So, I struggle with how I feel about Beastie Boys. Sometimes I'm like this is super cool and different and such a unique sounds. And other times I think it's straight racket/ clashing sounds and I hate it so much. Another problem I have with the Beastie Boys is that I don't care for the voice of the lead singer/rapper/ whatever you want to call it. I feel like he is intentionally speaking obnoxiously and I'm just like stoooop. I get a Natalie Portman rap feel from them, and I feel like they are almost being intentionally annoying.
For instance, wtf is going on in this music video
However, one thing that saves the Beastie Boys for me is that I am a big fan of sampling/ remixing (as I expressed in my last post), and I think their work is revolutionary in the sampling sense. Even though some songs I'm pretty sure are just straight samples from other artists played back to back, overall, I think they do a pretty impressive job meshing sounds and making them their own.
My fav Beastie Boys song from Paul's Boutique is easily Car Thief
It reminds me of Girl Talk in the way that there is some slower songs playing in the background mixed with some faster beats and add-on techno/ DJ noises.
Anyways, Beastie Boys typically just bothers me, but I do like a few select tracks.
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