licensed, that is
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
^that's all otm
hello nasty sounded like a return to the street/futuristic after the grungy/organic previous 2 albs - lotsa active MPC/SP12/808 crazyquilt and a dedicated front-and-center DJ, I dunno it scratched an itch
fwiw my track ballot breakdown went like this
pre-Licensed to Ill - 2Licensed to Ill - 4Paul's Boutique - 6 Check Your Head - 2 Ill Communication - 2 Hello Nasty - 4
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
for your consideration:
Stand TogetherLighten UpLooking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
― sleeve, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
The guitar(?) sound on Stand Together is fucking rad and abrasive, almost Albini-esque. Also, MCA was ON FUCKING FIRE in that one.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
it is like the secret weapon track on CYH, total grower.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
gtr at coda of looking down the barrel of a gun is alltime
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i skipped "stand together" in my CYH shout-out, but it's gunning hard for a place in my 20
and "looking down the barrel of a gun" is a lock (different album tho)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
looking down the barrel is all-time
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
Songs I always skip:
Shadrach
something terribly wrong with this picture
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
the brash truncation of that mountain sample speaks volumes
xp
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
Then, by the time Check Your Head came out, I was playing punk in my own garage bands and at least starting to hang around with stoners although not yet actually smoking pot. And it's just a mega album for that kind of aesthetic.
― how's life, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:19 AM (17 hours ago)
otm about this though (or was in 92)
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
CYH sounds like a skatepark, HN sounds like a disco
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
CYH still my favourite.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
wait... skip Shadrach?
SAY WHAT NOW
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
so many great lines in shadrach, it's like the end of blues brothers but with rhymes instead of cars
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
ohteeem
also awesome dancefloor track, was a staple at all the houseparties I went to in college
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
vocal sample plus that bass line
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
I mean...
Riddle me this brother can you handle itYour style to my style you can't hold a candle to itEquinox symmetry and the balance is rightSmokin' and drinkin' on a Tuesday nightIt's not how you play the game it's how you win itI cheat and steal and sin and I'm a cynicFor those about to rock we salute youThe dirty thoughts for dirty minds we contribute toI once was lost but now I'm foundThe music washes over and you're one with the soundWell who shall inherit the earth the meek shallAnd yo, I think I'm starting to peak now AlAnd the man upstairs I hope that he caresIf I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaireWe're just 3 M.C.'s and we're on the goSHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
Only 24 hours in a dayOnly 12 notes well a man can playMusic for all and not just one peopleAnd now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequelMore Adidas sneakers that a plumber got pliersGot more suits than Jacoby & MeyersIf not for my vices my bugged out desiresMy year would be good just like Goodyear's tiresSo I'm out pickin' pockets at the Atlantic AnticAnd nobody wants to hear you cause your rhymes are Anne franticI mix business with pleasure way too muchI mean wine and women and song and suchI don't get blue I gotta mean red streakYou don't pay the band, your friends, and that's weakGet even like Steven like pulling a RamboSHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
Steal from the rich and I'm out robbing banksGivin' to the poor and I always give thanksBecause I got more stories that J.D.'s got SalingerI hold the title and you are the challengerI've got money like Charles DickensGot the girlies in the Coupe like the Colonel's got the chickensAlways go out dapper like the Harry S. TrumanI'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman
*Never gonna let them say that I don't love you*
Well, my noggin is hoggin' all kinds of thoughtsAdam Yoggin is Yauch and he's rockin of courseSmoke the holy chalice got my own religionRally round the stage and check the funky dope musiciansLike Jerry Lee Swaggert or Jerry Lee FalwellYou love Mario Andretti cause he always drives his car wellVicious circle of reality since the day you were bornAnd we love the hot butter on what the popcornSippin on wine and mackinRockin on the stage with all the hands clappinRide the wave of fate it don't ride me*Being very proud to be an M.C.*And the man upstairs I hope that he caresIf I had a penny for my thoughts I'd be a millionaireAmps and crossovers under my rear hoodThe bass is bumpin from the back of my FleetwoodThey tell us what to do hell noSHADRACH MESACH ABEDNAGO
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― sleeve, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
shit yeah, my favorite lyrics on PB
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
now let's talk about how wrong it is to skip the sound of science
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
This analogy is so OTFM
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
^ yeah, i was kind of jealous of that one
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
And nobody wants to hear you cause your rhymes are Anne frantic
A+++++++++
lol, yeah, descending order of nonsense
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
