I found the Too Many Rappers video!

[Eoin MCL]

Hey guys and gals, I rarely post on here but I believe I made a major discovery this evening. While on a bus journey watching the credits of the "Don't Play No Game" video on my iPad I spotted the name Neal Usatin. Recognising it from his previous work on Oscilloscope Labs projects I Googled the name to see what else he had worked on. During my digging on his website 'sweetcutz.com' I found his online résumé which curiously listed a credit on the unreleased "Too Many Rappers" video, directed by Roman Coppola. Further digging unearthed the treasure we have been looking for these past few years, thought by some to not even exist. To me this is the biggest news from the boys since that sad, fateful day in 2012. So here it is, my fellow Beastie heads! Please enjoy, it's better than I could have ever imagined!

http://musicvideos.sweetcutz.com/video/48932590

PWR2MCA!

[Rodie]

This was awesome! Great find, thanks so much for sharing!

[due2illness]

Holy Shit!!...you just made my day!!...TY!

[CatchaGroove]

Noice!

Great way to kick off the year

[Kid Presentable]

Holy shit! That was dope! More thanks than I can offer.

[MIKEtotheD]

Unreal find, well done! (y)

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Best find ever -- super thank you. This is an amazing video revealed and found. It was privately listed in September 2013 (see below). I cannot determine when it became public. If someone could rip it quickly before it becomes private again that would be amazing.

http://awesomescreenshot.com/030465f84e

[kleptomaniac]

Thank you for sharing, ahhhhhhh, so cool! :D

[JasonP]

Thank You!!!! Amazing find!

[dirtydan11]

that was great to see! thanks! I wonder if that was pre-production? It must have been done the same time of Bonneroo performance Still has the MCA verse before they decided to change it from the touchy subject matter too.think that might explain why it wasn't released?
Anyways, thanks again for the find of the last few years! that's one of the things mentioned in the vault thread that's now checked off. How can we download this before it gets pulled? I made an iphone video of it off screen lol

[Matchstikk]

AMAZING! Thanks again!

Jay from Beastie Fam

[cj hood]

Best vid out of HSC! #RIPYAUCH

[Michelle*s_Farm]

How can we download this before it gets pulled? I made an iphone video of it off screen lol

Use firefox and get the free add-in video downloadhelper. Once you go to the page just right click and download video :)

[Laver1969]

Wow! Totally awesome. I love it.

[Junker]

Dude, this is one of the greatest discoveries ever. I put it on the same rank as the mashed potatoes sample.

[cj hood]

This is Yauch's last proshot performance. So many emotions...

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Just in case it goes private...voilà (http://youtu.be/LcizCD_n0Pk)

[pshabi]

I'm stunned! That was amazing to watch. So raw and low budget haha! Thank you for sharing that. It brought a tear to my eye.

[dirtydan11]

Use firefox and get the free add-in video downloadhelper. Once you go to the page just right click and download video :)

thanks im on it (y)

[JasonP]

Here's hoping that this is just the beginning of "new to us" material. NexT I of course hope is the Jerry Lewis...and the memoir.

[Brother McDuff]

epic revelation :eek:

[LuciferHam]

Man I can't believe this has been sitting on the internet undiscovered for some amount of time. What a find.

Been looking forward to this video ever since that photo came out of them rapping in the supermarket. Really great video, full of the signature Beasties lofi video aesthetic but with some cool additions.

It's a shame it didn't drop at the time, it would have been great promotion for the album. Although I guess Make Some Noise with all the guests was in some ways a much bigger intro.

Pretty damn great anyhow!

[Bernard Goetz]

I seriously felt like I was dreaming the whole time I was watching that. Like I'd wake up any second and be like Shit I gotta post that dream to the BB message board. Holy shit, THANK YOU for finding it!!

[Bernard Goetz]

SHAZAM! video on that site, too. Never saw that before.
http://musicvideos.sweetcutz.com/video/48928744

(After searching the board now, I see this is not as rare as I thought)

[Headgotchecked]

Great find, and a great day to be a Beastie Boys fan. Good to see Yauch so full of life and owning the block. I miss and love that guy, fuck it, all three of them.

