No sleep till Brooklyn means they are on tour and partying until they get back home to Brooklyn NY. I saw them in Florida on their first tour. They had a giant paper mache dong come on stage. Totally insane. You have to keep in mind we did not have cell phones or internet so if it was not on MTV or a magazine you did not see it. That made everything much cooler to see live.

@santadog9

8 ай бұрын

Also, No Sleep Till Brooklyn is a direct pull from Motörhead's "No Sleep till Hammersmith" Same definition but it's Motörhead on tour.

@damienfallon8980

8 ай бұрын

@@santadog9 Interesting. Beastie Boys were punk so they did listen to a lot of Motorhead you would imagine

@j.t.3798

6 ай бұрын

Tallahassee?

@tomjackson7755

5 ай бұрын

@@damienfallon8980 "Waking up before I get to sleep, cus I've been rocking this party 8 days a week" was a lifestyle in the 80's. LOL

The Beastie Boys were a punkband that loved both Rock and Rap and switched from punk to rap. So they (often) play their own instruments

@DirtCheapFU

7 ай бұрын

Ska-Punk specifically which made them a harder sell.

@badone07

7 ай бұрын

They played punk at St John Fischer College, Rochester, NY in 1985 or 1986. They were boo’d off the stage.

@Wakko92

6 ай бұрын

Kerry King from Slayer did the guitar solo, hence the guy wearing the Slayer shirt.

Ball crunching guitar solo courtesy of one Kerry King from Slayer.

@breadfan7t

6 ай бұрын

SLAYER!

@rojopo1971

5 ай бұрын

Hell ya, Rick Rubin made kerry do it against his will

I’m a 52 year old woman. I remember running around my younger cousin’s neighborhood with a boombox playing this cassette as we had this blasted as a teenager. People wouldn’t necessarily picture me rapping this…

@HyperactiveNeuron

7 ай бұрын

What up Paula?! I was in the 8th grade when this came out and it was no different except none of us could drive LOL! Maybe I was the over-confident guy with long blond hair at the arcade hitting on you LOL! That was totally me 😂

@spacecowboy6099

7 ай бұрын

Shhhhh gen zero has no idea what a cassette is...lol

i'm 60, and still bumpin' beastie boys lol. a great awakening, your viewers, for you 🤘

I saw the Beastie Boys in 85.. almost forty years ago.. when they opened for Madonna on her “virgin” tour. I’m 59

I’m a 55 yr old girl who always has BB playing . This album came out my Jr yr . We always knew they were legends .. Saw them Live twice . 🌠 I will never forget those shows. Trust me when I say there were plenty of forgettable ones I will never remember by other bands . The Beastie Boys were always legendary in our lives . Even in the beginning .they were loved with a passion in the 80’s and we’ve never stopped . What a great time to be a teenager it was . These guys feel like my Brothers. We’ve all been thru so much for so many decades together . When u love a band for forty years . You will totally understand . Talk to u again in 40 😉

"Boom boxes" LOL That's a blast from the past. I remember when everyone had a boom box. It was like a status symbol. The bigger, the better.

@moflow99

5 ай бұрын

I STILL have the boombox i had in the 80's 😁 I just can't afford the 8 D cell batteries so i can hoist it up on my shoulder. 😞

No sleep till Brooklyn CD is a straight classic!! I'm 54 yrs old and I used to listen to this CD from start to finish. I liked every song.

@rpa.freedomfighter

7 ай бұрын

You probably mean cassette tape, right? I was probably 13-14 when I had their tape. Before CDs 😂

@rogeranderson5578

7 ай бұрын

That sold so good for so long that it was in album, CD, cassette !!

the Beasties, unlike most rappers, were actual musicians. Their songs were very musically diverse...they sampled the Beatles, disco king Cerrone, the Commodores, and even themselves.

They were a band before they started rapping. Check out their performance of Sabatoge on David letterman. It's 🔥

@commentingisdangerous7530

6 ай бұрын

they had been rapping for 10 years before that performance. your facts are totally wrong.

