Music Sampled by the Beastie Boys

Here is the ultimate collection of every song sampled by the Beastie Boys. The list is extensive! The boys were rhymin’ and stealing for a long time. You can download the extensive samples here.

Many years ago (more than I care to remember), I began a quest to personally track down every record and song that had ever been sampled by the Beastie Boys. I was inspired by the classic Ultimate Breaks & Beats series as it introduced me to songs that I had only heard in sampled form, and needless to say, hearing these tracks in their entirety as opposed to a quick snippet, stab, scratch, or loop opened my mind to a whole new musical experience. While digging in the bins at Uncle Sam’s Records back in 1996, I discovered the white-label/bootleg pressing of B-Boy Breaks:12 Original Tunes as Sampled By The Beastie Boys:

Licensed To Ill
Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks [Rhymin’ & Stealing]
Black Sabbath – Sweet Leaf [Rhymin’ & Stealing]
The Clash – I Fought The Law [Rhymin’ & Stealing]
Funk Inc. – Kool is Back [The New Style]
The B-Boys – 2, 3, Break [The New Style]
Trouble Funk – Drop The Bomb [The New Style]
Led Zeppelin – The Ocean [She’s Crafty]
Cerrone – Rocket In the Pocket (live) [Posse In Effect]
Joeski Love – Pee Wee’s Dance [Posse In Effect]
Juice – Catch A Groove [Posse In Effect]
Fat Larry’s Band – Down on the Avenue [Slow Ride]
Uncle Louie – I Like Funky Music [Paul Revere]
Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’ [Hold It Now]
Kool & The Gang – Funky Stuff [Hold It Now]
Bob James – Take Me To The Mardi Gras [Hold It Now]
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – The Return Of Leroy Pt. 1 [Hold It Now]
Wild Sugar – Bring It Here [Brass Monkey]
AC-DC – Flick of the Switch [Slow & Low]
Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Babe [Time To Get Ill]
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner [Time To Get Ill]
Jay Livingston – Mr. Ed Theme Song [Time To Get Ill]
Led Zeppelin – Custard Pie [Time To Get Ill]
The Russell Brothers – The Party Scene [Time To Get Ill]
Schoolly D – Gucci Time [Time To Get Ill]
Billy Preston – Nothing from Nothing [Time To Get Ill]
Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman [Time To Get Ill]
Victor Mizzy – Green Acres Theme Song [Time To Get Ill]

Paul’s Boutique
Idris Muhammad – Loran’s Dance [To All The Girls]
Alphonse Mouzon – Funky Snakefoot [Shake Your Rump]
Rose Royce – 6 O’Clock DJ (Let’s Rock) [Shake Your Rump]
Rose Royce – Born To Love You [Shake Your Rump]
Diana Ross & Supremes – No Matter What Sign You Are [Shake Your Rump]
Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder [Shake Your Rump]
Rose Royce – Daddy Rich [Shake Your Rump]
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Could You Be Loved [Shake Your Rump]
Harvey Scales – Dancing Room Only [Shake Your Rump]
Black Oak Arkansas – Hot And Nasty [Shake Your Rump]
Alan Moorhouse – Soul Skimmer [Shake Your Rump]
Paul Humphrey – Super Mellow [Shake Your Rump]
Ronnie Laws – Tell Me Something Good [Shake Your Rump]
Afrika Bambaataa – Unity, Pt. 2: Because It’s Coming [Shake Your Rump]
Funky 4 + 1 – That’s The Joint [Shake Your Rump]
The B-Boys – Rock The House [Shake Your Rump]
Rose Royce – Yo Yo [Shake Your Rump]
Afrika Bambaataa – Unity, Pt. 6: World III [Shake Your Rump]
Kurtis Blow – AJ Scratch [Johnny Ryall]
Donny Hathaway – Magnificent Sanctuary Band [Johnny Ryall]
Paul McCartney – Momma Miss America [Johnny Ryall]
Jean Knight – Mr. Big Stuff [Johnny Ryall]
Pink Floyd – One of These Days [Johnny Ryall]
David Bromberg – Sharon [Johnny Ryall]
Chris Stein – Military Breakbeat [Johnny Ryall]
Elvis Costello – Pump It Up [Egg Man]
Lightnin Rod – Sport [Egg Man]
Curtis Mayfield – Superfly [Egg Man]
Tower Of Power – Drop It In The Slot [Egg Man]
