Imagine waking up in 2024 and you get to experience all of Beastie Boys for the very first time. It's like having a life time worth of Christmas days all at once.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but they played all the instruments on the album. That’s their drum beat, their guitar lick, their electric piano. They were so far ahead of their time that their music will be played forever.
This 54 yr old lady who used to ride around with her 4 best friends and rap every lyric with the boys in the 80s has a warmed heart seeing a youngin discovering them. ❤
GENX Here, this is the first album I ever bought in 1985 - it broke all the rules and we loved it. It was about freedom, it empowered us to scream, flip our bikes and kick our skateboards. Later in life i got to see them live playing with Rage Against the Machine - nothing has ever topped that concert - it was a force of nature.
I saw them in ATL, Chastain park. Lenny Kravitz opened for them. It was fun...mosh pits and also room to dance on the grass. I also saw Cyprus Hill and House of Pain opened for them...they rolled out this massive hand with a lit J blowing smoke to the crowd.
When the Beastie Boys released the Paul's Boutique album which mixed samples from 105 songs, they forever changed the music industry regarding copyright laws. The rules had to be changed to ensure it could never happen again, and it never did.
They caught so much hate for that album, it was released 5 years before people would be ready for that shit. Quite possibly one of the top 3 albums of all time.
Run-DMC was adding rock guitar to hip hop before this came out. Beasties were a punk parody band until they turned to rap, and started as a rap parody band. But by the time of "So What'Cha Want" they were playing instruments.
@@JymDyerthe Beastie Boys started as a hardcore punk band, not as a parody band. When hip hop started getting its bearings in the late 70’s-early ‘80s, they realized that a lot of what they were doing fit really well with hip hop, and they pivoted to a mixture of punk and hip hop. Then, they found their groove with Paul’s Boutique, and the rest is history. The Beastie Boys are hip hop royalty.
It's wild how the mind works. I hadn't heard this song in years, and I started singing it word for word like it was yesterday. It's been almost 40 years since I bought their debut album/cassette tape. ❤❤❤ Paul Revere was my jam!
this really makes me realize what we had as kids. in the 90's there were about 1000 bands and 1000 singers and 1000 hip hop artists in the mix, and all of them were great, and we just kinda took all them in because they were there. when you isolate some of the biggest ones like Beastie Boys and show them to enthusiastic newcomers, you really get a sense of how good we had it. I don't even remember the first time I heard them, I'm sure I was like 8-12 years old, but now I really wish I could go back and hear them for the first time again.
So Chuck D from Public Enemy gave the lifetime achievement award to the Beastie Boys a long time back. That's how respected and unique they were in the hip hop industry.
What I find fascinating is that the tape loops are actually cassette tapes cut up and pasted back together to create the loops and samples... No electronic wizardry in 1992.
actually interesting how closly connected both genres are ... DJ Premier said about himself he used to be part of the Texas punk scene, too, before he turned to hip hop
As old and sad as I feel when I realise so many young people don't know this band, it always makes me smile to see them discover what they're missing. This album in particular! RIP MCA xx
For those arguing about wether the B Boys were in at the start of Hip Hop - Old School Hip Hop was around a few years before the B Boys. Rappers Delight hit the radio in '79, 5 years before the B Boys signed to Def Jam. BUT the B Boys were in on the ground floor of New School and played a massive (if not the biggest) part in sending hip hop mainstream. The B Boys also gave LLCool J his first break by getting him signed to Def Jam. Their impact on todays Hip Hop scene is vastly understated.
The Beastie Boys blew doors off everyone. They came up in the hardcore scene and through exploration and collaboration, they created the now indelible, indestructible, indominable Beastie Boys sound. I'd call them GOATS but there ain't ever been another animal like this before. RIP MCA.
If you've never heard Beastie Boys before, you're in for a treat. They are the GOATs. Period. They only made bangers, great human beings, their sound evolved each album over their 30 year career. In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too. Discovered LL Cool J. Influenced countless artists to this day. Check out "Paul Revere", "Shake Your Rump", "Pass the Mic", "Shadrach". Just incredible everything, they play and make all their own beats too when they arent sampling something.
this is a beautiful and accurate understating of just how important Beastie Boys were to hip hop. being the 1st rap album to top the billboard 200 charts in 1987 opened the genre up to WAY more ears than had ever been on it before. the fact that they were well respected by the community even though they were white in an at the time black genre of music brought the genre to white suburban youths all over the country, making it ok to stop segregating music by race which was a big thing in older generations. what they did for music and culture let alone for hip hop can never be praised enough!
