― Gillian Brady, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nate Patrin, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
These guys plainly know their shit and not only do they possess the musical skills, they are 'setters, they appear to be self-depreciating and they rip the fucking piss. These are good things, by the way. The cops vid - I know it's tired but it still reigns as the joint I'm afraid. And for all the ho-hum tracks, they write enough killers to be forgiven the toss.
I like em. I respect em. They played the game to their rules. And won. Sure they're a pain in the ass. But you need these boys: totally classic.
― Roger Fascist, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Are they marking their own albs down at the Record and Tape now?
― Andrew L, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gareth, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I liked their schtick, LOVED their magazine, was happy to see their vids, enjoyed their pranks. I don't question their worth as an industry. I just think their achievements in irreverance on CD are pretty minor. "So Watcha Want" is their only transcendent hip hop single, and anyone who thinks Paul's Boutique is the greatest rap album of all time just isn't listening for the same things I look for in rap music, things that usually have something to do with, you know, rapping.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
(btw, I don't think the Beatles were perfect so I ain't saying the Beasties are, dig?).
More people should voice their two cents on this group. They're more fun than any other ex-beerbrawlers-turned-new-age-buddhists. Allegedly MCA has an emo band. Their protest song has Zoolander quotes. They need an editor bad. They take an ungodly amount of time between albums. They're white rappers. Ad-Rock, who kicked the cutie in the patootie and needs girls to do his laundry, is dating Kathleen Hanna. They really look awkward when they play their own instruments. And when they're on, they make me happier than any other group ever.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 00:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 00:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
nasty = nasty little man = public relations firm (dealing w/ beastie boys but more importantly ATP) = "hello nasty" = receptionist's phrase.
They're the San Francisco of hip-hop.
wtf? they are the west islip of hip-hop. not to mention they live in your town... just cuz they "pimp" harputs does not mean BB = SF... ew gross.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
reminder: this is the beastie boys thread.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
As an SF resident, I can't tell if I'm supposed to be offended or not...
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
btw when is your both show shakey mo?
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
I hope you haven't heard LL Cool J.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll defend the Beasties (on some levels), I just don't get where this weird regional insult is coming from, or what it has to do with anything...
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
HI! I have heard LL COOL J! OMG! HAHA! LOL! ^_^
sounds good shakey mo, let me know the details.
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 01:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― girl scout heroin (iamamonkey), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Beck's "Odelay" was a critical orgasm, but it was little more than Paul's Boutique Part 2 (and I'm guessing the upcoming Tenacious D record will be Part 3).
hahahaha. sigh.
― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 02:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
roger adultery not to thread!
― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Kris (aqueduct), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 03:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 04:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 05:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 07:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 08:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Need I go on? Well, they might have faded *slightly* after that, but the rest of the albums are still really good and do still show growth. Also, look at their instrumental stuff. Quite good and varied. Impressive resume for 3 snotty kids from Brooklyn. Look at all the damn rap records coming out around Pauls Boutique. Listen to them. They were nowhere near the musical genius that Pauls Boutique represents. The beats were all one dimensional. And they were so far ahead of their time they still hold up today. I dont hear too many people listening to run dmc anymore and they were supposed to be the gods yet pauls boutique can still conquer and rap in todays society. C'mon, doesnt that tell you something?
― trevor, Monday, 15 November 2004 16:04 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.creemmagazine.com/BeatGoesOn/BeastieBoys/LayItDownClowns.html
― chuck, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link
they have had their share of classics, and their share of crap. for better or worse, their classics are front-loaded. unfortunately, we're now living in the back-end and there's less (or NO) great music to detract from the smarm.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link
For the generation weaned on Danny Bonaduce, awakened by Haldeman, Erlichman and Dean, and enlightened by punk and its progeny, this disillusionment casts doubt and cynicism on not only our leaders, but on the mass media that stimulate our national mood.
I thought that was a really great article, until I reached this part, which just totally went over my head. Who are these people?
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 24 February 2005 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
old school!!! (almost 20 years ago, natch, but yow!!!)
― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
They all went to jail.
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― lovebug starski (lovebug starski), Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link
GHAGARRRAGH
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 25 February 2005 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 25 February 2005 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I'll stop there. Sure the last few have been largely recycled material, and yeh, I've got mixed feelings about the whole "P.C. Boys" vibe. But are they Classic????? They are one of the utmost classic artists of our time, and if ya don't know, now ya know.
― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 26 March 2005 04:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 26 March 2005 04:43 (nineteen years ago) link
Me, too. The lyrics are pretty on the nose, but if you ever wondered how Buddhist thought - such as it could be said to exist - played into MCA's process on a conscious level, it's there. (I like hearing Miho Hatori, too.)