@satanihelvetet

4 ай бұрын

@@commentingisdangerous7530 Still they started as a punk rock/hardcore band and switced to rap.

I have been jamming to the Beastie Boys since they came out! I still crank it up I'm my dad truck. This one is also great because Kerry King from Slayer is playing the guitar.

We still are bumping Beastie Boys

They used to be the young aborigines, and when they became the Beastie Boys in 1981 they took over. I know a couple guys damn near 60 years old that can wrap to every song on every album of the Beastie Boys. It’s freaking crazy and funny as hell.

@Jayizzo007

8 ай бұрын

Some of us might be 50 or 60 but in our brains...we are still teenagers!

I saw them play at Danceteria in NYC before their first album dropped. They were punk first. But one of their older brothers is Rick Ruben, who they gave LLCoolJ's tape to. Watch Kid Rock's I Am A Bull Frog. Also Deep dive into Salt N Peppa with Spindarella. 🎉

Dont fool yourself... we're still blasting this!!

I'm 55 now. Love the BB. Seen the in concert on the Def Jam tour in 1987. Rhymin' & Stealin', The New Style. Are my jams.

I’m 53 and still walk around with my beats blaring the Beastie Boys!!!🤘🏼

Guardians of the Galaxy went total gangster on the fight scene with this one.

50 year olds are still blasting Beastie Boys

Love the Beastie Boys. I had friends who entered a Lip Synch Contest in our high school (around 1987-1989) and they chose the Beastie Boys. It was hysterical. My friends and I chose a Barry Manilow Medley. What a crazy time that both would be in the same event. Imagine a lip synch contest at a high school in 2024…doubt it!

Another favorite song of mine from the beastie boys is Shake your rump….hey ladies and sure shot

@williamroper5422

8 ай бұрын

That is 3 songs, but hell yeah to all those.

I graduated in 1987. We had the best music. Beastie boys got ll cool j his break. They were pioneers in hip hop. They brought together all of us rock and rap fans. Run dmc was another who combined rock and rap. Todays rap everyone wants to be thugs. Back then it was about having fun and ignoring authority. It was a good time to be a teenager. Im happy you kids are discovering the roots of the music you listen to. Beastie boys helped make rap mainstream. Yeah im that normal looking guy in that regular job but i still am a kid and jam out when i hear the beastie boys. I think i still have their cassette somewhere here. And yes, we all rocked the giant boom boxes.😂 us old people are cool. Learn from us son.

We were the parents playing it, TURN THAT SHIT UP!

Kerry King from Slayer plays the guitar solos on this track, even though the Beastie Boys play their own respected instruments.

One of my favorite Bestie Boys songs. Play it with a system that can really punch that bass.

My father is a 48yo quiet white guy with a cushy government job, but once upon a time he was 17 with an earring in one ear bumpin the Beastie Boys with the subwoofer in his car.

I was in the 5th grade in 1989 when i first listened to the Beastie Boys. I didnt know what to make of it but i knew i liked it. Im 45 and i still listen to the BB.

Hey, I was in elementary school when Fight for your Right dropped. Game over! We middle aged white wimmins love em, too. Watch out if you’re on the road when I’m driving to this.

I am 45 and still hit up shows and mosh pits, metal, punk, and all other types. I thin No Sleep until Brooklyn is from Motorheads firdt live album No Sleep till Hammersmith which a long with stuff like Beastie Boys I've listened to sine I was a teen. Meaning they were touring and partying and they werent going to sleep until after the last shows which were ar the Hammersmith ballroom.

This 50 y/o still bumps the beastie boys to this day.

I was in klein high school in spring texas and they had great songs. Got out in 1988 and still listen to them today I'm 54 now good stuff😊

Kerry King from Slayer doing all the guitar. I rocked the shit out of this.

No sleep till Brooklyn...think about a long ass drive back to Brooklyn. Keep rollin..we gotta get there

Also keep in mind that they had one of the band “Slayer’s lead guitarists Kerry King” often play the guitar solos in their songs.