[Extra Cheese]

DIY till the end

i cant imagine what nas was thinking when they were like, we're gonna rap in some whole foods lookin ass supermarket.:confused::confused:

[dirtydan11]

DIY till the end

i cant imagine what nas was thinking when they were like, we're gonna rap in some whole foods lookin ass supermarket.:confused::confused:

haha and we're going to film it ourselves. Here, Nas hold this camera for a minute :D This camera will film us in 4:3 mode so we can captivate even those who haven't made the jump to widescreen yet

[YoungRemy]

holy shit, awesome!

sweet and sad to see the band with all that energy.

filmed entirely in Nashville in 2009, I presume?

Usatin was one of the main AIFST editors and was sax man on Dont Play No Game. Great Find!

[camo]

Woah, top find and some expert Sherlocking to do so.

Thanks (y)

[Friis gal]

Wuhu! Finally, we get to see it!
Thank you so much for sharing the link :)

I love the "Go back in time, send a fax from my car" -clip.
Looks like they had fun shooting it.

[gumkojima]

Great find. Thank you. It’s gone private again...

[Bradleystp]

I can't believe this was just "found" on the internet. Amazing! After all this time, this is so great! Thanks!

[Akerasti]

Amazing !!! :eek: Directed by Roman Coppola, great easter egg !!! hahahaha !!! :)(y)

[peterclamp]

Wow just fantastic, this has made my New Year just great!
Had mixed emotions when watching it but still very happy to see it. THANK YOU!!!

PS. I have just realised I've not posted here in a very long time :o(

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Epic!

[JoLovesMCA]

YAUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[coreyisking711]

INCREDIBLE FIND, THANK YOU!! CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN ONLINE FOR SO LONG. YOU WILL GO DOWN IN BEASTIE HISTORY

[Kid Presentable]

Hey so was this completed in 2010?

[Micodin]

Day made!

[The Ron]

Sweetness! This is a great find...kudos!

[Mister-Gerard]

If you can feel what I'm feeling then it's a musical (video) masterpiece
Glad to see our Manneken Pis from Brussels at 3'42" :D
THANK YOU EOIN

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Hey guys and gals, I rarely post on here but I believe I made a major discovery this evening. While on a bus journey watching the credits of the "Don't Play No Game" video on my iPad I spotted the name Neal Usatin. Recognising it from his previous work on Oscilloscope Labs projects I Googled the name to see what else he had worked on. During my digging on his website 'sweetcutz.com' I found his online résumé which curiously listed a credit on the unreleased "Too Many Rappers" video, directed by Roman Coppola. Further digging unearthed the treasure we have been looking for these past few years, thought by some to not even exist. To me this is the biggest news from the boys since that sad, fateful day in 2012. So here it is, my fellow Beastie heads! Please enjoy, it's better than I could have ever imagined!

http://musicvideos.sweetcutz.com/video/48932590

PWR2MCA!

Thanks again Eoin, you have made our day and the Beastie Boys Message Board is now in the music press (http://pitchfork.com/news/58037-beastie-boys-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-featuring-nas-surfaces/):)

[MrSmiley1]

It got noticed by Pitchfork and subsequently by someone at Stereogum.


http://pitchfork.com/news/58037-beastie-boys-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-featuring-nas-surfaces/

http://www.stereogum.com/1728669/watch-beastie-boys-nas-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-directed-by-roman-coppola/video/

[abbott]

The end?

Nope. Coming back for the next 10 years in hopes to see shit just like this.


And when I say shit. I mean sweet bad ass ...

[dave790]

Superb work (y)

Bittersweet but glorious. A great video - all I ever want is the three of them delivering to a roaming camera, it's unbreakable.

And still (in my opinion) the superior version of TMR.

edit: and further respect to Nas for his heartfelt involvement - the man is loving it.

[jayjacobson16]

OW SHEEEEIT! Nice one.

