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Twenty Questions Beastie Boys (Ft. Miho Hatori) – Twenty Questions
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Previously unreleased, “20 Questions” first appeared as #13, D2 on Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science, released 11.23.1999. It’s a duet between Adam “MCA” Yauch and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto.

While we were working on Hello Nasty I was listening to a lot of bossanova. Mario [Caldato] is originally from Brazil and he knows quite a bit about 60’s Brazilian music. He turned me on to a number of things, but in particular, I couldn’t stop listening to both Jorge Ben and Antonio Carlos Jobim. At some point when I was listening to Jobim’s “Aguas De Marco” I decided that I wanted to write and record a couple of bossanova songs. I guess that’s kind of like saying “I was watching Michael Jordan play basketball and I decided that I want to play for the Bulls.” Sure you do. [“Twenty Questions” was] started in the Dungeon and then finished over at RPM. Miho from Cibo Matto has an amazing voice, and she too is in love with old bossanova music. She came into the sudio toward the end of our recording and put down some vocal tracks.

—Adam Yauch, in the liner notes for The Sounds of Science (1999)

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Unite Beastie Boys (Ft. Mix Master Mike) – Unite
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“Unite” is Track #19 on Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys' fifth studio album, released on 7.14.1998. The song clocks in at 3:31.

Samples include:
“Roxanne, Roxanne“ by UTFO (1984)

Beastiemania reports that “Unite” has been performed in 32 known concerts.

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What Comes Around Beastie Boys – What Comes Around
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“What Comes Around” is Track #12 on PB. in 2019, Mike D and Ad-rock called the song ‘a dud’ and shared ‘it kinda sucks’.

Samples include:

  • “Put on Train“ by Gene Harris from the album, The Three Sounds (1971)

  • “Moby Dick“ by Led Zeppelin from the album, Led Zeppelin II (1969)

  • “It’s Hot Tonight“ by Alice Cooper from the album, Lace and Whiskey (1977)

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I wonder if the reason they think it sucks is because it can easily be read as misogynistic (unlike most of the other songs on this album) – given the anti-misogyny on “Sure Shot” etc. That and the fact it’s quite long to have so few samples on it, on this album

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Alive Beastie Boys – Alive
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“Alive” is Track #19 & the first single from the compilation album, Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science. It was released on 2.23.1999.

The most prominent sample is from “Ya Slippin’”, off BDP’s By All Means Necessary (1988).

Beastiemania reports that the track has been performed in 8 known concerts.

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This is a reference to a black panthers chant

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Bring it-Bring it back that old New York rap Beastie Boys – Alive
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From BDP’s “Ya Slippin'”

source: musicstack

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Body Movin' Beastie Boys – Body Movin'
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“Body Movin'” is Track #6 on Beastie Boys' fifth (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty. It was the record’s second single, released on 11.5.1998. Length is 3:09.

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Beastiemania reports that “Body Movin’” has been performed in 178 known concerts.

Above, “Body Movin’ Poster” — released in 1998 to coincide with the "Body Movin” single.
Dimensions: 46cm x 61cm (18” x 24”)
Source: Beastiemania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rpfatS6OJ0s

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Know a lot of def girls that’ll do anything Beastie Boys – 3-Minute Rule
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At the time of Paul’s, it was unclear if the word, “def” would stick in hip hop lingo. (It didn’t.) Although there are misogynistic references on the album (see “59 Christie St.”), Yauch’s then-nascent evolution toward Buddhist teachings was taking root. By the time Paul’s Boutique dropped, MCA was willing to come out backing feminism. Check out the interview for the Album Release Party on the roof the Capitol Records building, at 39:07. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-tGGp4ZH2s&feature=related For most questions, Yauch stays back in the cut, but when asked about burgeoning themes of violence and disrespect to women in gangsta rap, MCA takes a stand, “We’re not down with that.”
He says it twice… Because he finally gets it.

source: Intergalactic.Beastie.Celebration

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3-Minute Rule Beastie Boys – 3-Minute Rule
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This is Track #7 on Paul’s Boutique, released July 25, 1989 on Capitol Records. Beastie Boys & Dust Brothers share writing and production credits. Engineered by Mario Caldato, Jr. and assisted by Allen Abrahamson, “3-Minute Rule” was recorded at Mario G’s and mixed at Record Plant.

Samples include:

  • “Brave & Strong“ by Sly & the Family Stone from the album, There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)

  • “Feel Good“ by Fancy from the album, Wild Thing (1974)

  • A live ping-pong game

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Now Get Busy Beastie Boys (Ft. Mix Master Mike) – Now Get Busy
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“Now Get Busy" appeared as the 16th & final track on the Japanese version of TT5B, released on 6.4.2004. Recorded & mixed at Oscilloscope Laboratories, Beastie Boys get writing and production credit, with Mix Master Mike on turntables. Recording engineered by Beastie Boys and Jon Weiner. Mixed by Supa Engineer “DURO” for No Question Ent./Loreal Inc. Mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound.The song was also included in the June 2004 compilation album, The Wired CD.

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Sure Shot Beastie Boys – Sure Shot
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This is the first song on the Ill Communication LP, and 3rd single, released a few days after the album, on May 31, 1994. Songwriting credit is shared by Beastie Boys, Wendell Fite (DJ Hurricane) and producer, Mario Caldato, Jr. It was recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA and Tin Pan Alley, New York, NY. In the UK, “Sure Shot” reached #27 in late 1994.

Several remixes of this song were released:

  • Prunes — “Sure Shot (European B-Boy Mix)”
  • Large Professor — “Sure Shot (Large Professor Remix)”
  • Mike Nardone & Dred Scott — “Sure Shot (Nardone Remix)”

Samples include:

  • “Howlin' for Judy“ by Jeremy Steig from the album, Legwork (1970)

  • The Funny Sides of Moms Mabley by Moms Mabley (1964)

  • “Rock the House“ by Run-DMC from the album, King of Rock (1985)

Beastiemania reports that “Sure Shot” has been performed in 262 known concerts.

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There are strong references in here, to the song Jazz (we’ve got) by A Tribe Called Quest –
1. In Jazz, Q-tip’s last verse shouts out to people around different areas to “don’t stop”
2. Q-tip says the phrase ‘sure shot’ itself in the end of verse 3
3. A reference to A Tribe Called Quest is very likely to be present in the album if you mind the Q-tip feature in Get it Together, and the overall influence of jazz on the album.

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