jay-z & lil wayne - hello brooklyn pt2

[Rip Round'n Roc]

from jay-z's upcomming album "American Gangster"

great song, not sure who produced it
all beasties fans will appreciate

[pshabi]

from jay-z's upcomming album "American Gangster"

great song, not sure who produced it
all beasties fans will appreciate

Link it up my nigga

[Trond E]

http://www.spinemagazine.com/music/october/jayz/americangangster_snippets.mp3

[kleptomaniac]

niiiiiice! :cool:(y)

[Lex Diamonds]

I can see that Def Jam doesn't recognise me
I'm Mike D - the one who gives you permission to use my samples as the basis of your songs

[AceFace]

yeah, i did not care for it. maybe if it were someone a little less commercial. i dunno. maybe i don't know what i'm talking about, but i'm not a big fan of "remakes".

[Lex Diamonds]

Don't write someone off for being "commercial". It 's true that a lot of commercial groups are shallow and have little artistic merit, but not all of them and especially not Jay-Z. At one point the Beastie Boys were one of the most commercial bands on the planet, that should prove that it doesn't affect the quality of the music.

[Kid Presentable]

They've always been somewhat commercial.

[AceFace]

Don't write someone off for being "commercial". It 's true that a lot of commercial groups are shallow and have little artistic merit, but not all of them and especially not Jay-Z. At one point the Beastie Boys were one of the most commercial bands on the planet, that should prove that it doesn't affect the quality of the music.

ok ok, i did say i might not know what i'm talking about. i think what i meant was "alternative" like a rapper that leans more toward a retro styling. especially since they're taking a song from PB. but i do understand the NY aspect as well. i just didn't care for it. :)

[Kid Presentable]

I like the idea of the B-Boys getting shine from Jay, but the song is just too much of a Beastie staple for me. I'll only ever like their version, I think.

[betaband]

beat me to it...... never on here anymore but rushed to post this. absolutely classic beat updated for jay..... love it...... get respect for copping a pauls boutique beat and naming it hello brooklyn 2.0

[betaband]

would you rather have a concious rapper ripping it then jay-z? c'mon, its been done to death. say what you want about all the cristal, bitches and ho shit in commercial rap but lil wayne and jay-z are on top of the game. they've surpassed that stale wordplay. this is well due.


pssst... beastie boys are the most commercial hip hop group in the world.

[AceFace]

yes yes. i know. i used a poor word to say what i meant. get off my back. :p

[Fannypakks]

That link doesn't direct me to the right place. Was it a link to a snippet? If so, is there anywhere else to hear it?

[Bobtwi]

I wasnt able to locate on that lins either.

[Nygel]

lil wayne

how did he get a record contract? He's ridiculously annoying sounding, one of the worst voices in rap. doesnt even have too much skill, nothing says good when i listen to him . . . oh well.

[beastieboysbaby]

I don't like lil' Wayne. And to tell the truth, I really don't like jay-z either.

[pshabi]

Yeah, that link is fucked.

Here's another:

http://therapup.rawkus.com/2007/10/american-gangster-snippets.html

You don't get to hear Jay rhyme, but whatever. I need to hear the whole track before I comment.

[gorilla]

holy christ that shit was hot.

[Kid Presentable]

I'm pretty hyped for this album.

[pm0ney]

I think its pretty funny that one of the staples of Southern rap is doing the hook on Hello Brooklyn 2.0

Regardless, the track sounds nice and you gotta love Jay showin the Boys love.

Food for thought, however...Outside of Steppin to the AM, has any Beastie besides Adrock ever been sampled vocally?

[Fannypakks]

That's tight as hell. I'm loving the idea, can't wait to hear the whole track.

I'm not a Lil' Wayne fan at all, but Jay is one of my favorites so it works out.

[TommyD]

Seriously...what the fuck has happened to rap??

Why does it all sound exactly the same...like they only had one file full of noises when they made their whole album??

Shit...absolute shit these days.

[Kid Presentable]

^^Maybe you should do Les Whynen and Moore Lizzanin. Elitist geeks ruined rap for themselves.

