Hold It Now Hit It
Beastie Boys’ 1986 recording of “Hold It Now Hit It” is the earliest release on file. Ad‐Rock, Adam Yauch, Mike D and Rick Rubin are credited as its writers. Eric B. & Rakim’s “As the Rhyme Goes On” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz. It is on the album Licensed to Ill (1986).
Under Rakim on "As the Rhyme Goes On" sits a sample of a Beastie Boys record from 1986, so play them back to back and hear one crew's track become another crew's floor. Same building, different tenants.
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Credited writers: Ad‐Rock, Adam Yauch, Mike D and Rick Rubin.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1986.
On the album Licensed to Ill (1986).
Eric B. & Rakim’s “As the Rhyme Goes On” (1987) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
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