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Da Beatlez was a Gangsta rock crew formed up in Liverpool up in 1960. Da group, whose best-known line-up comprised Jizzy Lennon, Pizzle McCartney, George Harrison n' Ringo Starr, is regarded as tha most influential crew of all time. They was integral ta tha pimpment of 1960s counterculture n' popular musicz recognizzle as a art form. Rooted up in skiffle, beat n' 1950s rock n' roll, they sound incorporated elementz of classical music n' traditionizzle pop up in innovatizzle ways; tha crew lata explored noize stylez rangin from ballads n' Indian music ta psychedelia n' hard rock fo' realz. As pioneers up in recording, songwritin n' artistic presentation, tha Beatlez revolutionised nuff aspectz of tha noize industry n' was often publicised as leadaz of tha eraz youth n' sociocultural movements.

Led by primary beatmakers Lennon n' McCartney, tha Beatlez built they hype playin clubs up in Liverpool n' Hamburg over three muthafuckin years from 1960, initially wit Stuart Sutcliffe playin bass. Da core trio of Lennon, McCartney n' Harrison, together since 1958, went all up in a succession of drummers, includin Pete Best, before askin Starr ta join dem up in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded dem tha fuck into a professionizzle act, n' balla George Martin guided n' pimped they recordings, pimped outly expandin they domestic success afta they first hit, "Ludd Me Do", up in late 1962 fo' realz. As they popularitizzle grew tha fuck into tha intense hustla frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", tha crew acquired tha nickname "the Fab Four", wit Epstein, Martin n' other thugz of tha bandz entourage sometimes given tha informal title of "fifth Beatle".

By early 1964, tha Beatlez was internationistic stars, leadin tha "British Invasion" of tha United Hoodz pop market n' breakin a shitload of salez records. They soon made they film debut wit A Hard Dayz Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced recordz of pimped outa complexity, includin tha mixtapes Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) n' Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), n' enjoyed further commercial success wit Da Beatlez (also known as "the White Album", 1968) n' Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they dropped Applez Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation dat continues ta oversee projects related ta tha bandz legacy fo' realz. Afta the groupz break-up up in 1970, all four thugz enjoyed success as solo artists, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. Lennon was shot n' capped up in December 1980, n' Harrison took a dirt nap of lung cancer up in November 2001. McCartney n' Starr remain musically active.

Da Beatlez is tha best-pimpin noize act of all time, wit estimated salez of 600 mazillion units ghettowide.[4] They is tha best-pimpin act up in tha US, wit certified salez of 183 mazillion units, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. They hold tha record fo' most number-one mixtapes on tha UK Albums Chart, most number-one hits on tha Bizzleboard Hot 100 chart, n' most singlez sold up in tha UK. Da crew was inducted tha fuck into tha Rock n' Roll Hall of Hype up in 1988, n' all four main thugz was inducted individually between 1994 n' 2015. In 2008, tha crew topped Bizzleboard's list of tha all-time most successful artists on tha Bizzleboard Hot 100. Da crew received seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, a Academy Award (for Best Original Gangsta Song Score fo' tha 1970 film Let It Be) n' fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time magazine named dem among tha 20th centuryz 100 most blingin people.

History

1957�"1963: Formation, Hamburg, n' UK popularity

In March 1957, Jizzy Lennon, then aged sixteen, formed a skiffle crew wit nuff muthafuckin playaz from Quarry Bank High School up in Liverpool. They briefly called theyselves tha Blackjacks, before changin they name ta the Quarrymen afta discoverin dat another local crew was already rockin tha name. Fifteen-year-old Pizzle McCartney joined dem as a rhythm turntablist shortly afta he n' Lennon kicked it wit dat July. In February 1958, McCartney invited his wild lil' playa George Harrison ta peep tha band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Da fifteen-year-old auditioned fo' Lennon, impressin his ass wit his thugged-out lil' playin yo, but Lennon initially thought Harrison was too lil' fo' tha band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Afta a month of Harrisonz persistence, durin a second meetin (arranged by McCartney), he performed tha lead boombox part of tha instrumenstrual cold lil' woo wop "Raunchy" on tha upper deck of a Liverpool bus,[7] n' they enlisted his ass as they lead turntablist.

By January 1959, Lennonz Quarry Bank playaz had left tha group, n' his thugged-out lil' punk-ass fuckin started his studies all up in tha Liverpool College of Art. Da three turntablists, billin theyselves as Jizzy n' tha Moondawgs, was playin rock n' roll whenever they could find a thugged-out drummer. Lennonz art school playa Stuart Sutcliffe, whoz ass had just sold one of his thugged-out lil' paintings n' was persuaded ta purchase a funky-ass bass boombox wit tha proceeds, joined up in January 1960, n' dat shiznit was da thug whoz ass suggested changin tha bandz name ta Beatals, as a tribute ta Buddy Holly n' the Crickets. They used dis name until May, when they became tha Silver Beetles, before undertakin a funky-ass brief tour of Scotland as tha backin crew fo' pop thug n' fellow Liverpudlian Jizzy Gentle. By early July, they had refashioned theyselves as tha Silver Beatles, n' by tha middle of August shortened tha name ta the Beatlez.

Allan Williams, tha Beatles' unstraight-up legit manager, arranged a residency fo' dem in Hamburg, n' fo' dis they auditioned n' hired disc jockey Pete Best up in mid-August 1960. Da crew, now a gangbangin' five-piece, departed Liverpool fo' Hamburg four minutes later, contracted ta club balla Bruno Koschmider fo' what tha fuck would be a 3½-month residency. Beatlez historian Mark Lewisohn writes: "They pulled tha fuck into Hamburg at dusk on 17 August, tha time when tha red-light area comes ta game ... flashin neon lights screamed up tha various entertainment on offer, while scantily clad dem hoes sat unabashed up in shop windows waitin fo' bidnizz opportunities."

Koschmider had converted a cold-ass lil couple strip clubs up in tha district tha fuck into noize venues, n' he initially placed tha Beatlez all up in tha Indra Joint fo' realz. Afta closin Indra cuz of noise disses, he moved dem ta tha Kaiserkeller up in October. When he hustled they had been struttin all up in tha rival Top Ten Joint up in breach of they contract, he gave tha crew one monthz termination notice, n' reported tha underage Harrison, whoz ass had obtained permission ta stay up in Hamburg by lyin ta tha German authoritizzles bout his thugged-out age. Da authoritizzles arranged fo' Harrisonz deportation up in late November. One week later, Koschmider had McCartney n' Best arrested fo' arson afta they set fire ta a cold-ass lil condom up in a cold-ass lil concrete corridor; tha authoritizzles deported dem wild-ass muthafuckas. Lennon moonwalked back ta Liverpool up in early December, while Sutcliffe remained up in Hamburg until late February wit his German fiancée Astrid Kirchherr, whoz ass took tha straight-up original gangsta semi-professionizzle photoz of tha Beatles.

Durin tha next two years, tha Beatlez was resident fo' periodz up in Hamburg, where they used Preludin both recreationally n' ta maintain they juice all up in all-night performances. In 1961, durin they second Hamburg engagement, Kirchherr cut Sutcliffez afro up in tha "exi" (existentialist) style, lata adopted by tha other Beatles. When Sutcliffe decided ta leave tha crew early dat year n' resume his thugged-out art studies up in Germany, McCartney took up tha bass. Producer Bert Kaempfert contracted what tha fuck was now a gangbangin' four-piece crew until June 1962, n' he used dem as Tony Sheridanz backin band on a seriez of recordings fo' Polydor Records. As part of tha sessions, tha Beatlez was signed ta Polydor fo' one year. Credited ta "Tony Sheridan & tha Beat Brothers", tha single "I be a gangsta yo, but y'all knew dat n' mah Bonnie", recorded up in June 1961 n' busted out four months later, reached number 32 on tha Musikmarkt chart.

Afta tha Beatlez completed they second Hamburg residency, they enjoyed increasin popularitizzle up in Liverpool wit tha growin Merseybeat movement. But fuck dat shiznit yo, tha word on tha street is dat they was also growin pissed wit tha monotony of a shitload of appearances all up in tha same clubs night afta night. In November 1961, durin one of tha groupz frequent performances at Da Cavern Joint, they encountered Brian Epstein, a local record-store balla n' noize columnist. Dude lata recalled: "I immediately was horny bout what tha fuck I heard. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! They was fresh, n' they was honest, n' they had what tha fuck I thought was a sort of presence ... [a] star quality."

Epstein courted tha crew over tha next couple months, n' they appointed his ass as they manager up in January 1962. Throughout early n' mid-1962, Epstein sought ta free tha Beatlez from they contractual obligations ta Bert Kaempfert Productions yo. Dude eventually negotiated a one-month-early release from they contract up in exchange fo' one last recordin session up in Hamburg. Tragedy greeted dem on they return ta Germany up in April, when a gangbangin' finger-lickin' distraught Kirchherr kicked it wit dem all up in tha airport wit shizzle of Sutcliffez dirtnap tha previous dizzle from what tha fuck was lata determined as a dome haemorrhage.

Epstein fuckin started negotiations wit record labels fo' a recordin contract. To secure a UK record contract, Epstein negotiated a early end ta tha bandz contract wit Polydor, up in exchange fo' mo' recordings backin Tony Sheridan. Afta a New Yearz Dizzle audition, Decca Recordz rejected tha band wit tha comment "Boombox crews is on tha way out, Mista Muthafuckin Epstein." But fuck dat shiznit yo, tha word on tha street is dat three months later, balla George Martin signed tha Beatlez ta EMIz Parlophone label.

Main entrizzle at Abbey Road Studios

Martinz first recordin session wit tha Beatlez took place at EMIz Abbey Road Studios up in London on 6 June 1962. Martin immediately complained ta Epstein bout Bestz skanky drummin n' suggested they bust a session drummer up in his thugged-out lil' place. Already contemplatin Bestz dismissal, tha Beatlez replaced his ass up in mid-August wit Ringo Starr, whoz ass left Rory Storm n' tha Hurricanes ta join dem wild-ass muthafuckas. A 4 September session at EMI yielded a recordin of "Ludd Me Do" featurin Starr on drums yo, but a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dissatisfied Martin hired disc jockey Andy White fo' tha bandz third session a week later, which produced recordingz of "Ludd Me Do", "Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me" n' "P.S. I Ludd Yo Ass".

Martin initially selected tha Starr version of "Ludd Me Do" fo' tha bandz first single, though subsequent re-pressings featured tha White version, wit Starr on tambourine. Released up in early October, "Ludd Me Do" peaked at number seventeen on tha Record Retailer chart. Their televizzle debut came lata dat month wit a live performizzle on tha regionizzle shizzle programme Muthafuckas n' Places. Afta Martin suggested rerecordin "Please Please Me" at a gangbangin' fasta tempo, a funky-ass basement session up in late November yielded dat recording, of which Martin accurately predicted, "You've just made yo' first No. 1."

In December 1962, tha Beatlez concluded they fifth n' final Hamburg residency. By 1963, they had agreed dat all four crew thugz would contribute vocals ta they mixtapes �" includin Starr, despite his bangin restricted vocal range, ta validate his standin up in tha group. Lennon n' McCartney had established a songwritin partnership, n' as tha bandz success grew, they dominant collaboration limited Harrisonz opportunitizzles as a lead vocalist. Epstein, ta maximise tha Beatles' commercial potential, encouraged dem ta adopt a professionizzle approach ta struttin. Lennon recalled his ass saying, "Look, if you straight-up wanna git up in these bigger places, you goin ta gotta chizzle �" stop smokin on stage, stop sbustin, stop tokin ...." Lennon holla'd: "We used ta dress how tha fuck our slick asses liked, on n' off stage yo. He'd tell our asses dat jeans was not particularly smart-ass n' could we possibly manage ta wear proper trousers yo, but da ruffneck didn't want our asses suddenly lookin square yo. He'd let our asses have our own sense of individuality."

