It's always a shock when someone you admire dies but reading a tweet about Adam Yauch's death on Friday night was real jolt. As lots of people have said since, something about the vitality and devilish delight in the Beasties' music makes it almost impossible not to think of the three of them B-boying their way around the 5 Boroughs forever more. And so to my favourite Beasties track. Of course there are tonnes to choose from but this is the one that I will forever associate with great nights out with mates, leaping around dirty dancefloors, and probably the first time I realised that hip hop wasn't all guns, drugs and Vanilla Ice. In the hands of the Beastie Boys it could be goofy, fun and still impossibly cool. More than anything theirs is a sound that makes you feel ten feet tall, an attitude and groove that you can't leave without a smile on your face.
Sure Shot by Beastie Boys - listen on Spotify here.
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