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Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
''Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!'' (alternate title: ''Awesome; I... Shot That!'') is a 2006 concert film by American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, directed by Adam Yauch under the name Nathaniel Hörnblowér. It was created by giving camcorders to 50 audience members of a sold out concert at Madison Square Garden on October 9, 2004. The audience members were instructed to keep the cameras rolling at all times. For a low budget operation, all cameras were returned to the place of purchase for a refund. The film first screened on January 6, 2006 to the fans that shot the footage. Also that same month it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. There was a one-night screening across the country on March 23, and the film was then given a general release on March 31, 2006. The DVD of the concert film was released on July 24, 2006 in the UK and July 25, 2006 in the US. During a promotional performance on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'', members of the audience were given camco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Yauch
Adam Nathaniel Yauch ( ; August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012), better known under the stage name MCA, was an American rapper, bass player, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. Besides his musical work, he also directed many of the band's music videos and did much of their promotional photography, often using the pseudonym Nathaniel Hörnblowér for such work. Yauch founded Oscilloscope Laboratories, an independent film production and distribution company based in New York City. As a Buddhist, he was involved in the Tibetan independence movement and organized the Tibetan Freedom Concert. He died in 2012 from parotid cancer, after which Beastie Boys ceased making music. Early life and education Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Yauch was an only child. His father Noel was an architect, and his mother Frances was a social worker. Yauch's mother was Jewish and his father Catholic, but he had a non-religious upbringing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Yauch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl McDaniels
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of hip hop culture. Early life McDaniels grew up in Hollis, Queens. He was born to an unwed mother who surrendered him to the New York Foundling home. He was a ward of the Foundling, in foster care, until placed with the McDaniels and eventually adopted by them. They raised him as a Catholic. He attended Rice High School in Manhattan and later enrolled in St. John's University in Queens. McDaniels first became interested in hip hop music after listening to recordings of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. In 1978, McDaniels taught himself to DJ in the basement of his parents' home, using turntables and a mixer that he bought with his older brother, Alford, after having a comic book sale in their neighborhood. During this period he adopted the stage name "Grandmaster Get High". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something's Got To Give (song)
''Check Your Head'' is the third studio album by American rap rock group Beastie Boys, released by Grand Royal and Capitol Records on April 21, 1992. Three years elapsed between the releases of the band's second studio album ''Paul's Boutique'' and ''Check Your Head'', which was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, Atwater Village in 1991 under the guidance of producer Mario Caldato Jr., the group's third producer in as many albums. Less Sampling (music), sample-heavy than their previous records, the album features instrumental contributions from all three members: Ad-Rock, Adam Horovitz on guitar, Adam Yauch on bass guitar, and Mike Diamond on drums. The album was re-released in a number of formats in 2009, with 16 b-sides and rarities, as well as a commentary track, included as bonus material. It is one of the albums profiled in the 2007 book ''Check the Technique'', which includes a track-by-track breakdown by Diamond, Yauch, Horovitz, Caldato, and fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky's Theme
Ricky's may refer to: *Ricky's All Day Grill Ricky's All Day Grill is a restaurant chain in western Canada. The restaurant was founded in 1960 as a family breakfast house. The first location in eastern Canada opened in Peterborough, Ontario in November 2007. History Al Sheren opened the fi ..., a restaurant chain in Canada * Ricky's Sports Theatre and Grill, a sports bar in San Leandro, California {{Dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Your Rump
Shake may refer to: * Handshake * Milkshake * Tremor * Shakes (wood), cracks in timber * Shake (shingle), a wooden shingle made from split logs Shake, The Shakes, Shaking, or Shakin' may refer to: Geography * Shake, Zimbabwe * Shake, another name for Sake language, used in parts of Gabon People * Shakin' Stevens, Welsh rock and roll singer * Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Detroit techno producer * Master Shake, a character in ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * Shake (singer) (Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad), Malaysian singer * Shaking, a stage name of Xie Keyin, Chinese singer, rapper and songwriter * Malik "Shake" Milton, American basketball player Music * Shake (music) (more commonly known as a ''trill''), a musical ornament * The Shake (dance), a fad dance of the 1960s * The Shake (American rock band) Albums * ''Shake'' (The Thing album) (2015) * ''Shake'' (John Schlitt album) (1995) * ''Shake!'' (album) (1968), by the Siegel–Schwall Band * ''Shake'' (2001), by Zucchero Fornaciari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pass The Mic
"Pass the Mic" is the first single from the third studio album ''Check Your Head'' by American rap group the Beastie Boys, released on April 7, 1992. Sampling lawsuit In 2003, Beastie Boys were involved in the landmark sampling (music), sampling decision, ''Newton v. Diamond''. In that case, a federal judge ruled that the band was not liable for sampling James Newton's "Choir" in their track, "Pass the Mic". The sample used is the six-second flute stab. In short, Beastie Boys cleared the sample but obtained only the rights to use the sound recording and not the composition rights to the song "Choir". In the decision, the judge found that: Track listing # "Pass the Mic" (LP version) – 4:30 # "Dub the Mic" (Instrumental) – 4:26 # "Drunken Praying Mantis Style" – 2:37 # "Pass the Mic (Pt. 2, Skills to Pay the Bills)" – 4:24 # "Netty's Girl" – 5:39 Samples * "Choir" by James Newton, from ''Axum (album), Axum'' * "Big Take Over" by Bad Brains, from ''Bad Brains (album), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Brooklyn
