Too soon. RIP.

Beasties my favorite of all time rap group. RIP Adam. So sad. Time to throw on some Paul's Boutique and sport my Beaties tee tonight.

This is really upsetting. I'm going to my car at lunch and listen to "Check Your Head," and weep. The Beastie Boys (along with De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers etc.) were part of my childhood, my sweet skateboarding days.

I was always more a fan of the Beasties' politics than their music. Only in their later years did I really dig the audacity of their sound and feel they were showing off real talent.

Still, I recognize they were important ambassadors of hip hop at a critical formative period. Big ups to MCA. May he rest in peace.

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Were Beasties ever on Soul Train

The good die young. RIP

scriptgirl said:

scriptgirl said:

Were Beasties ever on Soul Train

They were on there twice as far as I know. Bounce has shown the episode with the first appearance several times.

MickyDolenz said:

scriptgirl said:

Were Beasties ever on Soul Train

They were on there twice as far as I know. Bounce has shown the episode with the first appearance several times.

Damn! that 3rd video was fresh! i think i may rip that performance to my ipod. Love it!

oh no...

rip

Is it weird to me or anyone else that Don is genuinely delighted and tickled by the Beasties, when he was not as indulgent with other rap acts, like Kurtis Blow. What's the deal with that?

So very very sad....only 47 wayyyy too young!

RIP Adam

Not only great rappers but incredible musicians...

One of the GREATs.

Too bad i gotta say that now.

-R I P Nathaniel Hörnblowér-

No! This is sad. I was a huge fan of Beasties. I got to see them live on their License to Ill tour.

OMG! I wasn't even aware he was so sick in the first place. Thsi is really awful They even had an album come out last year. It seems all my music icons are dying right before my eyes.

RIP MCA. You will be sorely missed.

R.I.P

Will be pulling out License To Ill this weekend.

R I P Adam… I’m devastated. Praying for Adam Yauch’s family from the legendary Beastie Boys. Youll be missed! ~ Rev Run

Salute to the OG. ~ Bun B

A VERY SPECIAL R.I.P. TO ADAM YAUCH FROM THE BEASTIE BOYS MY BROTHER YOU ARE GONNA BE TRULY MISSED MY HEART IS HEAVY… ~ Biz Markie

Such sad news about Beastie Boy Adam Yauch. A fellow Buddhist and part of hip hop history!! R.I.P! ~ Boy George

RIP Adam (MCA) of The Beastie Boys. This is happening wayy too much. ~ DJ Jazzy Jeff

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Boy George is a Buddhist?

Awww sooo sad... this is so shocking R.I.P. Adam

"Born and bred in Brooklyn in the USA...they call me Adam Yauch but I'm MCA..."

For some reason, that line from "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" always got me fired up.

RIP

One of the craziest concerts I attended was a Beasties gig at Lollapolooza back in the 90s. They were performing both their Rap & HC/punk songs and unfortunately, I got pushed into the mosh pit. I think I lost one of my Chuck Taylors that day RIP MCA.

To the homies...



...So What'cha Want & No Sleep Till Brooklyn




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In 1986, the Beastie Boys set out on the Raising Hell Tour with LL Cool J, Whodini and Run-DMC, and the chemistry between the groups was instantaneous. Adam Yauch, one-third of ...ties, died Friday (May 4) after a three-year battle with cancer, and both Rev Run and DMC reached out to MTV News to share their personal memories of Yauch and the Beastie Boys from the days they spent together, early in their respective careers.

Reverend Run
Developing a Bond: "When I first met [the Beastie Boys], they came to the [Def Jam] office and they were really good rappers, but more than that, they were funny. They were not only friendly, but they were just so funny, it was amazing. Their rhymes were funny and they were funny, so out of everything I can think of, everything with them was fun and humorous, and that was what attracted me to them. One time, on tour, I actually abandoned my bus because I was so intrigued and was so friendly with them that I went and hung on their bus for a night, so that was really cool. I'd never tried anything like that before, so it was kinda crazy, but I wanted to be with them, so I was like, 'Y'all got an extra bunk?' I left my bus and I went and hung on their bus. It was the funnest thing in the word, if 'funnest' is a word."