Beastie’s are there own genre! They started as a punk band and saw the opportunity in hip hop and killed it. Every album saw them grow as artists but they were always original.
One of my most cherished moments was when I was in the front row at their concert for this album’s tour. As MCA was starting this verse I got his attention by luck while I was rapping the lyrics back at ‘em, and we got to rap this “hot sauce” line together while were looking at each other. He rapped at me until the end of the verse, almost as if to see if I knew the whole thing. At the end of the verse he smiled and did a hand gesture at me and moved on. As a huge fan, nothing could have been cooler. Probably helped I was wearing my black “BROOKLYN” hat I picked up in New York earlier that year. MCA’s hair was green for that concert if I remember right.
What I love most about the Beastie Boys is their creativity. They have all sorts of styles and sounds throughout their decades long career. And the fact that they just rap off of each other. They are a class of their own. ❤😁
Bruh 😑( can’t be mad, you are not that old) beastie boys are the origin story they were the reason there is a Def Jam/ they are the reason we have LL cool J they are the reason for 808 . They are a corner stone of hip hop.
@@moussegarbonzo8352 no disrespect to Afrika but unless you are a “hip hop head” when beastie showed love to that beat(808) it put it on the world stage. Bambaataa was a BEAST THO 💯
I love to see you young dudes, feeling the beasties, I grew up on these dudes, and they still got us feeling it, spanning generations, that's what I'm talking about!
Nope not all. They were playing punk when hip hop started. And anybody who thinks they were first white guys to do a hip hop groove should check out the magnificent 7 by the clash
Congratulations and welcome to the Beastie Boys. Your musical life will never be the same again. There's no one like the Beastie boys. You know they started off being a hardcore punk rock band in New York City. Then they heard Run DMC and thought well hell we can do that. And then they did that and they did that very very very very very very well indeed. I'm excited for you.
There's literally too many bangers to recommend. GOATS of hip hop always innovative always fresh always surprised everyone. A host of celebrities couldn't wait to be in their video on the last one before the sad day MCA left us.
I love that you are discovering the awesome music I grew up with! I am 48 years old. This album was FIRE when I was just 18 years old, 1994. Beastie Boyz not only rapped, they played all the instruments on every song. No rapper today can touch this!
It’s so much fun to see young minds blown (like ours were)😆 you’re instantly understanding why the Beasties were SO BELOVED‼️‼️ This particular track (among others) makes it perfectly clear how they came out of punk and there were always natural affinities between them. Beasties are fkg crazy fun hilarious talented AF! wild and funky all at the same time it’s a wonder of art how they crammed all that into basics! Royalty like these guys show EXACTLY why rap/hip hop took over the world. To me it incorporated the best of everything that came before and yet was new and different and KILLER ✊🏽♥️
I've been a fan of the Beastie Boys since 1986 when their first album came out. I LOVED your reaction! And you're right, they were definitely a force to be reckoned with!
"This is like nothing I've ever heard." I said the same thing when I heard them the first time, but it was 1985 or so. I'm very much a rock guy, but everybody loves the Boys.
Paul Revere Shake Your Rump Hold It Now Hit it (to see how wylin their shows used to be) The New Style, so you can see why in Intergalactic They're known to let the beat Mmmmmmmdddddrrrrrrooooop! Root Down Get It Together feat Q Tip 3Mc's&1Dj, live performance for an MTV awards, 1take, 1dj, 1record- no beat machine. Pure Hip Hop from concentrate, enjoy
I was listening to these guys when I was a teenager. I'm 47 and I still jam out to Beastie Boys. 🔥 You brought up Carlton. Now I HAVE to see you do the "Carlton".😂 Fantastic reaction!!!💛💛💛
Check Your Head is probably the best album from Beastie Boys. At the 7:42 mark, this line has nothing to do with cardio. A "Walk about" is a journey of self discovery and a spiritual journey for aboriginal tribes in Australia. MCAs tired of driving because hes moving to fast. He needs to slow down and refocus. MCA was very Zen. He was a buddist later in life.
