I just thought they were broader than rap.. it's only a part of their sound. I love the beastie boys.. I played licensed to ill so much when I was in 3rd grape my tape disintegrated.
I hear you...BB are a mishmash of 80s NYC music styles from the punk scene to hip-hop to sampling.
There is a story that they left Rick Ruben and Russell Simmons Def Jam for Capital Records because they didn't want to make another Licensed to Ill. Simmons wanted to destroy the release of Pauls Boutique and enlisted Chuck D to remaster some BB demos into a new album called White House.
`They were now the white boys that could hold it on their own. Chuck D., who was going to work on the production on the Def Jam "White House" project, took one listen to "Paul's Boutique" and said he wanted nothing to do with the other project. The "White House" project was never heard from again.` -
Article
Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg
He was playin' the wall, then he broke his leg
Tossed it out the window, three minutes hot
In the restaurant, he said 'blood clot!'
Which came first, the chicken or the egg
I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg
Riding the trains inbetween cars
When I pull out the station, 'you're gonna get yours'
Drive by eggings plaguing L.A.
'Yo, they just caught my little cousin, ese'
Sometimes hard boilled, sometimes runny
It comes from a chicken, not a bunny, dummy
People laugh, it's no joke
My name's Yauch, and I'm throwing the yoke
'Now they got me in a cell', but I don't care
It was then that I was caught catching people out there
