Having trouble fitting everything I want on an 80-minute CD. Trying to stay away from some of the super overplayed hits and include a couple lesser known gems. What are your essential tracks for a Beastie Boys mix?

Rhymin & Stealin
She's Crafty
Shake Your Rump
Johnny Ryall
The Sounds Of Science
Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
So What'cha Want
Time For Livin'
Sure Shot
Sabotage
Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Ch-Check It Out
..and everyone's favorite.....
Dr. Lee, PhD

...to name a few.

Just listen to Check Your Head.

Root Down
Get It Together
Three MCs and One DJ

Solid Gold Hits always works for me. Even has the right mix of Body Movin'.

That's not a bad "hits" package at all - collects all the essential singles (with the exception of maybe one more Licensed to Ill track).

The "Anthology: The Sounds of Science" 2-disc collection is great for all the singles (again - minus some LTI), plus some album tracks and b-sides (released prior to their last album "To The 5 Boroughs"). Later today or tomorrow I'll throw out a CD mix of my essential tracks not on either of those collections

Everything from Paul's Boutique

Mine would need to include these songs, at the very least:

Girls
So What'cha Want
Sure Shot
Flute Loop
Heart Attack Man
B-Boy Bouillabaise
3 Minute Rule
Car Thief
Song for the Man

Really? CYH is one of my least favorites. I was going to say just listen to Paul's Boutique. Next favorite is probably Hello Nasty.

same, as well as 5 bouroghs (sp)


licensed to ill, hello nasty, ill communication and pauls boutique are the only ones i really like

just put car thief on there 24 times and i'm happy.

No Beastie's mix of mine would be complete without

High Plains Drifter

An underappreciated gem. Old school b-boyism at its finest.

Only one CD? Does not compute. Ideally, I'd make a two-disc set; if you've seen Paul McCartney's Wingspan set, something like that, with one disc the hits and the other disc album tracks and rarities.

This would kind be a rough sketch:

DISC ONE
Slow and Low
She's On It
No Sleep Til Brooklyn
You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party
Girls
Brass Monkey
Hey Ladies
Shake Your Rump
Shadrach
Jimmy James (original version)
Gratitude
So What'cha Want
Pass the Mic
Something's Got to Give
Root Down
Get It Together
Sabotage
Sure Shot
Intergalactic
Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Alive
Ch-Check It Out
Triple Trouble

DISC TWO
Licensed to Ill
- Hold It, Now Hit It

Paul's Boutique
- Egg Man
- High Plains Drifter
- The Sound of Science
- Car Thief

Paul's Boutique b-side, can be found on imports, singles
- Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already

Check Your Head
- Professor Booty
- Finger Lickin' Good

Check Your Head b-side, found on imports, singles
- Drunken Praying Mantis Style
- Netty's Girl (can be found on The Sounds of Science)

Ill Communication
- Flute Loop
- Bobo on the Corner
- Tough Guy

Aglio e Olio EP
- Nervous Assistant

Hello Nasty
- Super Disco Breakin'
- The Move
- Song For the Man
- The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')
- Unite
- Dr. Lee, PhD

Recorded for The Jam tribute album Fire and Skill
- Start!

To the 5 Boroughs b-sides, found on various singles
- Now Get Busy
- Brrr Stick Em

The Mix-Up
- Electric Worm

I'd stick "B-Boy Boubillaise" in there somewhere, but at 12 minutes, that's a sizeable chunk of a CD. I'm sure I could whittle that down to one CD if pressed, but it'd be hard; they have a pretty rich discography, and haven't made too much filler.