Most people know the Beastie Boys as the incredible Rap/Hip Hop band that ruled through the 90's. Three boys from NY who could rhyme better than anyone. This was their first EP with a 4th member and it's HARDCORE all the way. That's right. This was released in '82 and was in that first wave of NY hardcore. I came across this (and Bad Brains ..... more later) through a cassette (remember them kids ?) called "NY Thrash" which had a bunch of, you guessed it, NY hardcore. It had, and here's my memory in full swing, a copy of "Egg Raid on Mojo" on it. I ordered the EP from that song and loved it.
This is scrappy punk hardcore at it's most glorious. Needless to say, Licensed to Ill was a huge shock when it came out. Not only because it WASN'T the Beastie Boys I loved, but because it's mixture of Rap and Rock that changed everything, and I loved it too, thanks in a big part to Rick Rubin but also to the 3 boy crew who were now the Beastie Boys ....... but that's another story. Tim
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