Public Enemy – Bring The Noise [Egg Man]
Commodores – I’m Ready [Egg Man]
Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music [Egg Man]
Public Enemy – You’re Gonna Get Yours [Egg Man]
John Williams – Main Title (Theme From Jaws) [Egg Man]
Bernard Herrmann – Psycho: A Suite for Strings [Egg Man]
Eagles – Those Shoes [High Plains Drifter]
The Fatback Band – Put Your Love (In My Tender Care) [High Plains Drifter]
Isaac Hayes – Walk From Regio’s [Sounds of Science]
The Beatles – The Beatles – When I’m Sixty-Four [Sounds of Science]
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Sounds of Science]
The Beatles – The End [Sounds of Science]
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) [Sounds of Science]
Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy [Sounds Of Science]
James Brown – Get Up,Get Into It, Get Involved [Sounds Of Science]
Pato Banton – Don’t Sniff Coke [Sounds Of Science]
Sly & The Family Stone – Brave & Strong [3 Minute Rule]
Fancy – Feel Good [3 Minute Rule]
Sly & The Family Stone – Poet [3 Minute Rule]
The Ramones – Suzy Is A Headbanger [3 Minute Rule]
Loggins & Messina – Your Mama Don’t Dance [3 Minute Rule]
Zapp & Roger – So Ruff, So Tuff [Hey Ladies]
Cameo – Shake Your Pants [Hey Ladies]
P-Funk All Stars – Pumpin’ It Up [Hey Ladies]
Kurtis Blow – Party Time [Hey Ladies]
Commodores – Machine Gun [Hey Ladies]
Afrika Bambaataa – Jazzy Sensation [Hey Ladies]
World Famous Supreme Team – Hey DJ [Hey Ladies]
James Brown – Funky President [Hey Ladies]
Edwin Starr – War [Hey Ladies]
Zapp & Roger – Dance Floor [Hey Ladies]
Jeanette “Lady” Day – Come Let Me Love You (instrumental) [Hey Ladies]
The Sweet – The Ballroom Blitz [Hey Ladies]
James Brown – Ain’t It Funky Now [Hey Ladies]
Eric Weissberg – Shuckin In The Corn [5-Piece Chicken Dinner]
The Incredible Bongo Band – Last Bongo In Belgium [Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun]
Mountain – Mississippi Queen [Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun]
Ocean – Put Your Hand In The Hand [Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun]
Pink Floyd – Time [Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun]
Funk Factory – Rien Ne Va Plus [Car Thief]
Max Yasgur – Speech At Woodstock 1969 [Car Thief]
The Jackson 5 – I’ll Bet You [Car Thief]
Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man [Car Thief]
Gene Harris – Put On Train [What Comes Around]
Led Zeppelin – Moby Dick [What Comes Around]
Alice Cooper – It’s Hot Tonight [What Comes Around]
Rose Royce – Do Your Dance [Shadrach]
James Brown – Funky Drummer [Shadrach]
Trouble Funk – Say What [Shadrach]
Sly & The Family Stone – Loose Booty [Shadrach]
Ballin’ Jack – Never Let Em Say [Shadrach]
The Fatback Band – King Tim III (Personality Jock) [Shadrach]
Sugarhill Gang – Sugarhill Groove [Shadrach]
Burundi Steiphenson Black – Burundi Black [59 Chrystie Street]
Joni Mitchell – The Jungle Line [59 Chrystie Street]
Malcolm Mclaren – Buffalo Gals [59 Chrystie Street]
Fab 5 Freddy & B-Side – Change Le Beat [59 Chrystie Street]
Run-DMC – Here We Go (Live At The Funhouse 1985) [59 Chrystie Street]
Starski – Starski Live at the Disco Fever [Get On The Mic]
Southside Movement – Save The World [Stop That Train]
Scotty – Draw Your Brakes [Stop That Train]
Tower Of Power – Ebony Jam [Year And A Day]
Disco Dave & the Force of the Five MC’s – High Powered Rap [Year And A Day]
The Isley Brothers – That Lady [Year And A Day]
Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues [Hello Brooklyn]
The Meters – Hey Pocky A-Way [Dropping Names]
Sweet – Into The Night [Dropping Names]
Bob Marley – Dylan Taite  Interview (New Zealand 1979) [Dropping Names]
The Crusaders – The Well’s Gone Dry [Lay It On Me]
Kool & The Gang – Let The Music Take Your Mind [Lay It On Me]
Chic – Good Times [A.W.O.L.]