I love how much you enjoyed this. It’s a rabbit hole you won’t regret. They play around with their sound A LOT. Not every song like this but every song is uniquely Beastie Boys. The closest thing today is Ren.
Congrats...I think this was the first reaction I've seen that caught both "Your so funny with the money that you flaunt" and "Do you think you can front when revelation comes".
Nope. But the Beasties were of the first generation of artists influenced by original NYC hip hop. They were around for the birth of hip hop, grew up on the early old school sound, and then put their own spin on it.
1986. I was 16. We wore the his cassette OUT! Absolutely everyone was listening to the Beastie Boys. No one had ever heard anything like it. Rock and rap? Yes, please!
I’m 52 my friends and I still listen to them when we get together and we have em blasting and we got it all memorized huge lifelong fans since 7th or 8th grade .
Proud to see you 'millennials' enjoying good music from back in the day. And, at the same time, feel sorry for you for the music you have grown up to today. You see, another 25 years from now, there isn't going to be anyone listening to Swift, Beeber, P Diddles etc. Yet, there will be another 25 year old like you discovering groups like the Beastie Boys for the first time and be blown away,,,
Welcome to THEE FABULOUS WORLD OF THE BEST BAND EVERRRR 💯 Been obsessed since about '87- probably way b4 u were even a thought & i LOVE how impressed u are. ❤ They actually were a lil punk band in the beginning also.
I forgot how great this song is,they used to play it everyday on MTV in summer 1992. Such an amazing time for all genres,this would be played alongside Metallica,Ice Cube,Nirvana and Boyz II Men plus many many others
I'm glad you like them the way that you do. The Beastie Boys were one of my favorite bands growing up. I was lucky enough to see them in concert 3 times...once in Chicago, once in Indianapolis, and once in Cincinatti. They were on a level all of their own, and nobody brought a crowd to life the way Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA did. R.I.P. Adam Yauch a.k.a. "MCA"
Go ahead and give Paul revere A try. Fight for your right to party Is no slouch of a song. And definitely please do not forget intergalactic. Remember the beastie boys Gave themselves A license to ill........ Also a gentle reminder that our mullet man Samson has Been Dropping Rap rap songs With nearly no politics. The song cesspool Will Explain it all. Much love and peace boogie. looking Healthy. Thinning up are we?
The Beastie Boys took old school MC style rap/hip-hop and innovated that shit into something all their own, other worldly. A virtual masterclass on so many levels!
I find it hilarious that numerous reactors have “never heard this type of sound/rap” but claim to love rap and have zero clue that this is that very foundation lol. You can’t know everything but this shit is fundamental for any true fan. 🤷🏼♂️
Some people are younger. Just because we enjoyed them in our time doesn't mean it's necessary for new fans to do the same. I'd highly recommend it to them, but if they don't know them, that's cool too
Young man, long before you were even born, they fought for your rights......to party.
😂❤
👊💥
90's kid here. This was blasting out my cassette player in my 86 T-Top camaro pulling into high school in 96. Good times!
Child of the 80s/early 90's here...My 5 year old is big Beasties fan. WE blast it on the way to Soccer 3 times a week!
Let us remember, always
nothing makes this 58 yr old happier than seeing the next generation discover the stuff we love!
100%
The greatest.
Me too
💯
Yep grew up when this came out as well. De La Soul three feet high and rising etc pure gold...
Imagine waking up in 2024 and you get to experience all of Beastie Boys for the very first time. It's like having a life time worth of Christmas days all at once.
Boomin granny next
For real
For anybody that experiences psychedelics for the first time, I would suggest Paul’s boutique on a sound system with good bass and stereo separation
Time for you to go listen to Joey Valence and Brae!
I scanned his channel for a "Sabotage" review. I didnt see it, but I'll be waiting!
RIP Master of Ceremonies Adam. AKA MCA . Cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce.
F*ck yes. RIP, MCA!
Often imitated never replicated rest in peace MCA
A true pioneer
❤
I love his voice. It’s my favorite of the three. Rip
RIP hommie ❤
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but they played all the instruments on the album. That’s their drum beat, their guitar lick, their electric piano. They were so far ahead of their time that their music will be played forever.
True that.
By me!!
After they used every sample possible on Paul's Boutique they had no choice but to do everything for themselves.
I saw them live, and was amazed, they kept switching instruments, playing each other's parts, in perfect harmony
Hands down one of the best shows I've ever seen
It always makes me smile when the young folks discover hip hop royalty they never heard of.....
