One of the most underrated aspects of this video is seeing how much each Beastie evolved, in terms of style, lyrical ability and general flow. Except for Mike D’s dancing. Mike D’s dancing is the exactly the same today as it was 40 years ago.
Couple if thoughts- "Slop the Rock" (AdRocks first rap name! I'd heard his graffiti name was Slop, but never heard him use it as his rapper name), MCAs flow on point, and I'd never heard Kate Schellenbach rap (before she left)! This is dope hip hop history right here.
I was typin the exact same sentiment. "DAM MCA (rip) His flow..." Then for whatever reason i stopped looked down and dam there goes my thunder. Good call David 2 .....nk Yes this video is a gem and so is the song, Not bad for a bunch of Punks rockers, my only exposure to there early stuff was on gary and mike show, not exactly ear candy i just heard . a prelude for what was to come, mmmm the funky ass bass and props to who ever executed the percussions. No wonder Chuck D recognized these kids they got that gig with Madonna. Yeah this is eye opener and gem of POST , Thanks for sharing and speaking of this is going on my fb time line .
Love Yauch’s expression and voice “Addaaaammmm!!!” He was like Adam get the hell over here 🤣 But seriously, it takes guts doing anything new or stepping out of your comfort zone. Respect
This is clearly the infancy of their rhyming. They must have worked very hard moving forward. Cause from this, you would never guess that they would create such brilliant works as Paul's Boutique, or Check Your Head. Just a few years later.
This is gold, I’m just reading the book and I’m at the cookie puss section. I’ve always wondered what the transition from hardcore to rap looked like and here it is, amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Everyone commenting on the rapping, saying "oh they've come so far, they were so horrible then" -- THIS is how hip hop rhyming sounded in 1983. Go listen to Kurtis Blow, Funky 4 +1, Kool Moe Dee etc. They are just mimicking those artists.
Mike D and MCA used to call Adrock "The Kid," because he was just a little bit younger than them, and was always hanging around and trying to be down with them in the early days before John quit the band. @4:03: Adrock vicks a piece of The Adventures of Super Rhymes by Jimmy Spicer. Not like "throw your hands in the air" or any other phrase used by everyone in hip-hop, he straight up bites a few rhymes and says them in Spicer's style. Gives a whole new meaning to that line from Posse in Effect: "Had the fresh rhymes and The Kid cold bit 'em!" I loved Beastie Boys Book, and just saw a clip of this in the movie version, Beastie Boys Story. Great to see the full version, thank you so much for posting. Kate on the mic, yessss! Also thanks to drinkyeflaggons for posting the hardcore set that this was at the end of.
Wow! File under "ya gotta start somewhere'. But amazing to see the earliest of their hip hop days (with Kate as a Beastie Girl?). Quite a treat, thanks!
Wow. That brings back memories of the 80s. I had a video of the Cookie Puss and I think we taped it off of Night Flight when I lived in L.A. This reminds me of New Wave Theater hosted by Peter Ivers. Now I gotta go look through my old VHS tapes.
*Many Punk/New Wave acts make a bit of Rap* back then, like "Rapture" by Blondie, "Magnificient Seven" and "Lightnin Strikes" by The Clash, "In The Beginnin there was Rhythm" by The Slits, "Ant Rap" by Adam Ants & The Ants..
Amazing early footage - thanks so much for posting. And big ups to the person(s) who captured this moment. They were barely starting to screw around with drum machines and barely discovering their mic personas - emulating the 1st gen indie rappers at the time. Thank U!
This is AMAZING and right at the very beginning of them trying to have 2 songs to perform to 10 people - and just getting that record out there - which they did - thanks to some radio play and just working it. HipHop was still very new in '83 and they had no skill to pay the bills - yet. They obvously had rhythm and were already versed in rapping along with current early hiphop tunes they owned and learned. So, bravo to the BBoys! For absolutely helping me enjoy life more by their being in it and taking the piss out of everything and for just doing everything they did. Cheers! Cheers to Kate - who was quickly not a part of things after this. But I loved Luscious Jackson and got to see 'em perform a few times. Big ups Kate! I Never had a hard copy of Cookiepuss when it came out - but had a tape I got off the wonderful KROQ in L.A. who actually played the song on the air. From there, I had an opportunity to finally track it down but it always eluded me or was pricey or not in good enough shape for a fan and beginning record collector. I finally got my hands on the relatively obscure CD single that came out - on Ratcage...then, eventually a nice vinyl copy. --- Gosh - that 1 rogue, offbeat handclap sound during Cookie Puss (in this video) - would make it hard for anyone to emcee lol. Hilarious and didn't matter anyway. This is priceless.