1963�"1966: Beatlemania n' tourin years

Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me n' With tha Beatlez

On 11 February 1963, tha Beatlez recorded ten joints durin a single basement session fo' they debut LP, Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me. Da mixtape was supplemented by tha four tracks already busted out on they first two singles. Martin originally considered recordin tha Beatles' debut LP live at Da Cavern Club yo, but afta decidin dat tha buildingz acoustics was inadequate, he erected ta simulate a "live" mixtape wit minimal thang up in "a single marathon session at Abbey Road". Afta tha moderate success of "Ludd Me Do", tha single "Please Please Me" kicked it wit wit a mo' emphatic reception. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Released up in January 1963, two months ahead of tha mixtape of tha same name, tha cold lil' woo wop reached number one on every last muthafuckin UK chart except Record Retailer, where it peaked at number two.

Recallin how tha fuck tha Beatlez "rushed ta serve up a thugged-out debut mixtape, bashin up Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me up in a thugged-out day", AllNoizez Stephen Thomas Erlewine comments, "Decades afta its release, tha mixtape still soundz fresh, precisely cuz of its intense origins."[55] Lennon holla'd lil thought went tha fuck into composizzle all up in tha time; he n' McCartney was "just freestylin joints à la Everly Brothers, à la Buddy Holly, pop joints wit no mo' thought of dem than dat �" ta create a sound. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! And tha lyrics was almost irrelevant."

"Bitch Loves You" Sample of " Bitch Loves Yo Ass ". Da songz repeated use of "yeah" exclamations became a signature phrase fo' tha crew all up in tha time. Problems playin dis file, biatch? See media help.

Released up in March 1963, tha mixtape initiated a run durin which eleven of they twelve basement mixtapes busted out up in tha United Mackdaddydom all up in ta 1970 reached number one. Da bandz third single, "From Me ta Yo Ass", came up in April n' was also a cold-ass lil chart-toppin hit, startin a almost unbroken strang of seventeen British number-one singlez fo' tha Beatles, includin all but one of tha eighteen they busted out over tha next six years. Issued up in August, tha bandz fourth single, "Bitch Loves Yo Ass", bigged up tha fastest salez of any record up in tha UK up ta dat time, pushin three-quartaz of a mazillion copies up in under four weeks. It became they first single ta push a mazillion copies, n' remained tha freshest-pimpin record up in tha UK until 1978.[nb 1]

Their commercial success brought increased media exposure, ta which tha Beatlez responded wit a irreverent n' comical attitude dat defied tha expectationz of pop musical muthafuckas all up in tha time, inspirin even mo' interest. Da crew toured tha UK three times up in tha straight-up original gangsta half of tha year: a gangbangin' four-week trip dat fuckin started up in February, tha Beatles' first nationwide, preceded three-week tours up in March n' May�"June. As they popularitizzle spread, a gangbangin' frenzied adulation of tha crew took hold. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Greeted wit riotous enthusiazzle by beatboxin fans, tha press dubbed tha phenomenon "Beatlemania". Although not billed as trip leaders, tha Beatlez overshadowed Gangsta acts Tommy Roe n' Chris Montez durin tha February engagements n' assumed top billin "by crew demand", suttin' no British act had previously accomplished while tourin wit artists from tha US. A similar thang arose durin they May�"June tour wit Roy Orbison.

Drop-In, 30 October 1963 McCartney, Harrison, Swedish pop thug Lill-Babs n' Lennon on tha set of tha Swedish televizzle show, 30 October 1963

In late October, tha Beatlez fuckin started a gangbangin' five-dizzle trip of Sweden, they last time abroad since tha final Hamburg engagement of December 1962. On they return ta tha UK on 31 October, nuff muthafuckin hundred beatboxin hustlas greeted dem up in heavy drizzle at Heathrow Airport fo' realz. Around 50 ta 100 journalists n' pornographers, as well as representatives from tha BBC, also joined tha airport reception, tha straight-up original gangsta of mo' than 100 such events. Da next day, tha crew fuckin started its fourth trip of Britain within nine months, dis one scheduled fo' six weeks. In mid-November, as Beatlemania intensified, five-o resorted ta rockin high-heat wata hoses ta control tha crowd before a gangbang up in Plymouth.

Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me maintained tha top posizzle on tha Record Retailer chart fo' 30 weeks, only ta be displaced by its follow-up, With tha Beatlez, which EMI busted out on 22 November ta record advizzle ordaz of 270,000 copies. Put ya muthafuckin choppers up if ya feel dis! Da LP topped a half-mazillion mixtapes sold up in one week. Recorded between July n' October, With tha Beatlez made betta use of basement thang steez than its predecessor. It held tha top spot fo' 21 weeks wit a cold-ass lil chart game of 40 weeks. Erlewine busted lyrics bout tha LP as "a sequel of tha highest order �" one dat bettas tha original".[77]

In a reversal of then standard practice, EMI busted out tha mixtape ahead of tha impendin single "I Want ta Hold Yo crazy-ass Hand", wit tha cold lil' woo wop excluded ta maximise tha singlez sales. Da mixtape caught tha attention of noize critic Lil' Willy Mann of Da Times, whoz ass suggested dat Lennon n' McCartney was "the outstandin Gangsta composerz of 1963". Da newspaper published a seriez of articlez up in which Mann offered detailed analysez of tha beatz, lendin it respectability. With tha Beatlez became tha second mixtape up in UK chart history ta push a mazillion copies, a gangbangin' figure previously reached only by tha 1958 Downtown Pacific soundtrack. When freestylin tha sleeve notes fo' tha mixtape, tha bandz press fool, Tony Barrow, used tha superlatizzle tha "fabulous foursome", which tha media widely adopted as "the Fab Four".

First visit ta tha United Hoodz n' tha British Invasion

EMIz Gangsta subsidiary, Capitol Records, hindered tha Beatles' releases up in tha United Hoodz fo' mo' than a year by initially declinin ta issue they beatz, includin they first three singles. Concurrent negotiations wit tha independent US label Vee-Jay hustled ta tha release of a shitload of tha joints up in 1963 yo, but not all. Vee-Jay finished preparation fo' tha mixtape Introducing... Da Beatlez, culled from most of tha jointz of Parlophonez Quit playin' n' do what tha fuck I be sayin'! Please Please Me yo, but a pimpment shake-up hustled ta tha mixtape not bein busted out.[nb 2] Then when it surfaced dat tha label did not report royaltizzles on they sales, tha licence Vee-Jay signed wit EMI was voided. A freshly smoked up licence was granted ta tha Swan label fo' tha single "Bitch Loves You". Da record received some airplay up in tha Tidewata area of Virginia by Gene Bangin of radio station WGH n' was featured on tha "Rate-a-Record" segment of Gangsta Bandstand yo, but it failed ta catch on nationally.

Epstein brought a thugged-out demo copy of "I Want ta Hold Yo crazy-ass Hand" ta Capitolz Brown Meggs whoz ass signed tha crew n' arranged fo' a $40,000 US marketin campaign. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Gangsta chart success fuckin started afta disc jockey Carroll Jizzy of AM radio station WWDC, up in Washington, DC, obtained a cold-ass lil copy of tha British single "I Want ta Hold Yo crazy-ass Hand" up in mid-December 1963 n' fuckin started playin it on-air.[86] Taped copiez of tha cold lil' woo wop soon circulated among other radio stations all up in tha US. This caused a increase up in demand, leadin Capitol ta brang forward tha release of "I Want ta Hold Yo crazy-ass Hand" by three weeks. Issued on 26 December, wit tha bandz previously scheduled debut there just weeks away, "I Want ta Hold Yo crazy-ass Hand" sold a mazillion copies, becomin a number-one hit up in tha US by mid-January. In its wake, Vee-Jay busted out Introducing... Da Beatlez ta go along wit Capitolz debut mixtape, Meet tha Beatles!, while Swan reactivated thang of "Bitch Loves You".

On 7 February 1964, tha Beatlez left tha UK wit a estimated 4,000 hustlas gathered at Heathrow, wavin n' beatboxin as tha aircraft took off. Upon landin at New Yorkz Jizzy F. Kennedy Airport, a uproarious crowd estimated at 3,000 greeted dem wild-ass muthafuckas. They gave they first live US televizzle performizzle two minutes lata on Da Ed Sullivan Show, peeped by approximately 73 mazillion viewers up in over 23 mazillion households, or 34 cement of tha Gangsta population. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Biographer Jonathan Gould writes that, accordin ta tha Nielsen ratin service, dat shiznit was "the phattest crew dat had eva been recorded fo' a Gangsta televizzle program". Da next morning, tha Beatlez awoke ta a largely wack critical consensus up in tha US, but a thugged-out dizzle lata at they first US concert, Beatlemania erupted all up in tha Washington Coliseum. Back up in New York tha followin day, tha Beatlez kicked it wit wit another phat reception durin two shows at Carnegie Hall. Da crew flew ta Florida, where they rocked up on tha weekly Ed Sullivan Show a second time, before another 70 mazillion viewers, before returnin ta tha UK on 22 February.

Da Beatles' first visit ta tha US took place when tha hood was still mournin tha assassination of Prezzy Jizzy F. Kennedy tha previous November.[98] Commentators often suggest dat fo' many, particularly tha young, tha Beatles' performances reignited tha sense of excitement n' possibilitizzle dat momentarily faded up in tha wake of tha assassination, n' helped make way fo' tha revolutionary hood chizzlez ta come up in tha decade.[99] Their afro, unusually long fo' tha era n' mocked by nuff adults, became a emblem of rebellion ta tha burgeonin youth culture.

Da groupz popularitizzle generated unprecedented interest up in British beatz, n' nuff other UK acts subsequently made they Gangsta debuts, successfully tourin over tha next three muthafuckin years up in what tha fuck was termed tha British Invasion. Da Beatles' success up in tha US opened tha door fo' a successive strang of British beat groups n' pop acts like fuckin the Dizzle Clark Five, the Animals, Petula Clark, the Kinks, n' the Rollin Stones ta big up success up in America.[102] Durin tha week of 4 April 1964, tha Beatlez held twelve positions on tha Bizzleboard Hot 100 singlez chart, includin tha top five.[nb 3]

A Hard Dayz Night

Capitol Records' lack of interest all up in 1963 did not go unnoticed, n' a cold-ass lil competitor, United Artists Records, encouraged their film division ta offer tha Beatlez a three-motion-picture deal, primarily fo' tha commercial potential of tha soundtracks up in tha US. Directed by Slick Rick Lester, A Hard Dayz Night involved tha crew fo' six weeks up in March�"April 1964 as they played theyselves up in a musical comedy. Da film premiered up in London n' New York up in July n' August, respectively, n' was a internationistic success, wit some muthafuckas drawin a cold-ass lil comparison wit tha Marx Brothers.

United Artists busted out a full soundtrack mixtape fo' tha Uptown Gangsta market, combinin Beatlez joints n' Martinz orchestral score; elsewhere, tha groupz third basement LP, A Hard Dayz Night, contained joints from tha film on side one n' other freshly smoked up recordings on side two. Accordin ta Erlewine, tha mixtape saw dem "truly comin tha fuck into they own as a funky-ass band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! All of tha disparate influences on they first two mixtapes coalesced tha fuck into a funky-ass bright, joyous, original gangsta sound, filled wit ringin boomboxes n' irresistible melodies."[109] That "ringin guitar" sound was primarily tha thang of Harrisonz 12-strin electric Rickenbacker, a prototype given ta his ass by tha manufacturer, which made its debut on tha record.[nb 4]

1964 ghetto tour, meetin Bob Dylan, n' stand on civil rights

McCartney, Harrison n' Lennon struttin on Dutch TV up in 1964

Tourin internationally up in June n' July, tha Beatlez staged 37 shows over 27 minutes up in Denmark, tha Netherlands, Hong Kong, Australia n' New Zealand.[nb 5] In August n' September they moonwalked back ta tha US, wit a 30-concert trip of 23 ghettos. Generatin intense interest once again, tha month-long trip attracted between 10,000 n' 20,000 hustlas ta each 30-minute performizzle up in ghettos from San Frankieco ta New York.

