Beastie Boys Book (Unabridged) Beastie Boys Book (Unabridged)

Beastie Boys Book (Unabridged‪)‬

    • 4.5 • 485 Ratings
    • $14.99

    • $14.99

Publisher Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself—by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.
 
The inspiration for the Spike Jonze “live documentary” Beastie Boys Story, coming soon to IMAX theaters and Apple TV+

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Rolling Stone • The Guardian • Paste  

Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of the band. Adam “ADROCK” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond offer revealing and very funny accounts of their transition from teenage punks to budding rappers; their early collaboration with Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin; the debut album that became the first hip hop record ever to hit #1, Licensed to Ill—and the album’s messy fallout as the band broke with Def Jam; their move to Los Angeles and rebirth with the genre-defying masterpiece Paul’s Boutique; their evolution as musicians and social activists over the course of the classic albums Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty and the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits conceived by the late Adam “MCA” Yauch; and more. For more than thirty years, this band has had an inescapable and indelible influence on popular culture.
 
With a style as distinctive and eclectic as a Beastie Boys album, Beastie Boys Book upends the typical music memoir, featuring a collection of voices reminiscent of your favorite mixtape.

Photo Credit © 1987 Lynn Goldsmith 

Audiobook Cast Includes:
Steve Buscemi / Ada Calhoun / Bobby Cannavale / Exene Cervenka
Roy Choi / Jarvis Cocker / Elvis Costello / Chuck D / Nadia Dajani
Michael Diamond / Snoop Dogg / Will Ferrell / Crosby Fitzgerald
Randy Gardner / Kim Gordon / Josh Hamilton / Adam Horovitz
LL Cool J / Spike Jonze / Pat Kiernan / Talib Kweli / Dave Macklovitch
Rachel Maddow / Tim Meadows / Bette Midler/ Mix Master Mike
Nas / Yoshimi O / Rosie Perez / Amy Poehler / Kelly Reichardt
John C. Reilly / Ian Rogers / Maya Rudolph / Rev Run
Luc Sante / Kate Schellenbach / MC Serch / Chloe Sevigny
Jon Stewart / Ben Stiller / Wanda Sykes / Jeff Tweedy / Philippe Zdar

Praise for Beastie Boys Book

“A fascinating, generous book with portraits and detail that float by in bursts of color . . . As with [the band’s] records, the book’s structure is a lyrical three-man weave. . . . Diamond’s voice is lapidary, droll. Horovitz comes on like a borscht belt comedian, but beneath that he is urgent, incredulous, kind of vulnerable. . . . Friendship is the book’s subject as much as music, fame and New York.”The New York Times Book Review

“Wild, moving . . . resembles a Beastie Boys LP in its wild variety of styles.”Rolling Stone

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
MD
Michael Diamond
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
12:41
hr min
RELEASED
2018
October 30
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
675.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Eskrimabeats ,

Dope af!

Now this is how to make an audio book! Great work Adam and Mike. The only thing that could have made the book better is if MCA was still with us. The B-Boys always come through!

Hookem Tim ,

Great Book!

Just finished. Freaking awesome book. They explain it all. Each song on each album, samples taken, thoughts and perspective during that song etc. Such a great read if you love music and especially the Beastie Boys. Grab the book, begin reading and at the same time listening to the songs and samples that they are talking about. Not many books that you can do this with. 5 Stars!

Jtitbos ,

Good listen

I’m glad I listen to this book. I was one of the jock/frat guys they describe. Always a fan of the bands journey across multiple music phases. I didn’t like the celebrity readers at first but ended up enjoying that unique feature. Toward the end however I felt as they just threw in some filler to lengthen the book, like they needed to have so many words. That being said I’m sure there were many many more stories and more on Adam’s diagnosis. I respect the painful part but I would be interested in that period , things he regretted, the promise they made to never commercialize the music Overall is was a good listen.

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