The Beasties were exactly what I hoped they’d be.

While the boys sounded good on their insturments, playing a handful of instrumentals from their latest album The Mix Up, they were in their element when all three had nothing but a mic in their hands, trading lines from their classic raps.

Playing big hits like “Intergalactic,” “Ch-Check it Out” “Rhymin and Stealin,” “Sure Shot,” “Body Movin” and “Three MC’s and One DJ” before finishing off their two-hour set with a rambunctious encore of “Sabotage.”

Their career-spanning set was defintely the musical highlight of the festival thus far, but we do have R.E.M coming up in a few hours.

Picture courtesy of: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com.