The Beasties always surprised me. Even when I was a kid who "hated rap", I would still see the video for "Sabotage" and laugh my ass off. And it wasn't until I saw footage of them at Woodstock '94 or '99 that I realized they were actually playing that ****!
Their first album that I really got into was Ill Communication. Still my favorite. But I had no idea what to expect the first time I listened to The In Sound From Way Out!. From then on I gave them the respect they deserve.
Not to mention the fact that they started out as a few Jewish kids from NYC that wanted nothing more than to be the Bad Brains? What?
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