Beastie Boys - Hold It Now, Hit It (Official Music Video)
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2009
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Music video by The Beastie Boys performing Hold It Now, Hit It. (C) 1986 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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The Beasties were an original. They never tried to act like they were from the hood, they had their own unique style which earned them respect from the hip hop heads.
it didn't hurt that the songs slapped real hrd
@Augusto Pinochet beastie boys might as well be very early hip hop artists. Damn near close to the inception of hip hop (not really but in terms of mainstream and made the genre taken seriously and watched out for)
❤ absolutely
They were completely their own kinda jam
One thing them and rap/hip- hop (Eazy -E, Salt-n-Pepa, 2 live crew, LL Cool J just to name a few) from the same time frame* had in common was either you enjoyed them or you despised them 🤔🙃
@christygibson193 Beastie Boys started in the late 70s early 80s as punk rock/hip hop band, basically invented their own style. They were way before some of those people you mentioned and actually Run Dmc was the side act for THEM at one point. The Beastie boys can all play at least 3 instruments apiece. They're pioneers and very talented. RIP MCA Adam Yauch. Saw them in concert in 1984 at 14 years old then I saw them with public enemy in Germany in 1992. DOPE stuff right there.
I love the Beastie Boys and I always will, but they regularly rapped about carrying guns and shooting lol but since they're these mainstream clean white kids here nobody takes it seriously so it was never a problem
R.I.P MC A. We miss you dearly.
yeah bro Rip
+King Schultz
I agree, RIP Bro
Rest In Peace...
King Schultz rip
Dearly missed indeed!
Who’s watching in 2024?
2024?
Me.
Hell ya I am.....
Not me
Me n ya mother
i had a big stupid smile on my face the entire time i watched this
😆😆😆😂😂😂😂😂
Same :D it looks like they had so much fun and they look so happy. I want this :')
Same here; reminiscing ♥️
Me too💯
😂😂😂😂 this video was fun
a few punk rockers who found hip hop, incredible
Jose Salazar they started it lol
The original drummer for leftover crack was also the drummer for beastie boys and suicidal tendencies. Hip Hop and punk rock are literally the same. Both are very anti establishment.
@@yamel91 not rlly hip hop is like that because of "history" not because Mom didint want to buy me an ACDC shirt at hot topic
@@cocorosh7295 acdc is not punk rock. Dont talk if you know nothing about music.
@@yamel91 u rlly don't know sarcasm huh
the beauty of innocence and youth, I wish things could still be like this, everyone so fake now
And they were considered fake at that time by the people that loved "real music".
Funny how it all works, isn't it?
There's a shitload of songs that have came out in the last few years that people like you dismiss as "shit" and "fake".
But in 5-10 years, the people that are in to those current songs are going to be on UA-cam talking about how those are the only "real" songs , and that the new shit at that time just isn't as good as the good old days 5-10 years prior.
And the cycle continues.
I hope you spend more time enjoying music than hating it.
agree
yeah so fake...they had fun doing their thing and its good music no autotune shit like today ..First record i bought was license to ill and it was and its still the best one...nowadays nobody makes so nice happy music its all about the money and shit...
goblin87 so true
goblin87 one of the best rap groups back then. r.I.p MCA and they were white and held their own.
This beat from 1986 still hits hard.
Rad ⚡️
Facts, nice bass
Definitely one of the hardest beats I've ever heard
The beauty of the Beastie Boys....this tune is 33 years old and still as fresh as the day it came out!! Love it from day one....
Dated
It does hold up.
well it’s definitely of it’s time lol i wouldn’t call it fresh by any means but it’s still fun to listen to and enjoyable 30 something years later
@@britney5256 cause you`re not fresh enough to dig
RUN DMC didn't want it and gave it them. Outstanding
The dorks in this video turned out to be one of the greatest music groups of all time. Love these dudes!!!
I was just thinking this as I saw this video..."What a bunch of flippin' dorks!".
Song was and is solid, the whole album I have memorized and in every possible format...