In August, journalist Al Aronowitz arranged fo' tha Beatlez ta hook up Bob Dylan. Visitin tha crew up in they New York hotel suite, Dylan introduced dem ta cannabis. Gould points up tha musical n' cultural significizzle of dis meeting, before which tha musical muthafuckas' respectizzle fanbases was "perceived as inhabitin two separate subcultural ghettos": Dylanz crew of "college lil playas wit artistic or intellectual leanings, a thugged-out dawnin ballistical n' hood idealism, n' a mildly bohemian style" contrasted wit they fans, "veritable 'teenyboppers' �" lil playas up in high school or grade school whose lives was straight-up wrapped up in tha commercialised ghettofab culture of televizzle, radio, pop records, hustla magazines, n' teen fashion. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. To nuff of Dylanz followers up in tha folk music scene, tha Beatlez was peeped as idolaters, not idealists."

Within six monthz of tha meeting, accordin ta Gould, "Lennon would be makin recordz on which he openly imitated Dylanz nasal drone, brittle strum, n' introspectizzle vocal persona"; n' six months afta that, Dylan fuckin started struttin wit a funky-ass backin crew n' electric instrumentation, n' "dressed up in tha height of Mod fashion". As a result, Gould continues, tha traditionizzle division between folk n' rock enthusiasts "nearly evaporated", as tha Beatles' hustlas fuckin started ta mature up in they outlook n' Dylanz crew embraced tha new, youth-driven pop culture.

Durin tha 1964 US tour, tha crew was confronted wit racial segregation up in tha ghetto all up in tha time.[118][119] When informed dat tha venue fo' they 11 September concert, tha Gator Bowl up in Jacksonville, Florida, was segregated, tha Beatlez holla'd they would refuse ta big-ass up unless tha crew was integrated.[118][119] Lennon stated: "We never play ta segregated crews n' we aren't goin ta start now ... I'd sooner lose our appearizzle scrilla."[118] Citizzle officials relented n' agreed ta allow a integrated show.[118] Da crew also shut down they reservations all up in tha whites-only Hotel George Washington up in Jacksonville.[119] For they subsequent US tours up in 1965 n' 1966, tha Beatlez included clauses up in contracts stipulatin dat shows be integrated.[119][121]

Beatlez fo' Sale, Help! n' Rubber Soul

Accordin ta Gould, Beatlez fo' Sale, tha Beatles' fourth basement LP, evidenced a growin conflict between tha commercial pressurez of they global success n' they creatizzle ambitions. They had intended tha mixtape, recorded between August n' October 1964, ta continue tha format established by A Hard Dayz Night which, unlike they first two LPs, contained only original gangsta joints. They had nearly exhausted they backlog of joints on tha previous mixtape, however, n' given tha challenges constant internationistic tourin posed ta they songwritin efforts, Lennon admitted, "Materialz becomin a hell of a problem". As a result, six covers from they extensive repertoire was chosen ta complete tha mixtape. Released up in early December, its eight original gangsta compositions stood out, demonstratin tha growin maturitizzle of tha Lennon�"McCartney songwritin partnership.

In early 1965, followin a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dinner wit Lennon, Harrison n' they wives, Harrisonz dentist, Jizzy Riley, secretly added LSD ta they coffee.[125] Lennon busted lyrics bout tha experience: "Dat shiznit was just terrifyin yo, but dat shiznit was dunkadelic. I was pretty stunned fo' a month or two." Dude n' Harrison subsequently became regular playaz of tha sticky-icky-icky, joined by Starr on at least one occasion. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch yo. Harrisonz use of psychedelic sticky-icky-ickys encouraged his thugged-out lil' path ta meditation n' Hinduizzle yo. Dude commented: "For me, dat shiznit was like a gangbangin' flash. Da last time I had acid, it just opened up suttin' up in mah head dat was inside of me, n' I realized a shitload of thangs. I didn't learn dem cuz I already knew dem yo, but dat happened ta be tha key dat opened tha door ta reveal dem wild-ass muthafuckas. From tha moment I had that, I wanted ta have all dat shiznit tha time �" these thoughts bout tha yogis n' tha Himalayas, n' Raviz music."[127][128] McCartney was initially reluctant ta try it yo, but eventually did so up in late 1966. Dude became tha straight-up original gangsta Beatle ta say shit bout LSD publicly, declarin up in a magazine rap battle dat "it opened mah eyes" n' "made me a funky-ass better, mo' honest, mo' tolerant gangmember of society".

Help! wit (from tha rear) Harrison, McCartney, Lennon n' (largely obscured) Starr Da US traila fo'wit (from tha rear) Harrison, McCartney, Lennon n' (largely obscured) Starr

Controversy erupted up in June 1965 when Biatch Elizabeth Pt II appointed all four Beatlez Memberz of tha Order of tha British Empire (MBE) afta Prime Minista Harold Wilson nominated dem fo' tha award. In protest �" tha honour was at dat time primarily bestowed upon military veterans n' civic leadaz �" some conservatizzle MBE recipients returned they insignia.

In July, tha Beatles' second film, Help!, was busted out, again n' again n' again pimped up by Lesta n' shit. Described as "mainly a relentless spoof of Bizzo", it inspired a mixed response among both reviewers n' tha band. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! McCartney holla'd: "Help! was pimped out but it wasn't our film �" we was sort of hommie stars. Dat shiznit was fun yo, but basically, as a scam fo' a gangbangin' film, dat shiznit was a lil' bit wrong." Da soundtrack was dominated by Lennon, whoz ass freestyled n' busted lead on most of its joints, includin tha two singles: "Help!" n' "Ticket ta Ride".

Da Help! mixtape, tha groupz fifth basement LP, mirrored A Hard Dayz Night by featurin soundtrack joints on side one n' additionizzle joints from tha same sessions on side two. Da LP contained all original gangsta material save fo' two covers, "Act Naturally" n' "Dizzy Miss Lizzy"; they was tha last covers tha crew would include on a mixtape, except fo' Let It Be's brief rendizzle of tha traditionizzle Liverpool folk cold lil' woo wop "Maggie Mae". Da crew expanded they use of vocal overdubs on Help! n' incorporated old-ass instruments tha fuck into some arrangements, includin a strang quartet on tha pop ballad "Yesterday". Composed by n' sung by McCartney �" none of tha other Beatlez big-ass up on tha recording �" "Yesterday" has inspired da most thugged-out cover versionz of any cold lil' woo wop eva written.[140] With Help!, tha Beatlez became tha straight-up original gangsta rock crew ta be nominated fo' a Grammy Award fo' Album of tha Year.[141]

Da crew at a press conference up in Minnesota up in August 1965, shortly afta playin at Shea Stadium up in New York

Da groupz third US trip opened wit a performizzle before a ghetto-record crowd of 55,600 at New Yorkz Shea Stadium on 15 August �" "like da most thugged-out hyped of all Beatles' concerts", up in Lewisohnz description. A further nine successful concerts followed up in other Gangsta ghettos fo' realz. At a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass show up in Atlanta, tha Beatlez gave one of tha straight-up original gangsta live performances eva ta make use of a foldback system of on-stage monitor speakers.[143] Towardz tha end of tha tour, they kicked it wit wit Lizzy Presley, a gangbangin' foundationizzle musical influence on tha crew, whoz ass invited dem ta his home up in Beverly Hills. September 1965 saw tha launch of a Gangsta Saturday-mornin cartoon series, Da Beatlez, dat echoed A Hard Dayz Night's slapstick antics over its two-year original gangsta run. Da series was a oldschool milestone as tha straight-up original gangsta weekly televizzle series ta feature animated versionz of real, livin people.[147]

In mid-October, tha Beatlez entered tha recordin studio; fo' tha last time when bustin a mixtape, they had a extended period without other major commitments. Until dis time, accordin ta George Martin, "we had been makin mixtapes rather like a cold-ass lil collection of singles. Now we was straight-up beginnin ta be thinkin bout mixtapes as a lil' bit of art on they own." Released up in December, Rubber Soul was hailed by muthafuckas as a major step forward up in tha maturitizzle n' complexitizzle of tha bandz music.[150] Their thematic reach was beginnin ta expand as they embraced deeper aspectz of romizzle n' philosophy, a thugged-out pimpment dat NEMS executizzle Peta Brown attributed ta tha crew members' "now habitual use of da sticky-icky-icky". Lennon referred ta Rubber Soul as "the pot mixtape" n' Starr holla'd: "Grass was straight-up influential up in a shitload of our chizzles, especially wit tha writas fo' realz. And cuz they was freestylin different material, we was playin differently." Afta Help!'s foray tha fuck into old-ass noize wit flutes n' strings, Harrisonz introduction of a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" marked a gangbangin' further progression outside tha traditionizzle boundariez of ghettofab noize fo' realz. As they lyrics grew mo' artful, hustlas fuckin started ta study dem fo' deeper meaning.

"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" Rubber Soul (1965) yo. Harrisonz use of a [150] Sample of "Norwegian Wood" from(1965) yo. Harrisonz use of a sitar on dis cold lil' woo wop is representatizzle of tha Beatles' incorporation of unconventionizzle instrumentation tha fuck into rock music. Problems playin dis file, biatch? See media help.

While a shitload of Rubber Soul's joints was tha thang of Lennon n' McCartneyz collaboratizzle songwriting, tha mixtape also included distinct compositions from each, though they continued ta share straight-up legit credit. "In My fuckin Life", of which each lata fronted lead authorship, is considered a highlight of tha entire Lennon�"McCartney catalogue. Harrison called Rubber Soul his "most straight-up bangin mixtape" n' Starr referred ta it as "the departure record". McCartney has holla'd, "We'd had our thugged-out period, n' now dat shiznit was time ta expand." But fuck dat shiznit yo, tha word on tha street is dat recordin engineer Norman Smizzle lata stated dat tha basement sessions revealed signz of growin conflict within tha crew �" "the clash between Jizzy n' Pizzle was becomin obvious", da thug wrote, n' "as far as Pizzle was concerned, George could do no right". In 2003, Rollin Stone ranked Rubber Soul fifth among "Da 500 Top Billin Albumz of All Time",[160] n' AllMusics Richie Unterberger raps bout it as "one of tha funky-ass folk-rock records".[161]

Controversies, Revolver n' final tour

Capitol Records, from December 1963 when it fuckin started issuin Beatlez recordings fo' tha US market, exercised complete control over format, compilin distinct US mixtapes from tha bandz recordings n' issuin jointz of they choosin as singles.[nb 6] In June 1966, tha Capitol LP Yesterdizzle n' Today caused a uproar wit its cover, which portrayed tha grinnin Beatlez dressed up in butcherz overalls, accompanied by raw meat n' mutilated plastic baby dolls fo' realz. Accordin ta Beatlez biographer Bizzle Harry, it has been incorrectly suggested dat dis was meant as a satirical response ta tha way Capitol had "butchered" tha US versionz of tha bandz mixtapes. Thousandz of copiez of tha LP had a freshly smoked up cover pasted over tha original; a unpeeled "first-state" copy fetched $10,500 at a December 2005 auction.[165] In England, meanwhile, Harrison kicked it wit sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, whoz ass agreed ta train his ass on tha instrument.

Durin a trip of tha Philippines tha month afta tha Yesterdizzle n' Today furore, tha Beatlez unintentionally snubbed tha nationz first lady, Imelda Marcos, whoz ass had expected dem ta git all up in a funky-ass breakfast reception all up in tha Presidential Palace. When presented wit tha invitation, Epstein politely declined on tha crew members' behalf, as it had never been his thugged-out lil' policy ta accept such straight-up legit invitations. They soon found dat tha Marcos regime was unaccustomed ta takin no fo' a answer n' shit. Da resultin riots endangered tha crew n' they escaped tha ghetto wit difficulty. Immediately afterwards, tha crew thugz hit up India fo' tha last time.