wow to see them skillless with no idea what they were doing!! priceless to think they hung in there all these years i wonder what they thought of themselves back then..i love the def before dishonor album with beastie groove/ partys gettin rough...thats when the rhyme skills started to perfect
I was a rebel Kindergartner when these dudes came with this. Real tough music. This actual footage proves they had the talent to go far. I on the other hand, tried and bombed like a B52 - Doctor C
Wow. Before they had it together. Fantastic to see that. They were so raw and generic even. Total Grandmaster flash rip off. I’ve done gigs like that that people would hate. And then they became the most amazing rappers ever. Amazing to see. Thank you.
Does Adrock say "I eat a Muenster and I wear a Brie?" Either way, best cheese-related rap lyric I've ever heard. Also, "STEAK!" Also, Kate was good!! Damn.
Awesomeness And my 1st time seeing this 2 never kn it existed either and I am a big fan of them 2 now I just got 2 get there book I have every other stuff from them
Oh, my goodness, more comments from me, again, I apologize I just can't help myself, I've never seen this before, that's how thrilled and delighted to see this footage. It's incredible : ) Not only were they so young but they actually tried their way to get at this thing called rapping. I learned much, much later (TH-cam era) that Adam Y. really way ShaRock of Funky Four Plus One rhymed well and with such finesse and command.
The masts samplas. Nobody had nor ever will, touch this. Skinny White goofball hardcore wrappa boyzzzzz If you got to Grow up in NY when this broke out, you have lived!
Its crazy that in only 2 years they would go on to become such arrogant "frat boy" dickheads, considering how shy they are here. Just goes to prove how the Licensed to Ill era was anything but their true selves. Just a complete fabrication by Def and Rubin.
Funny story about how i got here: I searched "beastie boys live" in youtube only to find a performance with Kate on drums but no luck. I was about to give up till i got the idea to add 83 in the search bar and got here if i did that before i would have saved 5 hours of my life
Someone sent it to me, i have never seen this footage before except for a 3 minute clip that is on my channel. I am uploading the full show next, around 45 minutes long!
+Beastie Plaza Man this shit is incredible! someone should release this on bootleg vinyl,I'll buy a few on vinyl!This is a rare video.thanks for the upload man!(I never knew this existed!)
@@jonathanvillalobos7994 It's on a bootleg CD from late 90s. Bought it in Manhattan around 98/99. Forget name of bootleg bc some of those albums were same bootlegged songs, but just with different album name. Only remember album cover looked like a NY Knicks logo. Bought it at a well known record store on Bleecker and Carmine street. Forget name, don't know if still there? (It definitely wasn't Bleecker Bob's record store though)
Dope AF someone has this on TH-cam so I can show my kids how we used to roll when I was teenager. You guys are clearly DOPE AF, hence the very rare subscribe by me. I hope it helps in some way. Thanks Homies!!
Yauch was so skinny! I would have loved if Kate kept in the band when they started to make rap! I wonder if they would have had the same succes.. I guess I'll never know, but I'll keep wondering.
its great seeing kate schellenbach rap Shes an OG beastie boy !!
@Cooper Barnwell girls can be Beastie Boys!
@3.30 “we’re the beastie four”
She was the best..
The Drummond of Lucious Jackson
@@Paul-vq9yc no
One of the most underrated aspects of this video is seeing how much each Beastie evolved, in terms of style, lyrical ability and general flow. Except for Mike D’s dancing. Mike D’s dancing is the exactly the same today as it was 40 years ago.
and they were using the cowbell off ripp,lol
Little did they know they would go on to become hip hop legends.
Whoever recorded this deserves a raise
mca is so adorable aww
That was great. MCA was already flowing like a pro.
According to their book he was a natural at it and it took Mike and adrock a lot of work to get their skills up to where he was.
0:59
Couple if thoughts- "Slop the Rock" (AdRocks first rap name! I'd heard his graffiti name was Slop, but never heard him use it as his rapper name), MCAs flow on point, and I'd never heard Kate Schellenbach rap (before she left)! This is dope hip hop history right here.
I was typin the exact same sentiment. "DAM MCA (rip) His flow..." Then for whatever reason i stopped looked down and dam there goes my thunder.