[easy 3]

:)(y)

[DeeJayZap]

you guys this is beautiful. such a classic beasties style of music video.

been a while since ive heard the original too many rappers too!

[mkvl3]

For anyone curious, this was uploaded on September 6th 2012. Don't ask me how I know this.

[Eoin MCL]

OP here, thank you all! The response from our community has been beyond overwhelming. I can't believe I'm being mentioned on international music news sites I read every day. I'll post more when I figure out how to express my gratitude. It's all too much right now. Again, a hundred thousand thanks! :)

RIP MCA

[Bernard Goetz]

The end?

Nope. Coming back for the next 10 years in hopes to see shit just like this.

(y)

[JoLovesMCA]

It got noticed by Pitchfork and subsequently by someone at Stereogum.


http://pitchfork.com/news/58037-beastie-boys-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-featuring-nas-surfaces/

http://www.stereogum.com/1728669/watch-beastie-boys-nas-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-directed-by-roman-coppola/video/

I am impressed the media picked up the story pretty fast.

In the newly unearthed clip, the Beasties and Nas run around a grocery store and a park in search of a good time. Stream it above and count your blessings that some deep-digging Beastie Boys fan (http://bbs.beastieboys.com/showthread.php?t=99988) found it (h/t Stereogum (http://www.stereogum.com/1728669/watch-beastie-boys-nas-unreleased-too-many-rappers-video-directed-by-roman-coppola/video/)).

http://www.spin.com/articles/beastie-boys-nas-too-many-rappers-video/

Let's hope there is so much more like this waiting to be discovered.

Thank you Beasties.
Thank you Yauch. You are eternally missed.

[Space]

got home and saw TOO MANY RAPPERS on the TRENDING NOW list

:D (y)


https://www.facebook.com/topic/Too-Many-Rappers/101880789853695?source=whrt&position=9&trqid=6103596222275033189

[Parkey]

:)

[Bernard Goetz]

I love reading all the replies on the Pitchfork Facebook post saying they'd seen this video years ago. YAH BRAH.

[pm0ney]

It's up on rollingstone.com now

Amazing find. It's the Sure Shot of the 2010s

[BeesTea]

One of my kids just shared the link from the Verge....

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/12/7533459/beastie-boys-unreleased-video-too-many-rappers-nas

[Space]

SHAZAM! video on that site, too. Never saw that before.
http://musicvideos.sweetcutz.com/video/48928744

(After searching the board now, I see this is not as rare as I thought)



have you seen this one Bernard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6caejQ4p0

:?

;):)

[Jay Stone]

This is dope.

Remember how people were saying that there was no video? Knew there had to be one when we saw the picture of them in the market rapping.

This made my year.

[Bernard Goetz]

have you seen this one Bernard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD6caejQ4p0

:?

;):)

Yeah, but thanks for checking! I think I've seen everything everyone's seen now - Shazam! was a shocker.

[laurie_hammy]

Amazing find. Cant believe how well that video is edited together soooo good this stuff has to be seen. Can't believe its been around since 09.

[Burnout18]

SHAZAM! video on that site, too. Never saw that before.
http://musicvideos.sweetcutz.com/video/48928744

(After searching the board now, I see this is not as rare as I thought)

Don't worry I was about to post the same thing. I've never seen that either.

[pshabi]

I see Jo's link got taken down, but I know porky has it so its ours forever! Two parts I just love.

1). When Yauch runs to the forefront to spit his first verse. Just rips my heart out but I love it.

2). Adrock pulling that Arby's out the dumpster!

[pshabi]

Wonder what the story is behind the "hi my name is Vic!" frame????

[Kid Presentable]

I see bitchfork blowing it up as the start of it being taken down...

[tt5brevisited]

WHAT?

super thanks.

shazam! is the dvd version though, right?

[Jiberish]

Nice! I loved all the new little touches to the same ol' same ol' (in a good way) Bboys video tropes. Seeing MCA behind the camera, Ad-Rock's Tar Tar Sauce... Mike with his statue. Nas looks like he is having the time of his life.

[MrRits]

Aww. was too late for this. Video seems to have been taken off everywhere..