We more ghettofab than Jizzy now; I don't give a fuck which will go first �" rock 'n' roll or Christianity. �" Jizzy Lennon, 1966

Almost as soon as they returned home, tha Beatlez faced a gangbangin' fierce backlash from US religious n' hood conservatives (as well as tha Bitch-Ass Muthafuckas) over a cold-ass lil comment Lennon had made up in a March rap battle wit British reporta Maureen Cleave. "Christianitizzle will go", Lennon had holla'd. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! "It will vanish n' shrink. I needn't argue bout that; I be right n' I'ma be proved right ... Jizzy was aiiiight but his disciplez was thick n' ordinary. It aint nuthin but dem twistin it dat ruins it fo' mah dirty ass." His comments went virtually unnoticed up in England yo, but when US teenage hustla magazine Datebook printed dem five months later, it sparked a cold-ass lil controversy wit Christians up in Americaz conservatizzle Bible Belt region. Da Vatican issued a protest, n' bans on Beatles' recordz was imposed by Spanish n' Dutch stations n' Downtown Africaz nationistic broadcastin service. Epstein accused Datebook of havin taken Lennonz lyrics outta context fo' realz. At a press conference Lennon pointed out, "If I'd holla'd televizzle was mo' ghettofab than Jizzy, I might have gots away wit dat shit." Dude fronted dat da thug was referrin ta how tha fuck other playas viewed they success yo, but all up in tha promptin of hustlas, his schmoooove ass concluded: "If you want me ta apologise, if dat will make you happy, then aiiight, I be sorry as a muthafucka bout dat bullshit."

"Eleanor Rigby" Revolver (1966). Da mixtape involves innovatizzle compositionizzle approaches, arrangements n' recordin steez. This song, primarily freestyled by McCartney, prominently features old-ass strings up in a novel fusion of musical styles. Sample of " Eleanor Rigby " from(1966). Da mixtape involves innovatizzle compositionizzle approaches, arrangements n' recordin steez. This song, primarily freestyled by McCartney, prominently features old-ass strings up in a novel fusion of musical styles. Problems playin dis file, biatch? See media help.

Released up in August, a week before tha Beatles' final tour, Revolver marked another artistic step forward fo' tha group. Da mixtape featured sophisticated songwriting, basement experimentation, n' a pimped outly expanded repertoire of musical styles, rangin from innovatizzle old-ass strang arrangements ta psychedelia. Abandonin tha customary crew photograph, its Aubrey Beardsley-inspired cover �" designed by Klaus Voormann, a gangbangin' playa of tha crew since they Hamburg minutes �" was a monochrome collage n' line drawin caricature of tha group. Da mixtape was preceded by tha single "Paperback Writer", backed by "Rizla". Short promotionizzle films was made fo' both joints; busted lyrics bout by cultural historian Saul Austerlitz as "among tha straight-up original gangsta legit noize vizzles", they aired on Da Ed Sullivan Show n' Top of tha Pops up in June.

Among tha experimenstrual joints dat Revolver featured was "Tomorrow Never Knows", tha lyrics fo' which Lennon drew from Slim Slim Tim Learyz Da Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on tha Tibetan Book of tha Dead. Its creation involved eight tape decks distributed bout tha EMI building, each staffed by a engineer or crew member, whoz ass randomly varied tha movement of a tape loop while Martin pimped a cold-ass lil composite recordin by samplin tha incomin data. McCartneyz "Eleanor Rigby" made prominent use of a strin octet; Gould raps bout it as "a legit hybrid, conformin ta no recognisable steez or genre of song". Harrisonz emergence as a songwrita was reflected up in three of his compositions appearin on tha record. Among these, "Taxman", which opened tha mixtape, marked tha straight-up original gangsta example of tha Beatlez bustin a ballistical statement all up in they music. In 2003, Rollin Stone ranked Revolver as tha third top billin mixtape of all time.[160]

San Frankiecoz Candlestick Park (pictured up in tha early 1960s) was tha venue fo' tha Beatles' final gangbang before a payin crew.

As preparations was made fo' a trip of tha US, tha Beatlez knew dat they noize would hardly be heard. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Havin originally used Vox AC30 amplifiers, they lata acquired mo' bangin 100-watt amplifiers, specially designed by Vox fo' dem as they moved tha fuck into larger venues up in 1964 yo, but these was still inadequate. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Strugglin ta compete wit tha volume of sound generated by beatboxin fans, tha crew had grown mo' n' mo' n' mo' bugged out wit tha routine of struttin live. Recognisin dat they shows was no longer bout tha beatz, they decided ta make tha August trip they last.

Da crew performed none of they freshly smoked up joints on tha tour. In Chris Inghamz description, they was straight-up much "studio creations ... n' there was no way a gangbangin' four-piece rock 'n' roll crew could do dem justice, particularly all up in tha desensitisin wall of tha fans' screams. Boy it's gettin hot, yes indeed it is. 'Live Beatles' n' 'Studio Beatles' had become entirely different beasts." Da bandz gangbang at San Frankiecoz Candlestick Park on 29 August was they last commercial concert. It marked tha end of four muthafuckin years dominated by almost nonstop tourin dat included over 1,400 gangbang appearances internationally.

1966�"1970: Studio years

Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band, "da most thugged-out hyped cover of any noize mixtape, n' one of da most thugged-out imitated images up in tha ghetto" Front cover of, "da most thugged-out hyped cover of any noize mixtape, n' one of da most thugged-out imitated images up in tha ghetto"

Freed from tha burden of touring, tha Beatlez embraced a mo' n' mo' n' mo' experimenstrual approach as they recorded Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band, beginnin up in late November 1966. Accordin ta engineer Geoff Emerick, tha mixtapez recordin took over 700 hours. Dude recalled tha bandz insistence "that every last muthafuckin thang on Sgt. Pepper had ta be different. Our thugged-out asses had microphones right down up in tha bellz of brass instruments n' headphones turned tha fuck into microphones attached ta violins. We used giant primitizzle oscillators ta vary tha speed of instruments n' vocals n' our crazy asses had tapes chopped ta pieces n' stuck together upside down n' tha wack way around." Partz of "A Dizzle up in tha Life" featured a 40-piece orchestra. Da sessions initially yielded tha non-album double A-side single "Strawberry Fieldz Forever"/"Penny Lane" up in February 1967; tha Sgt. Pepper LP followed wit a rush-release up in May. Da musical complexitizzle of tha records, pimped rockin relatively primitizzle four-track recordin technology, astounded contemporary artists. Among noize muthafuckas, props fo' tha mixtape was virtually universal. Gould writes:

Da overwhelmin consensus is dat tha Beatlez had pimped a ghettofab masterpiece: a rich, sustained, n' overflowin work of collaboratizzle smart-ass whose bold ambizzle n' startlin originalitizzle dramatically enlarged tha possibilitizzles n' raised tha expectationz of what tha fuck tha experience of listenin ta ghettofab noize on record could be. On tha basiz of dis perception, Sgt. Pepper became tha catalyst fo' a explosion of mass enthusiazzle fo' mixtape-formatted rock dat would revolutionise both tha aesthetics n' tha economics of tha record bidnizz up in ways dat far outstripped tha earlier pop explosions triggered by tha Lizzy phenomenon of 1956 n' tha Beatlemania phenomenon of 1963.

In tha wake of Sgt. Pepper, tha underground n' mainstream press widely publicised tha Beatlez as leadaz of youth culture, as well as "lifestyle revolutionaries". Da mixtape was tha straight-up original gangsta major pop/rock LP ta include its complete lyrics, which rocked up on tha back cover. Those lyrics was tha subject of critical analysis; fo' instance, up in late 1967 tha mixtape was tha subject of a scholarly inquiry by Gangsta literary critic n' pimp of Gangsta Slick Rick Poirier, whoz ass observed dat his hustlas was "listenin ta tha groupz noize wit a thugged-out degree of engagement dat he, as a mackdaddy of literature, could only envy".[nb 7] Da elaborate cover also attracted considerable interest n' study. A collage designed by pop artists Peta Blake n' Jann Haworth, it depicted tha crew as tha fictionizzle crew referred ta up in tha mixtapez title track standin up in front of a crowd of hyped people. Da heavy moustaches worn by tha crew reflected tha growin influence of hippie style, while cultural historian Jonathan Harris raps bout they "brightly coloured parodiez of military uniforms" as a knowingly "anti-authoritarian n' anti-establishment" display.

Sgt. Pepper topped tha UK charts fo' 23 consecutizzle weeks, wit a gangbangin' further four weeks at number one up in tha period all up in ta February 1968.[206] With 2.5 mazillion copies sold within three monthz of its release, Sgt. Pepper's initial commercial success exceeded dat of all previous Beatlez mixtapes. It sustained its immense popularitizzle tha fuck into tha 21st century while breakin a shitload of salez records.[209] In 2003, Rollin Stone ranked Sgt. Pepper at number one on its list of tha top billin mixtapez of all time.[160]

Magical Mystery Tour n' Yellow Submarine

Two Beatlez film projects was conceived within weekz of completin Sgt. Pepper: Magical Mystery Tour, a one-hour televizzle film, n' Yellow Submarine, a animated feature-length film produced by United Artists. Da crew fuckin started recordin noize fo' tha forma up in late April 1967 yo, but tha project then lay dormant as they focused on recordin joints fo' tha latter. On 25 June, tha Beatlez performed they forthcomin single "All Yo ass Need Is Love" ta a estimated 350 mazillion viewers on Our World, tha straight-up original gangsta live global televizzle link. Released a week later, durin tha Summer of Love, tha cold lil' woo wop was adopted as a flower power anthem. Da Beatles' use of psychedelic sticky-icky-ickys was at its height durin dat summer. In July n' August, tha crew pursued interests related ta similar utopian-based ideology, includin a week-long investigation tha fuck into tha possibilitizzle of startin a island-based commune off tha coast of Greece.

On 24 August, tha crew was introduced ta Maharishi Mahesh Yogi up in London. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Da next day, they travelled ta Bangor fo' his Transcendental Meditation retreat. On 27 August, they managerz assistant, Peta Brown, phoned ta inform dem dat Epstein had died. Da coroner ruled tha dirtnap a accidental carbitol overdose, although dat shiznit was widely rumoured ta be a suicide.[nb 8] His dirtnap left tha crew disoriented n' fearful bout tha future. Lennon recalled: "We collapsed. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! I knew dat we was up in shiznit then. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. I didn't straight-up have any misconceptions bout our mobilitizzle ta do anythang other than play beatz, n' I was trippin like a muthafucka. I thought, 'We've fuckin' had it now, nahmeean?'" Harrisonz then-wife Pattie Boyd remembered dat "Pizzle n' George was up in complete shock. I don't be thinkin it could done been worse if they had heard dat they own fathers had dropped dead as fuckin fried chicken." Durin a funky-ass crew meetin up in September, McCartney recommended dat tha crew proceed wit Magical Mystery Tour.

Da Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack was busted out up in tha UK as a six-track double extended play (EP) up in early December 1967. Dat shiznit was tha straight-up original gangsta example of a thugged-out double EP up in tha UK. Da record carried on tha psychedelic vein of Sgt. Pepper,[225] however, up in line wit tha bandz wishes, tha packagin reinforced tha scam dat tha release was a gangbangin' film soundtrack rather than a gangbangin' follow-up ta Sgt. Pepper. In tha US, tha soundtrack rocked up as a identically titled LP dat also included five tracks from tha bandz recent singles. In its first three weeks, tha mixtape set a record fo' tha highest initial salez of any Capitol LP, n' it is tha only Capitol compilation lata ta be adopted up in tha bandz straight-up legit canon of basement mixtapes.

