As the rollout for the Beastie Boys’ memoir, Beastie Boys Book, continues, surviving members King Ad-Rock and Mike D are doing the press rounds. On Saturday (October 27), the seasoned Hip Hop pioneers sat down with their Def Jam brother LL Cool J for an episode of his Sirius XM show, Rock The Bells.
During the conversation, Ad-Rock explains how he was responsible for discovering Mr. Ladies Love Cool James. At the time, Rick Rubin was still running Def Jam out of his New York University dorm room. Ad-Rock would often skip school and hang out in Rubin’s room where he’d dig through demos.
“So Rick Rubin produced a record with DJ Jazzy Jay and rapper T La Rock called ‘It’s Yours,'” Ad-Rock tells LL. “And it was a big record in a small circle — in a small scene in New York. Off of that record, people started sending demo tapes in because it was a rap record, and some kids started sending demos in. There was just an address on the record itself.
“And it was actually — I’m sure nobody knew that he lived in a college dorm room. And so he would get all these tapes, and there was a box of tapes. And instead of being at school, I would cut school and go to Rick’s dorm, and I’d hang out … I would listen to the tapes, and I heard this one from this kid named LL Cool J … and it was really good. You were rapping.”
To make a long story short, Ad-Rock handed the tape to Rubin and said he had to meet LL. Somehow, Rubin got a hold of him and the rest is Hip Hop history.
Elsewhere in the interview, the Hip Hop legends dive into their own respective histories and open up about the upcoming memoir.
The Beastie Boys Book is expected to arrive on Tuesday (October 30). Pre-orders are available here. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
I’m a BEASTIE BOY fan I still love yelling ‘ So Whatca You Really Really Won’t ‘ I thinking about starting a you You Got To Fight For Your Rights To Party campaign all over again ? Hall of Fame Hip Hop Group BEASTIE BOYS is apart of Hip Hop History so are they in your Top 10 greatest Hip Hop groups ? Song of the Night LL Cool J ( You Jingle Baby)
This was epic! These things were so organic back then. Who would have know that legends would discover a legend in this hip hop game!
Ad Rock wears high hees
Drrrrrrrrrop!
This is old news. He been said this and LL has to
You’re boring.
You’re gay
Is he already planning to migrate to the “holy land”? I mean his mothers ethnicity (and thus his) makes him automatically eligible to migrate to the piece of stolen land in the middle-east.
Do you see how your anti-semitism has caused the biggest hate crime against them in the country. You have blood on your hands coward
Are you planning on getting on a boat and going back to west african jungles? You’re tenure as an involuntary migrant has expired, feel free to foh.
Are you planning on getting on a boat and going back to West African jungles? You’re tenure as an involuntary migrant has expired, feel free foh.
Are you planning on going back to West African jungles? You’re tenure as an involuntary migrant has expired, feel free foh.
What makes you think the anti Semitic comments are by blacks. Open your eyes and read carefully. You’ll see the real race behind each comment here. And we ll all see who the real racists are.
The Best era of hip hop hands down more than one lane !!!!!
This is common knowledge to real Hip Hop heads. No new information. On another note, Check Your Head is the best Beastie record. Peace.
Ill communications for me
way better tan eminems souless music, this guys had real carisma, played all the instuments and opend up the way to all this new trash rappers
But none of the three Beastie Boys not white. Neither is Rick Rubin, by the way.
Except none of them are white. Idiot.
What does Rick Rubin, Beastie Boys, Jerry Heller, Lyor Cohen, Alchemist, Drake, Mac Miller, Lil Dicky and Hot97’s Rosenberg have in common? Hint: their ethnicity.
And what have you done for the world with all your superior ethnicity? You can die today and nobody on here will ever know. Nobody even cares. Do something with your life. Your skin colour doesn’t put food on anyone’s tables. So fuck you fuck you fuck you. And hey, ima proud black!