Beastie Boys f. Nas, “Too Many Rappers” MP3
- story Peter Macia
The Beastie Boys are legends. No one can take that away from them. But just as Tom Watson’s duffed putt on the 72nd hole of the British Open this weekend proved, age eventually catches up with everyone. This is apparently an unmastered version of the track they debuted at Bonnaroo with Nas, but that doesn’t really explain why no one on it raps to the beat. Nas goes at fake drug dealer rappers, and yet his best recent verse was on Rick Ross’ “Usual Suspects.” The Beasties hate on holograms and writers—two things we love with the deepness of the ocean, especially holograms that look like writers that look like us so we can spend the day at the beach while the holograms blog about the Beastie Boys.
Download: Beastie Boys f. Nas, “Too Many Rappers” (via Hey Wil)
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Video: Beastie Boys Bring Out Nas for New Song at Bonnaroo
- story THE FADER
For more videos from Bonnaroo 2009, go to the festival’s Vimeo. FADER founder Jon Cohen is also there tweeting mud and $7 gas station showers on the FADER Twitter. Don’t eat the peanut butter cups, dudes (or do, whatever).
Video: A Beastie Boy is Doing Something
- story THE FADER
Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film production company of the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, just picked up the US rights to Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love, the trailer for which you can watch above. Chai Vasarhelyi, the director, followed the Senegalese star for two years, documenting not just his life as a musician but also his role as both critic and ambassador of Islamic culture.
It’s just the latest in Yauch’s burgeoning career as producer with Oscilloscope’s other recent and future releases including the basketball doc Gunnin’ for that #1 Spot (also directed by Yauch), global water crisis exposé Flow (T Boone Pickens sighting!), the hilariously nerdy Stuyvesant HS election documentary Frontrunners and, last but not least, Old Joy director Kelly Reichardt’s road movie Wendy and Lucy, which we’ve heard is quite good.
In other news, Harvey Weinstein has a new mixtape called Where are my fucking slippers? You’re fired.
(via H’wood Reporter)