I'm 52 and I loved beasties. I was 16 blasting this in my car partying with my friends. Good times. 👍 it was real back then. Too fake now.
Yeah, @@licensedtoill9278, not sure why you had to bring 'race' into it like that...I don't really care about a guy named after candy, and for that matter, Third Bass also preceded him...
@@licensedtoill9278, I doubt actual Jews, especially from New York, think the 'killing Jesus' part 'funny'.
You can find yourself funny if you want...doesn't mean anybody else agrees with you.
Thank dog I'm not a 'New York guy'...I've been there...extremely unimpressed.
Little kids giving cabbies the finger, and their mom joining in, even though THEY were walking against a green...
Some idiots throwing rocks off of roofs and hitting people and cars...
Dudes in $90,ooo SUVs turning in their side mirrors to illegally merge into traffic to get into a tunnel and off the dogforsaken island...
I've driven across this country...been to Europe...never met or encountered such a collection of jerkholes and douchenozzles.
Also, I sent this screenshot to my friends in New York friends (who agree with my assessment, by the way, and have colorful things to say about the drivers too), and they LOVE the Beasties (as do I), and two of them are, in fact, Jewish. One of them is reasonably well-known JEWISH comic.
To quote him, "I see what he was going for, but he missed. That isn't comedy. Also, I don't think he knows the meaning of the word 'disparaged', though that explains why he thinks he is funny."
Please, stop while you're behind...
These guys just look like they're having so much fun doing their thing nowadays you can't do anything you like without people making fun of you or trying to bully you
you're so right😣
preach it bro..couldn't agree more
Brian Papale
I feel sorry for kids these days! They can't do a thing! They're always on cctv camera and it's not cool anymore to be an individual. Sheeit!! The system really did a number on you kids!!
thank you for that cause it is true
The chemistry between this and De La Soul is so beyond amazing .
These guys rap like they made hip-hop. Their confidence behind their lyrics and beats solidified them as legit legends
Lol that and a bunch of beer 🍺💪
Sounds a lot like DMC wrote some of this sh*t!
:D
The swag of the Brooklyn HC tribe
I can literally watch this video on loop for the rest of my life
Facts its so hip hop makes me move
Real
Me toooooo
Because this is the only era that mattered
Yeah, the video feels like hanging out with goofy wasted Beastie Boys, it always puts me in a good mood.
Jewish, Couldn't Dance, Made some Killer Beats & Crushed the Hip Hop Scene...Ya' just gotta respect it...
Mad PROPS...#nuffsaid
Armoni Q Fields 💯☝💯☝💯☝💯☝💯
Armoni Q Fields ☝💯☝💯☝💯☝
Armoni Q Fields You know these guys started out as a punk band.
@Aronomi dont forget to thank Rick Rubin,Hurricane and Run-DMC...the engine behind the...ahem,talent.
I’m 53 yrs. old and I still like to listen to these guys.
Same here......Yo Leroy!!!!!
Ditto!
55 and the same.😊
50 years old and here in 2023
58 here they still hittin' hard ❤
The BEST jam of the Beastie Boys!
This beat ahead of it time, these Jewish boys had it going on. I'm a Black women and I always use to listen to them in the 80's my boyfriend use to laugh at me and then one day he called me to say he understood this song. I knew they were the bomb back then.
You're a black women ? Meaning you are more than one woman ? Wow that's amazing
I feel you
These white guys were the shit. I had their tape back in the day. Still love to go back and listen to them. Forever favorite...
She's every woman. It's all in her. No frontin'.
That Bass though 808 Roland.
7montrell hard to believe, I mean you're not the brightest bulb in the pack
I still cant get over the fact that MCA is dead,
He was the most illenist bboy
Bro....my favorite line 😭 by mca...." cmon yall it's time to get I'll 😂
Get over it. You'll be wormfood in a few decades too
Dope ! Can you blame him
Still the only celebrity death ive ever cried over
How'd he die
Can you believe it's been 36 years since this song was released as a single?
easily
can you believe macklemore fans are on Beastie Boys videos ?
L O L
By far the best rap band ever!!
