![]() ![]() A savvy, sample-heavy blitz (lifting from Ronnie Laws, Willie Bobo and, on three separate occasions, Rose Royce), it was made the Beasties’ own by verses that swapped the neanderthal boasts of Ill for rhymes glamourising the more-sophisticated mischief of their G-Spot nights, a lifestyle of Kangols, whip-its and finding yourself “in a lava lamp inside of my brain”, as Adam “MCA” Yauch rapped, adding that he “might be peakin’ or freakin’ – but I rock well.” And rocking well was always the best revenge. BEASTIE BOYS KICK IT FULLInstalled as producers (alongside Delicious Vinyl founder Matt Dike), the Dust Brothers used these tracks as the backbone for the Beasties’ second album, 1989’s Paul’s Boutique, reworking their own Full Clout into opening salvo Shake Your Rump. The G-Spot played host to wild 70s-themed parties at which the Beasties donned era-appropriate garb pilfered from their landlords, soundtracked by a pair of DJs named the Dust Brothers, whose self-produced tracks wove together a blizzard of genius steals from soul, funk and disco. The rap/rock interface, perfected.Ĭutting loose from Def Jam and Rick Rubin in the aftermath of Ill’s success, the Beasties ditched New York for the west coast and rented a house they rechristened ‘The G-Spot’ near Mulholland Drive. ![]() BEASTIE BOYS KICK IT LICENSEThe Beasties themselves would later disown License To Ill’s more chauvinist excesses, along with their frat-boy smash (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) their ribald bad-boy swagger works brilliantly on this opening track, however, the Boys declaring “mutiny on the Bounty’s what we’re all about” like piratical urchins as Rubin slams the titanic drums of Led Zeppelin’s When The Levee Breaks into the slothful riff of Black Sabbath’s Sweet Leaf. Transforming three middle-class Jewish kids from a crappy punk group into every parent’s worst nightmare – beer-smashing rappers with porn under their beds and misbehaviour on their minds – the LP backed the trio’s bratty raps with a wall-shaking production that firmly spliced hip-hop and heavy rock, the work of Rick Rubin, co-founder of landmark rap label Def Jam Records. ![]() Beastie Boys’ debut LP, Licensed To Ill, was an undeniable phenomenon – the first rap album to top the US album charts, ultimately selling more than 9m copies in the US alone. ![]()
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