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Pass The Bone was a GZA underground track before Wu-Tang blew up. The song was officially released in 1994 on the re-release of GZA’s debut album (which was originally released in 1991). Pass the Bone features The RZA.
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“Intergalactic" is track #7 on Beastie Boys 5th (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty, released 7.14.1998. In addition to producing, Mario Caldato, Jr. shares a writing credit with the Boys. It was dropped as a single on 5.12.1998, the group’s 3rd Top 40 single, hitting #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #5 on the UK Singles Chart — the Beasties' biggest hit in that country. “Intergalactic" received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1999.
Source: typophile
Samples include:
“Prelude C# Minor“ composed by Rachmaninoff and performed by Lex Baxter
“Love is Blue“ by The Jazz Crusaders, on their album, Powerhouse (1969)
“The New Style” from Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill (1986)
Source: eil
Beastiemania reports the song has been performed in 189 known Concerts.
- 1st Known Performance: 6.10.1998 — Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGNWdrN3yw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=X8vsLWonkpQ#t=174s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hxv1QfQlnU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxfGG0OVgU - Last Known Performance: 6.12.2009 — Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, US
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The Beastie Boys were some young, white Jews at a time when the rap game was almost 100% black. Rod Carew was just about the most famous black person ever to marry a white Jewish woman and raise his kids Jewish, so it’s no wonder that the Beasties are giving him props. Carew showed you could mix Black and Jewish culture.
A Hall Of Fame second baseman, Rod Carew’s career stretched from 1967 to 1985. During long runs with the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels, Carew finished his career with 3,053 hits and a lifetime batting average of .328. (Both teams retired his number.)
Here is an image of Rod Carew — done by HaringDMC — and signed by both Carew and Mike D. Carew wrote, “I’ve got mad hits!”, in reference to the line.
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The hood version of the original Robin Hood — played by Errol Flynn. Take from the rich — give to the poor.
Jay apparently liked this relatively obscure allusion so much he did not mind that Flynn was rumored to have a “Brokeback Mountain” lifestyle.
(Seinfeld voice – Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
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The violin in Knowledge God sounded ill Ghostface Killah (Ft. Cappadonna & Raekwon) – Iron Maiden
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