[BeastieRunner]

They're butchering a classic!!!:mad:

[betaband]

i guess the young'uns are so obsessed with keepin it authentic that they refuse to like stuff that might be remotely popular. the landscape of hip hop has changed. if you guys wanna listen to throwback rap for the rest of your life be my guest. tribe, de la, main source, diamond d and all of them did theirs and it belongs to them. they perfected the sound of their time and what a fuckin sound it was. but i'm not wearing backpacks to clubs anymore. and on that note i'm not wearing ice cold chains and talkin about killing people either. you have to look beyond and into the subtext of what lil wayne and jay z are talking about. then you'll understand why their stuff is absolutely lethal, and why hello brooklyn 2.0 is not entirely a throwback joint but an homage to a classic......

if mike d came out tomorrow and said lil wayne was his fav rapper you'd all be on his jock. don't front, the same thing happened when mike big upped the neptunes in '98.

[brooklyndust]

Food for thought, however...Outside of Steppin to the AM, has any Beastie besides Adrock ever been sampled vocally?

"party for your right to fight" by public enemy both samples all three of them from fight for your right

"doin' time" by sublime samples mca from slow and low, and I am sure there is other artists out there ..... but for the most part people love to sample ad-rock. I think it's his distinctive nasally voice

[brooklyndust]

actually here is a list of songs the beasties have been sampled in:

Beastie Boys
"Car Thief"
Faith No More: "Midlife Crisis"
"Fight for Your Right"
Beastie Boys: "Johnny Ryall"
LL Cool J feat. Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX: "4, 3, 2, 1"
N.W.A: "Gangsta, Gangsta"
Prince Paul feat. Sadat X, Xzibit & Kid Creole: "Handle Your Time"
Public Enemy: "Cold Lampin' With Flavor", "Louder Than a Bomb"
"Hey Ladies"
Beastie Boys: "33% God"
"Hold It Now, Hit It"
Eric B. & Rakim: "As the Rhyme Goes On"
Wasted: "Paranoid Social Club"
"Party's Getting Rough"
DJ Shadow: "Best Foot Forward"
"Root Down"
The Prodigy: The Fat of the Land: "Funky Shit" (1996)
"Slow and Low"
EPMD: "Let the Funk Flow"
Sublime: "Doin' Time"
"So What'cha Want"
Beck: "E-Pro"
"The New Style"
Beastie Boys: "Johnny Ryall", "Intergalactic"
De La Soul: "Cool Breeze on the Rocks"
Ice Cube: "Check Yo Self" (Feat. Das EFX)
J Dilla: "The New", "Workinonit"
The Pharcyde: "Drop"
Prophet Posse: "Orange Mound"
"Time to Get Ill"
3rd Bass: "Steppin' to the A.M."

[dave790]

it's fucking atrocious. i don't particulary like Jay-Z, and this feeling is only heightened. and how can the beastie boys be the most commercial rap act? look at paul's boutique for fucks sake...commercial would have been making LTI all over again. Would have been easy to do and they probably would have sold more records. since then they've been far too eclectic to be labelled commercial in any form of music.

[dave790]

Sublime sampled and referenced the Beasties a fair bit aside from Doin' Time...common knowledge I know but hey!

[Kid Presentable]

it's fucking atrocious. i don't particulary like Jay-Z, and this feeling is only heightened. and how can the beastie boys be the most commercial rap act? look at paul's boutique for fucks sake...commercial would have been making LTI all over again. Would have been easy to do and they probably would have sold more records. since then they've been far too eclectic to be labelled commercial in any form of music.

Hello Nasty was the singles machine. As close to a pop sheen as I'd ever heard them get. Albeit, somewhat leftfield, but still. Ill Communication blew up, too. That was huuuuge. Not like they were a very well-kept secret with Check Your Head, either. And the Paul's thing wasn't for a lack of trying, I'm sure.

[Kid Presentable]

They key is waiting to hear Jay-Z lace the Hello Brooklyn beat. That will be the moment. Mike D cosigning Jigga will pacify most of the sheeple on the boards, bravo dave for not succumbing.

