuff. We were hardcore.
We beat the punks up we were that crazy. We pulled their earrings out and stole Thrash music from them and Mosshhed it. The Romones were the exception though because Joey Romones Dad beat up bon Jovi's dad in the parking lot.
Many more "rock" songs than that
6:11 Y’all didn’t say nothin about the head rocking till it FELL OFF😂😂😂😂
Out of Brooklyn and Manhattan, they played at CBGB's in the Bowery in the early 80's!
Those are boxer short under wear,, my graduation party of 100 plus in 93 was a boxer party mandatory... my graduation family was dancing on my father's furniture,,, we were all b+ or above students, the class valedictorian was their,,, so proud of my peeps! My younger brother was the bar tender in the kitchen, taking tips to pay for breakfast. We acquired about 50 bottles of liquor mysteriously...? I had a Porsche symbol chain which I acquired from a phantom Porsche,! My father upset... asking were I got my symbol from? They were only on the front end of cars... he sold vw, Porsche and audi for Howard Holmes in Elmsford n.j. for about 20 years... had the beasties posters on my walls growing up... no lie.. lived a blessed , loving life ever since... surround yourself with positivity, and it comes back to you. It's about intent... much love❤❤
Hilarious video with the three amigos and Kerry King from Slayer on guitar....hell yeah.....😅😊
Beastie Boys were a punk rock band before iconic and also Jewish Rick Ruben started them rapping, so they played their own lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums!
Gotta love Kerry King from slayer providing all the guitar riffs and solos.
The two of your are morons...
I was in 7th grade when this came out. The Beastie Boys brought rap music to a whole new audience. Them and Run-DMC turned the rock crowd back then into lifelong hip hop fans. Thanks for checking out their music and sharing your reactions with us. Keep up the good work.
Yeah I was in the 4th grade...brought back some great memories!
hahaha I was 20 & just had my first kid 1986 - PEACE LOVE n HIPPYNESS ✌☮
Also Aerosmith came back and made profitable power ballads.
Ain't seen nothin till you're down on the muffin
"Our manager's crazy, he always smokes dust" us what got bleeped. Also, their manager was Rick Rubin. Also, that's Rick Rubin in the gorilla costume.
Nothing was blocked out on the cassette tapes, lol. That's going back a minute, the guitarist from Slayer,Kerry King,filled in on this
pass the mic pass the mic pass the mic
2 bangers that you haven't got to yet. Shadrach, and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun.
the fact that they blocked out "smokes dust" is crazy- but i agree them bleeping it out made it more funny cuz it could be anything he's saying
"Hey Ladies" is a good one from BB.
You should check out 'looking down the barrel of a gun'.
Yup!!!
Volkswagen
😂🎉😂
Love the Beasties!!!
6:11 I can't believe you had your head turned when the one headbanger lost their head. One of the best parts. lol
LETS GO, Damn in old..love this jam.
Beastie Boys always came up with some dope lyrics
CBGB's was the iconic punk rock club in New York City!
Long live the Besties.
Beastie Boys were just starting out w/ their first record 'License to ill' in 1986... they had a single "She's on it" on MTV before that. Rick Rubin was their producer on the Def Jam label, and he had signed Beastie Boys and Slayer and was working w/ 2 completely different acts. Rubin got Slayer guitarist Kerry King to play on Beastie Boys' record... When they did this music video, Kerry King said they had originally wanted the gorilla to knock him off the stage... he said, "If anyone's knocking off anyone offstage, it'll be me doing the knocking." So that's what they did... back then, King had long hair... he shaved his head after 1991...😁🤘🤘
By 1987, the Beastie Boys were selling millions of records... while Slayer made their impact w/ their 1986 album 'Reign in blood', which sold a half million copies, but set a benchmark of speed in extreme metal 🤘🤘
These guys opened for Run DMC at the garden in the 80s. Great concert
That’s the King Adrock!
How about some Sublime-Sanataria or What I Got
Beastie Boys... Third hip hop band ever. B-boys makin with the freak freak.
I sold my BMW a few months ago and this disc stayed inside. Damn it!
Vevo is experts in blocking out "dirty" words. Beastie Boys are great regardless.
Can't say the name of a drug but you can say hoes lol
Amazing reaction. I love this song from bestie boy's. Im glad you react to this.
I'm so over joyed y'all are diving into the roots of hip hop
I was in 4th grade when this came out lol I had it on cassette tape and was the beginning of my love for hip hop
got all of their Albums
Being 73, I love a wide variety of music, from old standards, early rock progressive rock, Motown, jazz and a lot of classical. Check out 2CELLOS. They play cellos to rock tunes. They will blow your minds. As for rap, It's Eminem and Beastie boys.
Halestorm - it's not You
Badass female lead singer and she can really belt out the notes and shred on the guitar
I totally agree, "BLEEPING" the cuss words makes them both more shocking, and funnier!
Love beastie boys. Y’all gotta do video for “Fight for your right (To Party)”. RIP. Adam MCA yauch
In the 80's this band was huge in colleges all over the US, I remember when they toured with Run DMC, that was a massive tour.
Oh. I'd always wondered about this song.
My favorite FIRST song to play getting on a highway for a long trip ❤ And I agree - I kinda like the *bleeps* instead of the explicit versions!
The guy that plays that solo at the end is Kerry king from slayer
Slayer in da house! 🤘
Beasties are the ol' school hip-hop pioneers!
Wish y'all could have found this un-edited. Great job reacting. Legends to havin' a great time. Laughed all the way through it.
People used to steal car hood ornaments back in the day and wear them on chains
That trend is the reason automakers don't put hood ornaments on cars anymore.
Keep it rolling with the beastie boys!!
Goddamn... here afain... you are playing my college playlist now?
This album was produced by Rick Rubin he also produced slayer and had kerry king play guitar on the record. Back then only rock was being played so it was kinda like well we’ll just rap over rock riffs. Side note Beastie Boys started out as a punk band and can play instruments also check out live Sabotage video where they play instruments
Beastie boys-shes on it. Same genre as this. Not many talks about that song
Loved this one. We PARTIED to this back in the day. ❤❤🎉🎉
Beastie Boys always a good way to start the party or turn around a boring night. Have fun
Their dust-smoking manager was Russell Simmons
Beastie Boys always put a smile on your face.
Please do Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic
Funk yes ..ol skoo white boy rap/rock point❤️
More Paul’s Boutique!!
My favorite from them🔥🔥🔥
As a born and bred Brooklynite.. BEASTIES ARE OUR GODS! ❤️🤘🏻
Paul Revere and Pass the mic good song beastie boys
You are correct. It’s a Volkswagen chain. Mike D was famous for it.
So much class🌃
King Kerry from Slayer
on solo guitar!
He said, "Our manager's crazy, he always smokes dust..."
Mike D is my boy as well!👍
Grab these two a couple of Biggie Bags. They’re HIGH AS F-CK!!!
Shout out to Slayers guitarist on this too!!! 🤘😁🤘 ❤✌🏼
I was 14 when this came out living in Brooklyn.
Sure Shot
Yes it says VW. This was the 80’s
That is a young Kerry King on guitar.
The guitar solo is Kerry King of Slayer