Their Effect on Hip-Hop: "I think they were blowing people's minds. I was out on tour right before I met them, and when they came along, it was just amazing. I ended up actually writing songs with them, like 'Paul Revere.' And then they took one of our songs 'Slow and Low' — we left a tape in the studio and they did it over — so I was really kinda involved with them in a little bit of production, along with Rick Rubin. They actually picked up Dr. Dre as a DJ for a while, which was really cool. So they had Dre DJing, and in my mind, they were just so dope on the mic — especially Adam Yauch. He had a really incredible style of rhyme, and I was like, 'This dude is amazing.' Just like everybody else that ended up falling in love with them, that's what was happening to me — I was like, 'Wow, these white kids could rap.' And Adam Yauch has this special type of rasp in his voice that made him incredible to me, so he stood out as a real vintage type of incredible MC. It was intriguing to see white guys rapping like that, being so cool, plus sticking to their roots, so they were true to themselves."

Fondest Memory: "Them taking the Mercedes-Benz emblems [and wearing them around their necks] or hearing that kids were taking the Mercedes-Benz emblems off of cars. I remember getting to London and the press was so scared of what might happen, because the Beastie Boys were there. It was a phenomenon when I got overseas, to hear what the press was thinking about what the Beastie Boys might do. All of that stuff was just really shocking to me. The press loved Run-DMC, but it was a different type of thing that they thought the Beastie Boys were gonna bring to town with them."

Recent Memories: "A couple years ago, me and a couple of people that were working on filming 'Run's House' on MTV went to their show in Brooklyn, and I came out on onstage and waved to the audience right before 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn.' I did so much with them over the years that I just want to keep the love alive. My tribute to them is just to tell them that I love them and what they did for hip-hop culture is legendary."

DMC
Developing a Bond: "It was instant. Right away, they drank Budweiser and we drank 40 ounces of Olde English. We wore gold chains and Cadillac emblems, and they took the emblems right off Volkswagens and put them on their necks. The thing that worked with us was it was the same feeling but different expression. Their sneakers could be dirty and muddy and they could've had them since fifth grade, and our sneakers had to be clean, but we both rocked the music, the presentation. The personality was expressed from the same heart, with the same heart and feeling. We lived together, we toured the world together, we played together, we got drunk together, we laughed together, we cried together. You know what was good about them? It wasn't an act. It wasn't white rappers trying to be black — they were themselves, and we respected that. Real recognized real. At times you thought you were in a movie, but it wasn't like they were just doing it to just to do it. It's really them: energetic, exciting, spontaneous and very creative too."

Their Effect on Hip-Hop: "The Beastie Boys are one of the greatest groups, and I'm not just talking hip-hop — the Beastie Boys are one of the greatest groups in history. You could call them the Ramones of hip-hop. Even greater than that, they were a great rock and roll band. They made it possible for Eminem, Vanilla Ice and all these other white rappers that came up to have a place to be. They made it acceptable."

Fondest Memory: "On the Together Forever Tour, we were over in Europe, and the stage got really, really wet, because they were opening cans of beer and spraying it everywhere, so the stage was like a danger zone. We were on the side of the stage watching their show, thinking, 'One of them is going to bust they ass,' and MCA slipped and flew about 20 feet up in the air, came down real hard and we thought he was dead ... but then he got up and they just kept going. It was the craziest thing ever."

Recent Memories: "I saw them constantly over the years. If I go to New York, I'll see them. If I'm in L.A., I see 'em. If I go to a Rage Against the Machine show, I see 'em. If I go to a radio show, if I go to a movie premiere, I see 'em. If I walk by the basketball courts in the Village, I see them out there playing. I would always see them. It was cool, because you would always see them doing the things that they rapped about, that they said they did, and in the places they said they did. They were always at the skateboard park. They were always in the studio. They were always at the club where some new indie band was premiering."

Lawd Have Mercy who else is gonna this this year

nursev said:

Lawd Have Mercy who else is gonna this this year

I've been fearing that all year myself though I don't know if any other celeb will hit me hard like mj or not

And RIP, 47 is young, same age as Whitney.

alphastreet said:

nursev said:

Lawd Have Mercy who else is gonna this this year

I've been fearing that all year myself though I don't know if any other celeb will hit me hard like mj or not

And RIP, 47 is young, same age as Whitney.

Gawd it's just sad now I mean it's been a rough year where death is concerned. As long as I don't hear Mr. P has gones I'm gone make it, but still so sad.