[milkboy009]

i guess the young'uns are so obsessed with keepin it authentic that they refuse to like stuff that might be remotely popular. the landscape of hip hop has changed. if you guys wanna listen to throwback rap for the rest of your life be my guest. tribe, de la, main source, diamond d and all of them did theirs and it belongs to them. they perfected the sound of their time and what a fuckin sound it was. but i'm not wearing backpacks to clubs anymore. and on that note i'm not wearing ice cold chains and talkin about killing people either. you have to look beyond and into the subtext of what lil wayne and jay z are talking about. then you'll understand why their stuff is absolutely lethal, and why hello brooklyn 2.0 is not entirely a throwback joint but an homage to a classic......

if mike d came out tomorrow and said lil wayne was his fav rapper you'd all be on his jock. don't front, the same thing happened when mike big upped the neptunes in '98.

I agree with you my man, I only heard the snippit with part of wayne's verse, but its def an homage. Hopefully though there is some reference to the Boys in one of their verses. Wayne is def not my favorite rapper, but he's EVERYWHERE! His voice is understandably annoying at times, but if you listen to his wordplay its ridiculous! My main problem with him is that he rarely actually raps about anything. You could throw (almost) any verse of his on some random track and it'd be the hottest shit on the streets!
If Mike D endorsed Weezy he would not become my favorite rapper, but i'd give him a second look since the Boys have turned me on to alot of new music in the past.
As far as new music goes, listen to: Blu & Exile, "Below the Heavens" and you can thank me later.

[milkboy009]

would you rather have a concious rapper ripping it then jay-z? c'mon, its been done to death. say what you want about all the cristal, bitches and ho shit in commercial rap but lil wayne and jay-z are on top of the game. they've surpassed that stale wordplay. this is well due.

ohhh you know there are gonna be tons of people on this track on the mixtape circut. A conscious rapper wouldn't work, but i can def see Fabolous on this.

[beastieboysbaby]

i guess the young'uns are so obsessed with keepin it authentic that they refuse to like stuff that might be remotely popular. the landscape of hip hop has changed. if you guys wanna listen to throwback rap for the rest of your life be my guest. tribe, de la, main source, diamond d and all of them did theirs and it belongs to them. they perfected the sound of their time and what a fuckin sound it was. but i'm not wearing backpacks to clubs anymore. and on that note i'm not wearing ice cold chains and talkin about killing people either. you have to look beyond and into the subtext of what lil wayne and jay z are talking about. then you'll understand why their stuff is absolutely lethal, and why hello brooklyn 2.0 is not entirely a throwback joint but an homage to a classic......

if mike d came out tomorrow and said lil wayne was his fav rapper you'd all be on his jock. don't front, the same thing happened when mike big upped the neptunes in '98.

yeah..i get what your saying.

im seriously telling the truth, the only song i really liked from Jay-z was 99 problems. but i mean, i've never actually listened to his music. so i guess i shouldn't of posted that first cmnt.

[dave790]

Hello Nasty was the singles machine. As close to a pop sheen as I'd ever heard them get. Albeit, somewhat leftfield, but still. Ill Communication blew up, too. That was huuuuge. Not like they were a very well-kept secret with Check Your Head, either. And the Paul's thing wasn't for a lack of trying, I'm sure.

I think I'm seeing it in the sense that the Beasties didn't make music, in my opinion, with a commercial viewpoint which the results prove, whereas you're seeing it in the sense that all the stuff was mad popular so hence it was commerical. Which makes sense. I should look up the meaning of words more perhaps! I just don't think much of their stuff has a commerical sound or look to it, e.g. what they did with 3MC's as a single/video.

[Lex Diamonds]

Why'd they make TT5B then? It's all about the Benji's, son.

[Kid Presentable]

I think I'm seeing it in the sense that the Beasties didn't make music, in my opinion, with a commercial viewpoint which the results prove, whereas you're seeing it in the sense that all the stuff was mad popular so hence it was commerical. Which makes sense. I should look up the meaning of words more perhaps! I just don't think much of their stuff has a commerical sound or look to it, e.g. what they did with 3MC's as a single/video.

Yeah, we're probably at crossed purposes. In my mind Major label= Commercial.

[faz]

You'd think an article this long about the song would of mentioned the beasties once (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572773/20071025/jay_z.jhtml).