Trouble Funk – Good To Go [A.W.O.L]
West Street Mob – Break Dance – Electric Boogie [Dis Yourself In ’89 (Just Do It)]
Sammy Davis Jr. – Baretta’s Theme [Dis Yourself In ’89 (Just Do It)]
Electric Light Orchestra – Jungle [Dis Yourself in ’89 (Just Do It)]
Gregory Abbot – Shake You Down [Dis Yourself In ’89 (Just Do It)]
Average White Band – Cut the Cake [Dis Yourself in ’89 (Just Do It)]
The Bar Kays – Holy Ghost [33% God]
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three – Request Line [33% God]
Marley Marl featuring MC Shan – He Cut’s So Fresh [33% God]
Black Flag – Rise Above [And What You Give Is What You Get]
The Treacherous Three – New Rap Language [And What You Give Is What You Get]
The Jam – Start! [And What You Give Is What You Get]
Mutabaruka – De System [What You Give Is What You Get]
The Micronawts – Smurph Across The Surf (dub version) [What You Give Is What You Get]
Young-Holt Unlimited – Soulful Strut [Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already]

Check Your Head
Cheap Trick – Surrender (Live at Budokan) [Jimmy James]
The Turtles – I’m Chief Kamanawanalea [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – EXP [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – Foxey Lady [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – Still Raining Still Dreaming [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – Happy Birthday [Jimmy James]
Jimi Hendrix – Third Stone from the Sun [Jimmy James]
K-Rob & Rammelzee – Beat Bop [Jimmy James]
Mantronix – Fresh Is The Word [Jimmy James]
The Fearless Four – Rockin’ It [Jimmy James]
Bob Marley – Duppy Conqueror [Funky Boss]
Richard Pryor – Acid [Funky Boss]
Thin Lizzy – Showdown [Funky Boss]
Big Youth – Solomon A Gunday [Funky Boss]
Ohio Players – Funky Worm [Funky Boss]
Barrington Levy – Under Me Sensi [Funky Boss]
James Newton – Choir [Pass The Mic]
Jimmie Walker – The Black Prince Has Arrived [Pass The Mic]
Bad Brains – Big Take Over [Pass The Mic]
Johnny Jenkins – I Walk On Gilded Splinters [Pass The Mic]
EPMD – So What Cha Sayin’ [Pass The Mic]
Johnny Hammond – Big Sur Suite [Pass The Mic]
Funkadelic – I Wanna Know If It’s Good to You? [Pass the Mic Pt 2]
The Fifth Dimension – Age Of Aquarius [Finger Lickin’ Good]
Johnny Hammond – Breakout [Finger Lickin’ Good]
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Freaks For The Festival [Finger Lickin’ Good]
Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues [Finger Lickin’ Good]
Southside Movement – I’ve Been Watching You (single version) [So Whatcha Want]
Big Daddy Kane – Just Rhymin’ With Biz [So Whatcha Want]
Five Stairsteps – Don’t Change Your Love [So What’cha Want (Butt Naked Version)]
Ted Nugent – Homebound [The Biz Versus The Nuge]
Peter Sichel – On Wine: How to Select & Serve [The Blue Nun]
The Village Callers – Hector [The Blue Nun]
Back Door – Slivadiv [Stand Together]
Cold Blood – Kissing My Love [Stand Together]
Grady Tate – Be Black Baby [Stand Together]
Cheech & Chong – Don’t Bug Me [The Maestro]
The Eleventh Hour – Medley (Sock It To Me/It’s Your Thing) [The Maestro]
Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Kojak [The Maestro]