― mike powell, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 19:23 (one month ago) link
yeah great tune. "Twenty Questions" (which didn't make the cut but was vying for that spot) is even odder
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 19:30 (one month ago) link
can't be remotely rational about this because really I think pb is the 'best', but I spent a week at butlins holiday park when I was 12 and lic. 2 ill was the only tape I had for my walkman so i listened to it for maybe 10 hrs a day every day that whole week. thus it will always be my favourite. many years later I queued overnight to get u2 tickets and for some stupid reason the only tape I had with me was check yr head, it was too cold to sleep so I spent about 15 hrs straight with that one so I think of it fondly as well.
― oscar bravo, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:17 (one month ago) link
Ill Communication > Hello Nasty > Paul's Boutique > License to Ill > Check Your Head is my personal rrank
Honestly I even enjoy the last three records but they are so comically below the opening run that it feels silly to include them
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:23 (one month ago) link
the only interesting thing about the post-HN records is how Mike D becomes by far the best rapper in the group in their old man phase
though now that i typed it, that's actually not that interesting
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:26 (one month ago) link
blows my mind that To the 5 Boroughs is 20 this year
― frogbs, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:34 (one month ago) link
"License" might be the one I play the most these days, followed by bits and pieces of "Paul's" and "Check," though I never make it through the entirety of each in one sitting. I have noticed, anecdotally, that young people (under 20? under 30?) don't seem to get this group. See also: Beck. Even me, I was in the car the other day, and "Where It's At" came on, and I thought to myself, huh, this song is a little bit like being yelled at by a crazy person on the train for three minutes.
Anyway, Beasties, gotta love 'em, but sometimes their more ... adenoidal qualities are not what the moment calls for. When I do put them on, I never listen to anything past "Check," but maybe I will play "Ill Communication" at dinner.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:35 (one month ago) link
out of all the groups from the last several decades i've played for my kid, the ones he's connected with most enthusiastically are Gorillaz, Beastie Boys, and Orbital (specifically Snivilisation for some reason.)
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:37 (one month ago) link
why does every beasties revive devolve into ranking their albums within 4 or 5 posts, frogbs was doing good work here
― A street taco cart named Des'ree (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:39 (one month ago) link
My kids like the Beasties but only know what comes on the radio in the car, which is the Licensed to Ill singles plus "Intergalactic." But I think their general sense of them is that they're cool. Their favorite is "Brass Monkey."
They also LOVE Gorillaz, one of just a few artists where their tastes overlap. I took them to see the last tour, it was a great family outing.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:42 (one month ago) link
The incredible thing to me about hello nasty is that they pulled it off at all, really speaks to their talents as a group. Waiting more than four years between albums, over the great alt-rock kill-off of the mid-90s----then doing a record where they're doing cheesy early-80s rhyme routine pastiche for most of it....and it was actually awesome and a big hit! truly incredible
― intheblanks, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:51 (one month ago) link
"I have all three of your albums!"
"pffft that was 1000 years ago. Now we have seven!"
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:52 (one month ago) link
maybe Fry said "four", I forget
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:53 (one month ago) link
He said four, because Futurama was post-Hello Nasty.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:56 (one month ago) link
ah thx, wouldn't that be five?
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 20:59 (one month ago) link
Oops, yeah five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhvv0WubJSs
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 21:03 (one month ago) link
xps The under-20 crowd seem to love that Olivia Rodrigo song that sounds just like Beck!
― Josefa, Wednesday, 28 February 2024 21:04 (one month ago) link
"I Don't Know" is the 'eye of the duck' of Hello Nasty. Take it out and the whole thing doesn't loom quite the same. I love it
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 21:12 (one month ago) link
Look
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 February 2024 21:17 (one month ago) link
possibly in delivery! the thing I learned from interviews (or maybe the book) is that they always wrote collaboratively. so Adrock would show up to a session with some lines, and propose "I think Mike could do this part" and they generally had a consensus on any split
never any quibble about who wrote what or rapped what
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:47 (one month ago) link
anyone have the "original" version of Intergalactic stashed? the one that has lyrics about Spock and Uhuru and includes a line like "the spice is the worm and the worm is the spice"
seems apropos this week
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:55 (one month ago) link
never mind. of course it’s on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKST8N3gSo
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:57 (one month ago) link
whoa, I remember hearing about an early version of the track but had no clue how different it was. I think it's mentioned in the Sounds of Science book somewhere, they were working on the album and didn't really have a single and one of the guys (maybe not even one of the Boys) was like "you still got that intergalactic, planetary thing? maybe do something with that"
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:28 (one month ago) link
hadn't heard that, seems p cool. so the orig uranus rhyme was 'i'm from uranus that shit is heinous.' *hunt3r ducks hides and chortles*
― a single gunshot and polite applause (Hunt3r), Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:32 (one month ago) link
yeah, it was on the web in the 90s but I can't remember if it was on their official site or "leaked"
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:48 (one month ago) link