I don't really follow much hip hop news online, especially with these guys, but a quick google reveals people are hating this track.

[Fannypakks]

You'd think an article this long about the song would of mentioned the beasties once (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572773/20071025/jay_z.jhtml).

I don't really follow much hip hop news online, especially with these guys, but a quick google reveals people are hating this track.

Yeah, weird even when the sample was mentioned - it didn't say where it was from.

I too Googled the song the other day. Everyone has so many mixed opinions about it. Of course it has nothing to do with the Beastie aspect, but more about the Wayne/Jay collab.

[Jitters]

Of course it has nothing to do with the Beastie aspect, but more about the Wayne/Jay collab.

They were taking shots at each other and now, like a month later, they're on a track together :rolleyes:

Sadly people are going to focus on that instead of the song but from what I heard it sounds nice enough.

[Kid Presentable]

Don't make a sweeping assumption the Beastie Boys are sliding out of any blame for the hate on this track. Although not mentioning them specifically, I've seen plenty of opinion trashing the beat and the rhymes. I guess if they don't like it now, they're never going to like it.

[U-Stubs]

READ THE ARTICLE...I SEE A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. BCUZ LIL WAYNE STATED THAT " HIS HOME BOY BIG D PRODUCED THIS TRACK", WE ALL KNOW WHO ORIGINALLY PRODUCED THIS HOT TRACK. SHAMES ME. BEASTIE BOYS AND DUST BROTHERS NEED TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN ABOUT THIS BULLSHIT,BUT I BETCHA SOMETHING WILL SPARK.

[Rip Round'n Roc]

http://rapidshare.com/files/65272941/Jay-Z-Brooklyn_2.0-RS100.mp3

[Odie]

Lil Wayne sounds like Prince rapping, not sure if that a good thing or bad.

[faz]

READ THE ARTICLE...I SEE A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. BCUZ LIL WAYNE STATED THAT " HIS HOME BOY BIG D PRODUCED THIS TRACK", WE ALL KNOW WHO ORIGINALLY PRODUCED THIS HOT TRACK. SHAMES ME. BEASTIE BOYS AND DUST BROTHERS NEED TO PUT SOMETHING DOWN ABOUT THIS BULLSHIT,BUT I BETCHA SOMETHING WILL SPARK.

Calm down. Its not as if they're rapping over an instrumental of the track, it is different. Although, so far, it seems a minimal difference it still is one. It would be crazy hypocritical of them to complain about other's sampling there stuff. And, going by the name of the track, it clearly is an homage to them.

Also, please calm down on the caps. They kinda make my eyes bleed.

[kleptomaniac]

http://rapidshare.com/files/65272941/Jay-Z-Brooklyn_2.0-RS100.mp3

thanks! :)

[faz]

thanks! :)

It works for you? It's telling me its been removed.

[kleptomaniac]

ohhh i didn't know that. i downloaded it this morning before school and didn't listen to it till now. :o

[Rip Round'n Roc]

yeah it got deleted heres a streaming version
http://allhiphop.com/blogs/multimedia__music/archive/2007/10/26/18793606.aspx

[kleptomaniac]

You'd think an article this long about the song would of mentioned the beasties once (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572773/20071025/jay_z.jhtml).

it does now. (lb)

But back to "Hello Brooklyn." Wayne said the Beastie Boys-sampling "Hello Brooklyn" was actually made for his upcoming album, Tha Carter, Vol. 3. "It was produced by my homeboy Big D a long time ago," he said. "Jay heard the song some type of way, and when he heard it, he said, 'Ask the homie if I can get this.' When I was asked the question, I told them it wasn't even a question — he's got it. Everybody in the world knows how I feel about Jay. ... He's the king, utmost respect.

"The song has a sample on there that says, 'Hello Brooklyn,' " Wayne added. "I made it so that I'm talking to a woman and the woman has the traits of the actual place [where the song is set]. I say, 'She love B.I.G. but she like Tupac, and every time I say, "Jay-Z," she say, "It's the Roc." ' Me not being from Brooklyn, I think it's cool because you always wanna know what an outsider thinks of your place."