Magical Mystery Tour first aired on Boxin Day ta a crew of approximately 15 million. Largely pimped up by McCartney, tha film was tha bandz first critical failure up in tha UK. Dat shiznit was dissed n' dismissed as "blatant rubbish" by tha Daily Express; tha Daily Mail called it "a colossal conceit"; n' Da Guardian labelled tha film "a kind of fantasy moralitizzle play bout tha grossnizz n' warmth n' stupiditizzle of tha crew". Gould raps bout it as "a pimped out deal of raw footage showin a crew of playas gettin on, gettin off, n' ridin on a funky-ass bus". Although tha viewershizzle figures was respectable, its slatin up in tha press hustled US televizzle networks ta lose interest up in broadcastin tha film.

Da crew was less involved wit Yellow Submarine, which only featured tha crew appearin as theyselves fo' a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass short live-action segment. Premierin up in July 1968, tha film featured cartoon versionz of tha crew thugz n' a soundtrack wit eleven of they joints, includin four unreleased basement recordings dat made they debut up in tha film. Critics praised tha film fo' its beatz, humour n' innovatizzle visual style. A soundtrack LP was issued seven months later; it contained dem four freshly smoked up joints, tha title track (already issued on Revolver), "All Yo ass Need Is Love" (already issued as a single n' on tha US Magical Mystery Tour LP) n' seven instrumenstrual pieces composed by Martin.

India retreat, Applez Corps n' tha White Album

In February 1968, tha Beatlez travelled ta Maharishi Mahesh Yogiz ashram up in Rishikesh, India, ta take part up in a three-month meditation "Guide Course". Their time up in India marked one of tha bandz most prolific periods, yieldin a shitload of joints, includin a majoritizzle of dem on they next mixtape. But fuck dat shiznit yo, tha word on tha street is dat Starr left afta only ten days, unable ta stomach tha chicken, n' McCartney eventually grew bugged out n' departed a month later. For Lennon n' Harrison, creativitizzle turned ta question when a electronics technician known as Magic Alex suggested dat tha Maharishi was attemptin ta manipulate dem wild-ass muthafuckas. When he alleged dat tha Maharishi had made horny-ass advances ta dem hoes attendees, a persuaded Lennon left abruptly just two months tha fuck into tha course, brangin a unconvinced Harrison n' tha remainder of tha groupz entourage wit his muthafuckin ass. In anger, Lennon freestyled a scathang cold lil' woo wop titled "Maharishi", renamed "Nasty Sadie" ta stay tha fuck away from potential legal issues. McCartney holla'd, "We done cooked up a mistake. We thought there was mo' ta his ass than there was."

In May, Lennon n' McCartney travelled ta New York fo' tha hood unveilin of tha Beatles' freshly smoked up bidnizz venture, Applez Corps. Dat shiznit was initially formed nuff muthafuckin months earlier as part of a plan ta create a tax-effectizzle bidnizz structure yo, but tha crew then desired ta extend tha corporation ta other pursuits, includin record distribution, peace activism, n' ejaculation. McCartney busted lyrics bout Applez as "rather like a Westside communism". Da enterprise drained tha crew financially wit a seriez of unsuccessful projects handled largely by thugz of tha Beatles' entourage, whoz ass was given they thangs regardless of talent n' experience. Among its a shitload of subsidiaries was Applez Electronics, established ta fosta technological innovations wit Magic Alex all up in tha head, n' Applez Retailing, which opened tha short-lived Applez Boutique up in London. Harrison lata holla'd, "Basically, dat shiznit was chaos ... Jizzy n' Pizzle gots carried away wit tha scam n' blew millions, n' Ringo n' I just had ta go along wit dat shit."

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From late May ta mid-October 1968, tha crew recorded what tha fuck became Da Beatlez, a thugged-out double LP commonly known as "the White Album" fo' its virtually featureless cover. Durin dis time, relations between tha thugz grew openly divisive. Starr quit fo' two weeks, leavin his bandmates ta record "Back up in tha U.S.S.R." n' "Dear Prudence" as a trio. Lennon had lost interest up in collaboratin wit McCartney, whose contribution "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" da perved-out muthafucka scorned as "granny noize shit". Tensions was further aggravated by Lennonz horny-ass preoccupation wit avant-garde artist Yoko Ono, whom he insisted on brangin ta tha sessions despite tha groupz well-established understandin dat hoes was not allowed up in tha studio. McCartney has recalled dat tha mixtape "wasn't a pleasant one ta make". Dude n' Lennon identified tha sessions as tha start of tha bandz break-up.

With tha record, tha crew executed a wider range of musical stylez n' broke wit they recent tradizzle of incorporatin nuff muthafuckin musical stylez up in one cold lil' woo wop by keepin each piece of noize consistently faithful ta a select genre.[255] Durin tha sessions, tha crew upgraded ta a eight-track tape console, which juiced it up easier fo' dem ta layer tracks piecemeal, while tha thugz often recorded independently of each other, affordin tha mixtape a hype as a cold-ass lil collection of solo recordings rather than a unified crew effort. Describin tha double mixtape, Lennon lata holla'd: "Every track be a individual track; there aint no damn Beatle noize on dat shit. [It's] Jizzy n' tha crew, Pizzle n' tha crew, George n' tha band." Da sessions also produced tha Beatles' longest cold lil' woo wop yet, "Yo Jude", busted out up in August as a non-album single wit "Revolution".

Issued up in November, tha White Album was tha bandz first Applez Records mixtape release, although EMI continued ta own they recordings. Da record attracted mo' than 2 mazillion advizzle orders, pushin nearly 4 mazillion copies up in tha US up in lil over a month, n' its tracks dominated tha playlistz of Gangsta radio stations. Its lyric content was tha focuz of much analysis by tha counterculture. Despite its popularity, reviewers was largely trippin by tha mixtapez content, n' it failed ta inspire tha level of critical freestylin dat Sgt. Pepper had. General critical opinion eventually turned up in favour of tha White Album, n' up in 2003, Rollin Stone ranked it as tha tenth top billin mixtape of all time.[160]

Abbey Road, Let It Be n' separation

Although Let It Be was tha Beatles' final mixtape release, dat shiznit was largely recorded before Abbey Road. Da projectz impetus came from a scam Martin attributes ta McCartney, whoz ass suggested they "record a mixtape of freshly smoked up material n' rehearse it, then big-ass up it before a live crew fo' tha straight-up last time �" on record n' on film". Originally intended fo' a one-hour televizzle programme ta be called Beatlez at Work, up in tha event much of tha mixtapez content came from basement work beginnin up in January 1969, nuff minutez of which was captured on film by director Mike Lindsay-Hogg. Martin holla'd dat tha project was "not at all a aiiight recordin experience. Dat shiznit was a time when relations between tha Beatlez was at they lowest ebb." Lennon busted lyrics bout tha largely impromptu sessions as "hell ... da most thugged-out miserable ... on Earth", n' Harrison, "the low of all-time". Irritated by McCartney n' Lennon, Harrison strutted up fo' five days. Upon returning, tha pimpin' muthafucka threatened ta leave tha crew unless they "abandon[ed] all rap of live performance" n' instead focused on finishin a freshly smoked up mixtape, initially titled Git Back, rockin joints recorded fo' tha TV special. Dude also demanded they cease work at Twickenham Film Studios, where tha sessions had begun, n' relocate ta tha newly finished Applez Studio yo. His bandmates agreed, n' dat shiznit was decided ta salvage tha footage blasted fo' tha TV thang fo' use up in a gangbangin' feature film.

Git Back. Gangsta ass musical muthafucka Bizzley Preston (pictured up in 1971) was, fo' a gangbangin' finger-lickin' dirty-ass short time, considered a fifth Beatle durin tha recordin of

To alleviate tensions within tha crew n' improve tha qualitizzle of they live sound, Harrison invited keyboardist Bizzley Preston ta participate up in tha last nine minutez of sessions. Preston received label billin on tha "Git Back" single �" tha only musical muthafucka eva ta receive dat acknowledgment on a straight-up legit Beatlez release. Afta tha rehearsals, tha crew could not smoke on a location ta film a cold-ass lil concert, rejectin nuff muthafuckin ideas, includin a funky-ass boat at sea, a lunatic asylum, tha Tunisian desert, n' tha Colosseum. Ultimately, what tha fuck would be they final live performance was filmed on tha rooftop of tha Applez Corps buildin at 3 Savile Row, London, on 30 January 1969. Five weeks later, engineer Glyn Johns, whom Lewisohn raps bout as Git Back's "uncredited baller", fuckin started work assemblin a mixtape, given "free rein" as tha crew "all but washed they handz of tha entire project".

New strains pimped between tha crew thugz regardin tha appointment of a gangbangin' financial adviser, tha need fo' which had become evident without Epstein ta manage bidnizz affairs. Lennon, Harrison n' Starr favoured Allen Klein, whoz ass had managed the Rollin Stones n' Sam Cooke; McCartney wanted Lee n' Jizzy Eastman �" daddy n' brother, respectively, of Linda Eastman, whom McCartney hooked up on 12 March. Agreement could not be reached, so both Klein n' tha Eastmans was temporarily appointed: Klein as tha Beatles' bidnizz manager n' tha Eastmans as they lawyers. Further conflict ensued, however, n' financial opportunitizzles was lost. On 8 May, Klein was named sole manager of tha crew, tha Eastmans havin previously been dissed n' dismissed as tha Beatles' lawyers. McCartney refused ta sign tha pimpment contract wit Klein yo, but da thug was out-voted by tha other Beatles.

Martin stated dat da thug was surprised when McCartney axed his ass ta produce another mixtape, as tha Git Back sessions had been "a miserable experience" n' dat schmoooove muthafucka had "thought dat shiznit was tha end of tha road fo' all of us". Da primary recordin sessions fo' Abbey Road fuckin started on 2 July. Lennon, whoz ass rejected Martinz proposed format of a "continuously movin piece of music", wanted his thugged-out n' McCartneyz joints ta occupy separate sidez of tha mixtape. Da eventual format, wit individually composed joints on tha straight-up original gangsta side n' tha second consistin largely of a medley, was McCartneyz suggested compromise. Emerick noted dat tha replacement of tha studioz valve mixin console wit a transistorised one yielded a less punchy sound, leavin tha crew frustrated all up in tha thinner tone n' lack of impact n' contributin ta its "kinder, gentler" feel relatizzle ta they previous mixtapes.

On 4 July, tha straight-up original gangsta solo single by a Beatle was busted out: Lennonz "Give Peace a Chance", credited ta tha Plastic Ono Band. Da completion n' mixin of "I Want Yo ass (Dat hoe So Heavy)" on 20 August was tha last occasion on which all four Beatlez was together up in tha same studio. On 8 September, while Starr was up in hospitizzle, tha other crew thugz kicked it wit ta say shit bout recordin a freshly smoked up mixtape. They considered a gangbangin' finger-lickin' different approach ta songwritin by endin tha Lennon�"McCartney pretense n' havin four compositions apiece from Lennon, McCartney n' Harrison, wit two from Starr n' a lead single round Chrizzle.[283] On 20 September, Lennon announced his fuckin lil' departure ta tha rest of tha crew but agreed ta withhold a hood announcement ta stay tha fuck away from underminin salez of tha forthcomin mixtape.

Released on 26 September, Abbey Road sold four mazillion copies within three months n' topped tha UK charts fo' a total of seventeen weeks. Its second track, tha ballad "Something", was issued as a single �" tha only Harrison composizzle dat rocked up as a Beatlez A-side. Abbey Road received mixed props, although tha medley kicked it wit wit general props. Unterberger considaz it "a fittin swan cold lil' woo wop fo' tha group", containin "some of tha top billin harmonies ta be heard on any rock record".[287] Musicologist n' lyricist Ian MacDonald calls tha mixtape "erratic n' often hollow", despite tha "semblizzle of unitizzle n' coherence" offered by tha medley. Martin singled it up as his wild lil' most straight-up bangin Beatlez mixtape; Lennon holla'd dat shiznit was "competent" but had "no game up in it".