Don't you just love these guys?
I'm a 42 yr old black brutha and I still feel 's vibes if this era. And they still bump today with no shame. a true classic from den white boys. may one of them rest in peace and da last two stay BLESSED! I miss those vibes I felt when they was flowing bak in da days. smh......(sigh). 😇
Eric Brown well said
Yea don't let them put race in the conversation and mix. we were always one Music completes you
Luckily, colour of skin has never been an issue with the beasties, as it should be in true hiphop. This band was/is so amazing it unites people of all colour, gender and generations. I can put on a Beastie Boys record at 2 in the night and it doesn't matter if you are a b-boy, punk, raver or metalhead, they all enter the dancefloor and go apeshit crazy. The only other band that can pull that off (that I know of) is The Prodigy. And alas, they are also missing a key member that is dead for a few years now.
@@Puschit1 every black person out here would call them culture vultures I hate that term everybody is making money why hate
No you not
I'm 62 and still love the Beastie Boys. I bought Licensed to Ill around the time my son was born so he grew up with this.
I'm 25 years old. This music video is giving me nostalgia for a time I wasn't even alive for.
I was 13 when this album was released. It was just as awesome a time as you think.
Pull your socks up an attack
@@adamv242 same here, exactly!
that isn't even possible
Welcome
I wore this tape OUT.
Me too. Had to tape it back together in 3 different places. LoL. Luckily it wasn't any of my favorite songs. But I loved this album. I think this was probably their best album.
phattieg Their very last album was surprisingly good I thought. I also thought Paul's Boutique was pretty incredible too, especially from a sampling perspective-but so different from License to Ill. Lots of things I didn't catch until years later when I had more exposure to music. All these years later, I can listen to License to Ill and I know about 90% of the lyrics, which is crazy when you think about it.
Give it up for Jackson Heights own, Mr. Randy Watson Same here, still know all the words to almost every song on this album. But in terms of hip hop, this album was pretty much all hip hop. Pauls Boutique wasn't so much so. It was kinda a mix of a little hip hop, a little jazz, a little rock. I only really listened to a few songs on it. Probably would have listened to more, but CD's make it too easy to skip tracks you don't feel like sitting through. I didn't too much care for "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" or "Fight For Your Right", but it was a cassette, so it was easier to just let it play. Either way, I loved this album, and thought about it the other day and figured I would play it here on UA-cam. Actually was intending to play "Slow Ride" and ended up recalling the order of the songs as they were on the tape, and playing the whole album. LoL
phattieg I agree. I rarely listen to "No Sleep" and I always skip "Fight for your Right." Sure that was one of my favs as a kid, but as an adult it's not, and it certainly doesn't represent their best work. If you haven't already, check out Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. It took a few spins, but it's really well done. To the 5 Boroughs was also dope, which somehow I missed back when it came out around 2004. Peace.
I still do to this day.
Been 4 yrs today MCA left...R.I.Power Adam
Ano really sad
Visit his park every year
True nyc legend
Patrick Culhane
Riperroni.
Hes probably a kid somewhere with parents who think huh?!
When he said "I come from Brooklyn cause that's where I'm from"...
I felt that.
I'm sure you also felt this nice L right here
@@user-hj8rb shut up
remo i seen you in 2 comment sections already lmaoo
I'm a black man I remember when they first came out on the radio I bought there cd them dam guys had their shit hittin I love their music then and to this day I still love them they earn my respect much love
I bought the tape after saving up my babysitting money. I took it to my little cousins house because he had a Teddy Ruxpin and thought Teddy's mouth would move to the Beastie Boys tape. It didn't.....I was sad, but that is life.
@@claytonbouldin9381 That would've been crazy cool back in the day. It's possible to program a teddy rux nowadays. But it requires some work. *Essentially the stereo tape is played back in mono, with the other channel being used to program movements.*
@@Left-Earth I'm sure some techie person has already pulled this off for sure!
