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Podcast: Dubmatix Sticky Icky Reggae Mix
Episode: The Beastie Boys - Brooklyn Beats To International Streets
Description: Beastie Boys’ Anthology: Sounds of Science, Michael Diamond (Mike D) says:
“We had all been influenced by Lee Perry’s productions. We were into how on reggae recordings there would often be a ‘dub version’ on the b-side of a single, a practice that got co-opted by a few punk and early hip-hop singles as well.”
Who knew?
When their debut “License To Ill” was released in 1986, almost 40 years ago - it was fresh and had a great sense of humour, playfullness that on the surface could be disregarded as white-boy rap, but if you took a clo...