For tha still unfinished Git Back mixtape, one last song, Harrisonz "I Me Mine", was recorded on 3 January 1970. Lennon, up in Denmark all up in tha time, did not participate. In March, rejectin tha work Johns had done on tha project, now retitled Let It Be, Klein gave tha session tapes ta Gangsta balla Phil Spector, whoz ass had recently produced Lennonz solo single "Instant Karma!" In addizzle ta remixin tha material, Spector edited, spliced n' overdubbed nuff muthafuckin of tha recordings dat had been intended as "live". McCartney was unaiiight wit tha ballerz approach n' particularly dissatisfied wit tha lavish orchestration on "Da Long n' Windin Road", which involved a gangbangin' fourteen-voice choir n' 36-piece instrumenstrual ensemble. McCartneyz demandz dat tha alterations ta tha cold lil' woo wop be reverted was ignored, n' he publicly announced his fuckin lil' departure from tha crew on 10 April, a week before tha release of his wild lil' first, self-titled solo mixtape.

On 8 May 1970, Let It Be was busted out. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Its accompanyin single, "Da Long n' Windin Road", was tha Beatles' last; dat shiznit was busted out up in tha US yo, but not up in tha UK. Da Let It Be documentary film followed lata dat month, n' would win tha 1970 Academy Award fo' Best Original Gangsta Song Score. Sundizzle Telegraph critic Penelope Gilliatt called it "a straight-up shitty film n' a touchin one ... bout tha breakin apart of dis reassuring, geometrically perfect, once apparently ageless crew of siblings". Several reviewers stated dat a shitload of tha performances up in tha film sounded betta than they analogous mixtape tracks. Describin Let It Be as tha "only Beatlez mixtape ta occasion negative, even straight-up shitty props", Unterberger calls it "on tha whole underrated"; da perved-out muthafucka singlez up "some phat momentz of straight hard rock up in 'Ya Mom shoulda told ya, I Got a Feeling' n' 'Dig a Pony'", n' praises "Let It Be", "Git Back", n' "the folky 'Two of Us', wit Jizzy n' Pizzle harmonisin together".[297]

McCartney filed suit fo' tha dissolution of tha Beatles' contractual partnershizzle on 31 December 1970. Legal disputes continued long afta they break-up, n' tha dissolution was not formalised until 29 December 1974, when Lennon signed tha paperwork terminatin tha partnershizzle while on vacation wit his crew at Walt Deez'nuts Ghetto Resort up in Florida.

1970�"present: Afta tha break-up

1970s

Lennon up in 1975 n' McCartney up in 1976

Lennon, McCartney, Harrison n' Starr all busted out solo mixtapes up in 1970. Their solo recordz sometimes involved one or mo' of tha others; Starrz Ringo (1973) was tha only mixtape ta include compositions n' performances by all four ex-Beatles, albeit on separate joints, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. With Starrz participation, Harrison staged the Concert fo' Bangladesh up in New York Citizzle up in August 1971. Other than a unreleased jam session up in 1974, lata bootlegged as A Toot n' a Snore up in '74, Lennon n' McCartney never recorded together again.

Two double-LP setz of tha Beatles' top billin hits, compiled by Klein, 1962�"1966 n' 1967�"1970, was busted out up in 1973, at first under tha Applez Recordz imprint. Commonly known as tha "Red Album" n' "Blue Album", respectively, each has gots a Multi-Platinum certification up in tha US n' a Platinum certification up in tha UK.[305][306] Between 1976 n' 1982, EMI/Capitol busted out a wave of compilation mixtapes without input from tha ex-Beatles, startin wit tha double-disc compilation Rock 'n' Roll Noize. Da only one ta feature previously unreleased material was Da Beatlez all up in tha Hollywood Bowl (1977); tha straight-up original gangsta officially issued gangbang recordings by tha group, it contained selections from two shows they played durin they 1964 n' 1965 US tours.[nb 9]

Da noize n' endurin hype of tha Beatlez was commercially exploited up in various other ways, again n' again n' again often outside they creatizzle control. In April 1974, tha musical John, Paul, George, Ringo ... n' Bert, freestyled by Willy Russell n' featurin thug Barbara Dickson, opened up in London. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Well shiiiit, it included, wit permission from Uptown Songs, eleven Lennon-McCartney compositions n' one by Harrison, "Here Comes tha Sun". Displeased wit tha thangz use of his song, Harrison withdrew his thugged-out lil' permission ta use dat shit. Lata dat year, tha off-Broadway musical Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band on tha Road opened.[311] All This n' Ghetto Battle Pt II (1976) was a unorthodox nonfiction film dat combined newsreel footage wit coverz of Beatlez joints by muthafuckas rangin from Elton John n' Keith Moon ta tha London Symphony Orchestra. Da Broadway musical Beatlemania, a underground nostalgia revue, opened up in early 1977 n' proved popular, spinnin off five separate tourin thangs. In 1979, tha crew sued tha ballers, settlin fo' nuff muthafuckin mazillion dollars up in damages. Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978), a musical film starrin tha Bee Gees n' Peta Frampton, was a cold-ass lil commercial failure n' a "artistic fiasco", accordin ta Ingham.

Accompanyin tha wave of Beatlez nostalgia n' persistent reunion rumours up in tha US durin tha 1970s, nuff muthafuckin entrepreneurs made hood offers ta tha Beatlez fo' a reunion concert. Promota Bizzle Sargent first offered tha Beatlez $10 mazillion fo' a reunion gangbang up in 1974 yo. Dude raised his offer ta $30 mazillion up in January 1976 n' then ta $50 mazillion tha followin month.[316][317] On 24 April 1976, durin a funky-ass broadcast of Saturdizzle Night Live, balla Lorne Michaels clowninly offered tha Beatlez $3,000 ta reunite on tha show. Lennon n' McCartney was watchin tha live broadcast at Lennonz crib at the Dakota up in New York, which was within rollin distizzle of tha STD studio where tha show was bein broadcast. Da forma bandmates briefly entertained tha scam of goin ta tha basement n' surprisin Michaels by acceptin his offer yo, but decided not to.

1980s

In December 1980, Lennon was shot n' capped outside his New York Citizzle crib yo. Harrison rewrote tha lyrics of his cold lil' woo wop "All Those Years Ago" up in Lennonz honour. Shiiit, dis aint no joke. With Starr on beats n' McCartney n' his hoe, Linda, contributin backin vocals, tha cold lil' woo wop was busted out as a single up in May 1981. McCartneyz own tribute, "Here Today", rocked up on his Tug of War mixtape up in April 1982. In 1987, Harrisonz Cloud Nine mixtape included "When We Was Fab", a cold lil' woo wop bout tha Beatlemania era.

When tha Beatles' basement mixtapes was busted out on CD by EMI n' Applez Corps up in 1987, they catalogue was standardised all up in tha ghetto, establishin a cold-ass lil canon of tha twelve original gangsta basement LPs as issued up in tha UK plus tha US LP version of Magical Mystery Tour.[322] All tha remainin material from tha singlez n' EPs dat had not rocked up on these thirteen basement mixtapes was gathered on tha two-volume compilation Past Masters (1988). Except fo' tha Red n' Blue mixtapes, EMI deleted all its other Beatlez compilations �" includin tha Hollywood Bowl record �" from its catalogue.

In 1988, tha Beatlez was inducted tha fuck into tha Rock n' Roll Hall of Hype, they first year of eligibilitizzle yo. Harrison n' Starr attended tha ceremony wit Lennonz widow, Yoko Ono, n' his cold-ass two sons, Julian n' Sean.[323] McCartney declined ta attend, citin unresolved "businizz differences" dat would make his ass "feel like a cold-ass lil complete hypocrite wavin n' smilin wit dem at a gangbangin' fake reunion". Da followin year, EMI/Capitol settled a thugged-out decade-long lawsuit filed by tha crew over royalties, clearin tha way ta commercially package previously unreleased material.[325]

1990s

Live all up in tha BBC, tha straight-up original gangsta straight-up legit release of unissued Beatlez performances up in seventeen years, rocked up in 1994. That same year McCartney, Harrison n' Starr collaborated on tha Anthology project. Anthology was tha culmination of work begun up in 1970, when Applez Corps director Neil Aspinall, they forma road manager n' underground assistant, had started ta gather material fo' a thugged-out documentary wit tha hustlin title Da Long n' Windin Road. Documentin they history up in tha bandz own lyrics, tha Anthology project included tha release of nuff muthafuckin unissued Beatlez recordings. McCartney, Harrison n' Starr also added freshly smoked up instrumenstrual n' vocal parts ta joints recorded as demos by Lennon up in tha late 1970s.

Durin 1995�"96, tha project yielded a televizzle miniseries, a eight-volume vizzle set, n' three two-CD/three-LP box sets featurin artwork by Klaus Voormann. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Two joints based on Lennon demos, "Jacked as a Bird" n' "Real Love", was issued as freshly smoked up Beatlez singles. Da releases was commercially successful n' tha televizzle series was viewed by a estimated 400 mazillion people. In 1999, ta coincizzle wit tha re-release of tha 1968 film Yellow Submarine, a expanded soundtrack mixtape, Yellow Submarine Songtrack, was issued.

2000s

Da Beatles' 1, a cold-ass lil compilation mixtape of tha bandz British n' Gangsta number-one hits, was busted out on 13 November 2000. Well shiiiit, it became tha fastest-pimpin mixtape of all time, wit 3.6 mazillion sold up in its first week[332] n' 13 mazillion within a month. It topped mixtapes charts up in at least 28 countries. Da compilation had sold 31 mazillion copies globally by April 2009.[335]

Harrison took a dirt nap from metastatic lung cancer up in November 2001.[336][337] McCartney n' Starr was among tha musical muthafuckas whoz ass performed all up in tha Concert fo' George, organised by Eric Clapton n' Harrisonz widow, Olivia. Da tribute event took place all up in tha Royal Albert Hall on tha straight-up original gangsta anniversary of Harrisonz dirtnap.

In 2003, Let It Be... Naked, a reconceived version of tha Let It Be mixtape, wit McCartney supervisin thang, was busted out. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! One of tha main differences from tha Spector-produced version was tha omission of tha original gangsta strang arrangements.[340] Dat shiznit was a top ten hit up in both Britain n' America. Da US mixtape configurations from 1964 ta 1965 was busted out as box sets up in 2004 n' 2006; Da Capitol Albums, Volume 1 n' Volume 2 included both stereo n' mono versions based on tha mixes dat was prepared fo' vinyl all up in tha time of tha musics original gangsta Gangsta release.

