?uestlove x Beastie Boys Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Demo Mix by okayplayer published on 2012-08-13T18:00:04Z What I Do For My Lunch Hour. often in the TV world i'll be asked to make full blown demos that will never see the light of day. their sole purpose is to be a guide for those behind the scenes (director, producer, cameramen, management and handlers) of course because we are "The Roots" its a casual 3 second quip "we'll just make me a demo of it...." but often I'm like "COTDAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER WASTED LUNCH HOUR!!!!!!!" (this pretty much happens like 50% of the time to artists that we back up on the show that have "well MY band" itis. its like we have to pre audition in order to prove what we knew all along "we do your song better than you ever will" lol. and then sometimes a dream gig comes in the form of this year's rock and roll hall of fame. not like i was vying for the position, but now that 1987 honorees are coming into bloom we ALL know that for all of the hip hop acts about to be inducted, there's pretty much gonna be a WWTLD (the legendary factor that will be in place for 1988 1989 and so on inductees. not to mention i want absolutely NO resistance come 2019 when the Roots are eligible for being inducted. what you are listening to was a quickie lunch break demo i had to put together for the rock & roll hall of fame staff (basically the heads of Rolling Stone) and the Beastie Boys and the gazillion prospects of guests who were approached to be part of the performance. which means i had to lay out a very thorough map: i took the characteristics of the 3 Beasts and arranged the songs that i felt best fit them (keeping their demand that "Fight For Your Right" have NOTHING to do with their moment in the sun. > i begged all 20 parties involved to lemme create something THEN start nitpicking if its not satisfactory. in my head i wanted to include ALL fan highlights: "The New Style" for the urban 80s black hip hop demographic that jumped aboard after "Hold It Now Hit It" became a hip hop classic > "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" to keep the "why the hell aren't you doing "Fight For Your Right!"??!?!" heads in check. basically the same feel of a song with more bboy back beat. plus i nailed Ad Rock's "Live!" "So Whatcha Want" for all of the Stan Smith/Boho Check Your Head cats out there who stuck with the boys while they were growing up and finding themselves "Sabotage" for the post grunge audience of MTV that embraced them and brought them back to the commercial glory we all thought was gonna elude them after Licensed To Ill faded away. and the drum roll from "Shake Your Rump" to acknowledge their best album Paul's Boutique of course i didn't HAVE to make a full scale Doc Brown Back To The Future Clock Tower model.....but it was fun and i wanted no leaf unturned. I got 0 resistance from the parties involved and this is the demo the director used to map out the staging and Travie, Kid Rock & Black Thought used to study the manual. it was lost in the mix of a gazillion magical mp3s i had so i figured it was apropos to whip this baby out in honor of the late great Yauch's bday passing this week i think its kinda funny. dig. -?uestlove http://www.okayplayer.com/ FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/okayplayer YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/okayplayer TWITTER: http://twitter.com/okayplayer Genre Rap Comment by Gwalchjai I've loved this mix for years and always revisit it to brighten my day. Thanks Questo! RIP MCA. Beastie for life! 2016-01-15T17:31:03Z Comment by ElGarza No sleep till 2013-08-06T02:25:24Z Comment by ODDIST dope! 2013-05-02T15:16:05Z Comment by pinkelephant73 This is DOPE 2012-12-28T10:06:22Z Comment by pinkelephant73 BROOKLYYYYYYN! 2012-12-28T10:05:36Z Comment by lucianocarmo I like it! 2012-09-09T02:10:34Z Comment by jorgetejadahh sin palabras 2012-09-08T13:07:58Z Comment by jorgetejadahh medellin colombia presente, que buen ritmo 2012-09-08T13:06:29Z Comment by Benzilla Stewart Real musicians can do this. Not only did you arrange a dope tribute but you did it with live instruments within an hour. Don't let nobody say yall ain't got passion. 2012-09-08T12:35:18Z Comment by Edibles organ in incendiary on the end there. keep it the fuck up! 2012-09-08T09:47:23Z Comment by eThiX Phunky, Phresh, D.O.P.E. 2012-09-08T09:01:06Z Comment by sirkeeb they should come out with moustaches on. they are back in style in the hipster world, lol. real cool little demo ?uest 2012-09-08T08:58:02Z Comment by Eddie El-leissy There it is!!!! 2012-09-08T08:56:20Z Comment by BEASTIE BRYCE WORD>>>> Questo You da man! 2012-09-05T22:45:55Z Comment by Ben Lifland You killed this, bro. From one fan to another, I appreciate you. And somewhere, Yauch does, too. 2012-09-02T01:03:15Z Comment by Southern Sound Lab Cool 2012-08-18T19:48:17Z Comment by VirginCavalier Such a great art man!Sickk! 2012-08-17T11:39:29Z Comment by Brian Shaffer 3 DOPE !!! 2012-08-17T01:46:15Z Comment by Alvin Landis I like it and think MCA would too... 2012-08-17T00:55:32Z Comment by AutumnLeaf Projekt F*cking Awsome!! ;D 2012-08-16T12:32:09Z Comment by Mad Rock Bro, They need to make a video for this and use puppets! Questlove, your voice will be a great puppet... 2012-08-16T04:45:53Z Comment by Bora Veli hahah yes! 2012-08-16T01:32:55Z Comment by shadow_science so good to hear the Roots band banging this out live - none better to do it! 2012-08-15T22:56:55Z Comment by producerdan This is fukin brilliant. 2012-08-15T19:54:33Z Comment by PeteMiser So so dope. Dang! 2012-08-15T12:20:53Z Comment by PeteMiser The falsetto Ad-Rock is killing me! Is Thought doing the MCA? You guys are clowns! 2012-08-15T12:17:28Z Comment by keithbrobinson i want to download this nugget! 2012-08-15T06:52:28Z Comment by jay.soul π Ήπ °π.ππ Ύππ » priceless 2012-08-15T06:22:00Z Comment by jay.soul π Ήπ °π.ππ Ύππ » hahaha. questlove on the mic(s)!! so whatchu whatchu want? 2012-08-15T06:19:48Z Comment by DuqueNuquem Love it! 2012-08-15T05:12:22Z