Before Glen E. Friedman became the defining photographer of hip-hop's early years, he thought the Beastie Boys weren't worth his time.
Glen E. Friedman didn't think the Beastie Boys deserved to be photographed. He'd already produced the most successful punk record of the '80s, had quit managing Suicidal Tendencies, and when the Beastie Boys rolled into LA, he still saw them as a punk band — and not a very good one. Then they crossed over into hip-hop. Everything changed.
In this conversation, Friedman breaks down how that relationship actually worked — why he refused to follow their instincts on set, how being established before they were gave him leverage most of their collaborators never had, and what it took to pull a feeling out of Adam Yauch for the Check Your Head cover rather than just an idea.
This is a rare look at the creative friction behind some of the most iconic images in hip-hop history.
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