You labeled them correctly., Hip Hop Royalty"
I always evangelize for Tribe at this point....
Ditto 💯💯💯
I was fortunate to see them 5 times in the 90's
@@johnmach4483 Jesus can save your soul, but he can't spit bars like these lads.
I'm 51 and been listening to Beasties since 1986. Welcome bro. The catalog and group story is amazing.
Same and same!
48 here. Yup. Ansubfuckinglutly. 6th grade. Had their first album
49 and feel the same. Iconic.
Sup brother.
SAME!!
He said, "Hold on this is different" 😂
Ya, the Beastie Boys are their own breed but they on point!
This 54 yr old lady who used to ride around with her 4 best friends and rap every lyric with the boys in the 80s has a warmed heart seeing a youngin discovering them. ❤
❤️
GENX Here, this is the first album I ever bought in 1985 - it broke all the rules and we loved it. It was about freedom, it empowered us to scream, flip our bikes and kick our skateboards. Later in life i got to see them live playing with Rage Against the Machine - nothing has ever topped that concert - it was a force of nature.
What !!! .. The Beastie Boys and Rage Against The Machine.
Tom Morello and the Beastie Boys .. to have seen that, WTF!!
@@sundance9042 Yea in NJ - queensryche opened for them - we sat up in the seats but the floor was East-coast ripp'n and romp'm - FOR REAL
I saw them in ATL, Chastain park. Lenny Kravitz opened for them. It was fun...mosh pits and also room to dance on the grass. I also saw Cyprus Hill and House of Pain opened for them...they rolled out this massive hand with a lit J blowing smoke to the crowd.
@@76Patilac Holy shit - that all sounds awesome
This track didn’t come out till the early 90’s. Buy yeah
License to Ill was earth shattering when it dropped.
Dude, I'm a 55 year old white guy. Beasties are like honey on my soul. ❤🤘 Many thanks for this.
I'm turning 70 and love The Beastie Boys.
54 but female.
And same...💜
48yo guy here- feel exactly the same
Same here. Requested it the other night at a club ! Lol
46f here. I remember listening to Beastie Boys at my 8th grade graduation dance.
When the Beastie Boys released the Paul's Boutique album which mixed samples from 105 songs, they forever changed the music industry regarding copyright laws. The rules had to be changed to ensure it could never happen again, and it never did.
Nice
and tons of beatles samples which the suits DID NOT like.
copyrights are bullshit anyways lol, all they do is stymie innovation
They caught so much hate for that album, it was released 5 years before people would be ready for that shit. Quite possibly one of the top 3 albums of all time.
@scootermcscootersen3511 you are totally right. Easily their best album
this is not rock n roll and hip hop. this is just hip hop. this is what hip hop used to sound like.
Raw hip hop, before the pop versions got cooked in.
Run-DMC was adding rock guitar to hip hop before this came out. Beasties were a punk parody band until they turned to rap, and started as a rap parody band. But by the time of "So What'Cha Want" they were playing instruments.
@@JymDyerthe Beastie Boys started as a hardcore punk band, not as a parody band. When hip hop started getting its bearings in the late 70’s-early ‘80s, they realized that a lot of what they were doing fit really well with hip hop, and they pivoted to a mixture of punk and hip hop. Then, they found their groove with Paul’s Boutique, and the rest is history. The Beastie Boys are hip hop royalty.
@@JymDyeryou said parody lmao, you people really come on the internet and say anything
@@LubeGehrig - I do have all their earliest singles and EPs, and am familiar with the specific songs they did parodies of.
It's wild how the mind works. I hadn't heard this song in years, and I started singing it word for word like it was yesterday.
It's been almost 40 years since I bought their debut album/cassette tape. ❤❤❤
Paul Revere was my jam!
In 1990 I move from Northern California to Boulder colorado. I just got the cd, and I rocked it all the way to Boulder!
Same
Right!?
this really makes me realize what we had as kids. in the 90's there were about 1000 bands and 1000 singers and 1000 hip hop artists in the mix, and all of them were great, and we just kinda took all them in because they were there. when you isolate some of the biggest ones like Beastie Boys and show them to enthusiastic newcomers, you really get a sense of how good we had it. I don't even remember the first time I heard them, I'm sure I was like 8-12 years old, but now I really wish I could go back and hear them for the first time again.
