RIP Adam Yauch/MCA of the Beastie Boys

it was on the front page of cnn.com over the weekend.

front page of NYT too

http://www.reviler.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/adam-yauch-cat-e1336422253103.jpg

Made the front page of the NYTimes (below the fold). (oops, xp)

Didn't catch the network news that night, but there was about a 2-minute piece on the CBS morning show on Saturday (and it totally sucked; only clip was FFYRTP, completely omitted Yauch's Buddhism/work for Tibet, and ended with some bullshit tagline like "this 'bad boy' will be missed").

My mum knew about it, so there must've been some coverage.

didn't see it on network news fri or sat. - guess i missed it. Currently, cnn.com home page has only a mention of "artists pay tribute" as the fifth item under the "entertainment" listing

well that's what happens when you die on a Friday

That's crazy, they had a good segment on NPR and I've seen a lot of coverage.

The Washington Times article lives up to the newspaper's batshit insane rep

I saw a couple quick things on local news and Diane Sawyer.

I checked MTV and VH1 a few times and saw nothing more than a 60-second MTV News thing with Sway interrupting an episode of Ridiculousness.

i'm sure VH1 wanted to run something but Jim Shearer hasn't been able to stop weeping long enough to get in front of a camera

Theres like 9 MTV/VH1 channels now, you'd figure at least one of them could've played some B-Boy retrospectives..

I watched the whole music video collection w/the band commentary turned on to start my day yesterday.

i remember watching this when it aired

(@2:39)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB-ya6gBI4w

Billy Corgan
Although I did not know Adam well, I respected him as a spiritual warrior who fought strongly for peace in this world. And whether he ever knew it or not, he had a lot to do with my own spiritual awakening. He led with his heart, and in the conversations we had that's what stands out most; that he was real to his core.

We can only hope that MCA made Billy a better person

that noise is MCA's corpse groaning

I wonder what AdRock and Mike D will make of all the people coming out of the woodwork to say 'a few words'

Probably be nice, not say too much, and go on being pretty chill guys

That MTV compilation vid IT'S SO GOOD

history as it happened

lots of coverage here; on Friday it was the second lead story on the main BBC site for hours.

i certainly can't think of any other musician that i've heard memorialized extensively on the local rock and hip-hop stations

"sometimes overrated as a live act" loool Loder you tool

re MTV compilation clip.

Wasn't Loder the one who said something about drugs/nicotine when William burroughs passed at a ripe old age?

wow @ that video

Was this posted? If not...it's one of my fave tv performances
So Whatcha Want on Arsenio with Cypress Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kX_49MTrJo

This Live at PJ's on Letterman is great too, love the way the Late Night Band just totally slots in with that groove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKNZtRaKLbM

I don't care if we keep posting the same vids over and over

moral panic in australia, the tube 1987

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bY8UhsYnw

yeah, that MTV Music Awards comp. is an awesome watch.

http://boingboing.net/2012/05/08/rip-mca-supercut-of-adam-yau.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

er
http://www.youtube.com/embed/at5TbukcBDY

goddammit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at5TbukcBDY&feature=player_embedded

fuck

that's cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMijdWjWyts

idk if this already got posted but hot damn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1iGa96GYM&feature=related

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tdn0JXz21qz6f9yo1_500.jpg

hahaha

<a href="http://gawker.com/5908629/requiem-for-a-white-mc";>Slightly bizarre/distateful memoir of a 'beef' by a dude whose place in history seems not so certain as MCA's</a>

eh, i dunno, that's a pretty good piece.

lol figured that was 3rd Bass before I even clicked on it

beef always seemed really one-sided to me, 3rd Bass defensively attacking their peers to make a name for themselves.

never understood how the Professor Booty verses were determined to be directed at 3rd Bass - did the Beasties say that in an interview somewhere or something? cuz the disses are pretty generic

It's kind of a shame that I've seen the Beastie Boys be awesome two or three times, but the last time I saw them, at Stubbs in Austin playing a "surprise" SXSW gig, they were slop-city.

Twere great both times I saw them. Once on IC tour at Brixton and earlier at Town & Country Club where they were co-headlining with Henry Rollins. Beasties played first so they were done by 9pm allowing me to get home nice and early which I appreciated. I'm not v rock n roll.

I dunno, I found that pete nice piece kind of touching in its honesty.

In reality, and despite whatever the Voice cover said, the Beasties had already broken the perceived "street barrier" for white artists performing in a black medium: their 12-inch single off of Licensed in 1986, "Hold it Now, Hit It," had done the job. The record got major play on KISS-FM and WBLS with tons of spins by Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Mr. Magic, and Marley Marl. For any MC at that time, white or black, recognition like that on the Friday or Saturday mix-shows was the epitome of success.

^ 100% OTM. I knew the beasties from the "she's on it" single and it was cool but also kind of a joke, but when "hold it now hit it" dropped, that was a real rap song and everybody recognized it and it remains to this day my fave beastie jam.

i'm relieved to hear that MCA was black enough for prime minister pete nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1rvUMO24eI

3rd Bass always struck me as chumpy in much the same way as Vanilla Ice...white dudes trying to be black rappers instead of just rappers. I think that's why Eminem broke through, because you don't ever mistake that guy for being a black rapper. He's just a rapper.

^^^

the first 3rd Bass album is a classic IMO, so much great prince paul, sam sever, simulated dummies production and they were really good rappers, one of my favorites of that era

that article felt sort of uncharitable and weirdly self-obsessed.

however, a couple nice pieces of trivia, which i'm always thankful for:

1) professor x was 3rd bass's manager! amazing!

2) DMX was Just Ice's beatboxer!!!! crazy