Beastie Boys: Classic or Dud?

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

I always thought that was weird, because "Dope Beat" from BDP's "Criminal Minded" also samples "Back in Black." I guess the Beasties erred in asking.

Yeah, I'm not sure about any of their more recent comps, but iirc they really tried hard to get "Rock Hard" on that 1999 Sounds of Science anthology, but AC/DC was still saying no at that point.

yeah, here we go:

Later, when the group planned to include the out-of-print song on their 1999 compilation, Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science, AC/DC refused to allow the sample to be used. Mike D spoke to AC/DC's Malcolm Young personally on the phone when their lawyers refused to clear the sample, and later said that "AC/DC could not get with the sample concept. They were just like, 'Nothing against you guys, but we just don't endorse sampling.'" Ad-Rock then added "So we told them that we don't endorse people playing guitars."

lol Ad-Rock

"we, the members of ac/dc, are constantly striving for originality and pushing ourselves to the creative limits in crafting our musical compositions, and the idea of artists using previously-released music in a recording is anathema to our muse. we simply dont endorse sampling."

lol, but I'd imagine it's more just a case of old rockers just not even understanding what sampling is, especially back in 1999.

Malcolm Young no like your rap

I mean it's possible all these weren't cleared but I dunno, been sampled so many times

https://www.whosampled.com/ACDC/Back-in-Black/sampled/

Ad-Rock then added "So we told them that we don't endorse people playing guitars."

this is gold

There was an article in Pitchfork just the other day about how websites like WhoSampled - or even discussing samples on the internet in general? - is causing trouble for producers.

https://pitchfork.com/features/article/sample-snitching-how-online-fan-chatter-can-create-legal-trouble-for-rap-producers/

xp

I still feel sad that on a college road trip, for a school club no less, either a couple cd cases fell out of my car or were swiped. It was right after the anthology came out and I lost the case and one of the cds, along with a couple others.

Chris Read, the London-based company’s head of content, said that using the website as a fact-finding tool for potential lawsuits is a violation of its terms of service

"You're violating the TOS" is a big threat from a website that... doesn't even require you log in?

I was 13 when the anthology came out and I listened to it nonstop for like an entire year. I love how they tried to accomplish two goals - one: include all the best stuff, two: make them seem as weird and eclectic as possible. And it worked!!

otm, that Anthology is one of my all time favorite single artist comps, just so lovingly put together and really reflected how much they evolved and grew.

came out just as I started my senior year of high school and some classmates recreated the intergalactic music video dance, in costume, at a talent show

sorry, I screwed it up: anthology had just come out when I was in college, and thinking back to that prior year!

always really loved the track "Live Wire", at the time it was kind of the weirdest pop song I'd ever heard

I think I’m stuck on Mike D being third coolest now. Sorry, Mike

'twas ever thus

usually fourth at best, depending who else was in the group at the time

Blockhead's personal remembrance of Ricky Powell:

https://phatfriend.com/2021/02/03/the-complicated-death-of-an-iconic-scumbag/