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Production Credits:
Shake Your Rump
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First Appearance: Paul's Boutique LP 1989
Written by: Beastie Boys & Dust Brothers
Performed by: Beastie Boys
Production Notes: Produced by Beastie Boys & Dust Brothers. Recorded at Mario G's, mixed at Record Plant. Engineered by Mario Caldato, assisted by Allen Abrahamson. Demos at Matt Dike's house, mixed at Record Plant. Originally released on Capitol Records.
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...
Samples:
- "Funky Snakefoot" by Alphonze Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot by Alphonze Mouzon
- "Daddy Rich" - Car Wash soundtrack by Rose Royce
- "Dancing Room Only" by Harvey Scales - Hotfoot: A Funque Dizco Opera by Harvey Scales
- "That's the Joint" by Funky Four Plus One - Best of Sugar Hill Records by Various Artists
- "6 O'clock DJ (Let's Rock)" - Car Wash soundtrack by Rose Royce
- "Born to Love You" - Car Wash soundtrack by Rose Royce
- "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley - Legend by Bob Marley
- "8th Wonder" by the Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight - Best of the Sugarhill Gang by The Sugarhill Gang
- "Jazzy Sensation" by Afrika Bambaataa - Unity by James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa
- "Tell Me Something Good" by Ronnie Laws - Pressure Sensitive by Ronnie Laws
- "Yo Yo" by Rose Royce - Car Wash soundtrack by Rose Royce
- "Super Mellow" by Paul Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Shelly Manne & Louis Bellson
- "Get Off" by Foxy - Get Off: The Best of Foxy
- "Holy Ghost" by the Bar-Kays - The Best of the Bar-Kays
- Bong hit and gun shot
References:
- Mardi Gras - the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities as a day of carnival and merrymaking
- Club Med - international chain of resort facilities
- Hurricane - Wendell Fite, Beastie Boys DJ
- Lava lamp - liquid filled cylinder with moving globules
- Patty Duke - 1963 TV comedy starring Patty Duke, who played the dual role of a British teenager and her American cousin; also a dance
- Wrench - dance
- Tango - a Latin-American dance characterized by gliding steps and low dips
- Jamaica - an island in the West Indies, south of Cuba
- Mangoes - oblong, sweet fruits of certain tropical trees
- Sam the Butcher - butcher on 60's TV Hit The Brady Bunch
- Alice - the Brady's housekeeper and Sam the Butcher's love interest on 60's TV show The Brady Bunch
- Fred Flintstone - modern-stoneage cartoon character created by Hanna-Barbera
- Whippets - cannisters of nitrous oxide used for inhaling purposes
- Dookies - thick gold chains worn around the neck; popular amongst old-school rappers back in the day
- Manhattan - bourough of New York City, NY
- The Bump - 1970's disco dance step
Sample & Reference Breakdown:
- Beginning drum roll sample: "Funky Snakefoot" by Alphonze Mouzon
- Primary beat sample: "Dancing Room Only" by Harvey Scales
- "Like a pimp I'm pimpin'..." guitar line sample: "Daddy Rich" by Rose Royce
- Disco call sample: "Get Off" by Foxy
- "It's the joint" sample: "That's the Joint" by Funky Four Plus One
- "Well I'm Mike D and I'm back from the dead" references a rumor started in late '87 that Mike D had died from a drug overdose, a brain tumor, he was murdered, etc...
- "Well I'm Mike D..." slap bassline sample: intro to "Yo Yo" by Rose Royce
- "Shake your rum-pah" sample: "Jazzy Sensation" by James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa
- After-the-chorus bassline sample: "6 O'clock DJ (Let's Rock)" by Rose Royce
- Underlying scratch samples in "most packinest" and "your belief chief:" "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley
- "Like Sam the Butcher..." guitar sample: "Born to Love You" by Rose Royce
- "Like Fred Flintstone drivin' around with bald feet" reference: Fred Flintstone powered his prehistoric car by the use of his two bare feet
- "Hoo-ha! Got them all in check" sample: "8th Wonder" by The Sugarhill Gang
- Sample during "Got more rhymes than Jamaica got mangoes:": "Super Mellow" by Paul Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Shelly Manne & Louis Bellson
- Bassline sample: "Holy Ghost" by the Bar-Kays
Commentary:
Beastie Boys
"Matt Dike played us some of the music that they were working on. He played us a whole bunch of instrumentals. It all sounded incredible. It was so rich with layer upon layer of music. One track that I particularly remember standing out was an instrumental version of what would later become 'Shake Your Rump'" - Adam Yauch, 1999
"I love that song. But you know, we play that song a lot. We play that song... every night we play that song. Sometimes, you know, even though you might love something, you don't want it every night after a while. I mean, I love pizza, everybody loves pizza, you gonna eat pizza every night?" - Adrock
Press & Print Media:
"...drums rat-a-tat and we're back in naughty-boy land" - Rolling Stone, 1989
"The Beasties have never sounded as slick, sexy and dynamic as on the high-voltage riot of disco-pimp kitsch and Flat Eric bass that is 'Shake Your Rump'" - New Musical Express, 1999
Live:
Performed in 230 known Concerts.
First known Performance:
17-May-1992 : Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Last known Performance:
12-Jun-2009 : Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, United States
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