
I've been a fan of the Beastie Boys as long as I've known about hip hop, being that they were the first well known white emcees to make any sort of name for themselves, I could always feel where they were coming from. Although first seen as a joke, they never lost their drive, integrity and dedication to the scene and always pushed the envelope with new elements of sound - a continual progression, not only as artists, but also people. Yes, they started with a somewhat chauvinistic approach in their raps, but they later grew more and more [...]