{"id":463541,"date":"2026-05-23T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463541\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:59:23","slug":"mike-d-releases-new-solo-single-what-we-got-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/463541\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike D Releases New Solo Single “What We Got”: Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike D<\/a> has dropped a new track, \u201cWhat We Got,\u201d the second release in May, and one that coincides with rare live shows in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

With \u201cWhat We Got,\u201d what we get is hardcore and saturated hip-hop that has the guitar, bass and boom-bap meters in the red while Mike D rhymes with his brash swagger through some slap-back echo. The song swerves into an emotional and dreamy coda.<\/p>\n

The single follows \u201cSwitch Up,\u201d<\/a> unveiled May 8th, which broke a 15-year new music drought from members of The Beastie Boys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Like \u201cSwitch Up,\u201d the latest song was spawned from a series of experimental sessions with Mike D, his sons, Davis and Skyler Diamond of the band Very Nice Person<\/a>, as well as musicians Jason Lader, Benjamin Pacheco, Kevin Rhomberg, Carter Lang, and Tyran Donaldson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat We Got\u201d was produced by Lang and Donaldson and mixed at NoName Studios by Derek \u201cMixedByAli\u201d Ali, who has worked with Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hussle, and Childish Gambino.<\/p>\n

The new song\u2019s release comes the same day as a sold out show in Brooklyn at Xanadu Roller Arts<\/a>, according to a press release. A second show at the same location is also sold out.<\/p>\n

The 60-year-old rapper, born Michael Diamond, hasn\u2019t toured as a Beastie Boy since the death of his bandmate Adam \u201cMCA\u201d Yauch in 2012<\/a>. Mike D and fellow Beastie Boy, Adam \u201cAd-Rock\u201d Horovitz, retired the group<\/a> after Yauch\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Mike D has been more outgoing as of late. He performed two shows in California in early May and a string of unexpected performances, such as ones at Malibu\u2019s Brothers Marshall Surf Shop and The Ojai Valley Women\u2019s Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n