[beastieboysbaby]

yeah it got deleted heres a streaming version
http://allhiphop.com/blogs/multimedia__music/archive/2007/10/26/18793606.aspx



What do you click to download it?

[balohna]

press ALT+F4 to download it.

[Fannypakks]

Actually, ALT+F4 did the trick.

It's on my iPod as we speak...

[Odie]

Any one having a go at mashing the two tracks up?

[beastieboysbaby]

press ALT+F4 to download it.

When I do that it will just exit out of the page :confused:

[pip07]

When I do that it will just exit out of the page :confused:

...

[MIKEtotheD]

I just listened to it, I don't like it(!)

[roosta]

i like it.

jay-z is great.

[milkboy009]

after hearing the whole thing, I'm disappointed. They shoulda chopped the sample up different.

[some_dumb_cop]

the song kinda sucks and totally doesn't fit the rest of the album. i thought the use of the sample was dope at first but really the only thing i liked about it was that it was the beasties sampled in a jay song and really the original kills this song - all in all completely unecessary for this album. my 2 cents. the rest of the jay album is surprisingly good

[Mr. Smacktackle]

Adrocks voice sample doesnt fit IMO

[cabojohnny5150]

here's a link to the full song....

h**p://www.mediafire.com/?cewezy5lzn2

plus, to add to the list above of songs that have been sampled... Sammy Hagar (ex-lead singer of Van Halen) and his new band just recorded the Beasties song 'Fight For Your Right' to be released on Sammy's upcomming cd. Sammy preformed it at every show on his 2006 tour. and released on this dvd.
http://www.amazon.com/Sammy-Hagar-Wabos-Livin-Louis/dp/B000O7861Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8993398-7351905?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1193892791&sr=1-1

[beastiedan]

I think I might have to edit lil wayne out of the track. Jay's parts are nice, but that hook is horrible... and I like lil wayne.

[beastieboysbaby]

I think I might have to edit lil wayne out of the track. Jay's parts are nice, but that hook is horrible... and I like lil wayne.

haha

[Friis gal]

I think I might have to edit lil wayne out of the track. Jay's parts are nice, but that hook is horrible...

that's pretty true.

[alikat]

I love Jay-Z. I love the props. I totally hate this song. (And sorry, I was reeeally lazy to start a thread on it without first searching for this - Thanks Klepto!)

[g-mile7]

Its a banger. It could've have ended yup ALOT worst in so many ways.

[pshabi]

This track packs heat. Y'all like hip hop???:confused:

[YoungRemy]

yes, this shit spits hot flames...

albee square mall, brooklyn downtown

[alikat]

Y'all like hip hop???:confused:

Yep! And especially Jay-Z . . . can't love 'em all I guess. :(

[Mr Films]

this track makes my car rattle in the best possible way.

"she said she likes B.I.G. and she likes Tupac
and when I say Jay-Z she says..........................."

[wrongwayandugg]

i'm a beastie boys fan and i did not think this track was all that. with the money needed to license the use of this bboy track and the amount of creative people jay z and lil wayne should have at their disposal, their song is sub par at best. they over-did adrock's sample too, imho. they could have at least freaked the original song a bit to add new flavor :rolleyes:

stick with bboys' version (y)

[pshabi]

I'm still scratching my head at the haters on here. I bet Adrock thinks it's dope.

Whatever.

[martijn]

This song is crap...

[CosmoKramer]

This song is crap...


Can't say it any better...

[Kid Presentable]

^^ Shit, you guys are right. This is crap. It should have gone:

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaastie Boys are the best
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeter than the rest
I heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeear a lot of noise
Aboooooooooooooooooooooooout the beastie boys

I have to mention Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeastie Boys
when I sample the Beeeeeeeastie Boys
Cause Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeastie Boys fans like Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeastie Boys,
Not people sampling Beeeeeeastie Boys

Superior faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaans of Beastie Boys
don't liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike artists sampling Beastie Boys
Unless they are the Beeeeeeeeeeeeeastie Boys
Sounding like the Beeeeeeastie Boys

This soooooooong makes them insecure
beeeeeeeeecause it isn't beeeeeastie boys
they only like the beeeeeeeeeeeeastie boys
I have a loooooooooooooooooooooot of beastie boys

Fuck, it's so obvious. :rolleyes:

[pshabi]

The same people probably think "Hey Fuck You" was genius, though. I'll bet you they do!!!!

