FIRST TIME HEARING Beastie Boys - So What’Cha Want (REACTION) 

I honestly wish we could all just sit in the same room and experience this greatness together. Thank yall for sending me down my favorite RU-vid journey ❤️🙏🏽

No big sets, no backup dancers, no CGI, just raw hip-hop.

I am 44 and so happy to see how people still appreaciate the BB. Thx

That video may have been uploaded in 2009, but the actual album was released in 1992.

YAY!! Thank you for watching this! The distortion, the screaming guitar, the turntable, the lyrics- it's all BRILLIANT. It's one of my favorite songs by the Boys, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's refreshing to see younger people enjoying music that I grew up listening to. ✌👍

Some of their instrumental funk tracks shows just how versatile they truly are. Not just punk and hip hop!

B Boys never needed a dis track to proclaim their cred. They proved they were legit and spit lyrics that were fun and socially conscious. Real artistry doesn't need to compare itself to the "competition" because there is no competition.

The production is sick. Glad you pointed that out. Completely under appreciated. Live instruments, great cuts and edits and funky.

Ive heard this song 1000 times, and I never noticed or thought of those last 2 bass notes at the end. lol. Thank you. What a banger. This is Adrock's fav Beastie Boys song alongside Intergalactic

My favorite line…” Dirty flow like a mudslide “ love your reactions, Stax!

For me, "Check Your Head" is their best album. Definitely desert island material. Also, they lit af in this video. Pass the Mic, Jimmy James and Gratitude are all amazing pieces of production.

Beasties were and still are my favorite bands from the 80s “No sleep till Brooklyn” was like their war song or anthem for a long time Rhythm ing and stealing is my favorite from their first album You can really see some of their insane instrumental talent in the song “gratitude”

Beastie Boys just make me happy. This came out in 1992. Crazy.

Beastie Boys= Equal Parts Hip Hop and Punk Rock. Nothing like touring with Cypress Hill then LL Cool J then doing a full out punk tour. Lollapalooza was insane back in those days. They are one of the only hip hop groups that my parents like, because they never say them as a hip hop group. They are uniquely there own thing.

It had been a while when this came out since I heard new material. And like most high school idiots, Paul's Boutique was a little over my head. But at the start of college, it became a favorite. Then this came out and really dominated my brain for a good year at least. I really thought this whole album was genius. To me, Check Your Head is like low-key their best album. It's funny to think it was over 30 years ago since this came out. When I was rocking this in 92, thirty years ago woulda been like Elvis, I don't even think the Beatles were out. Trips me out.

lm 54 and LONG live The Beastie's....! Saw them, EVERY time, they came to town....!

Man ... Beastie Boys is my freaking childhood man! I remember me and my friends ... 12 years old ... headbanging around the living room listening to this album. I love that you're digging on them. Warms my heart.

After Paul's Boutique was such a departure from Licensed to Ill, the big question was how they would sound on their next album. And they didn't disappoint with another change up in style. I remember being so excited as I watched this video the first time as a taste of what was to come, and it had me so excited for the album to drop. Definitely one of my favourite songs from the Beastie Boys. So much energy.

I saw Jazzy Jeff n the Fresh Prince and the Beastie Boys open for Run DMC fourth row on the floor in 1987 in Cincinnati . One of my all time favorite groups

I was a rocker liking mainly the 70's and 80's era music. I never really got into Hip Hop when it first came out. But I loved the Beastie Boys with their perfect blend of Rock and Hip Hop. There was nothing like it anywhere. Thanks for the reaction!!!

They are Hip Hop Royalty, true innovators, and the most under appreciated Hip Hop group of all time. No question.

Love hearing the appreciation for absolutely fantastic music from that long ago, truly a great reaction. Thank you.

One of the best crews to totally embrace their goofiness, especially in their videos. Always loved that about them

They did some really unique stuff. They started as a punk band and some of the instrumentals are actually them playing. The rest of the time they went to record stores and just bought tons of records in different genres to influence or sample.

I’m 67 and liked the Beastie Boys from the start. They came out of the Aerosmith/RUN DMC rock/ hip hop mash up time when anything goes. Good review.

You said Wholesome!!!! You would say that if you went to one of their concerts. It was unforgivable. Crazy crazy.

They did not shy away from trying new things, true trailblazers...WAY ahead of their time🤘😎🤘.

Grew up in the 80s. Thanks for appreciating our time man.

Agree with your word choices: genuine and authentic. Watching & listening to the boys makes me feel like we’ve spent some quality time with them. No frontin. “Believe me, what you see is what you get / and you see me, I’m coming off as you can bet.” Keep them coming, Staxman. 😊 Thanks!

You are a young man that definitely understand music bro, the 50/50 with metal and rap u got it. I was a teenager back then and it was a banger. From Russia with love bro

I love how after so many of their songs you say that was your favorite! I feel that. Every song is my favorite too!

“You’re so funny with the money that you front..”. Brings me all the way back 🤘🤣🤘

Yay! I waiting for this one! I was 15 when came out... I miss old MTV. Great reaction!

