Love American Style EP by Beastie Boys

Love American Style is the EP that grew out of "Hey Ladies", the only single from the Beastie Boys' 1989 album Paul's Boutique to make the charts: the 12-inch and CD versions of that single went out under this name on Capitol. It catches Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch and Mike D in the Paul's Boutique era, making dense, playful music with the Dust Brothers out of sample upon sample.

"Hey Ladies" is loose, funky and hard to shake, and it pulled off a neat trick, reaching No. 10 on Billboard's Hot Rap Singles and No. 18 on Modern Rock Tracks, the first single ever to crack the top 20 of both. It also reached No. 36 on the Hot 100. Adam Bernstein directed the video, steeped in the spirit of Saturday Night Fever and the Dolemite blaxploitation films. "Shake Your Rump", another Paul's Boutique cut, rounds out the countdown picks.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.