Beastie Boys + Johnny Cash: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?
Rick Rubin produced Licensed to Ill and Johnny Cash’s American Recordings.
Follow the route
Beastie Boys → Licensed to Ill → Rick Rubin → American Recordings → Johnny Cash
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Beastie Boys released Licensed to Ill. Source
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Rick Rubin produced Licensed to Ill. Source
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Rick Rubin produced American Recordings. Source
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Johnny Cash released American Recordings. Source
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This is a documented route; other or shorter paths may exist.
Three more rabbit holes
Slayer and Adele have a core relation. Four steps. Really.
Continue through Rick Rubin.
Rick Rubin produced Reign in Blood and several tracks on Adele’s 21.
Slayer → Reign in Blood → Rick Rubin → 21 → Adele
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Johnny Cash and Nine Inch Nails: three steps. Can you find them?
Continue through Johnny Cash.
Cash’s 2002 rendition of Hurt leads back to Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral.
Nine Inch Nails → The Downward Spiral → Hurt → Johnny Cash
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The Beastie Boys’ pirate ship has Led Zeppelin drums below deck.
Continue through Beastie Boys.
Rhymin’ & Stealin’ samples the drums from Led Zeppelin’s recording of When the Levee Breaks.
Led Zeppelin → When the Levee Breaks → Rhymin’ & Stealin’ → Beastie Boys
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Beastie Boys and Johnny Cash and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.