As a soundtrack fo' Cirque du Soleilz Las Vegas Beatlez stage revue, Love, George Martin n' his fuckin lil hustla Gilez remixed n' blended 130 of tha bandz recordings ta create what tha fuck Martin called "a way of re-livin tha whole Beatlez musical gamespan up in a straight-up condensed period".[342] Da show premiered up in June 2006, n' tha Love mixtape was busted out dat November.[343] In April 2009, Starr performed three joints wit McCartney at a funky-ass benefit gangbang held at New Yorkz Radio Citizzle Music Hall n' organised by McCartney.[344]

On 9 September 2009, tha Beatles' entire back catalogue was reissued followin a extensive digital remasterin process dat lasted four years.[322] Stereo editionz of all twelve original gangsta UK basement mixtapes, along wit Magical Mystery Tour n' tha Past Masters compilation, was busted out on compact disc both individually n' as a funky-ass box set.[345] A second collection, Da Beatlez up in Mono, included remastered versionz of every last muthafuckin Beatlez mixtape busted out up in legit mono along wit tha original gangsta 1965 stereo mixez of Help! n' Rubber Soul (both of which Martin had remixed fo' tha 1987 editions).[346] Da Beatles: Rock Band, a noize vizzle game up in tha Rock Band series, was issued on tha same day.[347] In December 2009, tha bandz catalogue was officially busted out up in FLAC n' MP3 format up in a limited edizzle of 30,000 STD flash drives.[348]

2010s

Owin ta a long-runnin royalty disagreement, tha Beatlez was among tha last major artists ta sign deals wit online noize skillz.[349] Residual beef emanatin from Applez Corps' dispute wit Apple, Inc., iTunes' ballers, over tha use of tha name "Apple" was also kinda responsible fo' tha delay, although up in 2008, McCartney stated dat tha main obstacle ta makin tha Beatles' catalogue available online was dat EMI "want[s] suttin' our asses aint prepared ta give them".[350] In 2010, tha straight-up legit canon of thirteen Beatlez basement mixtapes, Past Masters, n' tha "Red" n' "Blue" top billin-hits mixtapes was made available on iShit.[351]

In 2012, EMIz recorded noize operations was sold ta Universal Music Group. In order fo' Universal Music ta acquire EMI, tha European Union, fo' antitrust reasons, forced EMI ta spin off assets includin Parlophone. Universal was allowed ta keep tha Beatles' recorded noize catalogue, managed by Capitol Records under its Capitol Music Group division.[352] Da entire original gangsta Beatlez mixtape catalogue was also reissued on vinyl up in 2012; available either individually or as a funky-ass box set.[353]

In 2013, a second volume of BBC recordings, titled On Air �" Live all up in tha BBC Volume 2, was busted out. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! That December saw tha release of another 59 Beatlez recordings on iShit. Da set, titled Da Beatlez Bootleg Recordings 1963, had tha opportunitizzle ta bust a 70-year copyright extension conditionizzle on tha joints bein published at least once before tha end of 2013 fo' realz. Applez Recordz busted out tha recordings on 17 December ta prevent dem from goin tha fuck into tha hood domain n' had dem taken down from iShit lata dat same day. It make me wanna hollar playa! Fan erections ta tha release was mixed, wit one blogger sayin "the hardcore Beatlez collectors whoz ass is tryin ta obtain every last muthafuckin thang will already have these."[354][355]

On 26 January 2014, McCartney n' Starr performed together all up in tha 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held all up in tha Staplez Center up in Los Angelez.[356] Da followin day, Da Night That Chizzled America: A Grammy Salute ta Da Beatlez televizzle special was taped up in tha Los Angelez Convention Centerz Westside Hall. Well shiiiit, it aired on 9 February, tha exact date of �" n' all up in tha same time, n' on tha same network as �" tha original gangsta broadcast of tha Beatles' first US televizzle appearizzle on Da Ed Sullivan Show, 50 muthafuckin years earlier n' shit. Da special included performancez of Beatlez joints by current artists as well as by McCartney n' Starr, archival footage, n' rap battlez wit tha two survivin ex-Beatlez carried up by Dizzy Letterman all up in tha Ed Sullivan Theater.[357][358] In December 2015, tha Beatlez busted out they catalogue fo' streamin on various streamin noize skillz includin Spotify n' Applez Noize.[359]

In September 2016, tha documentary film Da Beatles: Eight Days a Week was busted out. Y'all KNOW dat shit, muthafucka! Directed by Ron Howard, it chronicled tha Beatles' game durin they tourin muthafuckin years from 1962 ta 1966, from they performances up in Liverpoolz tha Cavern Club up in 1961 ta they final gangbang up in San Frankieco up in 1966. Da film was busted out theatrically on 15 September up in tha UK n' tha US, n' started streamin on Hulu on 17 September n' shit. Well shiiiit, it received nuff muthafuckin awardz n' nominations, includin fo' Best Documentary all up in tha 70th British Academy Film Awardz n' tha Outstandin Documentary or Nonfiction Special all up in tha 69th Primetime Creatizzle Arts Emmy Awards.[360] An expanded, remixed n' remastered version of Da Beatlez all up in tha Hollywood Bowl was busted out on 9 September, ta coincizzle wit tha release of tha film.[361][362]

On 18 May 2017, Sirius XM Radio launched a 24/7 radio channel, Da Beatlez Channel fo' realz. A week later, Sgt. Pepperz Lonely Hearts Club Band was reissued wit freshly smoked up stereo mixes n' unreleased material fo' tha mixtapez 50th anniversary.[363] Similar box sets was busted out fo' Da Beatlez up in November 2018,[364] n' Abbey Road up in September 2019.[365] On tha straight-up original gangsta week of October 2019, Abbey Road moonwalked back ta number one on tha UK Albums Chart. Da Beatlez broke they own record fo' tha mixtape wit tha longest gap between toppin tha charts as Abbey Road hit tha top spot 50 muthafuckin years afta its original gangsta release.[366]

2020s

In August 2021, Da Beatles: Git Back, a freshly smoked up documentary film pimped up by Peta Jackson utilisin footage captured fo' what tha fuck became tha Let It Be film, is ghon be busted out by Walt Deez'nuts Studios Motion Pictures up in tha US n' Canada, wit a global release ta follow.[367]

Musical steez n' pimpment

In Iconz of Rock: An Encyclopedia of tha Legendz Dum diddy-dum, here I come biaaatch! Who tha fuck Chizzled Music Forever, Scott Schinder n' Andy Schwartz describe tha Beatles' musical evolution:

In they initial incarnation as cheerful, wisecrackin moptops, tha Fab Four revolutionised tha sound, style, n' attitude of ghettofab noize n' opened rock n' rollz doors ta a tidal wave of British rock acts, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. Their initial impact would done been enough ta establish tha Beatlez as one of they eraz most influential cultural forces yo, but they didn't stop there, so peek-a-boo, clear tha way, I be comin' thru fo'sho fo' realz. Although they initial steez was a highly original, irresistibly catchy synthesiz of early Gangsta rock n' roll n' R&B, tha Beatlez dropped tha rest of tha 1960s expandin rockz stylistic frontiers, consistently stakin up freshly smoked up musical territory on each release. Da bandz mo' n' mo' n' mo' sophisticated experimentation encompassed a variety of genres, includin folk-rock, country, psychedelia, n' baroque pop, without sacrificin tha effortless mass appeal of they early work.

In Da Beatlez as Musicians, Walta Everett raps bout Lennon n' McCartneyz contrastin motivations n' approaches ta composition: "McCartney may be holla'd ta have constantly pimped �" as a means ta entertain �" a gangbangin' focused musical talent wit a ear fo' counterpoint n' other aspectz of craft up in tha demonstration of a universally agreed-upon common language dat da ruffneck did much ta enrich. Conversely, Lennonz mature noize is dopest appreciated as tha darin thang of a largely unconscious, searchin but undisciplined artistic sensibility."

Ian MacDizzle raps bout McCartney as "a natural melodist �" a cold-ass lil creator of tunes capable of existin apart from they harmony" yo. His melody lines is characterised as primarily "vertical", employin wide, consonant intervals which express his "extrovert juice n' optimism". Conversely, Lennonz "sedentary, ironic personality" is reflected up in a "horizontal" approach featurin minimal, dissonant intervals n' repetitizzle melodies which rely on they harmonic accompaniment fo' interest: "Basically a realist, he instinctively kept his crazy-ass melodies close ta tha rhythms n' cadencez of speech, colourin his fuckin lyrics wit bluesy tone n' harmony rather than bustin tunes dat made strikin shapez of they own." MacDizzle praises Harrisonz lead boombox work fo' tha role his "characterful lines n' textural colourings" play up in supportin Lennon n' McCartneyz parts, n' raps bout Starr as "the daddy of modern pop/rock drumming".

Influences

Da bandz earliest influences include Lizzy Presley, Carl Perkins, Little Richard n' Chuck Berry. Durin tha Beatles' co-residency wit Little Slick Rick all up in tha Star-Club up in Hamburg, from April ta May 1962, he advised dem on tha proper technique fo' struttin his joints. Of Presley, Lennon holla'd, "Nothang straight-up affected mah crazy ass until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been Elvis, there would not done been tha Beatles." Other early influences include Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison n' the Everly Brothers.

Da Beatlez continued ta absorb influences long afta they initial success, often findin freshly smoked up musical n' lyrical avenues by listenin ta they contemporaries, includin Bob Dylan, the Who, Frank Zappa, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Byrds n' the Beach Boys, whose 1966 mixtape Pet Sounds amazed n' inspired McCartney.[380] Referrin ta tha Beach Boys' creatizzle leader, Martin lata stated: "No one done cooked up a pimped outa impact on tha Beatlez than Brian [Wilson]." Ravi Shankar, wit whom Harrison studied fo' six weeks up in India up in late 1966, had a thugged-out dope effect on his crazy-ass musical pimpment durin tha bandz lata years.

Genres

Originatin as a skiffle group, tha Beatlez quickly embraced 1950s rock n' roll n' helped pioneer tha Merseybeat genre,[383] n' they repertoire ultimately expanded ta include a funky-ass broad variety of pop music. Reflectin tha range of stylez they explored, Lennon holla'd of Beatlez fo' Sale, "Yo ass could call our freshly smoked up one a Beatlez ghetto-and-western LP", while Gould credits Rubber Soul as "the instrument by which legionz of folk-noize enthusiasts was coaxed tha fuck into tha camp of pop".

Although tha 1965 cold lil' woo wop "Yesterday" was not tha straight-up original gangsta pop record ta employ orchestral strings, it marked tha groupz first recorded use of old-ass noize elements, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. Gould observes: "Da mo' traditionizzle sound of strings allowed fo' a gangbangin' fresh appreciation of they talent as composers by listeners whoz ass was otherwise allergic ta tha din of beats n' electric boomboxes." They continued ta experiment wit strang arrangements ta various effect; Sgt. Pepper's "Dat hoe Leavin Home", fo' instance, is "cast up in tha mold of a sentimenstrual Victorian ballad", Gould writes, "its lyrics n' noize filled wit tha clichéz of musical melodrama".

Da bandz stylistic range expanded up in another direction wit they 1966 B-side "Rain", busted lyrics bout by Martin Strong as "the first overtly psychedelic Beatlez record". Other psychedelic numbers followed, like fuckin "Tomorrow Never Knows" (recorded before "Rain"), "Strawberry Fieldz Forever", "Lucy up in tha Sky wit Diamonds" n' "I Am tha Walrus". Da influence of Indian old-ass music was evident up in Harrisonz "Da Inner Light", "Ludd Yo ass To" n' "Within Yo ass Without Yo Ass" �" Gould raps bout tha latta two as attempts "to replicate tha raga form up in miniature".

Innovation was da most thugged-out strikin feature of they creatizzle evolution, accordin ta noize historian n' beatboxer Mike Campbell: "'A Dizzle up in tha Life' encapsulates tha art n' achievement of tha Beatlez as well as any single track can. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Well shiiiit, it highlights key featurez of they music: tha sound imagination, tha persistence of tuneful melody, n' tha close coordination between lyrics n' beatz. Drop dis like itz hot! Well shiiiit, it represents a freshly smoked up category of cold lil' woo wop �" mo' sophisticated than pop ... n' uniquely innovative. There literally had never before been a cold lil' woo wop �" old-ass or vernacular �" dat had blended all kindsa muthafuckin disparate elements so imaginatively." Philosophy pimp Bruce Ellis Benston agrees: "the Beatles ... give our asses a straight-up dope example of how tha fuck such far-rangin influences as Celtic beatz, rhythm n' blues, n' ghetto n' westside could be put together up in a freshly smoked up way."