So Chuck D from Public Enemy gave the lifetime achievement award to the Beastie Boys a long time back. That's how respected and unique they were in the hip hop industry.
Welcome to the party.
The back catalogue is huge.
Enjoy.
If I had a country of my own THIS WOULD BE MY ANTHEM 🎶🎶
Paul's Boutique is a masterpiece.
They used to play Punk-rock, before turning to hip hop music, they play all the instruments themselves.
They had a drummer for their first album. SHE went on to help form Luscious Jackson.
Once they found their sweet spot they STAYED in the pocket!! Classic early hip-hop.
What I find fascinating is that the tape loops are actually cassette tapes cut up and pasted back together to create the loops and samples... No electronic wizardry in 1992.
actually interesting how closly connected both genres are ... DJ Premier said about himself he used to be part of the Texas punk scene, too, before he turned to hip hop
Kerry King from Slayer actually played lead guitar on Brooklyn & Fight.
It is called talent, they took 80's NYC street culture to the masses through rap and punk rock, absolute genius.
As old and sad as I feel when I realise so many young people don't know this band, it always makes me smile to see them discover what they're missing. This album in particular! RIP MCA xx
For those arguing about wether the B Boys were in at the start of Hip Hop - Old School Hip Hop was around a few years before the B Boys. Rappers Delight hit the radio in '79, 5 years before the B Boys signed to Def Jam.
BUT the B Boys were in on the ground floor of New School and played a massive (if not the biggest) part in sending hip hop mainstream.
The B Boys also gave LLCool J his first break by getting him signed to Def Jam.
Their impact on todays Hip Hop scene is vastly understated.
Don't forget Blondie!
reminds me how they wanted the same initials as Bad Brains or so I've heard.
The Beastie Boys blew doors off everyone. They came up in the hardcore scene and through exploration and collaboration, they created the now indelible, indestructible, indominable Beastie Boys sound. I'd call them GOATS but there ain't ever been another animal like this before. RIP MCA.
well stated.
This is original hip hop!!!
Yep! Old schoolers who certainly weren’t content with staying old school. They would always throw you something extra.
as a 46 guy who has listened to them since I was in middle school this makes me happy man! Beastie Boys are royalty!
This is what started the whole thing. These first three albums started the entire show.
If you've never heard Beastie Boys before, you're in for a treat. They are the GOATs. Period. They only made bangers, great human beings, their sound evolved each album over their 30 year career. In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too. Discovered LL Cool J. Influenced countless artists to this day. Check out "Paul Revere", "Shake Your Rump", "Pass the Mic", "Shadrach". Just incredible everything, they play and make all their own beats too when they arent sampling something.
this is a beautiful and accurate understating of just how important Beastie Boys were to hip hop. being the 1st rap album to top the billboard 200 charts in 1987 opened the genre up to WAY more ears than had ever been on it before. the fact that they were well respected by the community even though they were white in an at the time black genre of music brought the genre to white suburban youths all over the country, making it ok to stop segregating music by race which was a big thing in older generations. what they did for music and culture let alone for hip hop can never be praised enough!
@@jasonlebeau1288 Hip Hop DX video called Greatest band ever is a great breakdown
Bro, they're iconic. You youngsters. The Beastie Boys helped start it all. Nothing these days comes close in creativity and longevity.
Still waiting for another group that has this kind of creativity! If they are out there and I don't know them yet, please enlighten me..anyone
Nothing today comes close to their creativity in the hip-hop world.
It's Hip Hop. They are from the start of Hip Hop
The start? They wouldn't even say that.
True, but they’ll never agree that they were extremely influential either, which they were.
Correction, they’re from the beginning of big hip hop record sales. Hip hop started before they even thought of being a group.
They were on tour with Run DMC and LL Cool J. They got Public Enemy on tour and onto records. Heard of them?
@@wilcross50Check out The Sugar Hill Gang !
Beastie’s are there own genre! They started as a punk band and saw the opportunity in hip hop and killed it. Every album saw them grow as artists but they were always original.
Watching guys rediscover stuff from my youth reignites the spark in me
The thing about the Beastie Boys is that a lot of Metal Heads love this group.
License to ill was heavy and those fans stayed with them through the journey.
