Beastie Boys: Classic or Dud?

CYH and IC have almost as many desultory jams and half-assed funk experiments. I'd say they cancel each other out.

I'd rather listen to Hello Nasty than either of them.

I remember being sorta disappointed with Ill Communication when it came out, was hoping for another left turn and it seemed kind of safe, same recipe but not nearly as exuberant and w/ none of CYH's track-to-track flow

CYH is all-time

That's basically how I saw it, Check Your Head redux

(I won a 7" of Fight for Your Right/Paul Revere during a limbo contest at a bar mitzvah lol)

super lol.

I used to have a dubbed cassette with License to Ill on on side and Invisible Touch on the other.

I rarely play any of them these days, but if I did I would reach for them in chronological order: License first, Boutique second, maybe if very very seldom (functionally never) CYH and Communication next, never for of the rest of them. I think when this thread revived recently I gave Hello Nasty another shot, but I lost interest pretty quickly.

And yeah, I never really liked Ill Communication that much, despite being heavily into Check Your Head. These days I mostly listen to In Sound From Way Out.

CYH is the fun dress-rehearsal, IC is the slightly more slick performance. I like both about equally.

CYH has a ton of great deep cuts, always loved "Live at PJs"

live at PJ's might be apex beasties

A mix that Cut Chemist did to accompany the Beastie Boys Book touring exhibition, name-your-price on Bandcamp.

I'm only seeing the option to get it if I subscribe to his bandcamp releases

Is the documentary tonight?

I'm only seeing the option to get it if I subscribe to his bandcamp releases

you snozzed and lost I guess :(

I guess so!

documentary is the 24th, I believe

Yeah, 24th. But according to Pitchfork it's "no fun" and as subversive as a "bowl of soup" so I guess I can skip it. Kidding aside, genuinely curious if it's that bad or this is Pitchfork killing the two gen X idols (Beastie Boys and Spike Jonze) with one stone thing.

not sure how much stock i put 2020 pfork's judgments of 'fun' or 'subversive'

Was it Sam Pitchfork or Emily Pitchfork who said that?

Hope it streams somewhere other than Apple TV eventually

^^ yeah. I'm not signing up for another streaming service I won't watch otherwise.

just wait until someone you know buys an apple device and scam their account login

You gotta fight for your right, etc., etc.

The doc was ok I guess. Was hoping for more insight into their music making process.

they cover more of the music stuff in the book; i think they cherry picked what they thought would be more entertaining for a general audience?

i loved it

but i am at the point where i dont require anything from them, i just love seeing them talk & i love how much they still love each other & throw jabs and funny looks at each other & make each other laugh

that Yauch/Aerosmith story will never not be hilarious

i legit bawled over Adam’s talking about the last gig <3

he looked like he was about to break down toward the end

yeah def

reading the book now
really great

The audiobook is so good—I didn't see the actual book until after I listened, and glad I didn't

The book is really fun, even the captions & footnotes are great - and Roy Choi has a special segment of Beasties inspired recipes which is v cool

I agree, it’s cool looking and inventively laid out but I really dug all the contributors reading their own words and it just cohered really well... I was surprised when I saw the book how scrapbooky it was (not a bad thing)

they did a live AMA on reddit last night & it is a total mess & not exactly illuminating but still <3

technical snafus trying to facetime with jonah hill was like watching Dads use tech was so funny to me

but them facetiming w ~Biz Markie~ is 100% worth the whole thing

link here, it’s about an hour


https://youtu.be/CQh-F7sCoTo

Oh god, fuck bringing Jonah Hill into this.

My friend had the book on her coffee table and I spent a good two hours or so going through it. Maybe rudely.

ooh, thanks Veg

Enjoyed the doc, but unscripted Beastie content is always welcome. I’m a few minutes in and Mike has already started laughing so hard he’s fallen off camera. Excellent

oh god at Biz Markie calling them back and hollering about being called at 11pm

the best

I've got the book and have been meaning to dig in soon, is it worth holding off on the doc, and reading the book first? Thanks loves.

i think so

book is a legit wealth of riches - doc kinda skims the cream, as it were

Makes sense yeah, thanks!

it’s no biggie to watch the doc first though - honestly it’s a good advertisement for the book & is a good way to make you wanna read more

win win either way

I don't feel like any band ever truly copped to being shitheads and pigs as sincerely as the Beastie Boys. really loved that Kate Schellenbach got a chapter to tell the story of her being kicked out of the band, and call Rick Rubin an asshole

otm

man..."Year and a Day" is so fucking good

otm

YES

homeboy threw in the towel

Man. RIP Ricky Powell, my favorite hip hop photographer ever. A year and a half ago I bought a few photo prints of his for my crib. He signed everything and was so cool about it. He always had so much flavor. pic.twitter.com/DWy8CogUNN

— Kibbutzy Collins (@atrak) February 2, 2021

RIP Ricky Powell. pic.twitter.com/AT7njTDTAc

— ItsTheReal (@itsthereal) February 2, 2021

Photography Legend Ricky Powell #RestInPower 📸🕊 pic.twitter.com/zzl2lStPhK

— Mpressionism (@Mpressionism) February 1, 2021

aw man,RIP

that sucks. my local sandwich shop in bk where i like to shoot the shit with the guy behind the counter has a framed Powell of MCA hanging in the shop. RIP

Damn. I was just listening to PB this weekend and wondering if it was Ricky who took that snap of them underwater.

i am still waiting for the rerelease of licensed to ill with the rock hard ep and other extra material!

iirc AC/DC won't let them reissue Rock Hard, or at least they wouldn't last time they tried it