I didn’t expect to be twenty-five years old, so… But I never expected to be able to, like… Well, I never expected anything. When we started playing I was, like, fourteen. No, just basically trying to get as much attention as I could from as many people. I definitely knew when I was little that I wanted to do something like this. I was on my way to going to Harvard or Yale… I was not a good student. We went first thing in the morning, it was very early so… My mum used to let me stay up very late at night, so I’d be very sleepy in the morning. So I went to church, like, four days a week. I went to junior high in a Catholic school. So I’ve been to a synagogue once, for a funeral 10 years ago. No, actually I didn’t have a religious upbringing. Did religion play a role as you were growing up? My dad lived just over there and my mum lived there. I grew up 10 blocks up the street from here. My childhood was right here in this neighbourhood. We haven’t heard much about your childhood. It’s like soft porn, not real hardcore porn. We split you guys up to try and discuss a few things you don’t normally talk about in interviews… We’re barely ready – pens and pads still firmly in the bag – when Adrock looks up and fires: “So, what do you guys wanna know?” Adrock And despite the relatively new digs, for two decades the trio has been making that magic the very same way: researching, composing, rehearsing, recording and editing music on their own terms and on their own turf.Įventually we settle for the cluttered lounge room. This, it appears, is where the magic happens. A peek inside reveals the usual array of sound tables, computers and a collection of CDs and vinyl covering every genre. Once inside, we pass a plastic basketball hoop, a lounge area cluttered with cups, dishes and piles of unopened fan letters and, finally, a studio. Instantly recognisable, it is the signature tone behind planetary mega hit ‘Sabotage’.
His voice, however, is anything but common. His face is that of the average white man.
After ringing the buzzer for a short millennium we finally notice this dude in baggy jeans, oversized T-shirt and baseball cap crossing the street and making a beeline for the door. And we’re here to get them talking.īut there’s a problem: it’s 10:57 am and nobody’s in. That, it turns out, is the unusual and multi-syllabic name for the Beastie Boys’ New York office. Moving up the list, two of the fifth-floor buzzers read ‘Oscilloscope Laboratories’. The intercom suggests a busy life within: there’s a law firm, an insurance company, a developer and even a plumber. We’re standing outside a nondescript six-storey building in New York’s TriBeCa district. To commemorate the four-year anniversary of MCA's death, we're posting the interview online for the first time. Ten years ago, Huck split up hip hop's most famous trio in order to get them talking. To commemorate the anniversary of MCA's death, we're posting the interview online for the first time. Ten years ago, Huck split up hip hop's most famous trio to get them talking.
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