“Rick said, ‘I think we need to put a bass on it’. One of the kids said, ‘My apartment ain’t too far, I got a bass there’”: How the Beastie Boys saved the day on Aerosmith and Run D.M.C.’s Walk This Way

Joe Perry, Beastie Boys and Run-DMC, all of whom are picked circa 1986, a period when the Beastie Boys came to the rescue on Aerosmith and Run-DMC's crossover hit, Walk This Way.

Joe Perry has revealed how an iconic rap trio came to the rescue of Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C.’s landmark rap-rock crossover hit, Walk This Way, after the production hit a snafu.

There they were at Chung King Studios, where LL Cool J tracked Radio, just as the first wave of hip-hop was just about to crest – this great pop-cultural tidal wave coming out of the block party to sweep away all before it.