I’m your random 56 year old white guy who has been listening to the B-Boys from the beginning

I'm from Germany... And we heard the song on a school trip in 1991. The song (of course also the other brilliant songs of the Licensed to Ill) ran almost the whole day - for 5 days. Funny, considering that I almost only listen to metal...Good time with good memories.

I am a fifty year old guy that was banging the Beastie Boys. Saw them in concert in ‘94. Still play them regularly.

I'm a 60 year old white woman and THIS is my favorite Beastie Boys song! 😊

Used to blast this on two 15inch Cerwin Vegas when I was in the AF in the late 80s early 90s.

I’m 49 and still bumping beasties outta my ride. Lol

I am a 49 year old white woman. I was in middle school when this album came out. I owned it and still know every word.

never knew the deeper meaning to the song. I took it as a fellow New York City kid in the 1980's. You had to take the subway to get home from the Manhattan clubs where you would see bands. I thought they were rapping about taking the subway back to Brooklyn after a night at the club.

It’s borrowed from Motörheads first live album called No Sleep Till Hammersmith which was a venue in London

Instead of writing for a long time. I'll say this. All music in the 80's was going on all cylinders. Rock, Rap, Soul, Dance Music, Pop, punk. You name it. Banger after banger. We got so spoiled. We never thought it would end. It ended. The death kneel? The Back Street Boys and mumble rap

They did both! Even IceT has a punk band he plays with

When they come on radio it takes me back. I had their album. Blasted it in the Porto Rican neighborhoods and had clout

Bro I'm hooked on your Beastie Boys videos!

I was the 18 yr old jamming to beasties boys in my 70 Dodge charger. Long hair friends,rap wasawesome.,so was metal and rock! NIW IM 51 ,but I still feel when I play my guitars IM 20 again. I feel like you do young fella. It never goes away. God bless and enjoy all music for yourself! Then make your judgement! I think your smart man and you will like.van halen, guns and roses, 80rap was killer. Metallica, heart,motley crue, bon jovi,ratt,ozzy osbourne, nirvana, Chris cornell,Alice in chains,RUN DMC WAS THE SHIT! CHECK OUT THESE AND MORE! GOD BKESS🎸🎸🎼🎵🎶🎷🎻🎸🎤📸📷🎥📺🎬📽📀📀♣🃏🎧🔕🔕🎷🎼🔈🔉🔊🔊🔊🔊

Brooklyn was the offspring to the warriors

You also need to understand that Heavy Metal was dominating at this time and Rick Rubin produced this music 🎶 Rick Rubin is a genius producer and also produced Metal bands!!

49 here. Still blasting Beasties.

Speaking as someone who just turned 50, this is one of my all time favorites🤘 and feel it in your balls is perfect ...

I heard them say that it became a saying for them when they would be out partying all night. On the ride home on the subway, they would say no sleep til Brooklyn. So they wouldn’t fall asleep.

His eyes open 😂

Whats funny is that happened to Run DMC. Run DMC showed up at a show with Jay's turntables, the doorman laughed at them and shut the door 😂 According to DMC the manager said "You mean I'm paying you to play RECORDS?!"

Cool thing about this songbthe guy who shoved the gorilla was Kerry King from slayer. He did the solo

The solo guitarrist is Kerry King from Slayer!

This grandma lol. Yep, I'm that middle aged nana STILL rocking out to Beastie Boys. I taught my grands how to headbang and you can bet your bottom dollar they know all the best music.

I had just graduated from high school. That summer I went to a Beasty boy concerts period they were new and upping coming.

I was like 10th or 11th grade. It was the Spring Break anthem "License to Ill"

I saw the Beastie Boys when I was in high school in 1986 a few months before their album "Licensed to Ill" (that this song was on) was released. But, before that, Run DMC put the hook into maybe ten percent of us white boys - after "Licensed to Ill" the majority of us white guys were turned on to rap/hip hop. Beastie Boys were a huge influence on that musical genre.

Can you imagine how confused a potential manager would be if the Beastie Boys and Living Color came in the same day for their auditions for them. lol

one song no one does but goes hard is “Hello Brooklyn” off the Paul Boutique album

I was 15 living in Connecticut and a family from Brooklyn with daughters moved to my neighborhood. One day the girls were walking down the street blasting No sleep till Brooklyn from their boom box and then proceeded to kick our asses!! I have been a fan of Beastie boys ever since!!

