We should have known this was coming, he was telling us how Ill he was for years.
All joking aside, the Beasties were about the only hip-hop group I really liked. I'm a bit younger than a lot of you, and the first real song of them I knew was Intergalactic. I remember seeing the video and thinking "WTF is up with these guys?"
Rest in peace, MCA.
berkeley this. I'm done saying, "Oh, I'll go see them the next time around." I'm gonna go see every band I wanted to.
We listened to Ill Communication for 3 months in my buddy's car. That says something.
So long, MCA.
Everyone should do themselves a favour and buy their album THE MIX UP.
If you ever had any doubt that there was genuine musicianship undernear the hip-hop veneer, this all instrumental album by them will set you straight.
The grooves laid down by Adam alone are worth price of admission.
In reply to madmallard:
Your suggestion inspired me. I haven't purchased the full album yet, but I've been streaming a few songs.
"B for My Name" kicks serious ass and is probably going to be my favorite song for the next week.
And I've decided I want "Off the Grid" to play while I walk into a nightclub in slow motion, giving nods of recognition to various people around the room.
If you're looking for other "underground" Beastie's albums check out The In Sound From Way Out. It was originally a europe only release. It's full of straight up funk jams they played themselves. You hear a lot of the songs looped on Ill Communication for rapping over. (Almost forgot that "rapping" had two p's. Kind of changed the meaning of that last sentence a bit.)
poopshovel wrote: So I'm listening to that hour long set, and I start to realize just how impotant this dude was to modern music. I was in the third grade when I heard License to Ill, and half those songs didn't even make sense to me, but I knew these dudes (and RUN DMC) were way better than the other E36 M3 on the radio. I remember seeing the video for "Hey Ladies!" and going "Oh E36 M3, the Beasties are still around, and still funny...." I remember the first time I saw the video for "So Whatcha Want" and going DAMN! These guys are not only still around, and still top-notch; they're the whole package!" And so it goes. I feel bad that I'm just now realizing what a huge impact MCA had on modern music. I cried when that E36 M3 really hit me. How many good Hip Hop "GROUPS" are still out there??? I can count them in one hand.
GREAT points.
They transcended hip-hop. They helped build the house and then they expanded on it--all while their cred kept growing.
Check Your Head absolutely blew my mind the first time I heard it. It was serious music with a bit of humor and it still sounds amazing and relevant 20 years later. Certainly a milestone in modern music.
In all honesty they really defy categorisation but if I must chose one they were the only Hip Hop band i have found to challenge my taste and prejudice.
The King is dead
Long Live the King
Xceler8x wrote: If you're looking for other "underground" Beastie's albums check out The In Sound From Way Out.
I was just going to suggest that one.
Plus infinity. I heard that on display at a Circuit City round the turn of the century. I almost snapped my damn neck to that one.
Duke wrote:Xceler8x wrote: If you're looking for other "underground" Beastie's albums check out The In Sound From Way Out.I was just going to suggest that one.
Music! The great unifier! Let's get a beer and avoid talking politics while listening to good tunes. 
BoostedBrandon wrote: We should have known this was coming, he was telling us how Ill he was for years. All joking aside, the Beasties were about the only hip-hop group I really liked. I'm a bit younger than a lot of you, and the first real song of them I knew was Intergalactic. I remember seeing the video and thinking "WTF is up with these guys?" Rest in peace, MCA.
Yeah, I still remember being like "DAMN!?! they STILL got it, even after all these years!" when Hello Nasty dropped.
This coming weekend, a buddy (another hip hop fan, especially 80s and early 90s hip hop) and I are taking a 4 hr rd trip to a bachelor party...I already know what we can spend 6 hours listening to and not get bored of...
From what Ive heard, AD Rock, and Mike D are saying that without MCA< the Beastie boys are officially retired. I think its fitting that it started and ended with MCA, and a classy move on their parts to honor him that way.
Hate on Coldplay all you want (I'm not even much of a fan--although I have massive respect for Chris Martin after his interview with Stern last year), but this was a nice, sincere, touching tribute to MCA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LVr4UP9ntLs
Saw that! Also not a Coldplay fan in the slightest, (their 'Paradise' song E36 M3s me to no end), but that cover really is a wonderful, heartfelt tribute. The whole crowd joining in was excellent, too.
Im not too big on coldplays music. I do however think that was a great tribute. I hope we see more of these types of homages from the music industry.
gamby wrote: Hate on Coldplay all you want (I'm not even much of a fan--although I have massive respect for Chris Martin after his interview with Stern last year), but this was a nice, sincere, touching tribute to MCA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LVr4UP9ntLs
I don't like Coldplay. That cover was inspired.
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