...I really want an Ad Rock ring
Same for me and my beastie ( bestie )
This video filmed in a pathway in front of a wall is far more rewarding to watch than any shit now days
Ice cold brothers
They looked so happy together... They actually look like friends spending some good times... And enjoying what they love.. now if you get 3 Artis together is just for money.
What I love most about the Beastie Boys and this video in particular is that these guys are genuine as all, and genuinely having fun. Is music fun anymore?
These don't look like 3 guys who are worried about record sales or their image. Good times in the 80's.
Ahh, to be young in the 1980's!
***** YEP!
Between 1980 and 89, I went from 8 years old to 17!!! Yeah the music and clothes styles I liked, but I was super skinny and was bullied and made fun of at school, so it wasn't exactly the best times for me!! 43 years old now and teased a little but not as bad as it was when I was a kid! Single, work at a casino, living with my folks and I couldn't be happier!!! Would be happier without the crap music but yeah!!
David Theisen I guess its different strokes for different folks. I loved the 80's but hated the 90's. Spent far too long in a bad marriage. I guess it depends on the expieriences and memories each person has.
you made me sad
Antuan Grantham lol
"When I get my fill I'm chilly-chill".
Chilling with a deaf female rhyming and illin with a fefefell haha😂😂😂😂 that was some funny stuff, but good stuff
Definitely not how that line goes. It’s “King of the ave with the Def Female, you’re rhymin and stealin with the freshest ale.”
Beastie Boyz forever the legends of Rap. RIP MCA aka Adam Yauch.
I had the pleasure of seeing EPMD, Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince, The Beastie Boys, and Public Enemy in 1988 at the Greek Theater right after I got out the Navy. It was one of the greatest shows I’ve ever attended.
No doubt
You lucky!
Where was that
I saw them all at the Nassau Coliseum in June of 88
@@marthatrevino5186You think so
I saw those guys at Nassau Coliseum along with Stet and the drummer Bobby Simmons full band show
A few weeks later saw Big Daddy, Biz, Kool Moe, Doug E, BDP, and the god Rakim on the same stage
He ain't half as lucky as me, kid
@@nyeaglesfootballgarbagemen8346 The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
Listen to the Beastie boys brings back alot of memories and memory lane back in the early 90's.I miss them good Ol days.RIP Adam.Fuck cancer.
Back when rap music was good!
haro82 right?!
Classic rap music like this is timeless
True, classic hip-hop is timeless... 💯
Not good awesome
I was in the room as the assistant editor when this was cut on 45th street in NYC. The editors in the next room complained we were too loud. So we turned it up. The BASS was thumping!
Wonder if Chef boy RD and Rice-A-Roni paid royalties to them😂
This single is 35 years old today!!! And it still holds up!!!
!!
This is easily my favorite music video. Just the Beasties doing what they do best: having fun.
I come from Brooklyn cause that's where i'm from
bmo and I'm from manhattan and I'm not a bum
Im from england cause that's my city
it dont get much clearer than that! lol
yes sir, that line legendary :)
A little redundant if you ask me...
I'm happy that identify themselves frequently to prevent any confusion.
I was a Jr. in High School when this came out. Much Respect to The Beastie Boys for making my teens the "Place to Be!"
PUMP IT UP HOMEBOY!!!
I am 56 year black man, in 1987 I was 20 years old, I was born and raised in DC, I was a security guard, at a hotel that Beastie Boys Run DMC LL Cool J Doug E fresh Slick Rick stayed, and the concert was at the Capitol Center, real hip hop one of the best shows that I've ever been to.
No ever said "Is that the Beastie boys?" They knew.
Literally one of the best songs ever written
wish I was a teenager in their prime...
would of been so much fun
I was 15 when this came out. They were great times.
olivia burrough I was in high school during this time. I wore out the cassette tape.
I was also 15 when this came out. At first it was kind of a joke that these 3 white kids were trying to rap...it seemed like they were put together by someone. They were crazy, and funny and they rocked the beat on the live set. They toured with Public Enemy first and got some street credibility. It really opened the door for white kids to say they liked rap. Before that it wasn't cool for young white suburban kids to listen to rap.