I was 5 when License to Ill came out and it shaped the rest of my life.

Your videos are giving me “cool dad” vibes, so thanks 😂

Guarantee if you're a GenXer you're STILL in that damn crowd

No Sleep Till Brooklyn was on the album License to Ill which was released in 1986 when I was 13 years old and earlier this year I turned 50. License to Ill is 37 years old👍🔥

Bless you son, you getting it lmao 😂

If you haven’t done it yet, I suggest Girls by Beastie Boys off the same album. It’s wildly different.

@effer3

8 ай бұрын

Worst track, the only skippable one on Licensed To Ill

The “Amish” guy rocking in the front was dressed as a Hasidic Jew, who are common in Brooklyn 😊

Still bump them!

Yes. I'm a 53 year old white guy that used to listen to B.B. back in the 80s. And still today

I was about 6 or 7 years old when I first heard Beastie Boys. I wouldn't have been doing much, but I do remember playing License To Ill so much the tape began to tear. I must have owned that tape 3 or 4 times.

I love them but my heart breaks into pieces for MCA. Fly high Adam Yauch, never be forgotten 🌈🦋🦋🦋🏵 And yes, the Beastie Boys always came with the wit & humor.

I'm that 50 year old who was bumpin the beasties back in the day. 😘

I first heard the Beastie Boys in 85 when I saw them in a movie called Krush Groove. Been a fan ever since.

Well im a 50 yr old woman who was jamming to the Beastie boys on my walkman before I had a car and then they were in the rotation with L.L., too short and 2 live crew.

The generation that listened to this music in their 20s didn't live with their parents. It was a lot easier to make a livable wage back then, and college debt wasn't ridiculous like it is now. Though I was still living with my parents when this song was on the radio, since I was in grade school at the time, but we all shouted "you gotta fight for your right to paaaaarty!" at recess.

Look up, Mark Walberg As Marky Mark

Im born in 83'...This is crib music my friends...

😂 I'm a 52 year old white lady that still has Beastie Boys on my playlist. In high school (80's) we used to bump this cassette tape so loud that the whole car shook & rattled. "The New Style" shook the rear view mirrors so hard that you couldn't see out of them😂 "Paul Revere" is another one of my favs. EVERYTHING on the License To Ill album is awesome (or should I say FIRE)!!

Kerry King plays all the guitars on this

I’m in my late 40’s and I clean my kitchen to this.

@girs666

8 ай бұрын

75’ here bro

Driving county back roads with Beastie Boys cranked up smokin da ganga sipping on a little bit of alcohol.... No noise complaints but we had bonn fires and a kegs out there..😁

Good thing you brought up Mark Wahlburg. Did you know he started out in a hip hop group called “Markey Mark and the Funky Bunch” check it out

when the dude from slayer does your guitar solo. Lol.

They were a punk band who turned into rappers and fused both

Uhhh, I'm still listening to the Beastie Boys at 50. Their second album Paul's Boutique really changed hip-hop. And this song came out way before SpongeBob.

That comment is very true.

Sorry it took me 7 months!! But I got ya now!! Love this song!!

☺️ More like blasting it out your Dorm room from a CUNY School in 1 of the 5 Boroughs! 😒 But most probably NYU where Rick Rubin had his home base. 🤯 I tell you what, surviving MTV Spring Break filming was a feat in itself every year. 🥰🐰

First cassette tape I ever owned was Ill Communication. I was in grade 5, early 90s. Loved that record.

I love that gen x is highly represented in the comment section. Love my fellow gem Xers. Keep surviving!

Bro you know at least one person in your life that was conceived to this song i promise

Kerry King from Slayer on the guitar, great reaction Bro!

I was 9-10 years old when this album came out. My brother and I played it on repeat 🔥

I was a little kid when this came out. My dad recorded the music video and made sure I heard it all the time.

That’s Kerry King from the thrash metal band Slayer playing guitar after the gorilla