Your 80s Hip-Hop Lives!: 'Brass Monkey' by Beastie Boys (1986)

How about another 80s Hip Hop Lives track?! Aight, so this week goes to hip-hop champions the Beastie Boys, and their 1986 track Brass Monkey. Beastie Boys are another of those legendary groups that have managed to remain successfully prolific through 3 decades and now have recently released yet another major album in this 4th decade! For those who don't already know they consist of Mike D (Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch), and Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz), and they originate out of New York City, USA. Brass Monkey was released as a single from their 1st (and still my favorite of theirs) album in 1986  Licensed to Ill. Now, I was always told that brass monkey was a drink consisting of beer mixed with orange juice, but according to Wikipedia a brass monkey can also consist of

"a mixture of gin, triple sec, tequila, orange juice, sour mix and grapefruit juice, or to a mixture of rum, vodka and orange juice (with or without Galliano). An alternative version of the brass monkey is a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor that has been consumed to the top of the label and then filled with orange juice."

No doubt it's an excellent and tasty beverage to imbibe...stay tuned para mas.