Beastie Boys talk about demo cassettes in the eighties and how Tribe got put on by Jungle Bros

[TheFunnysamnoob333]

Curly headed fuck.

[lamareaton]

For you youngsters arguing if the Beastie Boys are pioneers, take it from someone who is old enough to remember when there was no hip hop, I remember WBLS in New York playing Rappers Delight for the first time on the radio, I remember when hip hop was still alive! There is no question the Beastie Boys were pioneers. Before License to Ill no white kids were bumping rap, this was the first album where more white kids bought it than black! Of course since then whites now buy rap more than blacks!

[jawzmuzik]

@lamareaton wow! thanks. i didnt know that. beastie boys were important to hip hop.

[gdwhat]

All you haters are SERIOUSLY making me laugh. None of you back up any of your facts at all or even seem to have reasons for your opinion. The beastie boys have been in the game since the early 80's. Modern hip hop has nothing on the shit from that era. There is a reason they get mad respect from virtually every MC in the game.

[MrHarryHooligan]

CAN ALL YOU CUNTS STOP ARGUING. RESPECT EVERY ARTIST ON THEIR OWN MERIT.WHY ARE WE CONSTANTLY COMPARING? JUST ENJOY FFS!

[gretna4life]

nerds now nerds

[iliapopovich]

Mike D looks like my aunt when she was 45.He was very handsome guy,but I think,that the drug abuse put him in this condition...

[beanchild75]

3192shi is correct. These guys are followers, cashing in on the latest movement. Just not important to any true hip hop fans. They were the gateway for Metallica-heads to admit that hip hop beats were good. But those Metallica-heads are not true hip-hop fanatics, they were just appreciators. The BB sound is just straight annoying, other than Brass Monkey, you can't dance to this shit. Which was not a problem for them or their fans, none of whom have any rhythm anyway.

[iamprov]

@beanchild75 Wronger than ever... BB get tons of respect in the hip hop community. Paul's Boutique is one of the most groundbreaking records ever made, in any genre. They've always done whatever they've wanted to do, and have always been years ahead of the public. Their career, to me, is something to look up to. And I'm sorry, but you're saying you can't dance to "Shake Your Rump," "Triple Trouble," or "Three MCs and One DJ?" Do you have two working legs?

[beanchild75]

@iamprov And I suppose the Beatles werent credited with breaking ground with sounds they straight stole from Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry and Marvin Gaye? These guys were a heavy metal band that realized they'd make more money in hip hop (their words). They donned "black" costumes and "black" accents, and you bought it, because you wanted to be a part of hip hop without having to actually hang out with black people. No more BET interviews! Read a music history book. See a Ken Burns special.

[gdwhat]

@beanchild75 ...you my friend, have NO idea what you are talking about. Do some research. The Beastie Boys have been there since very, very early on. And have in fact been trend-setters.

[markd325]

I got to meet, and hang, with the Beastie Boys on a video shoot of theirs. All three were super cool guys, but Mike D is like, the nicest, & most polite celebrity I've ever met.

[beanchild75]

@markd325 Why shouldnt they be? They are the comfortable 1%. Off the backs of white kids like you.

[markd325]

@beanchild75 Oh Jesus.  How many Che Guevara shirts do you own? Tell me, what are you doing with your life, as a life's occupation, not a weekend hobby, to help the least amongst us, and to fight the man?

[RupertsNanny]

would you rather them not have interviewed the beasties at all? let's get vanilla ice to chat about it since all "white rappers" are just that.. white rappers. geez this is ridiculous. just enjoy the video and stop draggin this out. agree to disagree and let it go.

[0pine0tron6000]

I hear him saying "I think" a lot. Does he KNOW or is he just guessing?

I don't KNOW but I remember Tribe and Jungle Brothers being part of the same collective called "Native Tongue" which contained not only them but De La Soul and a bunch of others.

It might not be fair to say TCQ were "put on" by Jungle Brothers.

[theradius]

Mike d looks so old

[solimiansky]

mike d looks sick

[wimpman94]

When was this??

[CookieMonsturrrrrrrr]

@wimpman94 09

[RupertsNanny]

Thanks for sharing this. I love listening to the Beasties talk about hip hop. Who better?? They are pioneers. 

[tapijtenenpindas]

@RupertsNanny pioneers? no man, they where there early but the not pioneers

[RupertsNanny]

@tapijtenenpindas you can't tell me Beastie Boys didn't pave the way for many artists today with their new muscial ideas and talents. they set the stage for many muscians and rappers today just like people before them did so for them and so on... well that's how i see it. :)

[tapijtenenpindas]

@RupertsNanny that's right. i think the word "pioneers" has diferents meaning for the two of us

[0pine0tron6000]

@RupertsNanny If by "pioneers" u mean they were the first white act to attain that level of fame and popularity in Hip Hop then sure. Did they contribute something heavy to the development of Hip Hop as an artform? I don't know. If u remember, they were rapping about the stereotypical stuff u had to rap about to get on back then. Banned for obscenity. But Tribe was breaking molds, NOT doing what was expected of them and getting super love from the Hip Hop community for it from the start.

[RupertsNanny]

@0pine0tron6000 i don't think you're going to see them any other way at this point but really i don't have to convince one person how they defined music because most folks out there would agree that they did it not as a WHITE hip hop group but as a group period.

[dave790]

@0pine0tron6000 pioneers? two words: paul's boutique. three words: check your head. these albums were not just groundbreaking for hip hop, but music in general.

[0pine0tron6000]

@RupertsNanny "I got money and juice, twin sisters in the bed... their father had envy so I shot him in the head...!" "The girlies I like are underaged...check it"  -Beastie Boys. Never heard anything like that come out of Tribe. Not that that was ALL Beastie Boys- that was probably the record industry as well trying to make them sound "like rappers" but the point is Tribe were "pioneers" because they raised the bar. Beasties? I love them, but I don't think they were "pioneers".

[3194shi]

@RupertsNanny Seriously the Beastie Boys have never be considered pioneers in Hip Hop maybe for white rappers who want to make it big. Who did they pave the way for? Go find a MC who has ever stated that they were inspired by their music, your not going to find one. They might have said they respected their art but that is as far as it goes. They manly cater to white guys who rather listen to them then actual pioneers who have been paving the way for years i.e Black MC's.

[itschasetrustme]

@3194shi You know Eminem began rapping after picking up a copy of License to Ill, right?

[3194shi]

@itschasetrustme What does that have to do with anything?

[itschasetrustme]

@3194shi You said they've never paved the way for or inspired anyone.

[3194shi]

@itschasetrustme Eminem isn't one of the influential MC's I was refereeing to. Of course he was influenced by them they were the only white rappers in Hip-Hop.

[TheBellyheart]

@3194shi Holy shit...that isn't the smartest statement. I've seen rappers say BBoys were a big influence on them and be really surprised because, the rapper makes terrible music, or I just am surprised.

i'm pretty sure Jay Z talks about loving them in the documentary he did.

[beanchild75]

@TheBellyheart Jay-Z has no credibility on music history and culture and how they collide. He knows the rap business. Period. He says whatever he needs to say to keep those dollars rolling in.

[beanchild75]

@3194shi AGREE.

[porkoyon]

BEASTIE BOYS ARE THE BEST