Beastie Boys
As the first white rap group of any importance, the Beastie Boys received the scorn of critics and strident hip-hop musicians, both of whom accused them of cultural pirating, especially since they began as a hardcore punk group in 1981. But the Beasties weren't pirating -- instead, they treated rap as part of a post-punk musical underground, where the Do It Yourself aesthetics of hip-hop and punk weren't that far apart. Of course, the exaggerated b-boy and frat-boy parodies of their unexpected hit debut album, Licensed to Ill, didn't help their cause...[more]
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Oooh, what's Yauch been doing all year? He certainly hasn't been lazing about. He's been sitting in an editing bay piecing together nearly every ounce of video footage ever shot during a Beastie Boys video shoot into what is by far the most complete collection of Beastie Boys videos ever assembled, likely the very best music DVD ever concepted, and quite possibly the third greatest DVD ever released. The DVD Anthology is available everywhere NOW.What's in it? Fair question. Over 100 video angles and [ read more ]
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