[Burnout18]

The same people probably think "Hey Fuck You" was genius, though. I'll bet you they do!!!!

i bet your right. id also bet if it was two unknown, no name rappers, everyone would love it.

[Lex Diamonds]

i'm a beastie boys fan and i did not think this track was all that. with the money needed to license the use of this bboy track and the amount of creative people jay z and lil wayne should have at their disposal, their song is sub par at best. they over-did adrock's sample too, imho. they could have at least freaked the original song a bit to add new flavor :rolleyes:

stick with bboys' version (y)
MORON

"Creative people" at their disposal? "Freaked the original song"? Did you not notice how the beat was completely changed up and re-layered? Did you not notice the complex wordplay and the Beastie Boys style "showing love to New York" thing?

It's a shame how some Beastie Boys fans are so closed to other hip-hop. (n)

Kid P summed it up pretty perfectly.

[Cap'n Crunch]

it makes me miss the original....hate the singing. Jay Z is good but the tweaking and lil bells & whistles added ....suck.

[Supertouch87]

I love Lil Wayne but he has no business on a BROOKLYN track. Where Raekwon at for this? Weezy's verse also makes him out to be kind of a bitch, I thought he was "the best rapper alive", why he slobberin on Jiggaman's nuts then?

This song is maybe the worst on a great record. Hovi is baa-aack...

[MaestroDenis]

Man fuck Lil Wayne, that dude sucks some major balls. The song could've been a tad better had he not appeared in it. There are so many Brooklyn legends who could've been in that songs instead of that fucking zero, who is not even from Brooklyn.

1/5 from me for that one.

MD

[alikat]

It's a shame how some Beastie Boys fans are so closed to other hip-hop. (n)


:rolleyes: For disliking one song you assume this?!?! Please.

[beastieboysbaby]

i dont really know...i kind of like it, but then i kind of don't. im inbetween.

[korn_phr33k]

based on the short sample i heard i dont like it. hello brooklyn is one of my favorites (mainly because of the beat and intro of course), but i just cant take the "singing" over the beat. if it was just rhymes i'd think it was better.

people are still all over the r&b-ish club shit.

[SugarInTheRaw]

MORON

"Creative people" at their disposal? "Freaked the original song"? Did you not notice how the beat was completely changed up and re-layered? Did you not notice the complex wordplay and the Beastie Boys style "showing love to New York" thing?

It's a shame how some Beastie Boys fans are so closed to other hip-hop. (n)

Kid P summed it up pretty perfectly.
Yeah! This song rules!

[Nicodemus]

Hello, Brook-face. Eat some mashed potatoes.

[sjp]

if it were jay-z and a different artist it would of been better but i am not feeling it whatsoever

[canucklehead200]

i have to admit this song is completely stellar, lil wayne (though i usually hate his work) provides one helluva hook in this tune

[wrongwayandugg]

MORON

"Creative people" at their disposal? "Freaked the original song"? Did you not notice how the beat was completely changed up and re-layered? Did you not notice the complex wordplay and the Beastie Boys style "showing love to New York" thing?

It's a shame how some Beastie Boys fans are so closed to other hip-hop. (n)

Kid P summed it up pretty perfectly.
U funny. Ha ha.

[MCScoobyT]

you can hear my remix with 3 beasties, Jay-ZZ, wackedy wayne and notorious smalls. its called hello brooklyn 3.O
http://beastiemixes.com/download.php?id=1300&chk=3ycf

[pip07]

you can hear my remix with 3 beasties, Jay-ZZ, wackedy wayne and notorious smalls. its called hello brooklyn 3.O
http://beastiemixes.com/download.php?id=1300&chk=3ycf

The concept is great but the execution is REALLY lacking. Mostly the beaties part sounds off

[wrongwayandugg]

The concept is great but the execution is REALLY lacking. Mostly the beaties part sounds off
:eek: