The Beastie Boys

Deviouz · 05-04-2012, 11:44 PM

R.i.p. Mca!

sicksizza · 05-05-2012, 08:27 AM

Ripmca

TheBig3 · 05-05-2012, 10:32 AM

The Bullet · 05-05-2012, 09:52 PM

Is this the end of the Beastie Boys? I mean, what are they going to do? There's no replacing MCA, or if they try, I'll be pissed, but I think they like music a little too much to quit, if you know what I'm saying. Ad-rock and Mike D could go under a different name, but wouldn't people still expect them to play the Beastie Boys songs that rely on having three rappers? I just don't know.

Damn sad. I tried listening to some B-Boys earlier, and, call me soft, but I couldn't.

TheBig3 · 05-06-2012, 11:46 AM

This was a really great article (if a little digressive) but I'd highly recommend you read it: “My man MCA’s got a beard like a billy goat”: MCA, the Beastie Boys, and Identity

14232949 · 05-06-2012, 02:09 PM

Whilst the guys death is a tragedy, I do not and have never understood the hype surrounding The Beastie Boys.
Some white guys shouting lines with a rhyming word at the end of each at a microphone.
There is no substance to their words, no skills in their rhyming pattern, how many people would consider any of these guys candidates for greatest MC of all time?

This isn't good hip-hop, call it influential and ground breaking if you want, but I can't help but feel as if the genre was filled with artists like The Beastie Boys, I'd have never gotten into hip-hop.

I guess I'm missing what is so blatantly amazing about them.

**Janszoon** · 05-06-2012, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mankycaaant

Whilst the guys death is a tragedy, I do not and have never understood the hype surrounding The Beastie Boys.
Some white guys shouting lines with a rhyming word at the end of each at a microphone.
There is no substance to their words, no skills in their rhyming pattern, how many people would consider any of these guys candidates for greatest MC of all time?

This isn't good hip-hop, call it influential and ground breaking if you want, but I can't help but feel as if the genre was filled with artists like The Beastie Boys, I'd have never gotten into hip-hop.

I guess I'm missing what is so blatantly amazing about them.

Maybe you had to be there, but Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication featured a style (or styles) of hip hop that was very unique for it's time. I think the fact that you seem to hone in on whether they were good MCs or not is kind of an indicator of why they don't click with you. It's not really the rapping that people like about them, it's the music. They were all instrumentalists in addition to being rappers, and from the late 80s through to at least the mid-90s no one was making hip hop that sounded like them, with their unusual "70s cheese meets punk rock" aesthetic.

Surell · 05-06-2012, 04:05 PM

They weren't the greatest on the mic but as far as instrumental Hip Hop is concerned, they were masters, and they had some killer rhymes every now and then. And if you like name dropping, thank them, cuz i personally love it.

(check 14:58, 18:10, and 44:42 especially for MCA's grind)

Mankycaaant, how can you not get the hype around these guys but dickride Twisted Fantasy? Srsly.

14232949 · 05-06-2012, 04:33 PM

Because MBDTF was amazing, nothing that the Beastie Boys ever did comes to close to it.
Name one album that comes close to it in terms of production value, lyrical content and rapping prowess.

Perhaps Janzoon is right in the respect that I may not get the Beastie Boys, as I like lyrics, rhyming patterns that don't look as if a toddler wrote them and synchronisation with subtle, yet complementary or slick and well-rounded instrumentals.

White guys shouting vaguely intelligible lyrics over punky guitar bursts may just not be what I'd deem good hip-hop.

**Janszoon** · 05-06-2012, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mankycaaant

Because MBDTF was amazing, nothing that the Beastie Boys ever did comes to close to it.
Name one album that comes close to it in terms of production value, lyrical content and rapping prowess.

Perhaps Janzoon is right in the respect that I may not get the Beastie Boys, as I like lyrics, rhyming patterns that don't look as if a toddler wrote them and synchronisation with subtle, yet complementary or slick and well-rounded instrumentals.

White guys shouting vaguely intelligible lyrics over punky guitar bursts may just not be what I'd deem good hip-hop.

Okay, now I think maybe you just haven't heard much of their material. Please give this a listen (that's MCA on the bass by the way):

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The Bullet Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 454	Is this the end of the Beastie Boys? I mean, what are they going to do? There's no replacing MCA, or if they try, I'll be pissed, but I think they like music a little too much to quit, if you know what I'm saying. Ad-rock and Mike D could go under a different name, but wouldn't people still expect them to play the Beastie Boys songs that rely on having three rappers? I just don't know. Damn sad. I tried listening to some B-Boys earlier, and, call me soft, but I couldn't.

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14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Whilst the guys death is a tragedy, I do not and have never understood the hype surrounding The Beastie Boys. Some white guys shouting lines with a rhyming word at the end of each at a microphone. There is no substance to their words, no skills in their rhyming pattern, how many people would consider any of these guys candidates for greatest MC of all time? This isn't good hip-hop, call it influential and ground breaking if you want, but I can't help but feel as if the genre was filled with artists like The Beastie Boys, I'd have never gotten into hip-hop. I guess I'm missing what is so blatantly amazing about them.

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14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Because MBDTF was amazing, nothing that the Beastie Boys ever did comes to close to it. Name one album that comes close to it in terms of production value, lyrical content and rapping prowess. Perhaps Janzoon is right in the respect that I may not get the Beastie Boys, as I like lyrics, rhyming patterns that don't look as if a toddler wrote them and synchronisation with subtle, yet complementary or slick and well-rounded instrumentals. White guys shouting vaguely intelligible lyrics over punky guitar bursts may just not be what I'd deem good hip-hop.