Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

"I feel like it was Yauch’s idea to turn the tape over."

Rick Rubin has been annotating Beastie Boys' tracks on Genius. Worth checking out below:

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Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

Nice! Never knew Drum Machine was a cover.

Also, didn't know he produced: "you don't know how it feels" by Tom Petty

Rubin's body of work continues to amaze me.

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

I'm a little skeptical about how much he contributed to the tom petty track as well as the production credit he gets for a lot of the rock acts he's supposedly produced

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

How so? The only group I read about that were not happy was Slipknot. They said they felt ripped off because he just came in for a few hours and laid on a couch.

But he had a big influence on Cash, Chilli Peppers and I would suspect Danzig and Slayer liked him because they worked with him repeatedly.

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

As I understand LTI, Rubin had lots of input (even though the Beastie's own input was drastically understated). I can't remember where I read it but they were talking about putting together Fight For Your Right being kind of like "meh" and then Rick coming back with those crazy hard drums! If all that's true the man is a beast. Hip hop is all about drums. I can easily see him having a lot of positive input applying that to rock. The guy has been in the biz for many years and is well respected. I'm pretty sure he's the real deal.

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

The black crows come to mind. They said he claimed production credit when he did absolutely nothing. Metallica liked working with him but they also indicated that his input was limited.
I'm not bashing Rubin , I think he's great, especially in hip hop.
But some of his credits are indeed questionable

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

They said fight for your right was written in 5 minutes on a napkin in a club. Any who fuck rick Rubin.

Re: Rick Rubin's verified "Genius" annotations for Beastie Boys
 

There's my entire 1980s right there.