Happy Birthday Adam Yauch | Beastie Boys 2004 Concert
By Scott Bernstein Aug 5, 2014 • 11:20 am PDT


The Beasties were a fine live act as the rare hip-hop group who were each capable instrumentalists as well as master rappers. For an example of the group’s MC’ing skills, watch the trio’s MTV2 $2 Bill performance from 2004 which features such Beastie Boys classics as “Sure Shot,” “Root Down,” “pass The Mic,” “So What’cha Want” and “Intergalactic.”
02:31 -Sure Shot
05:22 -Root Down
08:49 -Right Right Now Now
11:22 -Body Movin’
14:22 -That’s It, That’s All
17:10 -Time To Get Ill
19:14 -Pass The Mic
22:47 -Triple Trouble
25:43 -Skills To Pay The Bills
28:04 -So What’cha Want
31:03 -Three MCs And One DJ
34:08 -Ch-Check It Out
37:20 -Intergalactic
And here’s the Beasties’ 1992 appearance on Hangin’ With MTV, which displays their instrumental work:
So What’cha Want > Interview > Groove Holmes > Pow > In 3’s > Instrumental Jam > Iron Man > Hurricane Vocal Track > Gratitude > Time For Livin’