New info on Too Many Rappers Release

[Thunder D]

Artist: Beastie Boys
Title: Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
12” single – 180 gram vinyl
Packaging: Plain white sleeve
$5.99

Tracklisting:
A. Too Many Rappers (Featuring NAS)
B. Instrumental, A Capella

Looks like it was going to be a release for Record Saturdays at indie record stores 7/18, they said it was going to be 7/21, and there is no date on dusty groove.
No picture sleeve for this one folks....

[laurie_hammy]

Acapella too. Remixers will be stoked.

[ILLMIX]

This really should be a lead single as it sounded very good live and a has a catchy chorus, i could see this grabbing more fans for the Beasties.

This may be like the mistake they made with TT5B when they didnt release An Open Letter to NYC as the lead single in stead of Ch-check it out.

Just imagine Open Letter as the lead single to stir attention awareness for the TT5B album!(y)

[cj hood]

the sample on amazon sounds flat....


"the 80s, the 90s, 2000 and so" = "we got to take the power from he"

[checkyourprez]

snippet i heard on amazon sounds nice.

[BMD]

I think MCA's verse sounds good. I mean cmon, if you compare it to one of the beastie boys biggest songs Pass the Mic with MCA saying "and this is me yall an emcee yall, my name is MCA and i still do what I please" that line right there = we got to take the power from he.

It also sounds flat compared to Adrocks live verse because he always sounds 10x more energetic live. Thats just the nature of hearing it live before the recorded version.

[Bernard Goetz]

I love that "we got to take the power from he" is being held as the litmus test for poor quality Beastie lines. It's sooooooo bad.

[pm0ney]

The first time I heard the snippet on amazon I was a bit taken aback cuz it was faster live, but after listening to it a couple times its really dope. It's going to be a great track.

[pshabi]

I thought "everybody rappin' like it's a commercial...." was also the standard in shitty bboy lines.

I always kinda liked "we got to take the power from he." :o

[checkyourprez]

I thought "everybody rappin' like it's a commercial...." was also the standard in shitty bboy lines.

I always kinda liked "we got to take the power from he." :o

i always liked that one because it was a mistake that was intentionally left the way it was. yet it still sounded good to me.

[pm0ney]

I thought "everybody rappin' like it's a commercial...." was also the standard in shitty bboy lines.

I always kinda liked "we got to take the power from he." :o

I always liked the commercial line. Besides, comparing Thats It Thats All to Pass The Mic is blasphemous. Pass The Mic is probably the best Beastie Boys song ever. Definitely my personal favorite.

[laurie_hammy]

I always liked the commercial line. Besides, comparing Thats It Thats All to Pass The Mic is blasphemous. Pass The Mic is probably the best Beastie Boys song ever. Definitely my personal favorite.

An Adrock's second verse when performed live always blows me away. Especialy when MMM drops ""Dirt Off Your Shoulder".

[BMD]

I always liked the commercial line. Besides, comparing Thats It Thats All to Pass The Mic is blasphemous. Pass The Mic is probably the best Beastie Boys song ever. Definitely my personal favorite.

Pass The Mic is their best song that has the weakest lyrics.

[laurie_hammy]

Weak lyrics dont bother me all that much, if it sounds good, im cool with it.

[Brother McDuff]

Pass The Mic is their best song that has the weakest lyrics.


I can feel that statement. Has it's moments, but overall can get a little corny.

Though after reading this interview with Yauch for a Tibetan zine, I came to respect it a bit more. He said that around that time (CYH) was when they started to consciously make an effort to say more positive things in their rhymes. While sometimes these efforts can come off a bit sappy, I was glad to hear that it was at least a conscious evolution as opposed to them just really letting their lyricism slide.

[ILLMIX]

Did you not all hear the Studio Version of Too Many Rappers on Zane Lowe's show tonight on BBC radio 1?

has anyone managed to rip it yet?

[laurie_hammy]

Did you not all hear the Studio Version of Too Many Rappers on Zane Lowe's show tonight on BBC radio 1?

has anyone managed to rip it yet?

http://www.filedropper.com/toomanyrappersonzane

[Jiberish]

wooooooooo. This beat is fucking nice & Mike D is destroying this. (y)(y)(y)

[BeastieRunner]

Time to get a new turntable.

[xavito]

I just bought 2 copies of the vinyl (nice heavy one). Here's a picture: http://www.twitpic.com/as4k3

[laurie_hammy]

I just bought 2 copies of the vinyl (nice heavy one). Here's a picture: http://www.twitpic.com/as4k3

Looks very nice !

[M.C. Guevera]

Lyrically, "Pass The Mic" is kind of weak, but everything else more than makes up for it. The beat, the ill bassline, the music video. You get lost in it and you don't really pay attention to the lyrics after a while.

[Kid Presentable]

If you want complex multi's, punchlines and iambic pentameter, go and find it. Or, spit some rhymes yourself. Maybe then we'll see what 'weak' is. When I want to listen to the Beastie Boys, I listen to the Beastie Boys.

[manwich]

Yea, the single is definitely out in independent record stores NOW. I saw it on thursday the 16th at a spot in Seattle.

[wesleysnaps]

anyone know what record stores in the bay area have it? I just called two in my city aka San Francisco and none of them know what I'm talking about.

[laurie_hammy]

Is it on itunes yet ?

[acamus]

anyone know what record stores in the bay area have it? I just called two in my city aka San Francisco and none of them know what I'm talking about.

shit, i can't find it and i'm in NYC. tried the best indies with no luck. :(

[KevG]

shit, i can't find it and i'm in NYC. tried the best indies with no luck. :(

This 12" sounds like shit.. btw..

[laurie_hammy]

Is it on itunes yet ?

Yes it is, an its SiK shit !

[Jiberish]

shit, i can't find it and i'm in NYC. tried the best indies with no luck. :(

Did you any of the indie stores to order it for you. That's how I did it in Boston.

[acamus]

i actually tried what is supposed to be one of the best on Bleaker and they said they don't even buy singles. F! i'm going to get a friend to pick one up at my home town store, Criminal Records, for when i get back to the ATL. thanks for the suggestion.

[wesleysnaps]

shit, i can't find it and i'm in NYC. tried the best indies with no luck. :(

yeah I haven't found it yet and I won't be able to try again till Friday. I guess my iTunes copy will do for now.

[laurie_hammy]

Adrock's second verse grew on me instantly.

Back Up Off Me Sucker You Aint Sayin Nothin !

[Space]

oogy oogy, of all things im suprised no one thought it sounded like In a world gone mad. :)

[laurie_hammy]

oogy oogy, of all things im suprised no one thought it sounded like In a world gone mad. :)

Hmm I dont notice it ? Where abouts ? Or do you think the whole song all together is similar.

[countrymikedj]

Finally downloaded from iTunes. Shit has grown on me now that a good quality version is out there!

[laurie_hammy]

All 3 songs have seemed to grow on people over time.