Then in 1989 Paul's Boutique dropped and it was evident that these 3 were much more than what licensed to Ill was about. Paul's Boutique changed the face of rap music. It was trashed by the critics but loved by the fans. To be young and in the know during these times was great. We lived it but didn't think about the history of it and how important those times were. Then the 90's dropped and it was a decade like no other and one that can never be duplicated. So many important changes took place in the music and pop culture scene. It really was a great time to be young. I'm grateful to have lived those times as I was.
a1seus or some beatboxing
These guys are so goofy. I like it.
Their style was impeccable; eccentric; unorthodoxed. Looking @ them u would have never thought but it was perfect.
Beastie Boys style is so different from everything else. They each come in, drop a couple lines, next one comes in, each say different words to one line. And I swear every video is them getting close to a camera that has a distorted lens.
Sometimes they do that whole "negative" thing, like in "So What Cha Want" ...
It's not unlike what a lot of "crews" were doing at the time, they didn't come up with it.
I love how they trade back and forth on the mic.
@@rccipriani yup a RUN DMC thing
@@mackmccord3743 Who they idolized and were mentored by.
they had all the jams and all the beats man wtf this shits sick
IKR? Now a days I could wipe my ass and it would be better than today's music.
if like this check time to get ill by the beastie boys one of the best beats on the album.
It was 1989. W.R. GA. Russel Parkway. Litchfield Theater. 1970 VW. Brand new very crudely made speaker box holding 2 brand new Kicker Stitches 15's pushed by a rather cheap 200 watt amp. The stereo was on but not playing just to keep everything warm. The cassette was waiting perfectly timed to the :57 mark in the song. We hit play and vibrated all the glass in the movies as we approached the entrance. So much so the manager came out and made us leave. We were so proud to build something so powerful on our own. The thing is we couldn't have done it without the Beastie Boys. Thank you BB's. For the music, the bass, the fun, and the memories. We owe you!!!
Yo a party smasher 💥💥💥💥
doing these guys for a music project and honestly these guys seem like most of ny friends just doing there thing and having fun its fucking great
ad rock is so adorable
Chicks definitely dogged him. Think he sported Molly Ringwald. Not super good looking. But had her thing in check
@@happyears21694 that was the point of the video tho
@@nakdad lol they did not dodge him
@@happyears21694 he was wearing a hat in those videos....
@@happyears21694 yeah but you were talking about ad rock
MCA gravelly voice tho ❤ yo..."Hold it now Hit it" wuz MY SH!+ !!
Pay homage to the Boys! They literally would throw cans of unopened Budweiser in the audience at their concerts...those days are gone but never will be forgotten.
It makes me happy how many hits this got. Can't always rate quality by popularity, but sometimes it's right on the money.
Ya know?! If that's not the punk rock ethos, I don't know what is!😉😛
It's amazing how soon many things (concepts/political views/public opinion, sports predictions, award show favorites) in this world is just a big middle school popularity
...popularity contest. Let me tell you, I speak from experience, as you get older it doesn't change much. It just morphs into water cooler/locker room/political platform talk.
Why????? ?
@@rfrancespizarro2972 no one rlly asked
Ahh aw.. listening to this tape on my jukebox in the garage, skateboarding and fucking around........ thank you B-Boys!!
World is not the same without you, Adam! But you're legend!
I remember when this album came out and I still jam it today
This is the illest jam. NYC!
South Bronx baby
Literally from Manhattan and not a bum 🤩
Literally from Manhattan and not a bum 🤩
The production value in rap videos back in those days has nothing to do with whats done today. Its a completely different world
You're right the old ones were better lol
Cjinator16
hell yeah! I personaly dont care much for videos where underfed ''hoes'' shake their asses around a ''rich'' guy
PREEEACH! i totally agree i hate the new generation :/
retro is cool, today too digital efx
I guess you guys are getting older... :)
But I agree with your feeling. I am 38 years old :(
MCA always reminded me of Booger from revenge of the nerds. I loved that! I could relate!
