"Root Down" is dope
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Y0cy-nvAg
17. "NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN" (1986) [368 points, 15 votes, 3 first place votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
"No Sleep" is actually the song i like that i've gotten a little weary of from rock radio overplay over the last few years (whereas "Fight" has actually grown on me more). voted for both, though.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Love the intake of breath to start.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
MCA's in the back cuz he's skeezin' with a hoo-wah
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
well, at least "no sleep" went top 20
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
While you're at the job workin 9 to 5, Beastie Boys at the Garden cold kickin it liiiiii-iiiive
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
not a huge "no sleep" fan but it's got better rhymes than "fight for yr right"
our manager's crazy, he always smokes dust, he's got his own room at the back of the bus
another plane another train another bottle to the brain
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
<3 car thief and new style
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
I wanted so much to show the "No Sleep" video to my grade 6s. Couldn't do it. I hope it takes second place for videos.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB0NM6reiRE
16. "HOLD IT NOW, HIT IT" (1986) [450 points, 16 votes, 3 first place votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
there it is
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
1st place votes = me + whiney + ?
Don't beat me to a bloody pulp but something about the whistle-noises in this track makes it kinda grate on me a little? I love the rhymes but unless I'm listening to the album as a whole I don't listen to it on its own much at all.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
I forgot how much I love "the new style"
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
i am okay with this "new style" that is going on
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
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― King Tim Ill Comm (Spectrist), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Hold it now's "I come from Brooklyn cos that's where I'm FROM" is all-time
― King Tim Ill Comm (Spectrist), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
now that I do agree with
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
New Style and Hold It Now still blow me away.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJ5e70Q8mw
15. "GRATITUDE" (1992) [496 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't vote for it but it is def classic
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
Don't beat me to a bloody pulp but something about the whistle-noises in this track makes it kinda grate on me a little?
never go to a latin DJ night
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
gratitude such a weird song, also great
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
xpost lol okay
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
I hate alarms and whistles and shit like that
awesome! who else gave it first place? this song is such a slice of molten bass fuzz. first rifff i learned after a friend taught me about pentatonic scales.
― how's life, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that riff is killer
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
"gratitude" is a weird song, and a great one. on relistening, i was struck by how distinctive the beastie boys particular rap/rock fusion was circa check your head and ill communication. nobody else was writing songs like "gratitude", "stand together" and "sabotage", much less mixing those hybrid sounds up with rap, straight hardcore and funky slow jams. surprises me that this approach wasn't more directly copied.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g
14. "INTERGALACTIC" (1998) [505 points, 22 votes]
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
most ppl mixing rap and rock failed miserably
xp
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
kinda pleased "Intergalactic" missed the top 10, never liked it
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
this always make me think of the BBs on "celebrity deathmatch"
planetary intergalactic
― pandemic, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
I still kinda like Intergalactic but it's nowhere my favorite off HN...def not a top 10 for me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
i always think I must be sick of this, but then i hear it and it turns out i'm not.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
i mostly just like when the robot has an erection
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
but then it's one of only 2 tracks i like on HN
mario c like to keep it cleangonna shine like a sun beamkeep on rappin cuz that's my dreamgot an A from kool moe dee for STICKIN to THEMES
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
this is my fave
When I wrote graffiti my name was SlopIf my rap's soup my beats is stockStep from the tables as I start to chopI'm a lumber jack DJ Adrock
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
the phrasing on that section is just DOPE to me, I love it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
in general, though, hello nasty lacks nasty
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'll stir fry you in my WOK
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
i do have a fondness for the Biz Markie-inspired pronunciation of "Beatsie Boys"
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Gratitude was my #2. I don't find it weird or distinctive as such, it just hits the buttons as a cracking pop tune.
I really, really wish I had been into Check Your Head when I was at school. They would've improved my life condiderably. My band was always trying to do Rage songs, veering off into the miserablism of grunge. The Beastie Boys' playfulness, and indeed way with a pop hook, would've been so way cooler. Not to be embarrassed to have fun.
I never even noticed that at this point they were a rock band 'til we did this poll. Even Sabotage, it never clicked 'til now what they were doing. I guess because they looked so different and their personas were the flip of everyone else's.
Ah, if only.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
Gratitude was my number one, iirc.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
Despite its mid-careerness and the falloff in mic skills, I thought "Intergalactic" would be top 10 for sure. Possibly their best single after LTI, though not the best song. "Shake Your Rump" is a better song, but a worse single, I think. Not gonna get into my reasoning there, but I'm pretty sure both were top 5 on my ballot anyway.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
"shake your rump" was top 5 for me, but "intergalactic" came in fairly low. cool and catchy pop tune, but the rhyming just isn't their best, and and it lacks the manic energy of my favorite BBs tracks.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
the day after MCA died I was at a kentucky derby party and I asked the host to put on some beasties. he played "intergalactic" and everybody danced their asses off. after the line "like a pinch on the neck from mr spock" me and my 8yo daughter threw up the live long and prosper sign. ah, life.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Intergalactic still isn't played out. A perfect pop song.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link