Good call David 2 .....nk Yes this video is a gem and so is the song, Not bad for a bunch of Punks rockers, my only exposure to there early stuff was on gary and mike show, not exactly ear candy i just heard . a prelude for what was to come, mmmm the funky ass bass and props to who ever executed the percussions. No wonder Chuck D recognized these kids they got that gig with Madonna. Yeah this is eye opener and gem of POST , Thanks for sharing and speaking of this is going on my fb time line .
@Joshua Owens I a.
Unpolished, and fabulous. Glad someone filmed this!
they did a fine job filming.
true piece of history please don't ever let this evaporate., What you have is so incredibly amazing.
Love Yauch’s expression and voice “Addaaaammmm!!!” He was like Adam get the hell over here 🤣
But seriously, it takes guts doing anything new or stepping out of your comfort zone. Respect
This is clearly the infancy of their rhyming. They must have worked very hard moving forward. Cause from this, you would never guess that they would create such brilliant works as Paul's Boutique, or Check Your Head. Just a few years later.
Brilliant like Rhyming and Stealing
Paul's boutique and Check your Head didn't help me set any deadlift records
this is rare man,fucking gold dust...
This is gold, I’m just reading the book and I’m at the cookie puss section. I’ve always wondered what the transition from hardcore to rap looked like and here it is, amazing. Thanks for sharing!
And just an additional note, I love the British Airways/808 story, fascinating bit of music history. Does this book end? I really hope not.
Me too!
Samuel Green It ends with a cookbook lol
Same. One day they went from punk to matching tracksuits.
same
Rapping off a cheat sheet- so f’in awesome
There are hundreds of random words in that song.
Everyone commenting on the rapping, saying "oh they've come so far, they were so horrible then" -- THIS is how hip hop rhyming sounded in 1983. Go listen to Kurtis Blow, Funky 4 +1, Kool Moe Dee etc. They are just mimicking those artists.
wow, the original 4 all together rapping.
Ad rock wasn't an original member
Louis Payan that’s right. John Berry was the original. Ad Rock was originally apart of The Young and the Useless
@@cosmokramer179 WHAT? WHOS LOUIS
@@cosmokramer179 WAIT WHAG SO AD ROCK ISNT A BEASTIE BOY? 😭
@@cosmokramer179 ad rock was never in useless or the young
Born in 66. The B boys were always my favorite. I'm from the south Bronx.
Great seeing Kate rapping. Absolutely criminal that Rubin made them kick her from the group
After watching the movie Rick fucked them pretty good and I lost a lot of respect for him over it
@@ricklepick5134 what movie
agree
@@lockandloadlikehellKrush Groove
No I think it was a good idea. They wouldn't have become who they were. We would have lost so much great material just to save someone's feelings.
This is new for me!! Today is a great day 2020 17 dec!
OMG. Again, this is why TH-cam is cool. THIS RIGHT HERE! LOVE IT.
Gives me hope that, one day, I could still go multi platinum!
Mike D and MCA used to call Adrock "The Kid," because he was just a little bit younger than them, and was always hanging around and trying to be down with them in the early days before John quit the band.
@4:03: Adrock vicks a piece of The Adventures of Super Rhymes by Jimmy Spicer. Not like "throw your hands in the air" or any other phrase used by everyone in hip-hop, he straight up bites a few rhymes and says them in Spicer's style. Gives a whole new meaning to that line from Posse in Effect: "Had the fresh rhymes and The Kid cold bit 'em!"
I loved Beastie Boys Book, and just saw a clip of this in the movie version, Beastie Boys Story. Great to see the full version, thank you so much for posting. Kate on the mic, yessss! Also thanks to drinkyeflaggons for posting the hardcore set that this was at the end of.
what a cool fact!
What was adrock calling himself in this? "slop the rock" or something lol.
ARTIFACT FOR THE CULTURE. Add to the permanent historical record.
Wow! File under "ya gotta start somewhere'. But amazing to see the earliest of their hip hop days (with Kate as a Beastie Girl?). Quite a treat, thanks!
2:31 #oh I say house you is 2:35
Wow. That brings back memories of the 80s. I had a video of the Cookie Puss and I think we taped it off of Night Flight when I lived in L.A. This reminds me of New Wave Theater hosted by Peter Ivers. Now I gotta go look through my old VHS tapes.