Bad Brains – Supertouch/Shitfit [The Maestro]
Richard Pryor – Gettin’ High [Live At PJ’s]
The National Lampoon Comedians – Mr. Roberts #1 [Mark On The Bus]
Venom – Live at City Gardens 1986 [Mark On The Bus]
Lee Quinones – Wild Style Film Dialogue [Professor Booty]
Willie Henderson – Loose Booty [Professor Booty]
Freddie Prinze – Hunga Rican [Professor Booty]
Jimmy Smith – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe [Professor Booty]
Schoolly D – Gucci Time [Professor Booty]
Kool & The Gang – Give It Up [Professor Booty]
Buddy Miles Express – Let Your Lovelight Shine [Professor Booty]
Freddie Hubbard – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey [Professor Booty]
Buddy Miles Express – Train [Skills To Pay The Bills]
Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee – Harlem World Battle [Drunken Praying Mantis Style]

Ill Communication
Jeremy Steig – Howling For Judy [Sure Shot]
Moms Mabley – The Funny Sides of Moms Mabley [Sure Shot]
Run-DMC – Rock The House [Sure Shot]
K-Rob & Rammelzee – Beat Bop [B-Boys Makin With The Freak Freak]
Charlie Rouse – Hopscotch [B-Boys Makin With The Freak Freak]
Mantan Moreland – That Ain’t My Finger [B-Boys Makin With The Freak Freak]
Jimmy Smith – Root Down and Get It [Root Down]
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick – The Show [Root Down]
The Moog Machine – Aquarius/Let the Sunshine [Get It Together]
Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns – Four Play [Get It Together]
Eugene McDaniels – Headless Heros [Get It Together]
Grand Funk Railroad – Inside Looking Out [Get It Together]
Grand Funk Railroad – Nothing Is the Same [Get It Together]
John Klemmer – Children Of The Earth Flames [The Update]
Big Youth – Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing [Flutterman’s Rule]
Michael Holman & GQ Jimmie Jaz – Graffiti Rock Excerpt [Alright Hear This]
Yusef Lateef – Samba de Amor [Alright Hear This]
Grandmaster Flash – Flash To The Beat Live [Alright Hear This]
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – It’s Nasty (Genius of Love) [Alright Hear This]
The Blues Project – Flute Thing [Flute Loop]
Richard Pryor – I Spy Cops [Flute Loop]
Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Dub Revolution [Flute Loop]
Young-Holt Unlimited – Rubber Lips [Flute Loop]
The Micronawts – Smurph Across The Surf (dub version) [Flute Loop]
Bob Dylan – The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo) [Do It]
Run-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1) [Heart Attack Man]
Cedar Walton – Jacob’s Ladder [The Scoop]
Free Movement – I Know I Could Love You Better [The Scoop]
I-Roy – Tougher Than Tough
Kurtis Blow – Tough [The Scoop]
Michal Urbaniak’s Fusion – Atma: Today/Tomorrow [The Scoop]
Just-Ice – Latoya [The Scoop]
Afrique – Kissing My Love [Bodhisattva Vow]
Led Zeppelin – Bonzo’s Montreux [Resolution Time]

Hello Nasty
Kool Moe Dee vs Busy Bee – Harlem World Battle [Super Disco Breakin]
Run-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1) [Super Disco Breakin’]
Iron Butterfly – Get Out Of My Life, Woman [The Move]
