Hello Nasty 20th Anniversary. Favourites?

[brooklyndust]

Just sat down and listened to it properly and intensively on wax with a proper sound setup.

Here are a few reflections on what a few of my favs are

Single: 3MC's & 1DJ / Negotiation Limerick File
Video: 3MC's & 1DJ
Non-Hip Hop Song: I Don't Know, Song For The Man
Non Single Hip-Hop Track: UNITE / The Move
Best use of a Sample: Barbara Lynn Poor Old Trashman on Unite
Best guest: Miho Hatori / Lee Scratch Perry
MVP of the Record: Ad-Rock
Best B-Side: Dr. Lee PhD Dub / Piano Jam
Best Remix: Intergalactic Fuzzy Logic Remix

There are some songs on this list that have changed continuously over 20 years and some that have not.

What is yours?

[Micodin]

my MVP's of this record was Adrock's SP1200, MMM, and Mario C's mixing.

I still can't get with the Bossa Nova though.

[Uru-Nitro]

Single: Intergalactic. First song I ever listened from them, and an absolute masterpiece.
Video: Intergalactic: same reason.
Non-Hip Hop Song: sneaking out/ song for junior/ I Don't Know / picture this... I love them all!
Non Single Hip-Hop Track: UNITE (agreed)
Best use of a Sample: the body movin beat is so great imo
Best guest: the singer of Picture this. weird I don't know who she is
MVP of the Record: Ad-Rock (agreed) The beats are so amazing, from the beginning until the end
Best B-Side: Alive, if its allowed as a b-side
Best Remix: Intergalactic (Prisoners Of Technology Remix) A style of music I'm not into, but I love this track.

[Rodie]

Single: Body Movin'
Video: Body Movin'
Non-Hip Hop Song: And Me
Non Single Hip-Hop Track: Putting Shame in Your Game
Best use of a Sample: The New Style on Intergalactic
Best guest: Miho Hatori
MVP of the Record: Ad-Rock
Best B-Side: Hail Sagan
Best Remix: Putting Shame in Your Game (Prunes Remix)

This is still my favorite album of all time, it's nice to see it's getting the recognition it deserves!

[dave790]

Always my least favourite B-Boys record (discounting TMU), although I do appreciate it.

Body Movin' and Negotiation Limerick File remain two of my favourite Beastie Boys songs. Intergalactic, while overplayed, was perhaps their best ever lead single. I also have a lot of time for The Move and the rather underrated Just A Test.

Sneakin' Out The Hospital conjures up a real...vibe? Atmosphere? I'm not sure what exactly, but it is easily their most appropriately-titled instrumental! For me, Twenty Questions was the superior bossanova cut but I Don't Know is not without its charms. Much preferred the live performance video of 3MC's to the album version.

For me, there's just too much B-material elsewhere in my opinion. Can't fault the ambition, but (as I've said before) a lot of HN comes across as the soundtrack to a cartoon Beastie Boys movie. Playful sure (the likes of Instant Death aside), but no real edge to any of it. I think the album's either side of it blow it out the park.

That said, to mark twenty years I will certainly play it later on in the week - and I will enjoy it, particularly the skit about playing basketball in the rain and not getting wet!

[Monsieur Decuts]

Just a Test is a high water mark for the boys. This song embodies all they were up to 1998 and all they were to become afterwards. In my top 5 songs of all time.

[Brother McDuff]

Single: Negotiation Limerick File
Video: Intergalactic
Non-Hip-Hop: Dedication
Sample: "El Rey y Yo" by Los Angeles Negros (from The Move outro)
Best Guest: Mixmaster Mike
MVP: Mario C, for the logistics and alchemy required to reign in such chaos
B-Side: Peanut Butter & Jelly (criminally overlooked)
Remix: Negotiation Limerick File (41 Small Star Remix)


my reigning desert island album, how I love thee. let me count the ways...

joking aside, this is easily the most impactful music purchase I've ever made. total game-changer for me at that age, in regards to how many hats a group could wear, and how many styles an album could straddle, yet still maintain a cohesive identity. really opened my mind.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

Single: 3MC's & 1DJ / Negotiation Limerick File
Video: 3MC's & 1DJ
Non-Hip Hop Song: I Don't Know, Sneaking Out the Hospital, Song for the Man
Non Single Hip-Hop Track: UNITE / Putting Shame.../ the Move
Best use of a Sample: the Move- Negros's "El Rey Y Yo"
Best guest: Biz/Lee Scratch Perry
MVP of the Record: Ad-Rock
Best B-Side: Piano Jam
Best Remix: Putting Shame in your Game: Fuzzy Logic