Cause they are metal... Wanna know why hip hop lovers love beasties?...
yup. keep in mind, kerry king himself played on one of their tracks. FrozeMetal anyone?
I love gangster rap and the heaviest heavy metal. Seems like a weird combo but it's my thing.
Kinda like Cypress Hill and Slayer, so much common ground between
You gave yourself a gift today. The gift of the BeastieBoys . Decades long stream of bangers
sucha special gift... lets hope he'll unpack "High Plains Drifter" soon!
This reaction is cooler than a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce. Nice job, man. RIP MCA.
Dancing like Carlton 🤣
Love love it
RIP MCA
Hell yea it is..I’ve been smiling from ear to goddang ear!
@@ThemataThis! 😁
One of my most cherished moments was when I was in the front row at their concert for this album’s tour. As MCA was starting this verse I got his attention by luck while I was rapping the lyrics back at ‘em, and we got to rap this “hot sauce” line together while were looking at each other. He rapped at me until the end of the verse, almost as if to see if I knew the whole thing. At the end of the verse he smiled and did a hand gesture at me and moved on. As a huge fan, nothing could have been cooler.
Probably helped I was wearing my black “BROOKLYN” hat I picked up in New York earlier that year.
MCA’s hair was green for that concert if I remember right.
These guys are my generation. Woot! Beasties hit the scene in the 80s.
That entire album is fire!!!!
Beastie Boys are in the MT RUSHMORE of hip-hop.
Mt. Rushmore of HIP HOP 4SURE 👍👍👍🔥🔥💥💥
What I love most about the Beastie Boys is their creativity. They have all sorts of styles and sounds throughout their decades long career. And the fact that they just rap off of each other. They are a class of their own. ❤😁
Bruh 😑( can’t be mad, you are not that old) beastie boys are the origin story they were the reason there is a Def Jam/ they are the reason we have LL cool J they are the reason for 808 . They are a corner stone of hip hop.
Bambaataa used the 808 years before the Beastie Boys were introduced to the world. They’re extremely influential, but let’s not get carried away.
@@moussegarbonzo8352 they created the reverse 808. Not the 808.
😂
@@moussegarbonzo8352 no disrespect to Afrika but unless you are a “hip hop head” when beastie showed love to that beat(808) it put it on the world stage. Bambaataa was a BEAST THO 💯
@@moussegarbonzo8352 I will always see beastie as a punk band because that’s what they always were to be honest.
Beastie’s always had the most style and swagger! This song is a perfect example.
Also the most mackinest.
I love to see you young dudes, feeling the beasties, I grew up on these dudes, and they still got us feeling it, spanning generations, that's what I'm talking about!
These boys started hip hop. Give respect. It all you know today. Just 3 fools from Brooklyn. And 1 MC!!
I love them, they're legends and their influence is undeniable. But they didn't start Hip Hop.
Nope not all. They were playing punk when hip hop started. And anybody who thinks they were first white guys to do a hip hop groove should check out the magnificent 7 by the clash
Congratulations and welcome to the Beastie Boys.
Your musical life will never be the same again.
There's no one like the Beastie boys.
You know they started off being a hardcore punk rock band in New York City.
Then they heard Run DMC and thought well hell we can do that. And then they did that and they did that very very very very very very well indeed.
I'm excited for you.
Dude, these guys were groundbraking. I remember when this dropped.. Still holds up
Sic!!!! Wait until you hear Il Communication. Beastie Boys are the GOAT!
What kind of genre is this? It's creativity, that's the genre. It's mad, mad, unapologetic creativity. And we need more of it.
Check out their track 3 MC's and 1 DJ
I'm old school, I remember when this was new. 3 MC's and 1 DJ is my favorite track, good call! That's hip hop and dj'ing at its finest.
They have a really good song with Q-Tip as well but I forgot the name of it.
@@DemonEdge82 'get it together' I think
@@tommy2dogs The phone is ringin'....oh my god.
@@PhattyMo See what's happenin'
These dudes are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They are legends.
There's literally too many bangers to recommend. GOATS of hip hop always innovative always fresh always surprised everyone. A host of celebrities couldn't wait to be in their video on the last one before the sad day MCA left us.
I love that you are discovering the awesome music I grew up with! I am 48 years old. This album was FIRE when I was just 18 years old, 1994.
Beastie Boyz not only rapped, they played all the instruments on every song.
No rapper today can touch this!
