RIP Adam Yauch/MCA of the Beastie Boys

In 3's is :D

I think the first pressing, on "gold" (yellow) vinyl, was originally mail-order only; then after the initial rush of orders, leftover stock was sold to indie or OS record shops - I bought it in-store in Australia, anyway.

No exclusive tracks - Son Of Neckbone was off the Sure Shot 12", and Drinkin' Wine was a Jimmy James/Frozen Metal head b-side - but many of the CYH/IC transplants were different mixes or edits, or vocal-less versions of tracks that originally had chanting or singing.

the video for Mullet Head is sadly instrumental, but it lets you focus on him shredding both bass and powder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1035wEsQzzA

Why did MCA have to die. Couldn't Drake or Lil' John have died instead.

kebab52 1 day ago 22

feel like we could poll the guys quoted on his wiki page

Yauch died at age 47 on May 4, 2012.[1][26] The cause of death was not immediately known.[27] Upon his death, Russell Simmons of Def Jam Records said that Yauch "was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive artist, who I loved dearly." Ben Stiller tweeted that Yauch "stood for integrity as an artist."[11] Joel Madden of Good Charlotte said of the Beastie Boys: "We wanted to dress like them, talk like them, and we wanted to make music like them."[10] Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam said that Yauch was "a crazy talent whose contributions with his band were inspirational and consistently ground breaking".[28] Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote, "We looked up to the Beastie Boys a lot when we were starting out and how they maintained artistic control making wicked records but still were on a major label, and the Tibetan Freedom Concerts they organized had a very big influence on me personally and the way Adam conducted himself and dealt with it all impressed me a lot. He was a mellow and [very] smart guy. May he rest in peace".[29] Eminem said in an interview "Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world and I think it's obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others".[30]

i do not understand your beef

youtubes are acting funny for me so apologies if this was already posted

bboys on chappelle's show, never aired

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

always dug this '92 letterman appearance, it was the moment I had to admit ok maybe this going back to playing instruments is gonna work for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Rs-I2K148

Mix-Up ≠ In Sound, frog

i know but it's only *kinda* counted for me, i see it as more of a 'side' thing like Aglio e Olio, yes it's album length, but it's not really a "Beastie Boys" album

they thought it was but hey if you ascribe to death of the author guess you won

wait, why are we arguing this

new board descrip

we're arguing about it for the sake of my futurama joke

http://www.thealternateside.org/120507/beastie-boys-thank-fans-and-friends-love-and-support

love both those clips

i do not understand your beef

― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Monday, 7 May 2012 08:20 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you don't find it hilarious that a member of one of the best rap groups ever dies and his wiki has ben stiller, pearl jam and good charlotte in tribute?

reposting the Chappelle/Beasties clip -- it's getting taken down all over the place which sucks bc it's AWESOME

http://www.egotripland.com/beastie-boys-chappelles-show/

wow that is really some letter of the law bullshit

I can't wait until we are even banned from describing clips with the written word.

clip is doooooope

^^^

yeah

...and it's gone again. that was a great clip.

can someone repost where they can't find/get to it?

http://www.egotripland.com/beastie-boys-chappelles-show/

oh crap hang on, is that version gone now?

ha it's like a virus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVGaP0Np_PA

viacom's a little bitch eh?

that clip should be seen by everyone!

^^^^^^^

cant embed it on facebook :(

It's alright...by the time you'd finished your fb post, the video will have been ganked offline.

maybe just post a link to this

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=beastie+boys+chapelle&search_sort=video_date_uploaded

Odd how little coverage, if any, the mainstream media has given this

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