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0045 Beastie Boys – Alive @ 1:56

*Guest Submitted*, Hip Hop

Mike September 21, 2009

soundsofscience

Emailed in by Adam Morrison from ExploreMusic.com, thanks Adam!

“Bring it back, that old New York rap!”

Sometimes a great part of a song can do more than just sound good, it can be powerful because of the context. Such is the case with the scratched sample of KRS-One saying “Bring it back, that old New York rap” in “Alive,” the track the Beastie Boys recorded especially for their retrospective compilation The Sounds of Science.

The line/sample points towards both the B-Boys influences and their own legacy, which are very apparent on the two-disc set, and hearing KRS in any context on a Beastie Boys track is monumental.

Alive 1:56 – 2:14
http://www.thebestpartsofsongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/alive.mp3

From The Sounds of Science, released through Grand Royal Records in 1999.

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  1. Mike says:
    September 21, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Adam, nice choice I love it!

    It’s got that classic sound, which was classic even in 1999. I bet it’d be tough for them to do something now that didn’t sound classic…

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