Name: Beastie Boys' Adrock Kicked Off LL Cool J's Career and Laid the Beat on His Debut
Uploaded: 2020-04-23T18:26:47.000Z
Duration: 6 min 48 s
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Always good to see your face. -Good to see you, too.

-I should start this off by saying props and hello

who worked with you on "Charlie's Angels"

-Yeah, so, she loves you, and Drew loves you.

They said they had the best time with you doing that.

Tell Nancy I said hello. Tell Drew I said what up.

That was a -- You know, that was a real big deal for me,

you know, just doing that role at that time

'cause it was a time when I was kind of trying to

really explore things outside of my music

and really get into acting a little bit more.

So I actually learned a lot on that film.

So definitely give them my love. You know what I'm saying?

-I know you're managing to stay very busy.

Something like that? -Yeah, this is the 11th season,

we were like the number-one streaming show in America,

because you hear all this news about things streaming

But the "NCIS: L.A." fans, they're just amazing.

They're unbelievable, and they just keep, you know,

-So, it's been great. It's been really cool.

"Rock the Bells." I want to say it's channel 43.

into selecting what songs are in there and the style and the --

You know what's interesting? Right now, it's free, too.

People could go on there and check it out.

-On April 27th, you're doing a cool thing with the Beasties.

-Yeah, yeah, and I -- You know, I saw your interview

-Dude, you go way back with the Beasties, and Ad-Rock,

Ad-Rock actually is the person who gave me demo to Rick Rubin,

He got -- You know, he really got me my break.

He -- 'Cause he used to hang out with Rick

in his dorm room every day. I sent the tape there.

Ad would go through the boxes when he had nothing to do.

He listened to my tape. He's like, "Oh, LL Cool J."

He played it, and he liked it, and he told Rick to listen to it

Rick ended up, you know, calling me down,

and we made a record. And on top of that,

Ad-Rock, you know, actually made the beat

You know what I'm saying? -Did he really?

Rick produced it, but Ad-Rock, you know, programmed the drums

-What was your beat on "I Need a Beat" before Ad-Rock did it?

-It was something I had done on a Korg drum machine,

Yeah. It was similar, but it definitely wasn't the same.

but then you end up, like, hanging with the Beasties

for like -- That was -- What was that, '84, '85?

-And you -- I've seen videos of you guys on tour

-And what was it like? What was New York City like?

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