BURNING HE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
“She’s on It” is a song by American hip-hop group the Beastie Boys. The group’s third single, it was released on the soundtrack to the 1985 film Krush Groove.
Despite failing to attract commercial success at the time of its release in 1985, a re-release in 1987 was much more successful, becoming a top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, and reaching the top 50 in two other European countries.
The song’s video was one of the band’s first music videos. The boys are trying to win the heart of a beautiful woman on the beach, but their efforts are foiled by stampeding female fans. Not even the assistance of a mentor (played by producer Rick Rubin) can help them. Their attempts range from using Spanish Fly to flying over her in a helicopter and a net, and even their attempt to blow her up fails.
It is not listed on the sleeve or labels however “She’s On It” is a longer mix than the 3:32 album version.
SIDE A:
She’s On It (Sound Track From The Video) 4:20
Written-By – The King*, Rick Rubin
SIDE B:
Hold It, Now Hit It 3:36
Written-By – The King*, The Beastie Boys*, Rick Rubin
Slow And Low 3:41
Written-By – D. McDaniels*, J. Simmons*, R. Rubin*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Def Jam Recordings – DEF 651068 6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: Europe
Released: 1986
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Hip Hop
CREDITS:
Producer – Rick Rubin
NOTES:
Sound Track From The Video
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Hi Paul,
It seems there’s an error at the end of “Hold It, Now Hit It”: there’s a second of silence around 3:24 (after “Yo Leroy!”) and then the previous part starts again from the “Hit it!”); to me it seems there was a needle jump or something like that. Is it like that on the record, i.e. a mistake during production of the vinyl, or is it a ripping error? (It isn’t like that on the album etc.)
(The track no. in the metadata is also incorrect as “102” instead of “02”.)
You’re right not sure if DJPaul has noticed your post and / or corrected it.
I can confirm it was never corrected!
Huge fan of this site and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you posting all these great records! Especially this one right here.
Thank you 0101001x_x 🙂
Great post Paul, loved the Beastie Boys, especially their mix of Metal with Hip Hop, a great combination.
Thank you John 🙂
Great choice Paul. I bought the 1987 release on 7″ at the time, and dug it out last year to play the excellent b-side Slow and Low, for a short DJ set. 🙂
I watched a long-but-worth-it Zane Lowe interview with Rick Rubin recently and he just seems like the nicest most sorted guy ever. It’s all about the music, just making the greatest record possible no matter who the artist.
Check out this short clip with him about the origins of Def Jam too, cool history lesson:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IBHADseIs-w
🙂
Excellent thank you Jermajesy I will watch the video. I love learning what inspires artist to create great music. 🙂
P
Classic! Many thanks!! That first album so kicks ass in all the cars I’ve had especially when I had over £1000 of car stereo many years ago!
You’re welcome Neil 🙂
I got a jolt seeing this on your page today Paul!! Gosh, The Beastie Boys!!! I remember them when they had that cult record, “Cookie Puss”, sort of a parody of all the scratch records back at the time and, “Beastie Revolution” an almost send-up of Musical Youth. At that time, I never took those Boys seriously. I really thought they were spoofing hip hop and street culture. WELL, that’s until I heard they teamed up with Rick Rubin for their “Rock Hard” a massively bombastic tune that could demolish a high-rise on maximum volume!! Too bad the beat was… Read more »
Was never a huge hip-hop fan but I always loved those Beastie bad boys. I only have a couple of their twelves so I thought it would e fun to post something that most of my readers would not expect to see o BTG. 🙂
That’s why we love you so much Paul. You always surprise and delight us. I’m not a really big fan of Hip Hop either, but the Beasties were different. Very alternative in their own way. And with all the talk of appropriation these days, the Boys were different. They did their own rebellious, punk-rock thing. They really left quite the legacy.
Enjoying this post!!!
Jeff
Excellent! Thank you. My copy is way beyond recordable. I appreciate this and your great scans that are included. Thanks again Paul!
You’re welcome RA 🙂