Beastie Boys (Official Thread)

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Genre - Hip Hop
Formed - 1981
Albums - 8

Members
Current members
Michael "Mike D" Diamond – vocals, drums (1981–present)
Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz – vocals, guitars (1982–present)

Current touring members
Money Mark (Mark Ramos-Nishita) – keyboards, vocals (1992–present)
Alfredo Ortiz – drums, percussion (1996–present)
Mix Master Mike (Michael Schwartz) – disc jockey (1998–present)

Former Members
John Berry – guitars (1981–1982)
Kate Schellenbach – drums, percussion (1981–1984)
Adam "MCA" Yauch – vocals, bass (1981–2012, deceased)

Discography
Licensed to Ill (1986)
Paul's Boutique (1989)
Check Your Head (1992)
Ill Communication (1994)
Hello Nasty (1998)
To the 5 Boroughs (2004)
The Mix-Up (2007)
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011)

Some songs from their catalogue.
Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament


No Sleep Till Brooklyn


Shake Your Rump


Having broadened my horizons I wanted to check out this group by my sister's recommendation. I ended up buying Licence To Ill and Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. I love this group now, really does suck that MCA is dead now. :(
 
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Man I've been wanting to start a thread on these guys!!! Nice to see one. Yeah, Beastie fan here man!!

Sorry LG I know you don't care for rap all too much, but I dig me some Beasties for sure!!!

R. I. P. MCA :uh:

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I've been wondering why there wasn't a thread for these guys.

I'll be obvious but here's a song I never tire of, and one of the best music videos ever IMO.

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Giving Licence to Ill another listen. Love Rhymin' & Stealin'.

Rhymin' & Stealin'
 

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This one samples a tiny bit from Led Zeppelin's "The Ocean". :grinthumb

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Funny to mention that one, they mentioned Jimmy Page in the song before it The New Style. lol
 

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Almost posted that Rhymin' & Stealin' clip!! That's from a GREAT home video that I WISH they would do a first time DVD of...PRONTO!!

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Glad to see this thread kicking off. Wasn't sure how many fans of the group there would be. lol
 

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