A quick YouTube search will pull out up multitudinous video reenactments of this Beastie Boys hole by suburban bros . It ’s an hymn for unsuccessful person — a hip hop token realized with the brute force of cock rock’n’roll . Thank Rick Rubin .
You could probably write a tome about the Beastie Boys , license to Ill , Def Jam Records and how Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons switch music forever . ( In fact , someone kind of just did that . ) But here ’s a song that pretty much encapsulate it all . Musically it was and continue to be a full heterodoxy . White dudes and pelvic arch hop was as knotty a combination then as rap / rock is today . Still , you ’ve take heed this song a million times on the radio , at your prom , on MTV , on your iPod , and now on a gadget blog . Frat boys and nerds alike ca n’t get enough . Why ? Because it rocks ! Because it says something large about how young multitude feel without taking itself remotely seriously . It ’s as fun as it is poignent . you’re able to make believe to hate it — that it ’s a tired old gaucherie from a bygone twelvemonth — you know where the Beasties would separate you to cling it ? [ Amazon , iTunes , Spotify ]
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