Intergalactic

TitleIntergalactic
ArtistBeastie Boys
AlbumHello Nasty
Release Date1998-05-12
Description“Intergalactic" is track #7 on Beastie Boys 5th (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty, released 7.14.1998. In addition to producing, Mario Caldato, Jr. shares a writing credit with the Boys. It was dropped as a single on 5.12.1998, the group’s 3rd Top 40 single, hitting #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and #5 on the UK Singles Chart — the Beasties' biggest hit in that country. “Intergalactic" received the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1999.



Source: typophile

Samples include:


“Prelude C# Minor“ composed by Rachmaninoff and performed by Lex Baxter
“Love is Blue“ by The Jazz Crusaders, on their album, Powerhouse (1969)
“The New Style” from Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill (1986)





Source: eil

Beastiemania reports the song has been performed in 189 known Concerts.


1st Known Performance: 6.10.1998 — Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGNWdrN3yw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=X8vsLWonkpQ#t=174s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hxv1QfQlnU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxfGG0OVgU

Last Known Performance: 6.12.2009 — Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, US
Lyrics[Chorus]
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
[Verse 1: Mike D]
Well, now, don't you tell me to smile
You stick around, I'll make it worth your while
Got numbers beyond what you can dial
Maybe it's because I'm so versatile
Style, profile

[Verse 2: Ad-Rock]
I said it always brings me back when I hear "Ooh child"
From the Hudson River out to the Nile
I run the marathons 'til the very last mile

[Verse 3: MCA]
Well, if you battle me, I will revile
People always saying my style is wild
You've got gall, you've got guile (Guile)
To step to me, I’m a rapophile

[Verse 4: Mike D]
If you wanna battle, you're in denial
Coming from Uranus to check my style
Go ahead; put my rhymes on trial
Cast you off into exile

[Chorus]
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
You might also like[Verse 5: Ad-Rock]
Jazz and AWOL, that's our team
Step inside the party, disrupt the whole scene
When it comes to beats, well, I'm a fiend
I like my sugar with coffee and cream

[Verse 6: MCA]
Well, I gotta keep it going, keep it going full steam
Too sweet to be sour; too nice to be mean
Well, on the tough guy style, I'm not too keen
Trying to change the world, I will plot and scheme

[Verse 7: Mike D]
Mario C likes to keep it clean (Clean)
Goin' to shine like a sunbeam
Keep on rapping 'cause that's my dream
Got an A from Moe Dee for sticking to themes

[Verse 8: Ad-Rock]
Now when it comes to envy, y'all is green
Jealous of the rhyme and the rhyme routine ('tine)
Another dimension, new galaxy
Intergalactic planetary

[Chorus]
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
[Verse 9: MCA]
We're from the family tree of old school hip-hop
Kick off your shoes and relax your socks
The rhymes will spread just like a pox
'Cause the music is live, like an electric shock

[Verse 10: Mike D]
I am known to do the wop (Wop)
Also known for the Flintstone Flop
Tammy D getting biz on the crop (Crop)
Beastie Boys known to let the beat
"MMM, D-r-r-rop!"
Do it

[Verse 11: Ad-Rock]
Now when I wrote graffiti, my name was Slop
If my rap's soup, my beats is stock
Step from the table when I start to chop
I'm the lumberjack, DJ Adrock

[Verse 12: MCA]
If you try to knock me, you'll get mocked
I'll stir fry you in my wok
Your knees'll start shaking and your fingers pop
Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock

[Chorus]
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Intergalactic planetary, planetary intergalactic
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension
Another dimension, another dimension

[Outro]
Do it