Similar music style recommendation

[pesto pizza]

I'm looking to try find some new music to listen to, maybe some great group l have missed along the way.
The Beastie boys have been my favourite music since May 1987 and my music life is pretty empty these days.
So if l was to recommend some music to someone who loved the Beastie boys, l would suggest RUN DMC early stuff, The Goats, Cypress Hill and Bad Brains.
The suggestion could be a famous group, l may of not given them a chance before.
Thanks in advance, any ideas are most welcome.

[Micodin]

EPMD’s first 5 albums is a great place to start if you haven’t gotten into them previously. classic albums.

[pesto pizza]

Originally Posted by Micodin

EPMD’s first 5 albums is a great place to start if you haven’t gotten into them previously. classic albums.

I never liked their beats but l always liked their voices and that track with LL COOL J "rampage" was very good though

[Kid Presentable]

Cherry pick stuff, man. There’s a lot to digest if you try to get into entire discographies. EPMD is a great call, though. Nice little Beastie nods in tracks like Let The Funk Flow and Da Joint. There are Beastie nods throughout the Def Squad canon, too, but you would do them a disservice to only check for them because of some nods.

That’s sort of the real challenge, though. I don’t know that there are many bands ‘similar’ (and to be fair, when people say such about things like 311 you can see that first hand). Similar could be a self actualised band persona more than stylistic, though.

I mean Tribe, De La (I absolutely adore their most recent album) all the other super obvious choices, but I think it’s also cool to consider groups the Beastie Boys liked, as much as groups which may be similar. I bump a shit ton of Bossa Nova on Spotify, basically solely because of the Beastie Boys. It’s made my home a very pleasant place to be.

Drawing a longer bow, Stepfather by People Under the Stairs was in that studio photo of the Boys. I took that as a lead at one point in time.

To a similar end, Mike D was with RR during the recording of 99 problems; there’s an incredible remix of the Black album getting around to commemorate the 15th anniversary which everybody must check out. Horovitz banged on about Os Mutantes in the book, and that’s definitely worth checking out. Yauch played a little with Cro-Mags. Try that?

I personally have been quite enjoying Mac Demarco; he has the whole Lo-fi DIY thing going on. Very chill. People always talked about Edan being in the Beastie Boys wheelhouse back in 05 or whenever, maybe look into that?

As cautious as I am about you looking for ‘similar’ groups, I’m fully aware that I’m doing a terrible job with alternatives. Beastie Boys’ lane is far too unique, though, man. The most recent ATCQ album? Oh, Jungle Bothers?

A real practical tip for me has been following their peers and associates on Insta. Ricky Powell, Mario C etc they all post some shit which leads down interesting musical paths. Hurra sorta does, too. You might like his style more.

Good luck!

EDIT: McDuff dropped the recommendation for ESG the other month; very Mix-Up vibes from them. I love that shit.

EDIT EDIT: I finally realised a dream and caught the Avalanches live. It reminded me a lot of the Beastie Boys. Basically just crate-digging music-heads with a flair for the unusual. If you can find a version of their debut which isn’t gimped by sample clearances, try that. Wildflower was my shit, too.

[Micodin]

Originally Posted by pesto pizza

I never liked their beats

haha ok bro. there’s nothing i can do for you then. good luck. smh

[pesto pizza]

Thanks everyone so far, l will try some of those on you tube.

[Kid Presentable]

You mentioned Cypress Hill. I’m not as emphatic in their similarity to the B-Boys, they stagnated a bit. Elephants on Acid I’ll assume you’re across however Muggs has always been the real talent of the group. His album with Meyhem Lauren is incredible. His most recent Soul Assassins wasn’t bad, either.

[cj hood]

Originally Posted by pesto pizza

I'm looking to try find some new music to listen to, maybe some great group l have missed along the way.
The Beastie boys have been my favourite music since May 1987 and my music life is pretty empty these days.
So if l was to recommend some music to someone who loved the Beastie boys, l would suggest RUN DMC early stuff, The Goats, Cypress Hill and Bad Brains.
The suggestion could be a famous group, l may of not given them a chance before.
Thanks in advance, any ideas are most welcome.

hang tight....Spring is right around the corner....rock those EPMD records til then....

[Kid Presentable]

$mark did the keys on where it’s at.

[Micodin]

tammy d shot the MMMBop vid.

[Kid Presentable]

Originally Posted by Micodin

tammy d shot the MMMBop vid.

Didn’t the Dust Bros produce it?

[Micodin]

Originally Posted by Kid Presentable

Didn’t the Dust Bros produce it?

yeah man.

those are E.Z. Mike scratches you're hearing

[dust monkey]

Originally Posted by cj hood

hang tight....Spring is right around the corner....rock those EPMD records til then....

hahaha....dude what happens in the spring? these da vinci code posts i just love. warming up, it's spring again, etc. etc..

did everyone just pass this lil cryptic nugget up?

[Late-Night Lion]

Originally Posted by dust monkey

hahaha....dude what happens in the spring? these da vinci code posts i just love. warming up, it's spring again, etc. etc..

did everyone just pass this lil cryptic nugget up?

Hmmmm well this is interesting...could it be possible new music from people in the Beastie circle?

[brooklyndust]

Originally Posted by Late-Night Lion

Hmmmm well this is interesting...could it be possible new music from people in the Beastie circle?

Nope, but CJ has been doing that Dan Brown style for years, even if you pry, that is probably the most info were going to get for now.

Sounds really good though.

[Brother McDuff]

this is turning into an Edan lovefest...

and i like it.

great story about Minus recording session. love it.