''Paul's Boutique'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989, by Capitol Records. Produced by the Dust Brothers, the album is composed almost entirely from samples, and was recorded over two years at Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles. ''Paul's Boutique'' did not match the sales of the group's 1986 debut ''Licensed to Ill'', and was promoted minimally by Capitol. However, it became recognized as the group's breakthrough achievement, with its innovative lyrical and sonic style earning them a position as critical favorites within the hip-hop community. Sometimes described as the "''Sgt. Pepper'' of hip-hop", ''Paul's Boutique'' has placed on several lists of the greatest albums of all time, and is viewed by many critics as a landmark album of golden age hip hop. Background Derided as one-hit wonders and estranged from their previous producer, Rick Rubin, and record label, Def Jam, Beastie Boys were in se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Root Down (EP)
''Root Down'' is an EP by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released in 1995. The first three tracks are variations of the track "Root Down", from the Beastie Boys' 1994 album ''Ill Communication''. The remaining seven tracks were recorded "live in Europe, winter 1995". The hidden track heard in the end is a radio jingle in Hebrew made in Israel's military radio station Galey Tzahal. It promoted a Beastie Boys special aired prior to their only two concerts in the country, in March 1995. When Mike D and Ad-Rock were interviewed at the station they heard the recording and asked for it. Track listing Charts Certifications "Root Down" "Root Down" is a song by Beastie Boys from their fourth studio album ''Ill Communication''. The original version of the track, as well as two remixes of the track, are featured on the ''Root Down'' EP. It was released as a single in promotion of the ''Root Down'' EP; it also served as the fourth single from ''Ill Communication''. A sample ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple Trouble (song)
"Triple Trouble" is a song by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their sixth studio album ''To the 5 Boroughs''. It heavily samples "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, and interpolates lyrics from "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre" by Double Trouble. The music video for "Triple Trouble" was directed by MCA (musician), MCA, under his alias Nathaniel Hornblower and filmed in Toronto. Kanye West and John Legend made cameos at the end of the video. The song was used to promote the third season of the HBO series ''Bored to Death''. Track listing #"Triple Trouble" (Album version) – 2:46 #"Triple Trouble" (J Wizzle Remix) – 3:12 #"Triple Trouble" (Graham Coxon Remix) – 3:59 (UK CD release) Chart positions References External links * 2004 singles Beastie Boys songs 2004 songs EMI Records singles Songs written by Ad-Rock Songs written by Mike D Songs written by Adam Yauch Songs written by Bernard Edwards So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixmaster Mike
Mixmaster may refer to: Equipment and technology * Sunbeam Mixmaster, an electric kitchen mixer that was the flagship product of Sunbeam Products ** Mix Diskerud, United States professional soccer player nicknamed after the mixer * Mixmaster anonymous remailer, a Type II anonymous remailer network software * Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, a prototype American bomber * A nickname for the Cessna Skymaster airplane Music * Mixmaster Morris or Morris Gould (born 1965), English ambient DJ and underground musician * Mix Master Mike (born 1970), American turntablist and contributing member of the Beastie Boys * Mixmaster Spade, an early gangsta rap performer in West Coast hip hop * Mixmaster Gee, an artist featured on 1987 album '' Street Sounds Crucial Electro 3'' * Alternate name of Black Box (band), an italo-house musical act Other uses *Mixmaster (Transformers), a Constructicon *Mixmaster universe, a cosmological model proposed by Charles W. Misner *Mixmaster dynamics, the sensitivity o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American entertainer, writer, director, and producer. After working in Derrick Comedy while studying at New York University, Glover was hired at age 23 by Tina Fey as a writer for the NBC sitcom '' 30 Rock''. He later rose to fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, Glover starred in the FX series ''Atlanta'', which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on ''Atlanta'', Glover won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has starred in several successful films including the supernatural horror '' The Lazarus Effect'' (2015), the comedy-drama ''Magic Mike XXL'' (2015), and science fiction film '' The Martian'' (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), and played Lando Calrissian in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sure Shot
"Sure Shot" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their fourth album ''Ill Communication'' on June 2, 1994, two days after the album's release. The track features a sample from jazz flautist Jeremy Steig's "Howlin' For Judy", which provides the main instrumental part of the song. Release The CD and cassette maxi single (with a total of 7 tracks) features three remixes of the title track, by Large Professor, Mike Nardone and Dred Scott, and the Prunes, respectively. It also features 3 new songs, "Mullet Head" (a punk-rock-style song whose title references the much-ridiculed mullet hair-style), "Son of Neckbone" (an instrumental track) and "The Vibes", a more traditional rap song akin to "Sure Shot". "Mullet Head" was also featured on the 1994 EP Pretzel Nugget. Uses in popular culture In the 2010 film ''Shrek Forever After'', the Pied Piper, played by jazz flautist Jeremy Steig whose song "Howlin' For Judy" provides the track’s p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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