Gen Xer here! The best part of Hip Hop back then is that we had some many amazingly talented people!
The Beastie’s changed us whities worlds. There is truly no comparison. Reactions like this are my greatest joy.
It’s so much fun to see young minds blown (like ours were)😆 you’re instantly understanding why the Beasties were SO BELOVED‼️‼️
This particular track (among others) makes it perfectly clear how they came out of punk and there were always natural affinities between them.
Beasties are fkg crazy fun hilarious talented AF! wild and funky all at the same time it’s a wonder of art how they crammed all that into basics!
Royalty like these guys show EXACTLY why rap/hip hop took over the world.
To me it incorporated the best of everything that came before and yet was new and different and KILLER ✊🏽♥️
I wish I could hear that song for the first time again… in my opinion the best Beastie Boys song!!
Check Your Head - an instant and lasting classic! Glad to see you enjoying.
I've been a fan of the Beastie Boys since 1986 when their first album came out. I LOVED your reaction! And you're right, they were definitely a force to be reckoned with!
These guys were way ahead of their time
"Time-less". Nothing like it before. Nothing will ever be like it after.
"Is this like rock and roll hip hop bre??" Echoing a question everyone was asking back in the day. (and yes, yes it is 😅)
also see: rage against the machine
"This is like nothing I've ever heard." I said the same thing when I heard them the first time, but it was 1985 or so. I'm very much a rock guy, but everybody loves the Boys.
Thanks!
Thanks Alana I appreciate it .
I'm delighting in your delight, BB are some of the most talented, brilliant performers of the 20th century
Paul Revere
Shake Your Rump
Hold It Now Hit it (to see how wylin their shows used to be)
The New Style, so you can see why in Intergalactic They're known to let the beat Mmmmmmmdddddrrrrrrooooop!
Root Down
Get It Together feat Q Tip
3Mc's&1Dj, live performance for an MTV awards, 1take, 1dj, 1record- no beat machine. Pure Hip Hop from concentrate, enjoy
Great list! I would also add Brass Monkey.
I was listening to these guys when I was a teenager. I'm 47 and I still jam out to Beastie Boys. 🔥
You brought up Carlton. Now I HAVE to see you do the "Carlton".😂
Fantastic reaction!!!💛💛💛
Same here, only I'm 53
Same 50
Literally the reason Def Jam and LL Cool J exist. Check more of their stuff.
P.E. and Chuck they helped too.
I disagree, I know I was listening to LL in.the 80s before I ever heard of the Beastie Boys
@stanleysmith2221 ad rock was the one who gave LL's.demo to Rick Rubin
He's said that in interviews.
@@stanleysmith2221 Technically, Beastie Boys did get L.L. Cool J signed so you COULD hear him.
@@cryptozoomauler5505 True, not that Rick may not have found that LL Cool J demo in the pile on his own, but the fact is, he didn't need to.
Check Your Head is probably the best album from Beastie Boys. At the 7:42 mark, this line has nothing to do with cardio. A "Walk about" is a journey of self discovery and a spiritual journey for aboriginal tribes in Australia. MCAs tired of driving because hes moving to fast. He needs to slow down and refocus. MCA was very Zen. He was a buddist later in life.
I love how much you enjoyed this. It’s a rabbit hole you won’t regret. They play around with their sound A LOT. Not every song like this but every song is uniquely Beastie Boys. The closest thing today is Ren.
nods at the comparison to Ren...
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Congrats...I think this was the first reaction I've seen that caught both "Your so funny with the money that you flaunt" and "Do you think you can front when revelation comes".
I love watching people newly experience the music I grew up on. The Beastie Boys were foundational.
53 year old delighted as all hell that our music is still blowing minds.
I was into Metal & Rock but loved the Beastie Boys. They were spectacular. They could do it all. Opened my ears to hip hop and I thank them for it 👍🏼
Beastie Boys are the GOATS of original Hip hop
The Beastie Boys are the co-founders of original hip-hop.
Hip hop was around way before the Beasties
Original hiphop goes back way before beastie boys.
Nope. But the Beasties were of the first generation of artists influenced by original NYC hip hop. They were around for the birth of hip hop, grew up on the early old school sound, and then put their own spin on it.