Does anyone have (secret ... :) ) copy?

Thanks!!!!

[Friis gal]

Aww. was too late for this. Video seems to have been taken off everywhere..

Does anyone have (secret ... :) ) copy?

Thanks!!!!

Check out Ben's video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llCvXypv-kU) :) This clip seems to work.
It was at 138 views about 20 hours ago, 6.711 now :)

[M|X|Y]

i have a feeling that wasn't an official final version and he may not have had the official blessing to make it public. maybe it was just a spec version that he made for his reel, which people do... i hope we're not blowin up the spot for neil!

[cj hood]

i have a feeling that wasn't an official final version and he may not have had the official blessing to make it public. maybe it was just a spec version that he made for his reel, which people do... i hope we're not blowin up the spot for neil!

i'm thinkin just the opposite. Beastie camp said to put it out on the DL and let the fans find it. They've done that before...

[M|X|Y]

i hope so! if that's what they did I love it(y)

[Praying Mantis]

Great find. Thank's for sharing

[JoLovesMCA]

I have ripped it safely onto my computer so if anyone needs a copy sent to you let me know.

[sharonm]

So Awesome! Thanks for sharing! RIP MCA

[Sergeant HCR]

It's still on Daily Motion. I managed to save it using KeepVid.

Great find, something like this shouldn't be locked up somewhere.

[pshabi]

i'm thinkin just the opposite. Beastie camp said to put it out on the DL and let the fans find it. They've done that before...

My thoughts too. Reminiscent of Mr. Poon.

[pesto pizza]

well that is one of their best videos ever!
And not just cos its new.I hope it is packaged on something official,one day.
That version is still the best and should of been on the album,really pisses me off that it was'nt.

[b-grrrlie]

i have a feeling that wasn't an official final version and he may not have had the official blessing to make it public. maybe it was just a spec version that he made for his reel, which people do... i hope we're not blowin up the spot for neil!

i'm thinkin just the opposite. Beastie camp said to put it out on the DL and let the fans find it. They've done that before...
It's like finding a CD in a rented car...

I bet they had it public until it was found, it was made unavailable in my country pretty quick. Luckily some people are clever to save it straight away! ;)

[fonky pizza]

I saw it on PORKYS channel! thanks for saving it!:cool:

[Space]

my favourite part is @1:19 when Yauch spins and has this BIG ASS SMILE!:D

[Matchstikk]

Our beloved Beastie Boys have released the official version on their YouTube channel. They are THE BEST. Much love again to Eoin for droppin' such superior knowledge on us all.

http://youtu.be/wArxEk0Rxhc

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Our beloved Beastie Boys have released the official version on their YouTube channel. They are THE BEST. Much love again to Eoin for droppin' such superior knowledge on us all.

http://youtu.be/wArxEk0Rxhc

They have and always will be awesome :)

Now I want them to have more views than Taylor Swift. Refresh your browsers everyone and use multiple IP addresses / computers ;)

[gumkojima]

Love that it looks like they were trying to create the illusion at the monument that there were no cameras but edited it so that you can see that that's what they were trying to do.

[Kid Presentable]

well that is one of their best videos ever!
And not just cos its new.I hope it is packaged on something official,one day.
That version is still the best and should of been on the album,really pisses me off that it was'nt.

If I preferred the og version I'd be pissed off, too. But how cool is it that there is a video and it's this good?!!?

Very classy of the Boys to upload it to their channel for reals too. It'd have to be hard for them, and I assume Mrs Yauch also had to give the ok so this is very cool fan service, pretty true to MCA's form.

I think the original makes heaps more sense with the video, and it's obviously sad that it never came out properly and all of the other horribleness that followed. What I also realised is that this video narrows the race between TMR and Get it Together, because each has what the other doesnt. Buzzy.

[Brass Monk]

What I also realised is that this video narrows the race between TMR and Get it Together, because each has what the other doesnt. Buzzy.
I am curious what you mean by this...

[Kid Presentable]

I am curious what you mean by this...

