Entries Tagged as 'Beastie Boys'

R.I.P Don Cornelius // Beastie Boys thank Don in the middle of “Shadrach” on Soul Train

February 1st, 2012 by Matt

I can’t claim that I knew much about Don Cornelius, but it’s always sad when the world loses a creative spirit. His death inspired me to watch old clips, one of which I thought was fitting enough to share. Twice in the middle of their performance of the Paul’s Boutique classic “Shadrach,” the Beastie Boys [...]

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You Ain’t No Picasso’s Favorite Albums of 2011

December 19th, 2011 by Matt

#30: Fishboy – Classic Creeps MP3: Fishboy – Aaron the Afterthought Astronaut I don’t know which I find more impressive: that this album effortlessly weaves witticisms through incredible melody or that the entire album tells a complexly involved story. It’s easy to be dismissive of some pop records, but labels like “simplistic” just don’t stick [...]

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You Ain’t No Picasso’s favorite songs of 2011

December 5th, 2011 by Matt

2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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[video] Beastie Boys and Santigold become action figures for “Don’t Play No Game”

July 18th, 2011 by Matt

The Beastie Boys have some insanely great, absolutely classic music videos out there — the zany “Body Movin,” the underrated “Shadrach” and influential “Sabotage” among them — but “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” is up there with some of the best. See the B Boys and Santi get all GI Joe on [...]

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[stream] Major Lazer remixes the Beastie Boys

June 18th, 2011 by Matt

Seems so obvious that Major Lazer would remix the Beastie Boy’s Santogold collaboration “Don’t Play No Game” that I’m surprised we didn’t hear it sooner. I guess they wanted to hold back on releasing it until now so they could promote the June 21 release of Hot Sauce Committee on vinyl. Beastle Boys + Santogold: [...]

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Bonnaroo 2011 has begun!

June 9th, 2011 by Matt

After hours in travel, half an hour in traffic (a miracle!) and a good bit of time setting up the tent and sweating it out in the sun, Bonnaroo 2011 has begun! It’s been a surprisingly smooth start to the day, given the 3 hours of sleep I had last night. I’ve photographed a few [...]

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[video] Z-Trip’s Beastie Boys remix

May 28th, 2011 by Matt

I loved Z-Trip’s 23-minute Beastie Boys remix so much that I’ll take this goofy video as an opportunity to post about it again. Check out the video and then download the remix.

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[mp3] Z-Trip’s All Access Beastie Boys Mega Mix

April 30th, 2011 by Matt

Today was fantastic. Spent hours at the Cincinnati Zoo seeing baby animals doing incredible things — it was the baby giraffe’s second day out! — and then ate at a fantastic local restaurant. What should the third part to this great day be? A mix of some of my favorite rappers by one of my [...]

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[stream] Beastie Boys + Santogold: “Don’t Play No Game I Can’t Win”

April 25th, 2011 by Matt

I know the Beastie Boys’ album is already streaming, but it’s always good to highlight a standout track. Nah Right has “Don’t Play No Game I Can’t Win.” Check out the Beastie Boys/Santogold collaboration Hot Sauce Committee pt 2 is out May 3. Stream the whole thing on Soundcloud

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