This was sooo good when it came out back in the early 90s and it still holds up!

The whole album is amazing. The Beatie Boys crushed it. Their whole discography is worth listening to.

Released. 1991 - US. Vinyl -. So hard to believe this is *33 years old!!!* 😊

Couple of interesting facts about Beastie Boys, first the word Beastie they actually made an acronym after the band was formed and named. It stands for 'Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence'. Also, about the forming of the band they originally started from a punk band that Michael Diamond (Mike D) was a member of. When a member of the group left NYC Adam Yauch (MCA) joined the Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock). This is why you hear a lot of rock and punk vibes in their songs. That's their roots. R.I.P. Adam Yauch.

As blown away with the instrumental production of this song as you were, if you watch closely during the infrared scenes, that is all footage of the beastie boys playing their own instruments. Keyboard, guitar, bass and drums. How many Hip-Hop groups can you think of that literally played their own backup tracks ?

Great Reaction Just subscribed !!! I’m 56 years old and have been listening to this band forever. I still listen to them, daily.

Yeah dude, you GET it! Can't wait till you discover the "Hello Nasty" album... Roll one for it ;] It's another Beatles-worthy trip through genres!

I love this song! Been blasting this shit for YEARS! It never gets old.

Crusty old man here - not sure how I stumbled upon it but I love your videos Stax!

Paul's boutique is probably there best album

Please keep rocking these beastie boy videos Sure shot, brass monkey, boomin granny, body movin etc. Ty lovin how you're jamming like we were when these came out

The song punches you in the face from the jump and doesn't let up until it's over!

LOVE THIS! So cool seeing the first reactions!

If we talk about music, this is the best hip hop group ever and i know everything in hip hop

Man I love seeing you watching and hearing these amazing songs for the first time! That was me about 3 years ago. Watching you takes me back. They’ve got so many more bangers to go.💥 Pass the Mic, High Plains Drifter, The Move are a few others.

FYI, they started as a rock/punk band. So those instruments you were wondering about, they played themselves.

Great reaction bro! This song is so well done that we play it at volume 11 every time…the instruments and flows are thick and heavy like a mud slide…RIP MCA..✌️🎤🔥

The background vocals of the "yeah, you cant front on that" is actually the legendary Biz Markie, he was on a few songs on the album, including a short song called "The Biz Vs the Nuge" and its actuallt Ted Nugent on huitar wailing a quick tune with Biz Markie on vocals, worth checking out for sure.... actually this whole album kicks ass, it is my fav B-Boys album of all time.

Great reaction bro, yea they started the rap/hip-hop/metal stuff... Only after this came limp Bizkit and others...

That beat is like a damn tank rolling down the street !!!!

Started listening to them in high school in the 80s and they just got better with every release. I still go back to them all the time. Beasties 4eva.

Was waiting for this one. Gotta be in my top 3 Beastie songs. This song will instantly make you feel better and get your head bobbin' 🎤🎹🎶

Just watched your reaction to "Sabotage" and was ready to recommend that you listen to this very track. Glad you already took the initiative and glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the content. Appreciate you.

Love your videos, I been listening Beastie Boys since the early 90s, so awesome music.

There's a concert by them on RU-vid. It's live in Glasgow in 1999 and absolutely brilliant. The entrance is... omg, that entrance. I think you'd really like it. REALLY like it.

I was lucky enough to see these guys on opening night when this album dropped. It set the bar.

“Get It Together” ft. Q-Tip is 🔥🔥🔥🙏🏻 Great reaction Stax 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

I'm not even a huge hip hop enjoyer but Beastie Boys is one of those rare groups that just knocks it out of the park on every track. I think the only hip hop I really listened to regularly back in the day (I'm old AF) was Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.

I’m 56 and still crank up the Beasties and Run DMC. We had some of the greatest groups in the 80s.

Love this reaction, been watching this journey with you. Officially subscribed now buddy, love your vibe & respect for the genre. Loving the channel 👊

As a white kid growing up in the 80’s when this first came out I was like 14 and a long haired heavy metal kid. The guys broke into my head and opened up my perspective to rap and led me from Run DMC all the way to NWA.

Still looking forward to “pass the mic”. Thanks for your reaction’s. Congrats on the 5k!

Iconic, timeless Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥

For this video, the director sped the track up by 1/3 and then filmed it. They then slowed the film down to match the original speed of the song. That's why they seem to be singing in slow motion...

I enjoyed all your rx to Beastie Boys. I grew up listening to them. We didn't know why it was good, just knew it was. I like your insights! Ty!

Them starting out as a punk band in the early eighties really shows through in this song

I believe the location is Central Park, NY. Which makes sense since they are very East Coast. Such a good song!

If I recall correctly they bought an old gymnasium and set up shop for this album. The big drum is a kick drum with like a little tunnel coming out of it with the mic inside the tunnel.

Just more confirmation that the 80s -90s were the pinnacle of society not just in music. But especially in music!!

Hands down my favorite rap group. Been a fan since the 80’s.