My bad - wasn't clear: Get it Together has in-studio kicking it lulz vibe which accentuates the chemistry on the track but has no video; TMR has a video, which completely elevates the track and more than compensates for the lack of an organic in-studio recording session with Nas. Each has what the other doesnt: one has the guest in their lab while the other has the guest hanging out and getting in on the act in a pretty sweet film clip.

[Brass Monk]

My bad - wasn't clear: Get it Together has in-studio kicking it lulz vibe which accentuates the chemistry on the track but has no video; TMR has a video, which completely elevates the track and more than compensates for the lack of an organic in-studio recording session with Nas. Each has what the other doesnt: one has the guest in their lab while the other has the guest hanging out and getting in on the act in a pretty sweet film clip.

Oh I see, yeah definitely .
I'm surprised get it together never had video

[camo]

My bad - wasn't clear: Get it Together has in-studio kicking it lulz vibe which accentuates the chemistry on the track but has no video; TMR has a video, which completely elevates the track and more than compensates for the lack of an organic in-studio recording session with Nas. Each has what the other doesnt: one has the guest in their lab while the other has the guest hanging out and getting in on the act in a pretty sweet film clip.

Good point. Although I'd like to mention that Get it Together does have a sweet Lollapalooza performance full of said chemistry and lulz. I like to think that its the unofficial video of sorts.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

Good point. Although I'd like to mention that Get it Together does have a sweet Lollapalooza performance full of said chemistry and lulz. I like to think that its the unofficial video of sorts.

Do you have the link to this? Not sure if I've seen it and of course YouTube has the worse search ever

[Laver1969]

Do you have the link to this? Not sure if I've seen it and of course YouTube has the worse search ever

See if this link works:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT8fuO02gk

[Bernard Goetz]

Q Tip is so sloppy in that, I love it.

[Michelle*s_Farm]

See if this link works:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT8fuO02gk

Thanks for sharing that. There should be a Beastie Boys channel devoted solely to live performances on YouTube. Perhaps there is one I am forgetting...

[romanpetr]

Yep,that's awesome! Thank You for that wonderful evening! I'm crying...
RIP MCA!

[Sir SkratchaLot]

See if this link works:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT8fuO02gk

I heard Tip was pretty much wrecked when he made the original recording, going off the dome, and that explains why he can't remember the lyrics, and is just bullshit freestlying at Lollapalooza.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

See if this link works:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT8fuO02gk

Thanks but this is the first Tibetan Freedom Concert.

[brooklyndust]

Lalapalooza = Tibetan Freedom Concert

I'm partial to the St. Louis performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgZjw_vddGs#t=1h20m50s

There is a higher quality recording of it out there somewhere.

Check out this dudes channel though: has tons of bootlegs, that you would've had to swap vhs' back in the day to get. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyRmPYA36TyPtMhFZpVbQ9Q

also, here is a steady cam shot of Too Many Rappers live from Alfredo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH08ylBq-EI

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

TFC and Lalapalooza are not equal.

Two different festivals.

[brooklyndust]

I know, I was pointing out how someone was talking about lalapaloza and responded with tfc. Nevermind, don't drink and post.

[brooklyndust]

It's like that clip where people keep on labeling it as beastie boys at wood stock. Hogan Claiming to be at summer slam 92. All of Alex jones and people mistaking a screen shot of too many rappers as seeing the whole music video. People don't know wha there talking about.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

Haha okay. Yeah drinking and posting goes bad

[camo]

Yeah I got the two mixed up. It was drink related too - not enough coffee yesterday morning!

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Yeah I got the two mixed up. It was drink related too - not enough coffee yesterday morning!

Coffee is critical for cognitive functioning in the 21st Century.

[beasties#1fan]

Yep,that's awesome! Thank You for that wonderful evening! I'm crying...
RIP MCA!

i cried too when i first saw it. Initial reaction.