Geoffrey Page
You can probably look it up on Night Flight Plus
www.nightflightplus.com
Convert and upload, these are preinternet treasures
Please post.when you find it!! Did you find it yet?!?
Kate was the best in this video. Too bad she didn't stay with the group. It would have been cool to have a live drum set during their performances.
First show ever? Lol 2 beats at the same time? Revolutionary
Kate in the house the OG b boy drummer
wow this footage is great, thanks for upload, is a punk band making rap in 1983...i mean.. i love beastie boys.
*Many Punk/New Wave acts make a bit of Rap* back then, like "Rapture" by Blondie, "Magnificient Seven" and "Lightnin Strikes" by The Clash, "In The Beginnin there was Rhythm" by The Slits, "Ant Rap" by Adam Ants & The Ants..
there were no rules the kennedys, social distortion, clash, all rapped over tracks
Amazing early footage - thanks so much for posting. And big ups to the person(s) who captured this moment.
They were barely starting to screw around with drum machines and barely discovering their mic personas - emulating the 1st gen indie rappers at the time. Thank U!
This is AMAZING and right at the very beginning of them trying to have 2 songs to perform to 10 people - and just getting that record out there - which they did - thanks to some radio play and just working it. HipHop was still very new in '83 and they had no skill to pay the bills - yet. They obvously had rhythm and were already versed in rapping along with current early hiphop tunes they owned and learned. So, bravo to the BBoys! For absolutely helping me enjoy life more by their being in it and taking the piss out of everything and for just doing everything they did. Cheers! Cheers to Kate - who was quickly not a part of things after this. But I loved Luscious Jackson and got to see 'em perform a few times. Big ups Kate!
I Never had a hard copy of Cookiepuss when it came out - but had a tape I got off the wonderful KROQ in L.A. who actually played the song on the air. From there, I had an opportunity to finally track it down but it always eluded me or was pricey or not in good enough shape for a fan and beginning record collector. I finally got my hands on the relatively obscure CD single that came out - on Ratcage...then, eventually a nice vinyl copy.
--- Gosh - that 1 rogue, offbeat handclap sound during Cookie Puss (in this video) - would make it hard for anyone to emcee lol. Hilarious and didn't matter anyway. This is priceless.
He is known to do the wop, also known for the Flintstone flop.
Merry Christmas Beastie Nation 🎉
wow to see them skillless with no idea what they were doing!! priceless to think they hung in there all these years i wonder what they thought of themselves back then..i love the def before dishonor album with beastie groove/ partys gettin rough...thats when the rhyme skills started to perfect
This is so amazing. So happy I stumbled onto this
Oh . My. Gosh. I truly love this footage. Thank you. Thank you.
My earliest birthday memory was at Carvell's
I was a rebel Kindergartner when these dudes came with this. Real tough music. This actual footage proves they had the talent to go far. I on the other hand, tried and bombed like a B52 - Doctor C
Wow. Where has this been hiding!!!??? Mind blown
MCA always had the dopest voice and most natural flow out of the group, even early on
THEY WERE SO SMALL
RIPMCA. Great to seee your smile again
Look at them all! This is amazing!
RARE Gem!! since 3:12 they (Kate Schellenbach included) Rappin over "Let's Get Smart" by Trouble Funk.
Roberto Ginsburg *Let's Get Small
But you see that rap/Hiphop was not her Thing. Hence she left ...
Steve Martin
Wow. Before they had it together. Fantastic to see that. They were so raw and generic even. Total Grandmaster flash rip off. I’ve done gigs like that that people would hate. And then they became the most amazing rappers ever. Amazing to see. Thank you.
3:53 Adrock's lifting a verse from Jimmy Spicer's Super Rhyme
Great upload -Thanks.
Does Adrock say "I eat a Muenster and I wear a Brie?" Either way, best cheese-related rap lyric I've ever heard. Also, "STEAK!" Also, Kate was good!! Damn.
Yeah I think he does say that!
they played a couple of our high school dances in 82 or 3 elizabeth irwin high school
Awesomeness And my 1st time seeing this 2 never kn it existed either and I am a big fan of them 2 now I just got 2 get there book I have every other stuff from them
Oh, my goodness, more comments from me, again, I apologize I just can't help myself, I've never seen this before, that's how thrilled and delighted to see this footage. It's incredible : )
Not only were they so young but they actually tried their way to get at this thing called rapping. I learned much, much later (TH-cam era) that Adam Y. really way ShaRock of Funky Four Plus One rhymed well and with such finesse and command.