Quincy Jones – Gula Matari [The Move]
Los Angeles Negros – El Rey y Yo [Remote Control]
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Basement [Remote Control]
Vicious – Nika [Remote Control]
Ed Durlacher – Modern Dynamic Physical Fitness Activities [Body Movin’]
The Byrds – Fido [Body Movin’]
McDonald & Giles – Tomorrow’s People, Children Of Today [Body Movin’]
Amral’s Trinidad Cavaliers – Oye Como Va [Body Movin]
Jazz Crusaders – Love Is Blue [Intergalactic]
Les Baxter – Rachmaninoff – Prelude In C# Minor [Intergalactic]
The Stoval Sisters – Hang On In There [Intergalactic]
Lee Michaels – Tell Me How Do You Feel [Sneakin’ Out the Hospital]
Nine – Whutcha Want [Putting Shame In Your Game]
Johnny Osbourne – No Ice Cream Sound [Putting Shame In Your Game]
Biz Markie – Vapors [Putting Shame In Your Game]
EPMD – You’re a Customer [Putting Shame In Your Game]
Rob Swift – Rob Swift Vs. Rahzel [3 MC’s & 1 DJ]
Run-DMC – Peter Piper [3 MC’s & 1 DJ]
Skinny Boys – Jock Box [3 MC’s & 1 DJ]
Grandmaster Flash – Flash To The Beat Live [The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin’)]
Alex Bradford & Company – I Gotta Keep Movin [The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin’)]
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – Superappin’  [The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin’)]
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers – Got Myself a Good Man [The Negotiation Limerick File]
The Pair Extraordinaire – Come Back To Me [The Negotiation Limerick File]
Barbara Lynn – Poor Old Trashman [The Negotiation Limerick File]
De La Soul – Stakes Is High [Electrify]
Igor Stravinsky – Infernal Dance of King Kastchei [Electrify]
Stephen Sondheim – Act I: Company [Electrify]
UTFO – Roxanne Roxanne [Unite]
John Nitzinger – Texas Blues – Jelly Roll [Dedication]
Boogie Down Productions – Ya Slippin’ [Alive]

To The 5 Boroughs
Peggy Lee – Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay [Ch-Check It Out]
Peggy Lee – Spinning Wheel [Ch-Check It Out]
Buryl Red & Grace Hawthorne – Tra-La [Right Right Now Now]
Don Costa – The Devil Rides In Jericho [Right Right Now Now]
The Partridge Family – I Would Have Loved You Anyway [Right Right Now Now]
LL Cool J – El Shabazz [3 The Hard Way]
Mantronix – Bassline [3 The Hard Way]
Marley Marl – The Symphony [3 The Hard Way]
EPMD – Strictly Business [It Takes Time To Build]
EPMD – You Gots to Chill [It Takes Time To Build]
Curtis Hoard – Defender [Time To Build]
Public Enemy – Public Enemy #1 [Rhyme The Rhyme Well]
Sugarhill Gang – Rappers Delight [Triple Trouble]
Funkmaster Wizard Wiz – Bellevue Patient [Hey Fuck You]
Run-DMC – Rock Box [That’s It That’s All]
Gary William Friedman & Will Holt – Sounds [All Lifestyles]
Frank Howard & The Continentals – Do What You Wanna Do [Shazam!]
Kool & The Gang – Open Sesame [Shazam]
Robert Goulet – New York Is My Home [Open Letter To NYC]
Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer [An Open Letter to NYC]
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Love Is Blue [The Brouhaha]
The Flaming Lips – They Punctured My Yolk [We Got The]