before they went all pop with that college anthem "fight for your right to party", they were pretty accepted in the rap community. ahhh..the early days of def jam :proud:

hold it now hit it
brass monkey
she's crafty

i used to dig intergalactic that track was slamming

Pre-License to Ill: Beastie Boys had that "go head white boyz!"

License to Ill: Pretty much understood that they were rapping with Run DMC's leftovers. Bass Heads loved a few cuts. White boys loved the rap about blow. Def Jam loved the cross over appeal.

Pauls Boutique: THIS is where serious hedz started to accept them as part of Hip Hop.

DJ Premier's Essential 20 Hip-Hop Albums

“You have to own these records,” DJ Premier insists. “These are lessons in life from the hip-hop world. If you own these records, you will get it. You own these, and you are the man. It's a big deal to have these records in your collection, because then you won't never fuck up the way you make your joints. A lot of people don't know how to make hot joints right now. Stuff out there is being classified as hip-hop, but it ain't — it's something else. To be pure hip-hop, it can't be that happy-dappy shit. It's got to get you in the soul, man.”



Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (Def Jam, 1986)
Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded (Sugar Hill, 1987)
Brand Nubian, One for All (Elektra/Asylum, 1990)
D.O.C., No One Can Do It Better (Ruthless, 1989)
Eazy E, Eazy-Duz-It (Priority, 1988)
EPMD, Strictly Business (Priority, 1988)
Eric B & Rakim, Paid in Full (4th & Broadway, 1987)
Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority, 1990)
Jungle Brothers, Straight out the Jungle (Warlock, 1988)
LL Cool J, Radio (Def Jam, 1985)
MC Lyte, Lyte As a Rock (Atlantic, 1988)
NWA, Straight Outta Compton (Priority, 1988)
Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam, 1987)
Run-DMC, Run-DMC (Def Jam, Profile/Arista, 1984)
Slick Rick, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam, 1988)
Special Ed, Youngest in Charge (Profile, 1989)
Stetsasonic, In Full Gear (Tommy Boy, 1988)
Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, Girls I Got 'Em Locked (Elektra, 1988)
A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory (Jive, 1991)
Ultramagnetic MCs, Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau, 1988)



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Cinnie said:

Wu-Tang's '36 Chambers' MUST be on that list.

uPtoWnNY said:

I would agree. I have all those.

To be fair, the article did have a paragraph that started "Although [DJ Premier would] no doubt add more titles to this elite roster, here's a short and selected list..."

Fury said:

I know that was probably a typo in your topic title but that reminds me of

Beatsie Beatsie Beatsie Beatsie Boys gettin live on the spot!
Puttin all kinds of shame in the game you got!
We keep the party moving to the broad day light!
G-E-T-L-I-V-E : ALRIGHT?!