This is so awesome.
First time I hear lyrics in the CookiePuss song
Man I miss the ‘boys. Thanks for this clip. 🍪
Damn, man, I gotta thank you forever for this and I subbed to your channel. : )
The masts samplas. Nobody had nor ever will, touch this. Skinny White goofball hardcore wrappa boyzzzzz
If you got to Grow up in NY when this broke out, you have lived!
Ad Rock totally bit Jimmy Spicer here lol this is great. They all look so shy!
Its crazy that in only 2 years they would go on to become such arrogant "frat boy" dickheads, considering how shy they are here. Just goes to prove how the Licensed to Ill era was anything but their true selves. Just a complete fabrication by Def and Rubin.
lovely
You got a real gem here I can't believe I missed this one.
This is amazing.
Could you imagine that universe with 4 MCs and 1 DJ?
Holy shit, this is awesome.
Remembers me on some early 1987/88 times in GDR hip hop scene - own first steps on the stage...but in german !
What the actual fuck this is a real gem right here!!!!
Whoa! This must have been so weird to see live at the time. But this was the DNA of so much rap rock and rap metal to follow.
Funny story about how i got here: I searched "beastie boys live" in youtube only to find a performance with Kate on drums but no luck. I was about to give up till i got the idea to add 83 in the search bar and got here if i did that before i would have saved 5 hours of my life
Damn!! Where you find this at?Is this the first time this been on?
Someone sent it to me, i have never seen this footage before except for a 3 minute clip that is on my channel. I am uploading the full show next, around 45 minutes long!
+Beastie Plaza Man this shit is incredible! someone should release this on bootleg vinyl,I'll buy a few on vinyl!This is a rare video.thanks for the upload man!(I never knew this existed!)
@@jonathanvillalobos7994 It's on a bootleg CD from late 90s. Bought it in Manhattan around 98/99. Forget name of bootleg bc some of those albums were same bootlegged songs, but just with different album name. Only remember album cover looked like a NY Knicks logo. Bought it at a well known record store on Bleecker and Carmine street. Forget name, don't know if still there? (It definitely wasn't Bleecker Bob's record store though)
@@thismothafuckasaid7304 Thanks for all that important,information man! I really appreciate it!👍
Precious ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤
Young work felling 😮t out and good basic talent jumped on the feel
Dope AF someone has this on TH-cam so I can show my kids how we used to roll when I was teenager. You guys are clearly DOPE AF, hence the very rare subscribe by me. I hope it helps in some way. Thanks Homies!!
Awesome
Great pre game why they flowed the right way got a check thanks for the 😅 put I. Genre
RIP MCA!! 💐
Awesome!!!!
Just got to the Cookie Puss bit of the book, really puts pictures to the words
Just wow
I LOVE IT
Why did THIS version never make it to the studio? This is so fucking great!
This is fucking GOLD🔥🔥🔥
its actually a big surprise they became so well known after this...
“And kate schellenbach” in their intro😭💔
So cute❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kate was The Best Rapper in The Group, and THEY FIRED HER!
Omgggg amazing!!!!
Aw, this is raw!!! : )
Kate was eatin though… I’m sad she never saw the fruits of the beastie boys labor
Oh man this is gold! They sound like fab 5 freddy. Haha I had no idea ....
Even Kate is rappin' wow
Love it :)
Wow thank you sooo much for this!!!!
Their book brought me here
“Now when I wrote graffiti, my name was Slop.” I guess this proves it.
BUT, if his rap is soup are his beats the stock?
the benihana chef on the sp12
Very very rare video tape EVER
So cool, love this
Really makes you wonder what they would've evolved into without rick rubin getting involved and kate getting phased out
Whatever they evolved into, I doubt 80,000 of us would be watching a tape of it 38 years later… #Catch22
@@crnkmnky Yeah it might be more like 80 million
Luscious Jackson would have had a different drummer i guess
During the first 3 minutes, is Kate Shellenbach playing bass and Mike Diamond on drums?
Yauch was so skinny! I would have loved if Kate kept in the band when they started to make rap! I wonder if they would have had the same succes.. I guess I'll never know, but I'll keep wondering.
Holy Shit!!
17-19 year olds. Young. Wowwww
That ain't young for rappin
18 and 19 is legal
They are college aged dudes here
Beastie!
Wow much different than their famous look. Mca looking like ralph machio
Classic