The song was released digitally toiTunes andAmazon, as well as on 12" vinyl, on July 21, 2009, about two years prior to the release of the album. The version featured onHot Sauce Committee Part Two is an alternate version, known as the "New Reactionaries" version.
The four-and-a-half-minute video for "Too Many Rappers" was directed byRoman Coppola but, for undisclosed reasons, never got an official premiere. The clip intercuts seemingly raw footage ofAd-Rock,Mike D,MCA andNas rolling through various vignettes—Nashville'sCentennial Park, a bridge, a store—with live and studio footage.
In January 2015, a contributor to the BeastieBoys.com message board discovered and posted the clip, which had been hosted on the website of film editor Neal Usatin. News of the discovery made headlines internationally; the Beastie Boys' officialYouTube account would begin to host the videoclip a short time later.[2][3][4]
