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Mixtape Mondays: MCA/Beastie Boys Tributes, Yasiin Bey, Electro
Over the weekend, the music world mourned the passing of Beastie Boys member and Brooklyn’s native son, MCA–including okayplayer Founder/CEO/Prez, ?uestlove. DJs pay their respects with their hands...
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3 Bad Brothers: BBNG Live At Brooklyn Bowl [Show Review + Photo & Video]
photos by Dominique Taylor If you came to see a jazz band playing covers of rap songs, you were in the wrong spot at BadBadNotGood’s third ever US show at Brooklyn Bowl last Friday. After backing...
View ArticleOKP News: Beastie Boys Sued Over Trouble Funk Samples
In an ironically-timed turn of events that could not have been scripted more dramatically for a Hollywood screenplay, rap pioneers The Beastie Boys have apparently been hit with a lawsuit over the use...
View ArticleVideo: MCA & Beastie Boys Honored By New York State Senate
In a turn of events that might have shocked his younger self, Adam Yauch BKA MCA of seminal Brooklyn hip-hop outfit The Beastie Boys was honored by the New York State Senate today for his...
View ArticleVideo: The Roots X Beastie Boys “Paul Revere” Live At JazzReggae Fest...
Those who were in attendance at UCLA’s JazzReggae Fest already know, The Legendary Roots Crew paid tribute to fallen soldier MCA and DC’s musical mayor Chuck Brown with this go-go-laced live cover of...
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Read A Book: Beastie Boys Memoir Coming in 2015
In a recent announcement from publishing house Spiegel & Grau, Beastie Boys Mike D and Ad-Rock are committing their legacy of the spoken word down to paper in a forthcoming memoir, due out in...
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Beastie Boys MCA To Receive Tribute At Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival 2013
The Beastie Boys’ MCA–born Adam Yauch–will receive another tribute at the 2013 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. BHF has announced that in addition to previously confirmed performers Pusha T, Redman and EPMD...
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Happy Birthday MCA!
The Beastie Boys and friends celebrated the life and legacy of Adam “MCA” Yauch at MCA Day in Brooklyn this past May on the 1-year anniversary of his death. The video recap of the event arrives today,...
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The Beastie Boys Refuse To Make New Music Without MCA
The Beastie Boys (or what remains of them) have been wrapped up in a legal dispute with Monster Energy Drinks over the use of their likeness and it seems to be getting the better of them. In his...
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The Beastie Boys Awarded $1.7 Million In Monster Energy Drink Lawsuit
The Beastie Boys have had an embattled month, as their copyright suit against Monster Energy Drink finally went to trial last week. After spending the better part of the week delivering painstaking...
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