SOUND OF SCIENCE RULES
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
em eye cee kay to the dee, you come to see me and you pay a feedo what i do professionally, to tell the truth i am exactly what i want to be
^ has stuck in my head for decades, dunno why
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
can I point out that in the sound of science they sample KRS-one, a toy that makes farm animal noises, and the f'kn beatles
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
Ponce De Leon constantly onThe fountain of youth not Robotron
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
the dregs of the earth and the eggs that I eat got pegs through my hands and one through my feet
^ one of my favorite rhymes in rap history
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:16 (twelve years ago) link
I mean how much weed did he have to smoke to formulate such an elegant construction
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
COS I'VE BEEN DROPPING THE NEW SCIENCE AND IVE BEEN KICKING THE NEW KUH-NOWLEDGEAN MC TO A DEGREE THAT YOU CANT GET IN COLLEGE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
otm
otoh:
went berserk and worked and explodedshe woke up in the morning and her face was coated
the cornucopia of life's flavors
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:23 (twelve years ago) link
dregs & eggs is all-time tho
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:24 (twelve years ago) link
SO PISSED that outloud is down atm, as i would love to continue this discussion in the proper musical context :(
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:26 (twelve years ago) link
pegs line is really what gets me, best christ imagery from a jewish guy since "white christmas"
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:28 (twelve years ago) link
does this help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNmLMs7ugw
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
eh, not really, cuz i've got it on phones already. really likef the "everybody adds tunes while we chat" thing.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:32 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's guitar, at least sometimes (kicking in at about 1:00). never would have occurred to me to call it "albini-esque", but yeah, i get you. also OTM.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
Excuse me young lady I don't mean ta troubleyaBut you're looking so mighty fine inside your bee em doubleya
:)
I love 3 Minute Rule but alas, I could not find room to vote for it
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 06:45 (twelve years ago) link
so I am really having a difficult time narrowing this down to 20 tracks, & being actually honest w/ myself abt it, w/o basically stocking my ballot front to back w/ 80s/90s-era singles and obv album tracks. I really want to rep for some deep cuts and one-offs here, b/c there is a treasure trove to be had, for sure, but there's no way their biggest jams don't basically own this poll hands-down.
― fishermen are coveted by whores & stoners (Pillbox), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 06:53 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA5-t5wOXaE
― Thoughts? You must have loads. (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry to get you guys all bothered with my opinion about the 5 of 23 tracks on Paul's that I don't like. FTR, the three Paul's tracks I had on my ballot were
3-minute RuleLooking Down the BarrelandCar Thief
But that doesn't mean that cutting a lot of these tracks wasn't super difficult. I would have definitely voted for "Stop That Train" if B-Boy Bouillabaise hadn't been included as one long track. I guess I have my own personal hang-ups about Shadrach though.
Also, love that Stand Together - secret weapon track on CYH - is getting talked up. Hope it shows up in the results!
― how's life, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
Ballot breakdown:
Lti - 1Pb - 4Cyh - 5Ic - 4Hn - 3Tt5b - 1Hscp2 - 1Other - 1
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
I was on a beastie boys listserv just prior to hello nasty, that thing fucking exploded when the album dropped.
EIII! me and stevie too!
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
I hadn't heard To The 5 Boroughs before. I really like it, but it's not getting much love here.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:09 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't listened to it since the day it came out, when I listened to it twice and then traded it in for something else. I would totally be open to re-examining it, but I wouldn't rebuy it (like I just had to for all the bboys records I only had on cassette).
― how's life, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 11:17 (twelve years ago) link
more on Hello Nasty talk:
My boss at work really broke it down, like, that's really the album that made Gen Y get on board. Dudes would have been a Gen X phenomenon otherwise. I really had it driven home at Bonnaroo (lol), 2009 when I rapped along to "Paul's Revere" and no one around me knew a word; but EVERYONE rapped along to "Intergalactic"
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
Bonus Beats: I'm so embarrassed too because, I was 9 when Paul's came out, and loved Hey Ladies, and would love to tell you all that I was too smart for the backlash. But my mom BOUGHT me the tape and I made her return it because I was going through a hardcore Christian phase and it had a Parental Advisory sticker :(
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 12:16 (twelve years ago) link
haw, at 11 I remember agonizing over whether or not to buy the number of the beast, then I was all like stop frontin there is no god
Sorry to get you guys all bothered with my opinion about the 5 of 23 tracks on Paul's that I don't like.
you voted for car thief so all is forgiven
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link