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Chris Hawkins sits in... with Mike D of Beastie Boys!

Legendary rapper and producer Mike D chats to Chris Hawkins about his debut solo single Switch Up and career with Beastie Boys.

Legendary rapper and producer Mike D chats to Chris Hawkins about his debut solo single Switch Up, as well as his illustrious career with Beastie Boys.

Plus, the weekend is basically here, so Chris is giving YOU permission to start the party early... That's right, let's Down Tools with LOADS of amazing tunes to get us going.

Fancy getting involved? Email chris.6music@bbc.co.uk.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for 麻豆社 Radio 6 Music.

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Music Played

  • The Sugarcubes

    Hit

    • One Little Indian.

  • The Strokes

    Going Shopping

    • Cult Records/RCA Records.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Gold Lion

    • Polydor.

  • Mogwai

    Glasgow Mega-Snake

    • PIAS/Matador.

  • Getdown Services

    The Radiator

    • Breakfast Records.

  • Dirty Projectors

    Overlord

    • DOMINO RECORD CO LTD.

  • Empire of the Sun

    Walking On A Dream

    • CD SINGLE.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 1.

  • Kim Gordon

    PLAY ME

    • Matador.

  • La Roux

    Cabin Fever

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • Stockholm.

  • Alabama Shakes

    American Dream

    • Island.

  • Crack Cloud

    Life on a Farm (6 Music Session, 06 May 2026)

  • Courtney Barnett

    One Thing At A Time

    • Fiction.

  • Mike D

    Switch Up

    • Capitol Records.

  • Angine de Poitrine

    Mata Zyklek

    • Angine De Potrine.

  • Cecile Campbell

    Whisper to Me

    • Feel Like Jumping: The Best of Studio One Women.
    • Studio One.
    • 5.

  • Big Thief

    Shark Smile

    • Saddle Creek Records.

  • Kurt Vile

    Chance to Bleed

    • Verve Records.

  • bed

    鑲� 锝淏o

    • Forty Miles.

  • Patti Jo

    Make Me Believe In You

    • Wand.

  • Jordan Rakei & Femi Koleoso

    It Never Ends

    • Fontana.

  • Death Cab for Cutie

    The Sound Of Settling

    • FIERCE PANDA.

  • Seb Lowe & Kate Couriel

    Mr & Mrs Human Race

    • Lab Records.

  • Chaka Khan

    Like Sugar

    • Diary/Island.

  • Honey Dijon

    Satisfied (feat. Jacob Lusk)

    • SOS.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.

  • Pulp

    Babies

    • Island.

  • Gloria Jones

    Tainted Love

    • Rude Boy Arrival.
    • TELSTAR.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA.

  • The Prodigy

    Everybody in the Place

    • Telstar.

  • Soulwax

    Perfect We Are Not

    • Deewee.

  • Tame Impala

    Apocalypse Dreams

    • MODULAR.

  • 搁翱厂础尝脥础

    Focu 'Ranni

    • Columbia.

  • LEMONSUCKR

    Stain

  • Jayda G

    Both Of Us

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Man/Woman/Chainsaw

    Nosedive

    • Fiction Records.

  • Darwin Deez

    Constellations

    • CD SINGLE.
    • LUCKY NUMBER.
    • 1.

  • The Libertines

    Don't Look Back Into the Sun

    • Rough trade records.

Broadcast

  • Last Friday 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music