SUPER SONG SUNDAY // Beastie Boys

This week I have chosen a song by the legends that are the Beastie Boys. They have to be one of my all time favourite bands. Whenever I make a mixtape (or is it now a mixCD) for the car I always mix rock with some hip hop but with the Beastie Boys you get both in one which is awesome. Their individual hip hop sound might derive from the fact that the band began its life as a hardrock punk band in New York and eventually the band transitioned their sound to more of a hip hop style. Very rarely do you find a hip hop song with electric guitars, rock drums and its ability to make you want to headbang and rap simultaneously. I could have picked so many of their songs for this week's Super Song Sunday, such as Brass Monkey, Fight For Your Right, No Sleep 'till Brooklyn, the list goes on and on. However, I've chosen the awesome song that is Sabotage. There is no specific reason really, except for the fact that it is totally awesome. Having watched a few of the History of Rap clips on Youtube (if you haven't seen them then what the hell are you waiting for - goooo!), where Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake sing/rap/dance the history of hip hop, I've remembered just how awesome all the old hip hop tracks are! Oh, and seeing Will Smith's awesome performance on Graham Norton also kind of backed up this opinion of mine!