Another deviation from the usual BGC hot dog method, the buns are not toasted. This is one of the few times I endorse boiling a hot dog though I would also recommend a minute or two in a skillet to crisp the skin. NO KETCHUP EVER! Though, to be honest, the onion sauce actually functions very much like more savory ketchup. In either case, you’ll also get a solid hit of sauerkraut and a generous drizzle of spicy brown mustard. Dirty Water Dog) usually topped with Sabrett’s Onion Sauce. Grab one from a hot dog cart on the corner, you’ll get a boiled dog (a.k.a. If you get it at Nathan’s in Coney Island, you’ll likely get their brand of onion sauce and it’ll be griddle cooked. This style of hot dog is ubiquitous throughout the five boroughs. I chose this particular track because – well – I live in Brooklyn and it’s my favorite on the album. When it came time to put my recipe for an NYC style hot dog on paper, there was zero chance it would not get a Beastie Boys title. That this album (and all of their work through Ill Communication) is as fresh today as when released is a testament to their status as the Clown Princes of NYC Hip Hop. ![]() It was a brilliant creative move on both the Beasties and Rubins part. The Beasties provided high energy, goofy, party music you could mosh to without the politics of hip hop. I sold a ton of Ramones albums in those years, so it made perfect sense the Beasties would click with suburban kids. Kids in the suburbs wanted punky party music without the politics of actual punk rock. The remnants of the first wave of real punk were filtering up from the underground to the mainstream. The Beasties were the Ramones of hip hop. I won’t deny that, but I will say the Beasties went beyond just being white guys rapping and added something truly unique at the time: a punk rock aesthetic. Some will say License To Ill is just another example of white guys getting famous and rich on something people of color did first. However, it was the Beasties debut – also Rubin produced – that truly captured the musical hearts of midwest teens. Yes – the Rick Rubin produced Run-DMC track “Walk This Way” featuring their crossover team-up with Aerosmith was a big hit in the ‘burbs. Yes – we were selling Run-DMC’s “Rock Box” (the first rock hip hop fusion track). Sure, we had carried the “Cookie Puss” single and found it amusing as a kind of novelty track. I remember working in a record store in Ann Arbor when License To Ill came out. ![]() This new school certainly helped bring hip hop to a wider audience, but it was still three white guys from Brooklyn who would truly breakthrough where it counted at the time: the suburbs. This unlikely album – along with releases by Public Enemy and Run-DMC – would usher in a new school of hip hop. That album would have a track – “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn” – that not only was a tribute to Motorhead but also featured speed metal guitarist Kerry King from Slayer (who were also labelmates at Def Jam). Three white guys with a punk rock band that went nowhere hook up with a white guy producer and drop the first hip hop album to ever chart on Billboard. License To Ill was a seismic shift in hip hop, and many in the community still find that a point of contention. Listen to the More Recipes About Music & Food Spotify Playlist Theme song by Beastie Boys “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn” from License To Ill
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