Rest In Peace Adam Nathaniel Yauch August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012
I can’t even begin to describe how influential the Beastie Boys were as a Hip-Hop band. When you look at the bands and artists who founded Def Jam like the Beasties, LL and later on Public Enemy it was clear that some kind of mythical nexus had been formed from the sounds of the South Bronx.
Words become so cheap when legends leave us. I don’t want to lessen my memories by forcing words on to this page. The Beastie Boys are everlasting punk rock funk blues Hip-Hop. They are the hombre habanero version of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are music. #RIPMCA
* BEASTIE BOYS BONUS BEATS *
Neal Brennan posted this footage from an unreleased Chappelle Show
it sucks….the amount of our hiphop brothers that we’ve lost the last 20 years is alarming
R.I.P. MCA
I’m going to be honest I never really fuxed with the Beasties but they are one of those groups that whether you fuxed with them or not you have to respect them.
Damn rap will never be the same shit is falling off an i feel old at some point we loose our heroes…..
T-Bag– you might not ever like their voices but I think you should definitely get down with “Paul’s Boutique”; along with the Bomb Squad and peak Prince Paul, it’s the peak of the era production wise. (Then came Premo and RZA… and I can honestly live without Dre then and now, his ghost beats on GRODT excepted.)
What was great about the BBs is that they were a BAND who knew their limits and sought to expand them while not being conspicuous assholes along the way. That they weren’t even great musicians but still made good records (“Check Your Head,” that later instrumental album) is testament to fortitude and taste and knowing how to put a TEAM together.
Also, while it was a different time, the BBs musical integrity is un-fuck-withable; you can say they could take that stance because of their early success but how many others in all genres end up fucking up?
Compare that to 2012 when even a rapper you might like when you first notice them wears their shit out with a jillion lame ‘freestyle’ and mixape verses. Yes, I’m even thinking of certain DP faves but that’s how it fucking goes– if the BBs (or PE or Wu) had to vomit up a a song week or even a month would they ever have attained such artistic heights?
I’d say another DP fave, the Roots, come closest to that approach though I have myself found certain of their albums disappointing.
Q: does anyone remember the BB sponsored “Grand Royal” magazine? I used to buy it and remember some funny/good basketball content but can’t remember the details.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Chris Isenberg from No Mas wrote the Grand Royal articles on sports
http://www.asilentflute.com/blog/2006/04/frankly-folks.html
R.I.P. MCA, True Legend
I wonder if the group will continue to make music without him?