Beastie Boys - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win (Full Length) ft. Santigold

What this video is

Released July 26, 2011 as the fourth and final single from Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, the Beastie Boys' eighth studio album, this video arrives at a crossroads moment: the twilight of the physical single era, early YouTube long-form video culture, and the Beastie Boys' own final creative chapter before MCA's death in 2012. The collaboration with Santigold — a Philadelphia-born art-pop and dancehall-inflected…

Why it matters

A landmark in the long-form music video format, the full-length cut at over 11 minutes functions as a self-contained short film. It extends the Jonze–Beastie Boys visual language established in 'Sabotage' (1994) into the HD era, demonstrating that practical miniature filmmaking remained a vital…

The director

Adam Spiegel (b. Oct 22, 1969, Rockville, MD), known as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, and photographer. He rose to prominence directing music videos in the 1990s–2000s for Beastie Boys, Björk, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, and Arcade Fire,…