Video: Beastie Boys - A Year and a Day (Live in Miami 1992)

As the one-time mayor of New York City, Abe Beame would like everyone to take a moment of silence. As a kid, Paul’s Boutique was my favorite record to zone out to. Even more so than the Wu-Tang Multiverse, B.I.G. or Nas and Jay’s debuts, it's an ALBUM in the classic sense. It remains one of the most unique and distinct experiences  in the canon. And of all its fun and innovative moments, my favorite was always “Year and a Day,” the MCA showcase mid-way through “B-Boy Bouillabaisse” - the incredible 9 song suite [...]

Today, we lost the great MCA , at the way-too-young age of 47. We knew he'd been fighting cancer for years, but this is still the sort of news that wrenches you around and leaves you dizzy. It's nearly impossible to capture or quantify the sort of impact that Yauch and the Beasties had on music and pop culture over the last few decades. But we decided to do something else here: Celebrating the man's career by picking 20 great, isolated moments from his professional life. There's nothing definitive about this list, and we're surely missing some big ones, [...]