Mo’ Beats
Maladroit/Make Believe Demo
YouTube
2002

One of my favorite Weezer demos ever to see the light of day, Mo’ Beats samples the Beastie Boys “No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn.” Now, don’t get me wrong… it’s one of my favorites, but it’s a joke of a song. I can imagine Rivers getting bored in the studio after the work put into Green and Maladroit, just going nutty, and thinking of ridiculous words to a song he just happened to hear on some modern rock station or something. The song was released on Weezer’s website, along with many other demos, right after Maladroit. The song is heavier than most material from the band, but it fit in with the timeline of Maladroit, which also featured some heavier rock songs.

Really, the first 45 seconds are all you need on this song, and afterwards it just goes downhill. But, the first 45 seconds are awesome. The opening includes the line…

I got mo’ beats than y’all
Keep Fishin’ still seems small
Is that the best that all of you can do?

Wonder if Rivers actually likes Keep Fishin’? I know audiences didn’t. Anyway, Mo’ Beats is another song that Weezer diehards seemed to hate when it was released, but casual audiences probably never heard it. If they did, they wouldn’t like it. So, it gets spot #94 on the top 100 list as we roll into #93 tomorrow which will feature a song off of Maladroit~!

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100. Beverly Hills
99. The Answer Man
98. Space Rock
97. Simple Pages
96. We Are All On Drugs
95. The Spider
94. Mo’ Beats