WHEN RAP WAS ACTUAIIY G00D ,,, ,,, RIP 80'S
I remember Buying this Cassette at the Rainbow Mall in N.Y. by Niagra Falls . The record store had a 7 foot tall Licence to Ill Cardboard Cutout in the Hallway. I went in and my parents bought it for me. I was like 8 Years old. Today i am 39 and still have that Tape and all the Beastie Boys on Vinyl. They have brought much joy to my life. Legendary!!!
Every beat on Licensed to Ill is timeless. Go back and listen tot he whole album. It still holds up today. So LEGENDARY.
It is July of 2023 and this bass still knocks!!!!!
I love them!!! They so goofy, yet very talented!!!😀❤
Beer Drinkin, Breath Stinkin, Sniffin Glue
Coolest three guys alive, license to ill is the best rap album I own
Except one of them (MCA) died a few years ago.
@@briankerogoi4798 shheeeeitt best album for me
Straight up New York hip hop
Yes! Just pure fun. Not trying to be the baddest or the coolest. Just enjoying 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟
the beasties need there own movie they are legend's
This is my first time seeing this video in my 45 years. one of my favorite jams! they were some weird ass dudes tho
they was the first to not give a fuck definitely brought some thing special to hip hop 🔥✅️💯
Hip-hop 80s forever
LONG LIVE BEASTIE BOYS!!!!!! ... they are Iconic! and forever loved- They were def. true to their craft... and look good doing it.
The original 808 kick drum jam... 💯% 👍🏼
Because nothing sounds quite like an 8..0..8 🥁
She loves the beasties.
She has good taste.
The Absolute Best Rap Group of All Time, Then and Now, No Question!
R.I.P MCA
Always fun to see...it never gets old! RIP MCA
Wore this cassette tape out at 15 yrs old...BB got me thru my teens and helped define our generation (black, white, brown, purple). RIP MCA.
Main thing I love about these boys.....they go in 3 every time...same air time for each....so much respect toward each other and friendship
the beat is dope! the 80s were the best original
Tr808
Mike D's shirt is fucking awesome.
I think heard somewhere that his brother worked for Tide at the time so that would explain his dope ass shirt
I guess Mike D knew that Tide would become a currency in the future.
Along with "The New Style" and "Slow and Low" this is my favorite Beastie Boys's song.
The Bass still rocks hard
damm, jam from the past...still remember jamming it on my boom box back in 1985....class of 86 here.
Hard to believe you jammed to this in '85 since it wasnt released till the end of 1986.
@@muddpatterson3119 It was actually released as a single in April 1986 so more like the spring of 1986.
@@fusionn4316 Well I stand corrected. But it's still not '85
Greatest rap band ever. No contest.
You fool. They are hip-hopers.
zenphil Wu Tang Clan...
Patrik Potočki Rap is a part of the culture of Hip Hop.
***** In fact Rap is Hip Hop and Hip Hop is Rap.
zenphil you're so ignorant
Respected, often imitated, never replicated
They were just them. This is what originality looks like. I grew up to these guys music, RIP MCA, they represented Hip Hop well and they respected the culture and craft. They are certified legends.
Classic Beastie Boys!
I remember when my 5th grade teacher confiscated a BB tape from a guy in class waaaay back when. The look on her face as she mouthed "License...to...ill...what?" sticks with me even now.
I had a remarkably similar experience when my sister gifted me "Return to the 36 Chambers" by Ol' Dirty Bastard for my birthday. My dad grabbed it out of my hands and was looking at the track listing with this confused look on his face..."Hippa...to..da..Hoppa?!"
hahahahahahaha
I can see that teacher in my mind.😅
i remember when i was a kid i wanted nwa's tape and my mom got me fucking mc hammer
lol
Beastie Boys always made cool videos 🏅
This was my wedding slow dance song.
Just chilling, hanging out with friends without being distracted on cellphones. Oh, those were the days...
The good ol days
Didn't need a cell phone. Had everybody's numbers memorized and a dollar in quarters if i needed to hit a pay phone. That's how we rolled back then.