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Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City, formed in 1981. For the majority of their career, the group consisted of Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar).

Originally formed as a four-piece hardcore punk band, the Young Aborigines, in 1978 by Diamond (vocals), John Berry (guitar), Yauch (bass) and Kate Schellenbach (drums), the band appeared on the compilation cassette New York Thrash, contributing two songs from their first EP, Polly Wog Stew, in 1982. Berry left shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Horovitz. After achieving moderate local success with the 1983 experimental hip hop 12-inch single "Cooky Puss", Schellenbach dropped out and the Beastie Boys made a full transition to hip hop, releasing a string of successful singles. They toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year later released their debut album Licensed to Ill. The Beastie Boys have sold 26 million records in the United States and 50 million records worldwide, making them, according to Billboard, the biggest-selling rap group since the magazine began recording sales data in 1991.

With seven platinum or better albums from 1986 to 2004, the Beastie Boys were one of the longest-lived hip hop acts worldwide. In 2009, they released digitally remastered deluxe editions of their albums Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty. Their eighth studio album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, was released in 2011, and received positive reviews. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012, "just the third rap group to enter the Hall, after Run–D.M.C. (2009) and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (2007)." The following month, MCA died of cancer of the parotid salivary gland. In June 2014, Mike D confirmed that he and Ad-Rock would not continue the Beastie Boys, out of respect to MCA.

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Genres hip hop rock punk electronic pop rap

Albums

  1. Licensed to Ill
    1986
  2. Paul’s Boutique
    1989
  3. Check Your Head
    1992
  4. Ill Communication
    1994
  5. Hello Nasty
    1998
  6. Hello Nasty: The Instrumentals
    2003
  7. To the 5 Boroughs
    2004
  8. The Mix-Up
    2007
  9. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
    2011

Other releases

  1. Polly Wog Stew EP
    1982
  2. Cooky Puss
    1983
  3. Rock Hard
    1985
  4. She’s on It
    1985
  5. It's The New Style / Paul Revere
    1986
  6. Fight for Your Right
    1987
  7. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
    1987
  8. Girls / She’s Crafty
    1987
  9. Solid Gold Classics
    1989
  10. Love American Style EP
    1989
  11. Def Before Dishonor
    1989
  12. An Exciting Evening at Home With Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
    1989
  13. Fight for Your Right / No Sleep Till Brooklyn / Brass Monkey
    1989
  14. Beastiality 2
    1992
  15. Frozen Metal Head
    1992
  16. Gratitude
    1992
  17. Pass the Mic
    1992
  18. So What’cha Want
    1992
  19. Jimmy James
    1992
  20. Hip Hop Album
    1994
  21. Goofin' Around
    1994
  22. Demos and Outtakes
    1994
  23. Get It Together / Sabotage
    1994
  24. Blood & Money
    1994
  25. Pretzel Nugget E.P.
    1994
  26. Rabid
    1994
  27. Seven Day Weekend
    1994
  28. Beastie Songs
    1994
  29. Tough Guys
    1994
  30. Ultra Tuff Tracks
    1994
  31. Sabotage
    1994
  32. Recording & Stealing
    1994
  33. Ultra Fly Tracks
    1994
  34. Hip-Hop Sampler
    1994
  35. Some Old Bullshit
    1994
  36. Sure Shot
    1994
  37. Sabotage / Get It Together
    1994
  38. Get It Together
    1994
  39. Tour Shot!
    1994
  40. The In Sound From Way Out! [Special Edition Double Vinyl]
    1995
  41. Aglio e Olio
    1995
  42. Root Down EP
    1995
  43. Fight for Tibet
    1996
  44. Demos and Outtakes 2
    1996
  45. Hey Ladies / So What'cha Want
    1997
  46. Pass the Mic Down
    1997
  47. Interview Thing Lisbon!
    1998
  48. Beastie Beat's
    1998
  49. Rare Tracks & Beast
    1998
  50. 74 Minutes
    1998
  51. 1998-08-29: Reading Festival, Reading, UK
    1998
  52. 1998-06-20: Live at the Lorelei Rockpalast: Lorelei, Germany
    1998
  53. Intergalactic
    1998
  54. Live 'n Nasty
    1998
  55. Roskilde '98
    1998
  56. Bone Crush
    1998
  57. Body Movin'
    1998
  58. Glasgow 99
    1999
  59. Gold '99
    1999
  60. Radio Free Tibet
    1999
  61. Remote Control / 3 MCs & 1 DJ
    1999
  62. Negotiation Limerick File
    1999
  63. Scientists of Sound: "The Blow Up Factor"
    1999
  64. Some New Live Shit
    1999
  65. Anthology: The Sounds of Science
    1999
  66. Alive
    1999
  67. Beastie Boys DVD Video Anthology
    2000
  68. Beastie Remixes
    2002
  69. Up Close & Personal
    2003
  70. In a World Gone Mad
    2003
  71. Remixes EP
    2003
  72. Remixes (Turntablelab Giveaway)
    2003
  73. Beastie Show Breaks
    2003
  74. Electronic Press Kit
    2004
  75. Right Right Now Now
    2004
  76. New York State of Mind
    2004
  77. Intergalactic
    2004
  78. 100% Classic Sampler (Exclusive Mixshow Servicing)
    2004
  79. Turning Japanese (live in Japan)
    2004
  80. Check It Out (Saville Row remix)
    2004
  81. Pass the Mic (Mike Nardone remix)
    2004
  82. Ch-Check It Out
    2004
  83. Maximum Beastie Boys: The Unauthorised Biography of the Beastie Boys
    2004
  84. Triple Trouble
    2004
  85. An Open Letter to NYC
    2004
  86. A Cappellas, and Things of This Nature
    2005
  87. Right Right Now Now
    2005
  88. Solid Gold Hits
    2005
  89. B-Sides & Bullshit (Volume 2)
    2006
  90. Awesome; I... Shot That!
    2006
  91. Beastie Boys Revisited
    2007
  92. Electric Worm / Suco de Tangerina
    2007
  93. Best of Grand Royal 12's
    2007
  94. The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks
    2008
  95. Lee Majors Come Again
    2009
  96. Too Many Rappers
    2009
  97. Super Surprise
    2010
  98. Make Some Noise
    2011
  99. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win
    2011
  100. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
    2011
  101. Legendary
    2011
  102. Sabotaggio
    2015