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Beastie Boys play Gwinnett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Conventional wisdom suggests that the Beastie Boys were brats in the ’80s, found enlightenment in the ’90s and enhanced their lefty activism in the ’00s —- all true. What’s easy to forget is that the New York trio has made consistently fresh hip-hop at every step along the way.
The Beasties’ show at the Gwinnett Arena offered a kind of career retrospective. They wore matching tracksuits. They chanted rhymes in their oddly endearing three-part hip-hop harmony. They mocked President Bush. They even did minisets on a ministage, playing funky groove on their own instruments, seemingly just as a reminder that they could.
Much of the night, though, was a traditional hip-hop show —- three emcees and one DJ dropping old-school sensibilities. Among the memorable songs the boys reeled off: “Root Down,” “Shake Your Rump,”“Intergalactic,” “Brass Monkey” and “Paul Revere.”
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By Brooke
October 18, 2004 10:17 AM | Link to this
There aren’t really any words that could do the Beastie Boys concert justice. They were AWESOME MixMasterMike is the baddest DJ in the entire world. Mike D, MCA, and Ad-Rock are still doin’ it after all these years. I salute them all!!!
By Arthur
October 20, 2004 11:53 AM | Link to this
Damn skippy!! This was my third Beasties show in my brief 24 years of existence, and man do they still have it. These guys are the Julio Francos of the music world and will keep rocking as long as they can still walk. This concert was fantastic… the number of amazing classic tracks they have in their a** never ceases to amaze me. Friday’s show was definitiely ILL to say the least.