Beastie Boys: Classic or Dud?

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/

https://i.imgur.com/l2aZJqV_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

PTSD from that time I had to review the Yeastie Girlz EP

Didn't like it?

hahaha, love them

(in small doses ofc)

Professor
What’s another name for pirate treasure?
Well I think it’s booty

sue sue sue your friends
sue your mom and dad

i had everything except their last couple few releases but i like their def jam material the best!

I’ve heard that track they did with qtip twice in the wild in the last week

shout out to being 13 and finally deciding the CD you want to buy is Hello Nasty. still haven't forgotten what it felt like to hear Super Disco Breakin' right out of the gate, was immediately like "this is obviously the best group on the planet"

awwww