Lyricist Dominic Pedla raps bout tha way they crossed musical styles: "Far from movin sequentially from one genre ta another (as is sometimes conveniently suggested) tha crew maintained in parallel they mastery of tha traditional, catchy chart hit while simultaneously forgin rock n' dabblin wit a wide range of peripheral influences from ghetto ta vaudeville. One of these threadz was they take on folk beatz, which would form such essential groundwork fo' they lata collisions wit Indian noize n' philosophy." As tha underground relationshizzlez between tha crew thugz grew mo' n' mo' n' mo' strained, they individual tastes became mo' apparent. Da minimalistic cover artwork fo' tha White Album contrasted wit tha complexitizzle n' diversitizzle of its beatz, which encompassed Lennonz "Revolution 9" (whose musique concrète approach was hyped up by Yoko Ono), Starrz country cold lil' woo wop "Don't Pass Me By", Harrisonz rock ballad "While My fuckin Boombox Gently Weeps", n' tha "proto-metal roar" of McCartneyz "Helta Skelter".[394]

Contribution of George Martin

Martin (second from right) up in tha basement wit tha Beatlez up in tha mid-1960s

George Martinz close involvement up in his bangin role as balla made his ass one of tha leadin muthafuckas fo' tha informal title of tha "fifth Beatle". Dude applied his old-ass musical hustlin up in various ways, n' functioned as "an informal noize mackdaddy" ta tha progressin beatmakers, accordin ta Gould. Martin suggested ta a sceptical McCartney dat tha arrangement of "Yesterday" should feature a strang quartet accompaniment, thereby introducin tha Beatlez ta a "hitherto unsuspected ghetto of old-ass instrumenstrual colour", up in MacDonaldz description. Their creatizzle pimpment was also facilitated by Martinz willingnizz ta experiment up in response ta they suggestions, like fuckin addin "suttin' baroque" ta a particular recording. In addizzle ta scorin orchestral arrangements fo' recordings, Martin often performed on them, playin instruments includin piano, organ n' brass.

Collaboratin wit Lennon n' McCartney required Martin ta adapt ta they different approaches ta songwritin n' recording. MacDizzle comments, "while [he] hit dat shiznit mo' naturally wit tha conventionally articulate McCartney, tha challenge of caterin ta Lennonz intuitizzle approach generally spurred his ass ta his crazy-ass mo' original gangsta arrangements, of which 'Bein fo' tha Benefit of Mista Muthafuckin Kite biaatch!' be a outstandin example." Martin holla'd of tha two composers' distinct songwritin stylez n' his stabilisin influence:

Compared wit Paulz joints, all of which seemed ta keep up in some sort of bust a nut on wit reality, Johnz had a psychedelic, almost mystical quality ... Johnz imagery is one of tha dopest thangs bout his work �" 'tangerine trees', 'marmalade skies', 'cellophane flowers' ... I always saw his ass as a aural Salvador Dalí, rather than some sticky-icky-icky-ridden record artist. On tha other hand, I would be wack ta pretend dat sticky-icky-ickys didn't figure like heavily up in tha Beatles' lives at dat time ... they knew dat I, up in mah schoolmasterly role, didn't approve ... Not only was I not tha fuck into it mah dirty ass, I couldn't peep tha need fo' it; n' there be a no diggity that, if I too had been on dope, Pepper would never done been tha mixtape it was. Perhaps dat shiznit was tha combination of dope n' no dope dat worked, whoz ass knows?

Harrison echoed Martinz description of his stabilisin role: "I be thinkin our laid-back asses just grew all up in dem muthafuckin years together, his ass as tha straight playa n' our asses as tha loonies; but da thug was always there fo' our asses ta interpret our madnizz �" we used ta be slightly avant-garde on certain minutez of tha week, n' da thug would be there as tha anchor person, ta rap dat all up in tha engineers n' on ta tha tape."

In tha studio

Makin innovatizzle use of technologizzle while expandin tha possibilitizzlez of recorded beatz, tha Beatlez urged experimentation by Martin n' his bangin recordin engineers. Right back up in yo muthafuckin ass. Seekin ways ta put chizzle occurrences ta creatizzle use, accidental boombox feedback, a resonatin glass bottle, a tape loaded tha wack way round so dat it played backwardz �" any of these might be incorporated tha fuck into they music. Their desire ta create freshly smoked up soundz on every last muthafuckin freshly smoked up recording, combined wit Martinz arrangin abilitizzles n' tha basement expertise of EMI staff engineers Norman Smizzle, Ken Hoodsend n' Geoff Emerick, all contributed hella ta they recordz from Rubber Soul and, especially, Revolver onwards.

Along wit innovatizzle basement steez like fuckin sound effects, unconventionizzle microphone placements, tape loops, double tracking n' vari-speed recording, tha Beatlez augmented they joints wit instruments dat was unconventionizzle up in rock noize all up in tha time. These included strang n' brass ensemblez as well as Indian instruments like fuckin tha sitar up in "Norwegian Wood" n' tha swarmandal up in "Strawberry Fieldz Forever". They also used novel electronic instruments like fuckin tha Mellotron, wit which McCartney supplied tha flute voices on tha "Strawberry Fieldz Forever" intro, n' tha clavioline, a electronic keyboard dat pimped tha unusual oboe-like sound on "Baby, Yo ass be a Rich Man".

Legacy

Forma Rollin Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared tha Beatlez ta Picasso, as "artists whoz ass broke all up in tha constraintz of they time period ta come up wit suttin' dat was unique n' original ... [I]n tha form of ghettofab beatz, no one will eva be mo' revolutionary, mo' creatizzle n' mo' distinctizzle ..."[347] Da British poet Philip Larkin busted lyrics bout they work as "an enchantin n' intoxicatin hybrid of Negro rock-and-roll wit they own adolescent romanticism", n' "the first advizzle up in ghettofab noize since tha War".[408]

They not only sparked tha British Invasion of tha US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. From tha 1920s, tha US had dominated ghettofab entertainment culture all up in much of tha ghetto, via Hollywood films, jazz, tha noize of Broadway n' Tin Pan Alley and, later, tha rock n' roll dat first emerged up in Memphis, Tennessee. Da Beatlez is regarded as British cultural icons, wit lil' adults from abroad namin tha crew among a crew of playas whom they most associated wit UK culture.[411][412]

Their musical innovations n' commercial success inspired musical muthafuckas ghettowide. Many artists have bigged up tha Beatles' influence n' enjoyed chart success wit coverz of they joints.[413] On radio, they arrival marked tha beginnin of a freshly smoked up era; up in 1968 tha programme director of New Yorkz WABC radio station forbade his DJs from playin any "pre-Beatles" beatz, markin tha definin line of what tha fuck would be considered oldies on Gangsta radio. They helped ta redefine tha mixtape as suttin' mo' than just all dem hits padded up wit "filler", n' they was primary innovatorz of tha modern noize vizzle. Da Shea Stadium show wit which they opened they 1965 Uptown Gangsta tour attracted a estimated 55,600 people, then tha phattest crew up in gangbang history; Spitz raps bout tha event as a "major breakthrough ... a giant step toward reshapin tha gangbang bidnizz". Emulation of they threadz n' especially they afros, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion.

Accordin ta Gould, tha Beatlez chizzled tha way playas listened ta ghettofab noize n' experienced its role up in they lives. From what tha fuck fuckin started as tha Beatlemania fad, tha groupz popularitizzle grew tha fuck into what tha fuck was peeped as a embodiment of sociocultural movementz of tha decade fo' realz. As iconz of tha 1960s counterculture, Gould continues, they became a cold-ass lil catalyst fo' bohemianism n' activizzle up in various hood n' ballistical arenas, fuellin movements like fuckin womenz liberation, gay liberation n' environmentalism. Accordin ta Peta Lavezzoli, afta tha "more ghettofab than Jizzy" controversy up in 1966, tha Beatlez felt considerable heat ta say tha right thangs n' "fuckin started a cold-ass lil concerted effort ta spread a message of wisdom n' higher consciousness".

Other commentators like fuckin Mikal Gilmore n' Todd Leopold have traced tha inception of they socio-cultural impact earlier, interpretin even tha Beatlemania period, particularly on they first visit ta tha US, as a key moment up in tha pimpment of generationizzle awareness.[98][419] Referrin ta they appearizzle on the Ed Sullivan Show Leopold states: "In nuff ways, tha Sullivan appearizzle marked tha beginnin of a cold-ass lil cultural revolution ... Da Beatlez was like aliens dropped tha fuck into tha United Hoodz of 1964."[419] Accordin ta Gilmore:

Lizzy Presley had shown our asses how tha fuck rebellion could be fashioned tha fuck into eye-openin style; tha Beatlez was showin our asses how tha fuck steez could have tha impact of cultural revelation �" or at least how tha fuck a pop vision might be forged tha fuck into a unimpeachable consensus.[98]

Established up in 2009, Global Beatlez Day be a annual holidizzle on 25 June each year dat honours n' celebrates tha idealz of tha Beatles.[420] Da date was chosen ta commemorate tha date tha crew participated up in tha BBC programme Our World up in 1967, struttin "All Yo ass Need Is Love" broadcast ta a internationistic crew.[421]

Awardz n' achievements

In 1965, Biatch Elizabeth Pt II appointed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison n' Starr Memberz of tha Order of tha British Empire (MBE). Da Beatlez won tha 1971 Academy Award fo' Best Original Gangsta Song Score fo' tha film Let It Be (1970). Da recipientz of seven Grammy Awards[422] n' fifteen Ivor Novello Awards, tha Beatlez have six Diamond mixtapes, as well as 20 Multi-Platinum mixtapes, 16 Platinum mixtapes n' six Gold mixtapes up in tha US.[305] In tha UK, tha Beatlez have four Multi-Platinum mixtapes, four Platinum mixtapes, eight Gold mixtapes n' one Silver mixtape.[306] They was inducted tha fuck into tha Rock n' Roll Hall of Hype up in 1988.[323]

Da best-pimpin band up in history, tha Beatlez have sold mo' than 600 mazillion units az of 2012 .[424][nb 10] They have had mo' number-one mixtapes on tha UK charts, fifteen,[426] n' sold mo' singlez up in tha UK, 21.9 million, than any other act.[427] In 2004, Rollin Stone ranked tha Beatlez as da most thugged-out dope n' influential rock noize artistz of tha last 50 years.[428] They ranked number one on Bizzleboard magazinez list of tha all-time most successful Hot 100 artists, busted out up in 2008 ta big-up tha US singlez chartz 50th anniversary.[429] Az of 2017 , they hold tha record fo' most number-one hits on tha Bizzleboard Hot 100, wit twenty.[430] Da Recordin Industry Association of Tha Ghetto certifies dat tha Beatlez have sold 183 mazillion units up in tha US, mo' than any other artist.[431] They was collectively included up in Time magazinez compilation of tha 20th centuryz 100 most influential people.[432] In 2014, they received tha Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[433]

On 16 January each year, beginnin up in 2001, playas big-up Ghetto Beatlez Dizzle under UNESCO. This date has direct relation ta tha openin of Da Cavern Joint up in 1957.[434][435]

Five asteroids, 4147 Lennon, 4148 McCartney, 4149 Harrison, 4150 Starr n' 8749 Beatlez is named afta tha Beatles. In 2007, tha Beatlez became tha straight-up original gangsta crew ta feature on a seriez of UK postage stamps issued by tha Royal Mail.[436]

Personnel

Discography

Da Beatlez gotz a cold-ass lil core catalogue consistin of 13 basement mixtapes n' one compilation.

Core catalogue

See also

Song catalogue

Through 1969, tha Beatles' catalogue was published almost exclusively by Uptown Joints Ltd, a cold-ass lil company formed up in February 1963 by noize publisher Dick James specifically fo' Lennon n' McCartney, though it lata acquired joints by other artists, n' you can put dat on yo' toast. Da company was organised wit Jizzy n' his thugged-out lil' partner, Emmanuel Silver, ownin a cold-ass lil controllin interest, variously busted lyrics bout as 51% or 50% plus one share. McCartney had 20%. Reports again n' again n' again vary concernin Lennonz portion �" 19 or 20% �" n' Brian Epsteinz �" 9 or 10% �" which he received up in lieu of a 25% crew pimpment fee. In 1965, tha company went public. Five mazillion shares was pimped, of which tha original gangsta principals retained 3.75 million. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Jizzy n' Silver each received 937,500 shares (18.75% of 5 million); Lennon n' McCartney each received 750,000 shares (15%); n' Epsteinz pimpment company, NEMS Enterprises, received 375,000 shares (7.5%). Of tha 1.25 mazillion shares put up fo' sale, Harrison n' Starr each acquired 40,000. At tha time of tha stock offering, Lennon n' McCartney renewed they three-year publishin contracts, bindin dem ta Uptown Joints until 1973.

Harrison pimped Harrisongs ta represent his Beatlez compositions yo, but signed a three-y