Product Details

• Actors: Adam Yauch, Adam Horovitz, Mike D, DJ Hurricane, Sofia Coppola
• Directors: Spike Jonze
• Format: Color, Live, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Capitol
• VHS Release Date: September 20, 1994
• Run Time: 3 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303185223
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,545 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A fairly typical and, at 38 minutes, brief video collection from rap's highly influential, pop-culture-spewing white trio, the Beastie Boys (Skills to Pay the Bills and Sabotage followed in 1992 and 1994, respectively). Made primarily to capitalize on the overnight success of their platinum-selling album, Licensed to Ill, this compilation captures the Beasties in the obnoxious, frat-boy stage of their career. Brief interludes between the exaggerated, often-humorous videos--"Rhymin' and Stealin'," "Hold It Now, Hit It," "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn," "She's on It," "She's Crafty," and the megahit single, "Fight for Your Right (to Party)"--show the B-Boys clowning, posturing, drinking, taunting, and partying both onstage and off. For hard-core fans, this collection is essential; for other music fans, it represents an interesting look back at the early, immature persona of a band that later dropped the self-parody shtick and evolved into one of the most important rap acts of the '90s. --Dave McCoy

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BEASTIE VIDEO EVER!!!!, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Beastie Boys: Sabotage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video RULES! It has "DEJEMBE (Unreleased)" "Gratitude (Live)" "Sabotage" "The Hurricane Freestyle (Unreleased)" "Triphammer (Unreleased)" "$kills to Pay the Bills (Live)" "Time for Livin" "Sabrosa" "Somethings got to Give" "Screaming at a Wall (Live, Unreleased)" "Namasté (Live)" "Futterman's Rule" "5-piece Chicken Dinner" "Jimmy James" "Conga + Bass (Unreleased)" "Mullethead" "Rickey's Theme" and last but not least "So Watch 'Cha Want (Live featuring Cypress Hill)"

Don't miss them LIVE on Monday, May 3rd only on MTV. 1999

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHATCHA WANT IS THIS VIDEO!!!, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sabotage (DVD)

I just got this for christmas and it's awesome!!! If your a Beastie fan you'll love this as much as I do. It includes videos of MCA skating and snowboarding and the B-Boy's live in concert with Cypress Hill doing Whatcha Want. Even includes the 3 playing basketball with kids. This video is ill! So get it!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEASTIES CIRCA 1987!, April 12, 2001

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M. E. Keating (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beastie Boys [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I purchased this video when it was released in 1987 or 1988 and I am glad I still have it. It's a brief video collection of their Licensed To Ill videos plus funny interludes. Also, includes the classic beach video for "She's On It". A MUST FOR REAL BEASTIE FANS! The end Motel room segment is classic,crazy Beasties. Michael Diamond has said in interviews that he winces when he see's the things he used to do during the "License To Ill" Era. You won't wince, you will see the true, raw version of the Beasties that they will never be again!