Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock trolls Rolling Stone with contribution to 500 Greatest Albums poll
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Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock has trolled Rolling Stone with his contribution to their 500 Greatest Albums poll.
Last week, Rolling Stone published their updated 500 Greatest Albums of All Time poll, collating over 300 responses from artists, critics and other figures from throughout the music industry.
One of the artists to submit a ballot was Beastie Boys’ Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horovitz, who submitted a list of 50, erm, questionable choices to the poll.
Speaking about Horovitz’s ballot entry, Rolling Stone said that the list “set a high bar for taste, erudition and hilarious bullshit,” and questioned if they had been placed there “not because of musical quality, but as part of some sort of clever satirical gesture.”
You can check out Horovitz’s creative entry below.
- Macka B, Sign of the Times
- Grits and Gravy, Nuthin’ But The Good Stuff
- The Frank Figueora Funk Ensemble, Double Bang Bang
- Chirp, The City Ain’t Tough Enough
- Sergeant Crikey, It Mek Dem Bubble
- Hugo Strasser, TanzHits ’71
- Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach
- The Outta Controls, I Need New Friends
- The Lover’s 2, Slip Into Something More Fantastical
- Merv Gelter, Unlinked Passages And Patterns
- Danice Wilder, Funk Your Body Down
- Strategic Orchestrations, My Suzuki Sierra Is Bumpin’
- Jan Pfundt, Gekreuzte Drähte
- Pops Willard, Bus Station Situation
- Janice Montcrieff, Pour me another Glass Of Whine, You Baby
- The Dapper Duo, Your Freaky Touch
- Urszula Dudziak, Urszula
- Miss Sally Murdoch, Turn Me On When The The Lights Go Off
- The Cosmonauts (Featuring Shep Greenley), Bump That Funky Bump
- Digitz, Why Is That Again?
- The Satin Velvettes, Sooth My Mood
- Ebbet Maynfield, Flutes A Plenty
- Video Kids, Woodpeckers From Space
- The Pete Smith Quintet, Dynamism
- Amy Cranterston, The Strength Of The Willow’s Shadows
- Ruff-N-Ready, We Rhyme Right
- Phil Collins, Dance Into The Light
- Westbeth, Down In The Basement (Where The Funk Grows)
- The Captain, 22lb Turkey
- Monotony, Witness The Rampage
- The Tremont High School Drum Line, Marching Band Favorites
- Chip Button, Drums Are My Bag
- Crabby Appleton, Rotten To The Core
- Dr. Funk-A-Dunk, Out Of Bounds On The Dance Floor
- Bridget Everett and The Tender Moments, Pound It
- The Clarence Widley Orchestra, Boxcar Business (Original Soundtrack)
- Melancholia, Exploration Interflection
- Al Carlton, Too Smooth
- Earl Wilson, Jr., Let My People Come (A Sexual Musical)
- Khia, Thug Misses
- The Dunes of Distance, Equanimity
- General Echo, 12” Of Pleasure
- Aileen Mccullough, An Oiread Sin Báistí
- Sweet Lou, Already On It
- The T-Bones, No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach Is In)
- Ladies and Lords, The Mod Way
- Crianças Loucas, é Meu Agora
- Juan Epstein, Boogaloo In Brooklyn
- Little Marcy, Happy Day Express
- Carmine Rittzi, Freak Your Way Out Of This One
Last month, Beastie Boys announced a new greatest hits collection would be released on vinyl, due out 2nd October. In April, the outfit appeared in their own documentary, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Spike Jonze.