[ericg]

who's the cut throat crack dealin wannabe gangsta again???
really beasties!?! come on... you're the best, but then that??? there's better than that and you should know..!!!
i mean don't get me wrong, i'm probably one of the too many.. if you can even call my ish rapping, but i don't subscribe to that one song in the beasties repatroire (sp), and that just never happens... wtf chuck

maybe nas consumates the meaning of too many rappers as he would be one.. did the beasties just play him like that so he and people learn eventually, or was it really a song they wanted to appeal to the dirty south ish... keep hip hop clean my friends...

[camo]

who's the cut throat crack dealin wannabe gangsta again???
really beasties!?! come on... you're the best, but then that??? there's better than that and you should know..!!!
i mean don't get me wrong, i'm probably one of the too many.. if you can even call my ish rapping, but i don't subscribe to that one song in the beasties repatroire (sp), and that just never happens... wtf chuck

maybe nas consumates the meaning of too many rappers as he would be one.. did the beasties just play him like that so he and people learn eventually, or was it really a song they wanted to appeal to the dirty south ish... keep hip hop clean my friends...

What the chuff are you babbling on about?

[ericg]

haha really you need to get some glasses and a hearing aid..!

[ericg]

but i totally agree, there are too many rappers and not enough emcees..
kudos to the boys anyway.. i'll love them forever!

[camo]

haha really you need to get some glasses and a hearing aid..!

Deal. But only If you match me and get yourself a Dictionary and some sort of A rudimentary education (y)

[ericg]

get a rudimentary education?
really?
i won't leave ya behind, but..
i guess the slowest kid sets the standard these days...
doped up and dumbed down
not a good place for kids
not allowed to think outside the box..
what's there not to understand?
i don't think you've been paying attention..
i may only have 2 years of college, but i know bs when i see it.
that's what's wrong with the country... we're setting examples now like taht?
you have to be a cutthroat, crack dealing, thug to make it or be an emcee these days?
i don't know what you're trying to say, all i'm saying is that it's not so cool to me.

[camo]

get a rudimentary education?
really?
i won't leave ya behind, but..
i guess the slowest kid sets the standard these days...
doped up and dumbed down
not a good place for kids
not allowed to think outside the box..
what's there not to understand?
i don't think you've been paying attention..
i may only have 2 years of college, but i know bs when i see it.
that's what's wrong with the country... we're setting examples now like taht?
you have to be a cutthroat, crack dealing, thug to make it or be an emcee these days?
i don't know what you're trying to say, all i'm saying is that it's not so cool to me.

Well that's me told then.

[tuc70021]

This is an awesome find! Sick research skills Eoin MCL!

If anyone has a copy of this (mp4, avi, whatever) or a link to a place where I can download it, I'd be much obliged. I have a feeling it's gonna get yanked down from various YouTube channels as they are uncovered. Could be wrong, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. PM me if you want to be that gracious human being!

Also, just as a side note, I think it's really just.... I dunno, interesting how Yauch's first verse changed between the video version (or pre-album release version I guess) and the version that ultimately appeared on HSCP2. He makes a reference to never dying on the video version, but that verse was cut by the time the album came out.

I've been listening to the album version a lot lately and I forgot about that original verse. It was nice to hear him say it again. Living on and never dying through his music.

[ericg]

damn... did i say i didn't like a beasties song? what? never thought i'd see the day i ever thought a bad thought about them..
i mean, they've saved my and manys life so many times...

anyway,
word up
1 for eric, 0 for camo

... you're still good
i can't say the same for me though...

[camo]

1 for eric, 0 for camo

Ummmm no. You've didn't really acknowledge what I said. You've gone and built yourself up there. I'm gonna call it an ERIC-SHUN.

[ericg]

oh for fuccccckckckcs sakes buddy...
let it go

[Micodin]

i mean, they've saved my and manys life so many times...


Do tell.

[DJ Pioneer]

Thanks so much for sharing! It was great to see them all together again, and it looks like they had fun making it. I wonder what was running through Nas' head during filming haha! (y)

[Bernard Goetz]

The fuck just happened in here.

[camo]

The fuck just happened in here.

I'm still trying to figure it out.

[Jiberish]

This is an awesome find! Sick research skills Eoin MCL!

