Biography

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 D.I.Y. 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. For much of the mid-'80s, the Beastie Boys were considered macho clowns, and while they dismissed that theory with the ambitious, Dust Brothers-produced second album, Paul's Boutique, it was ignored by both the public and the press at the time. In retrospect, Paul's Boutique was one of the first albums to predict the genre-bending, self-referential pop kaleidoscope of '90s pop. The Beasties refined their eclectic approach with 1992's Check Your Head, where they played their own instruments. Check Your Head brought the Beasties back to the top of the charts, and within a few years, they were considered one of the most influential and ambitious groups of the '90s, cultivating a musical community not only through their music, but with their record label, Grand Royal, and their magazine of the same name.

Top Albums
1. Licensed to ..	2. Hot Sauce Co..	3. Hot Sauce Co..	4. Solid Gold H..	5. Paul's Bouti..
6. Ill Communic..	7. Beastie Boys..	8. Check Your H..	9. Hello Nasty	10. The In Sound..
11. Paul's Bouti..	12. Hot Sauce Co..	13. Solid Gold H..	14. To the 5 Bor..	15. The Mix-Up
16. Check Your H..	17. Hello Nasty ..	18. Ill Communic..	19. The Mix-Up (..	20. Some Old B**..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Fight for Your Right	Licensed to Ill	3:27	$0.69
2.	Brass Monkey	Licensed to Ill	2:37	$1.29
3.	No Sleep Till Brooklyn	Licensed to Ill	4:06	$1.29
4.	Sabotage	Ill Communication	2:58	$1.29
5.	Paul Revere	Licensed to Ill	3:40	$1.29
6.	Girls	Licensed to Ill	2:14	$1.29
7.	Intergalactic	Beastie Boys Anthology - Th..	3:32	$1.29
8.	So What'cha Want	Beastie Boys Anthology - Th..	3:37	$1.29
9.	Sure Shot	Ill Communication	3:19	$0.99
10.	Make Some Noise	Hot Sauce Committee Part Tw..	3:30	$1.29
11.	Intergalactic	Hello Nasty	3:51	$1.29
12.	She's Crafty	Licensed to Ill	3:35	$1.29
13.	Sabatoge	Beastie Boys Anthology - Th..	2:59	$1.29
14.	Hold It Now, Hit It	Licensed to Ill	3:26	$1.29
15.	Rhymin' and Stealin'	Licensed to Ill	4:08	$1.29
16.	Don't Play No Game That I Can..	Hot Sauce Committee Part Tw..	4:11	$1.29
17.	Ch-Check It Out	Solid Gold Hits	3:10	$0.99
18.	Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)	Solid Gold Hits	4:08	$0.99
19.	So What'cha Want	Check Your Head	3:37	$1.29
20.	Sabotage	Solid Gold Hits	2:58	$1.29
21.	Slow and Low	Licensed to Ill	3:38	$1.29
22.	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To..	Def Jam Recordings - Let Th..	3:28	$0.69
23.	Intergalactic	Solid Gold Hits	3:30	$1.29
24.	Hey Ladies	Solid Gold Hits	3:48	$0.99
25.	Time to Get Ill	Licensed to Ill	3:37	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. No Sleep Till ..	2. Hold It Now, H..	3. Sabotage	4. Make Some Nois..	5. (You Gotta) Fi..
6. Intergalactic	7. She's On It	8. Fight for Your..	9. So What'cha Wa..	10. Don't Play No ..
11. Hey Ladies	12. Body Movin'	13. Sure Shot	14. Shake Your Rum..	15. Brass Monkey (..
16. Three MCs and ..	17. Alive	18. Pass the Mic	19. Root Down	20. Gratitude

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