Beastie Boys; Godfathers of Trip-Hop?

Now, I'm sure that all you Sneaker Pimps afficionados know that the group chose its namesake after an article written by the Beastie Boys in their Crown Royal publication. I think there just may be even more of a connection between Adrock, MCA, and Mike D to the mainstream of what is commonly regarded as the Trip-Hop movement of the mid 1990s. The Beastie Boys were among the first to really push the limits of hip-hop conventions. They may have first appeared as just a white version of RUN DMC (actually, they were a pretty abrasive street-punk group before that) , but by their 1989 album "Paul's Boutique", they were experimenting with Hip-Hip production and sampling in such a radical manner that it recalled the Beach Boys during their "Pet Sounds" period. I wouldnt call it Trip-hop at all, but it was a demonstration of the kind of raw experimentalism and intellectuality that went into the Bristol sound. By 1994s "Ill Communication", the Beasties were raping about Buddhist dogma backed by brilliantly mixed chanting of Tibetan monks.

On what I consider to be their most accomplished album to date, "Hello Nasty", the Beastie Boys include one track, "Picture This" (18), featuring one of the vocalists from Cibbo Matto, this song is Trip Hop as we understand it, it would be at home on any Sneaker Pimps, or Morcheeba record.. and I would encourage the manager of this website to include that song in the "official" list of Trip Hop music on this site.

Anyway, just food for thought. The same way that Neil Young was considered "the Godfather of grunge" because of how close professionally and personally he became with Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder....I think the Beastie Boys deserve to be the Godfathers of Trip Hop.