Everything the B-Boys do is great, but Paul Revere is arguably one of the greatest rap songs ever created IMO
1986. I was 16. We wore the his cassette OUT! Absolutely everyone was listening to the Beastie Boys. No one had ever heard anything like it. Rock and rap? Yes, please!
Gen Xer from Germany here. Happy that you like one of my youth absolute effing HEROES! 😃👍⚡
Beastie Boys started out as a punk band and gradually transformed into hip hop legends which would explain their unique sound.
The Beasties are revolutionary and on the Mt Rushmore of OG Hip Hop. The rabbit hole is EPIC
These mother lovers got LL his record deal back in the day I swear 🤷🏻♂️👌🏻🔥
I’m 52 my friends and I still listen to them when we get together and we have em blasting and we got it all memorized huge lifelong fans since 7th or 8th grade .
Proud to see you 'millennials' enjoying good music from back in the day. And, at the same time, feel sorry for you for the music you have grown up to today.
You see, another 25 years from now, there isn't going to be anyone listening to Swift, Beeber, P Diddles etc. Yet, there will be another 25 year old like you discovering groups like the Beastie Boys for the first time and be blown away,,,
Welcome to THEE FABULOUS WORLD OF THE BEST BAND EVERRRR 💯
Been obsessed since about '87- probably way b4 u were even a thought & i LOVE how impressed u are. ❤ They actually were a lil punk band in the beginning also.
YES sir, when "Licensed to I'll " came out, me and the fellas would play it and rap every word.
CHEERS to ALL
I forgot how great this song is,they used to play it everyday on MTV in summer 1992. Such an amazing time for all genres,this would be played alongside Metallica,Ice Cube,Nirvana and Boyz II Men plus many many others
Great time for music.
Beastie Boys brought 100% energy from day one to the last
I'm glad you like them the way that you do. The Beastie Boys were one of my favorite bands growing up. I was lucky enough to see them in concert 3 times...once in Chicago, once in Indianapolis, and once in Cincinatti. They were on a level all of their own, and nobody brought a crowd to life the way Ad-Rock, Mike D, and MCA did. R.I.P. Adam Yauch a.k.a. "MCA"
It's fun to see younger generations appreciate music that I grew up with. I adored them back in the day!
I'm so happy for your discovery.
Que up their song Sabotage.
2:40 there was no shortage of LSD in the 90’s. Check out those pupils.
They are the GOATs of hip hop. Do “Paul Revere” next. Beastie Boys are a treat!
Grew up on BBoys, SO happy you're enjoying them for the timeless awesome they are.
Oh so good. Thanks for the reintroduction I love these men! Lyrics! Thanks for sharing your joy. Great video ❤ xx
Go ahead and give Paul revere A try. Fight for your right to party Is no slouch of a song. And definitely please do not forget intergalactic. Remember the beastie boys Gave themselves A license to ill........ Also a gentle reminder that our mullet man Samson has Been Dropping Rap rap songs With nearly no politics. The song cesspool Will Explain it all. Much love and peace boogie. looking Healthy. Thinning up are we?
INTERGALACTIC!!!
This is hip hop before it became the garbage you get today. If you're into this, I'd check out 3 MCs and 1 DJ. Peak 80s hip hop.
Absolutely garbage these days.
Total garbage today
This is ACTuAL HIP HoP !! Live Love Learn!!
I grew up with the Beastie boys, and still rock their cd!!! A Puerto Rican from NJ that rocked these hip hop geniuses.....
The Beastie Boys took old school MC style rap/hip-hop and innovated that shit into something all their own, other worldly. A virtual masterclass on so many levels!
Check out a track called "The Move" by these fellas. The back and forth back-to-back-to-back flows are sick and the beat(s) are wild.
Beastie Boys forever
Paul's boutique is my favorite album, you should dive in. I suggest high planes drifter tirst
Fusion of punk, jazz, rock, hip hp, cheesey lounge. fusion of all the things. Geniuses.
The Beastie Boys, so many awesome memories smokin & skateboarding with my friends listening to these guys.
I find it hilarious that numerous reactors have “never heard this type of sound/rap” but claim to love rap and have zero clue that this is that very foundation lol. You can’t know everything but this shit is fundamental for any true fan. 🤷🏼♂️
Some people are younger. Just because we enjoyed them in our time doesn't mean it's necessary for new fans to do the same. I'd highly recommend it to them, but if they don't know them, that's cool too
just let people like things