"Beastie Boys", a hip-hop group from Brooklyn (USA), organized in 1981.
In 1979, Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz and Kate Schellenbach formed the punk band The Young Aborigines, and after Adam Yauch joined in 1981, the band decided to change their name to the Beastie Boys. In 1981, the Beastie Boys recorded their first album, Pollywog Stew. In the same year, the group released the first dance rap song "Cooky Puss", and immediately after the airing of the song becomes a hit on many dance floors in
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"Beastie Boys", a hip-hop group from Brooklyn (USA), organized in 1981.
In 1979, Michael Diamond, Adam Horowitz and Kate Schellenbach formed the punk band The Young Aborigines, and after Adam Yauch joined in 1981, the band decided to change their name to the Beastie Boys. In 1981, the Beastie Boys recorded their first album, Pollywog Stew. In the same year, the group released the first dance rap song "Cooky Puss", and immediately after the airing of the song becomes a hit on many dance floors in New York.
In 1983, the band met producer Rick Rubin, who offers musicians to change the style direction from punk rock to hip-hop. This proposal is very successful, released in 1984 single "Rock Hard", becomes a vivid confirmation of this. Soon, Kate Schellenbach leaves the group, explaining her departure by "inability to rap". In 1986, the band released their first professional album, Licensed to Ill, which immediately rose to first place in Billboard 200 and brought the band incredible success. The next year, the Beastie Boys are going on their own tour.
In 1988, the band recorded the album Paul's Boutique, which used a large number of samples. The Beastie Boys released their new album Check Your Head in 1992 at their own G-Son studio in California, featuring guest musicians. "Check Your Head" goes double platinum.
In 1994, the album "Ill Communication" was released, which again returned the group "Beastie Boys" to the top of the charts, both Billboard (Top 100) and "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". In the same year, the Beastie Boys participated in the Lollapalooza-94 rock festival. In 1995, a mini-album of eight songs "Aglio e Olio" appeared.
For the Beastie Boys, the end of the past and the beginning of a new century is accompanied by recognition of their work, the release of new albums and the prestigious Grammy Awards for the 1999 album called Hello Nasty. At the end of 1999, the band released a compilation of the best tracks, Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science.
The musical direction that the Beastie Boys use in their work is called “breakbeat” and becomes the progenitor of such styles as rapcore and nu-metal, in which they perform their compositions of the band “Limp Bizkit” and “Fatboy Slim”. Samples on the song "Beastie Boys" used in their albums
. / Discography 1986 - Licensed to Ill 1989 Paul's Boutique 1992 - Check Your Head
1994 - Ill Communication 1998 Hello Nasty 2004 To The 5 Boroughs 2007 The Mix-Up 2010 Hot Sauce Committee pt. 1