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The Lockdown Playlist
Make Some Noise: Beastie Boys Jams, Songs They Have Sampled, and Artists They Have Inspired
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THIS bumper Lockdown Playlist…
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is a nod to one of my favourite groups ever: the mighty Beastie Boys. I grew up listening to them, and their songs transformed my way of looking at music and what it could be. I don’t think I had listened to much Hip-Hop prior to the Beasties coming along, and I was intrigued by their delivery and how they spliced together different songs to make this very evocative and stunning thing! Because the surviving members of the group (Michael ‘Mike D’ Diamond, and Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horovitz; Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch died in 2012) are taking over BBC Radio 6 Music from 10:30 on New Year’s Day, I wanted to dedicated this playlist to them. The guys are playing some of their favourite cuts and songs from artists who have inspired them. This Lockdown Playlist is a selection of my favourite Beastie Boys songs, together with tracks they have sampled in their work, and some artists that they have inspired. Make sure you tune in on New Year’s Day at 10:30 to hear Mike D and Ad-Rock bring us…
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SOME quality tunes!