Keep that shit funky cause the odor is pungent Beastie Boys – The Move
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“Funky Boss“ is the 2nd track on the earlier Beastie Boys’s album, Check Your Head, in which they exhorted the titular funky boss to "get off my back!”
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Tappin', snappin', knockin', rappin', a little sound growin'
Coming out 'n' going all the time" Beastie Boys (Ft. Mix Master Mike) – All Lifestyles
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Sample of “Sounds” from The Me Nobody Knows: Original Cast Recording, written by Hattie Winston and Beverly Bremers (1970).
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The Everglades is a region of subtropical wetlands in south Florida, forming the southern half of an enormous watershed.
Airboats, aka “fanboats” are the ideal means of traversing the sparsely populated swamps of the Glades.
This is the prop fan boat used in the “Ch-Check It Out” video (2004). Dimensions: 5m Long x 2.4m Tall x 2.1m; Blade (16' x 8' x 7')
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While “Hey Ladies” was the official first single from Paul’s Boutique, it was released as a double-single with “Shake Your Rump” as track 1 and “Ladies” as track 2, under the name Love American Style EP.
“Shake Your Rump” was recorded at Mario G’s and mixed at Record Plant. Here is the demo:
According to Mike D (in “Beastie Boys Book):
"All kinds of sampled funk bass lines and beats coming at ya in stereo at a super-fast pace and even a bong rip that we recorded at a fancy Hollywood studio.”
Samples include:
- “Funky Snakefoot” by Alphonse Mouzon, from the album, Funky Snakefoot (1973)
- “Daddy Rich“ by Rose Royce, from the Car Wash soundtrack (1976)
- “Dancing Room Only“ by Harvey Scales, from the album Hotfoot, a Funque Dizco Opera (1979)
- “That’s the Joint“ by Funky Four Plus One from the single "That’s the Joint” (1980)
- “6 O'clock DJ (Let’s Rock)“ by Rose Royce, from the Car Wash soundtrack (1976)
- “Born to Love You“ by Rose Royce, from the Car Wash soundtrack (1976)
- “Could You Be Loved“ by Bob Marley & the Wailers from the album Uprising (1980)
- “8th Wonder“ by The Sugarhill Gang from the album 8th Wonder (1982)
- “Jazzy Sensation“ by Afrika Bambaataa and the Jazzy Five, from the single "Jazzy Sensation” (1981)
- “Tell Me Something Good“ by Ronnie Laws, from the album, Pressure Sensitive (1975)
“Yo Yo” by Rose Royce, from the Car Wash soundtrack (1976) - “Supermellow“ by Paul Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Shelly Manne, & Louis Bellson, from the album, Supermellow (1973)
- “Get Off“ by Foxy, from the album, Get Off (1978)
- “Holy Ghost“ by the Bar-Kays from the single "Holy Ghost (1979)
- “Good Times Bad Times” by Led Zeppelin, from the album, Led Zeppelin
- “No Matter What Sign You Are“ by Diana Ross and The Supremes
- “Unity“ by James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa
- Bong hit (“the big blue bong” according to Adam Yauch) and gun shot
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“Shake Your Rump“ was performed in 232 known concerts.
- 1st Known Performance: 5.17.1992 — Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US
- Last known Performance: 6.12.2009 — Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, US
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When you comin' home?
It's a gift, it's a curse, it's the telephone Beastie Boys – OK
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The telephone can be good, but it’s also annoying when you’re getting grilled about where you are, when you’re coming home, etc.
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