The fire in the eyes in the thumbnail is something I needed more than it's impossible to explain. THANK YOU!!!

Pretty sure the musical instruments you hear, particularly the Wurlitzer organ, guitars, and drums are being played by The Beasties. Of course they’ll have someone on the wheels of steel. Such a great track, glad to see you cover it! Check out their show from ‘99 in Scotland on here. It’s about an hour long, and absolutely awesome.

This video was all over when i was a teenager. Loved the background. Hip Hop was becoming a teenager in the 90s, and it was getting aggressive. The black sheep, too, with the rock thing, none to the level of the beastie boys, but hip hop from the 80s to the early 90s was full of rock and jazz guitars. This is groove music, not fighting music. They play all the instruments, which, other than the roots, i don't know who else was doing this at the time?

Been loving your Beastie Boys reactions and also Informer by Snow. If you have a list going I would like to suggest the group K7, song Come Baby Come. There is an offical video as well. To me it has that Informer type of energy to it! Keep up the awesome music reactions!

Beastie Boys were a thrash/ punk band prior to hip hop. If you want to understand why they were so good at what they accomplished, check out their punk stuff.

My favorite Beastie Boys song. I remember when I was a teenager and my dad was helping fix my walkman and my dad put the headphones on Beastie Boys tape was in it, he didn't really appreciate hearing it as much as I did 😂😂😂

"Artwork" Yep. Exactly, I been on this point since '92 and I'm shakin my old ass to these fierce fuckin beats and rhymes. Beastie Boys forever. Word. You can't front on that...

"I'm cooler then a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce". RiP MCA❤ that voice. His bass line is what made "Sabotage". Did you watch the video of them doing "Sabotage" live on SNL? The official video was fun, but watching them play their instruments like when they were a punk band, is ❤. Those songs were my teen years.

You made my day young man! Great video!

I'm a 62 year old devout rock and roll fanatic but when no ones looking, I roll up my car windows, light a fatty and knock my Bose system through the roof on this one! 😁

The fact that they PLAYED THEIR INSTRUMENTS and used a DJ spinning was mind blowing

They are considered Godfathers of Hip Hop and 3 of the legendary MCs

It’s right about time for “Sure Shot.” 🙌🏻

I still have my ticket stub from the Manchester Academy, June 19, 1992 Beastie Boys/Rollins Band double headline (they swapped slots gig to gig) Probably my favourite gig that I've ever been to. Smallish venue (2-300 people) I can remember it like yesterday!

They started as a punk band, makong a name for themselves, but were in the middle of hip hop exploding in NYC. They were there at the very beginning of it all and just fell in love with rap and hip hop.

Coming up in the early 90s, Beastie Boys and Pharcyde were party jams. Got the girls shaking some booty.

So glad you dig em'! Saw these guys with RATM & Cypress Hill at the Cal State Dominguez Hills Velodrome in 1994 and that whole stadium was hopping up an down to this song! I'm 56 years young and still bump good music in my ride! keeps me young!

When this came out it blew my mind. Coming off Paul’s to do this. It sounded so alien and weird and wonderful with the distortion. Still put this on a couple time a month almost 35 years later. And yo, Chuck D!!!

Dude thank you...great tune, and I'm a metalhead...lol. this beat is heavy as hell

If you want the cheat codes, 1: The Beasties started as a punk band, and 2: DefJam’s star producer, Rick Rubin, had a natural ear for blending rap and rock attitude.

This beat and "Shut Em Down" by Public Enemy are like the hardest beats I've ever heard in my 45 years of life.

SO fun to listen to this amazing music thru new ears! Thank you!

'No sleep till Brooklyn' was the first album I bought with my own money when it came out. And I bought and loved every other one as soon as it came out. over 30 years later, 'first listens videos' for the Beastie Boys are being released every day. Even though I wonder where this gap in knowledge comes from, or if it's just popular because it generates clicks - it's almost addictive to watch people comment on the tracks and videos with enthusiasm, surprise and appreciation. Again, the first comment on @Stax Reacts track excuses any unknowingness: "I wasn't ready, I'm sorry let me prepare myself, jesus"😀👍👌🤘 Love it. Also a good rough estimate of what he has just heard. In terms of the sound, composition and production of "So What'Cha Want", I personally think it's worth emphasizing that the bass actually only plays 'downbeat and off' (and somehow almost sounds like 'Big Black') and even ignores the upbeats. Of course the cleverly placed concise guitar pickings, but above all the B4 organ pattern which acts as a musical bracket and carries the whole song, although it hardly appears. And the mix is so (in your face) musically...

You cant beat the Beasties and I was there from the get go. What a time to be alive!

Utter and complete musical genius. One of the most influence-bending hip-hip bands of all time. Three Jewish kids from New York City who perfected the strain of mixing hip-hop, punk and hard rock with some of the single greatest mixes and blending ever created. A 1994 masterpiece.

Man I kept this album on repeat in my truck back in the day.

By far my fav beasties album 🙌🙌 You must own this album! The background effect is like the tales from the dark side TV show.