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Ch-Check It Out (Edited; 2005 Digital Remaster)

The Beastie Boys are a New York hip-hop group formed in 1978.

As their formation date suggests, they’re known as one of the pioneers of hip-hop groups and helped energize the hip-hop scene in the 1980s.

Their classic track “Ch-Check It Out” is well known as a staple BGM for breakdancing.

With its typical eight-beat rhythm, it’s easy to sync movements to the music, making it a recommended song for beginners.

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Beastie Boys – Sabotage (Official Music Video)

Characterized by distorted guitar riffs, a funky bassline, and fast drumming, this track stands as a hallmark of hip-hop and rock fusion.

Its lyrics, which call for resistance to power and confrontation of injustice, are said to have stemmed from frustrations with the producer at the time.

Featured on the Beastie Boys’ 1994 masterpiece album Ill Communication, it also garnered attention for its Spike Jonze–directed music video parodying 1970s cop dramas.

A popular song used in films, TV shows, and video games, it has been selected for Rolling Stone’s lists of greatest songs.

Highly recommended for those who want to feel innovation that transcends the boundaries of musical genres.

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Sure Shot (Remastered 2009)

Originally a punk band, they crafted a hybrid style by sampling classic rock tracks.

As the first white group to score a hit in hip-hop history, they influenced the scene that followed.

This is a track by the New York–based hip-hop group Beastie Boys, included on their 1994 album Ill Communication.

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Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) (Official Music Video)

It’s a rousing rock anthem that humorously portrays the rebellious spirit of young people getting scolded by their parents—“Stop partying and study!” Hailing from New York City, the Beastie Boys originally started as a punk band, then took the world by storm by fusing hip-hop and rock.

This track was released as a single in December 1986 and appears on their debut album, Licensed to Ill.

While it was actually intended as a parody poking fun at generic party songs, it was embraced as a straightforward rallying cry and climbed to No.

7 on the U.

S.

charts.

That gap between intent and reception is pretty fascinating, isn’t it? Watching them push back against unreasonable oppression and demand their rights might just blow away your everyday frustrations.

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Beastie Boys – Intergalactic

The song used in the trailer for the 2023 film The Marvels is Intergalactic, the smash hit by the New York hip-hop group Beastie Boys.

It was released in 1998 as a single from their album Hello Nasty, which dominated charts worldwide, and the following year they even won a Grammy.

The music video for Intergalactic was filmed in Tokyo, Japan, and features a unique concept with the Beastie Boys disguised as a giant robot and mechanics.

It captures nostalgic landscapes from the 1990s, so be sure to check it out!

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Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Official Music Video)

A song that starts with a hard-rock guitar riff, with a beat that follows a rhythm pattern like Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” The sound is quintessentially 1980s.

Spinning a rap with that kind of vibe as the motif is exactly the Beasties’ forte, isn’t it?

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Paul Revere

Their most hard-edged classic from the album “Licensed to Ill,” which is regarded as a controversial milestone in HIP HOP history.

It’s an unfading early masterpiece of theirs and has recently been praised as a notable sampling source.

The old-school back-and-forth delivered by the trio—Mike D, King Ad-Rock, and MCA—is fantastic!