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Watch MTV’s Beastie Boys Beastieography documentary

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This was first aired in 1998 and my friend Ciaran recorded it for me on VHS and made a cover for it and everything. It’s up on Youtube but it parts are missing due to copyright claims. Here’s the full version via Vimeo. A great watch. RIP MCA.

Here’s a best of the Beasties mix.

The first MCA line of every song he appeared on:



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  1. This is great, thanks for uploading, have it taped on VHS too but no VHS player anymore….in fact I’ve a whole Beasties random clips VHS somewhere, mostly hello nasty era stuff

  2. Thanks also for this – some great stuff in there. Like the Shadrach video split screened with the raw footage used for the rotoscoping. Very cool. Something tells me MTV don’t make ’em like this anymore… I studiously avoid all possible contact with it these days.

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