If anyone has a copy of this (mp4, avi, whatever) or a link to a place where I can download it, I'd be much obliged. I have a feeling it's gonna get yanked down from various YouTube channels as they are uncovered. Could be wrong, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. PM me if you want to be that gracious human being!

Also, just as a side note, I think it's really just.... I dunno, interesting how Yauch's first verse changed between the video version (or pre-album release version I guess) and the version that ultimately appeared on HSCP2. He makes a reference to never dying on the video version, but that verse was cut by the time the album came out.

I've been listening to the album version a lot lately and I forgot about that original verse. It was nice to hear him say it again. Living on and never dying through his music.


The album version says "Like a nexus 6 coming home to roost" so it's actually about dying. I thought that was super brave, fucking deep and a really poetic way for him to commit that idea to wax.

[Michelle*s_Farm]

The album version says "Like a nexus 6 coming home to roost" so it's actually about dying. I thought that was super brave, fucking deep and a really poetic way for him to commit that idea to wax.

Indeed, the Nexus-6 had a short lifespan, but they were a definitely fighters until the end.

"Like all replicants, they had a limited lifespan, the Nexus-6 being genetically designed to have a very short lifespan of just a few years."

and

"Nexus 5's and 4's would normally just give up when cornered, but 6's never stop fighting to stay alive"

Source link (http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Nexus-6)

[Jiberish]

Indeed, the Nexus-6 had a short lifespan, but they were a definitely fighters until the end.

"Like all replicants, they had a limited lifespan, the Nexus-6 being genetically designed to have a very short lifespan of just a few years."

and

"Nexus 5's and 4's would normally just give up when cornered, but 6's never stop fighting to stay alive"

Source link (http://bladerunner.wikia.com/wiki/Nexus-6)

Yeah. pretty much all that. It's beautiful that he put all of those ideas out to us in those words.

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Yeah. pretty much all that. It's beautiful that he put all of those ideas out to us in those words.

I agree, it was beautiful and deep. Thanks for pointing out the connection.

[Jiberish]

I agree, it was beautiful and deep. Thanks for pointing out the connection.

I don't recall who it was, but somebody else on the boards (at least i think it wasn't me) made the connection a few years ago.

[cj hood]

The album version says "Like a nexus 6 coming home to roost" so it's actually about dying. I thought that was super brave, fucking deep and a really poetic way for him to commit that idea to wax.

Wasn't this recorded before he knew he was sick?

[Michelle*s_Farm]

Wasn't this recorded before he knew he was sick?

Good point. According to Wikipedia the song was recorded in 2008 and Yauch was diagnosed in 2009. Although Yauch was sick a few months before being diagnosed so perhaps that fact triggered those lines somehow. I recall purchasing the Record Store Day 12 inch of Too Many Rappers in 2009.

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Wasn't this recorded before he knew he was sick?

That Nexus 6 line isn't on the 2009 version that came out before he was sick. It's only on the 2011 album version where he altered his verse (presumably after he found out about being sick).

2009 Version

Yo, I been in the game since before you was born
I might still be MCing even after you're gone
Strange thought, I know, but my skills still grow
The 80s, the 90s, 2000s, and so
On and on until the crack of dawn
Until the year 3000 and beyond
Stay up all night, and I MC and never die
Cause death is the cousin of sleep

2011 Version

Like a Nexus-6, comin' home to roost
Handheld 58 when it's time to get loose
Don't need the ear goggles, just put me through the speakers
Like a scientist with tubes and beakers

Have MCs over my house and fix 'em brunch
But you rappers? We goin' out, goin' dutch
So pass me the sword, I'll start swingin'
Just randomly chopping on a crazy ass mission

[koper_]

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Beastie Boys' Unreleased "Too Many Rappers" Video Featuring Nas:

http://ul.to/1vw67cdp

[Michelle*s_Farm]

That Nexus 6 line isn't on the 2009 version that came out before he was sick. It's only on the 2011 album version where he altered his verse (presumably after he found out about being sick).


Of course, thanks for pointing that out. The timing and lyric change is starting to make more sense now.