There's so much greatness cut short in this clip. To honor MCA following his death on Friday, Chappelle Show co-creator Neal Brennan uploaded this clip from the unaired third season of the seminal comedy show. In it Dave jumps in on a performance of the Beastie Boys' classic "The New Style" on a boat in [...]
Beastie Boys filmed an unreleased musical performance of "The New Style" for the aborted 3rd season of "Chappelle's Show" in late fall 2004. It was on a boat in the East River, NYC. R.I.P. Adam "MCA" Yauch!!!
Punk-angst with some of the best structured songs to come out of the 80's, Licensed To Ill is what happens when you take a visionary like Rick Rubin (hate him or love him, the man is still a genius) and put him in a room with three kids out of New York who were hungry, talented, and ready to make an artistic change.
Beastie Boys was always a tricky act for me to follow. On one hand, Licensed to Ill (1986) defined my later high-school experience. It was a massive, band-breaking album, but for Beastie Boys, not quite definitive. Musically, it's primitive, a time-capsule effort that's representative of its era but hardly representative of Beastie Boys. It barely hinted at the sophisticated direction the trio would take with its follow-up, Paul's Boutique (1989), which, more than anything, set the dominant tone of the Brooklynites' discography. Beastie Boys was the first white rap act to go platinum, [...]
“ It feels good to play a little music / Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it ” Adam Yauch - "Root Down" Beastie Boys - "I Don't Know" Adam Yauch who lost his three year battle with Salivary Gland cancer on Friday (4th May) certainly crammed a lot of life into his all too short 47 years. A Buddist, Tibet freedom campaigner and concert organiser, film distributor, director, magazine [...]
As Hip-Hop comes to terms with the passing of MCA, pioneers from the group's past have started sharing their experiences with Yauch and the trio. LL Cool J and Lyor [...]
There's so much greatness cut short in this clip. To honor MCA following his death on Friday, Chappelle Show co-creator Neal Brennan uploaded this clip from the unaired third season of the seminal comedy show. In it Dave jumps in on a performance of the Beastie Boys' classic "The New Style" on a boat in [...]
As you'll no doubt have heard by now, on Friday 04 May 2012, Adam Yauch - aka MCA - from the Beastie Boys , died after losing his battle against cancer of the parotid salivary gland . He was just 47 years old. To mark this sad occasion, for this week's Sunday Spotify Slaylist we're looking back at the Beastie Boys' early, pre-hip hop punk rock material. While it's true that the Beastie Boys didn't find mainstream success until their game-changing Licensed To Ill , the band never forgot their punk [...]
If you don’t connect with the Beastie Boy’s albums, you fall under one of two categories: 1. You are one of those people who proclaims loudly that you are in search of “high art,” while secretly you crank the volume when “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” comes on the radio. 2. You have no sense of rhythm whatsoever and words such as “inappropriate” escape your mouth on a regular basis. The Beastie’s music doesn’t need to sacrifice fun to make art and doesn’t need to sacrifice art to make fun. Now that this seemingly lighthearted, simple notion comes [...]
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As we all know by now, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys passed away yesterday at the age of 47. I'm working on a piece for next week, but I wanted to share this video that features the group's entire set from a 1999 concert in Glasgow. Enjoy. R.I.P. MCA.
As someone who grew up with the Beastie Boys constantly playing on MTV, the group was one of few who left an indelible mark on my listening habits over the years. Growing up in Kentucky where the genre of choice was largely country music, the Beastie Boys essentially served as my transition in to real hip-hop. Ad Rock was the wild, party guy and Mike D always seemed like the more intelligent, laid-back member of the group, but MCA was just cool. He was always so confident in himself, giving off this energy that he was who he was and [...]
You know those really crappy days when a piece of new just hits you hard in the bottom of your stomach, and you can only say "Fuck", and just tune out the rest of the world to deal with it? Today is one of those days. Adam Yauch , better known as MCA from the Beastie Boys , has passed away after losing the battle with cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2009. Fuck. This is one of those celebrity deaths that really hits close [...]
Sloane Alabaster has sent us over a posthumous tribute in respect to Beastie Boys’ MCA who passed away yesterday. It’s a track he was working on for several years.. and is only until now, that unfortunately, he’s decided to re-tweak it and resurface it. For all the decades of joy and work that the Beastie Boys as a bunch of three individuals have created.. Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch : R.I.P. SLOANE ALABASTER - Intergalacticus
Sloane Alabaster has sent us over a posthumous tribute in respect to Beastie Boys’ MCA who passed away yesterday. It’s a track he was working on for several years.. and is only until now, that unfortunately, he’s decided to re-tweak it and resurface it. For ... Continue reading
My Soundcloud picks of the week w/2:54, 123MRK, Tropic of Cancer, Fear of Men, Kimbra & George Fitzgerald, Fabian Dalzin & of course Beastie Boys. #RIPMCA Beastie Boys Crazy Ass Shit 2:54 Creeping Tropic of Cancer The One Left Kimbra Build Up (George Fitzgerald Remix) Fear of Men Green Sea Fabian Dalzin [...]
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In 2004, just a day after George W. Bush won re-election, the Beastie Boys hit Chicago alongside Talib Kweli in support of their '04 Hip Hop album, To The 5 Boroughs . At the time, I was 22 and teaching 2nd grade in Englewood on the southside of Chicago. I was also working at SoundSlam.com, where I would be able to ditch my teacher's uniform and interview artists like Common, Lupe Fiasco, Wyclef, Busta Rhymes, I even got to interview Tony Yayo (definitely a highlight). Since I started writing though, shit since I started listening to music, my goal [...]
Hoje o mundo amanheceu sem a menor vontade de lutar por seu direito de festejar. Adam Yauch , mais conhecido como MCA , parte do trio irreverente de hip-hop Beastie Boys , morreu ontem, vítima de câncer. A primeira homenagem, na forma de cover, a MCA já chegou, com menos de 24 horas. O músico, compositor, diretor e ativista foi homenageado por outro homem de grandes causas: Chris Martin e seu Coldplay . O Coldplay fez uma versão surpreendentemente tocante da clássica Fight for your right (to party) , [...]
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