Michael L. Diamond, also known as Mike D (born November 20, 1965), is a founding member of New York hip hop trio the Beastie Boys. Mike D raps, sings, and plays drums alongside fellow members Adrock, MCA, Money Mark and Mix Master Mike.
Biography
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Mike D was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan. He is Jewish. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. It is rumored that he was expelled after throwing a beer keg from the ninth floor of a residence hall. In 1979, he co-founded the band The Young Aborigines. In 1981, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, a friend and follower of the band became their bass player, and from the suggestion of their then-guitar player, John Barry, the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys. By 1983, Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) joined to form the lasting Beastie Boys trio, and their sound began to shift away from punk to hip-hop. In 1992, Mike D founded the Beastie Boys now-defunct record label Grand Royal Records. Mike D is married to Director Tamra Davis. They have two sons, Davis and Skylar.
Quotes
Regarding the cost to sample Bob Dylan's Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues for the Beastie Boys song Finger Lickin' Good:
"Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal."
Regarding his failed attempt to get clearance from AC/DC member Malcolm Young to sample Back in Black on the Beastie Boys song Rock Hard:
"He goes, 'I'd love to do it for you guys, but it's 'Back In Black' - one of the top three songs we've ever written!' Whatever. AC/DC could not get with the sample concept. They were just like, 'Nothing against you guys, but we just don't endorse sampling.'"
References
^ "BeastieMania.com - Song Spotlight: Finger Lickin' Good". Retrieved on 2007-02-14. This site has cited Boston Rock, June 1992, Issue 123 as the original source.
^ "AC/DC nix Beastie Boys sample" (LexisNexis Academic Search), New Musical Express, November 11 1999, <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=6f471f5aec7e261d172a5638a61fbc65&_docnum=6&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkVb&_md5=86bc428d168a8661fe43ecd9d9c0ac3b>. Retrieved on 15 February 2007
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Beastie Boys
Mike D · Adrock · MCA
Studio albums
Licensed to Ill · Paul's Boutique · Check Your Head · Ill Communication · Hello Nasty · To the 5 Boroughs · The Mix-Up
Other albums
Pollywog Stew · Cooky Puss · Rock Hard · Pretzel Nugget · Some Old Bullshit · Aglio e Olio · Root Down · The In Sound From Way Out! · Love American Style EP · Nasty Bits · Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) · Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science · Solid Gold Hits
Singles
"Cooky Puss" · "Rock Hard" · "She's On It" · "Rhymin' & Stealin'" · "Hold It, Now Hit It" · "The New Style" · "Paul Revere" · "Brass Monkey" · "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" · "No Sleep till Brooklyn" / "Posse in Effect" · "Girls" · "Hey Ladies" · "Shadrach" · "Pass the Mic" · "So What'cha Want" · "Jimmy James" · "Gratitude" · "Professor Booty" · "Sabotage" · "Get It Together" · "Sure Shot" · "Root Down" · "Intergalactic" · "Body Movin'" · "The Negotiation Limerick File" · "Remote Control/Three MC's and One DJ" · "Alive" · "Ch-Check It Out" · "Triple Trouble" · "Right Right Now Now" · "Now Get Busy" · "An Open Letter to NYC" · "The Electric Worm"
Producers
Mix Master Mike · Kate Schellenbach · Amery Smith · Rick Rubin · Doctor Dré · DJ Hurricane · Dust Brothers · Mario C. · Money Mark · Eric Bobo
Related articles
Discography · The Young and the Useless · Grand Royal · Rat Cage · BS 2000 · Country Mike's Greatest Hits · Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
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