The New Style (song)

"The New Style"
Single by Beastie Boys
from the album Licensed to Ill
Released	November 6, 1986
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1986
Genre	Hip hop, rap rock
Length	4:36
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Beastie Boys singles chronology
"Hold It, Now Hit It" (1986) "The New Style" (1986) "Paul Revere" (1986)

"The New Style" (also known as "It's the New Style") is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their debut album Licensed to Ill.

The famous "mmm...drop" line from the song was later sampled in other hip hop songs, including The Pharcyde's "Drop" (1995), OutKast's "Benz or a Beamer", and by the Beastie Boys themselves on their song "Johnny Ryall" (1989) and on their single "Intergalactic" (1998). Furthermore, the opening line was sampled on the tracks "Workinonit" and "The New" by J Dilla, and the original mix of "Check Yo Self" by Ice Cube using the phrase "check it" in the chorus. Hip hop group Odd Future also used the instrumental from Big Tuck's "Not A Stain On Me" -- which samples "The New Style" -- on the song "Swag Me Out," off their mixtape Radical.

Samples

• "2-3 Break" by The B-Boys
• "Drop the Bomb" by Trouble Funk
• "Peter Piper" by Run-D.M.C.
• "Mister Cee's Master Plan" by Big Daddy Kane

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	41
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	22