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April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 77) Beastie Boys

By Darryl "DMC" McDaniels
January 21, 1999

Cover Story: Beasties Rule!

The artists of the year all talk at once
April 23, 1987

Rude Boys

The chart-topping Beastie ones tangle with young girls and concerned parents in the land of Elvis

Recordings and Reviews

Hello Nasty (Remastered Edition)

The Beasties dropped this master jam in the summer of 1998, back when release dates really mattered, and for a week or two it was all you heard, anywhere you went. It's the last of their big Nineties statements, with Mike D summing it up in the electro-boogie hit "Intergalactic": "I am known to...

2009 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Ill Communication (Remastered Edition)

2009

Check Your Head (Remastered Edition)

2009

The Mix Up

2007

To The 5 Boroughs

2004

Anthology: The Sounds Of Science

1999

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The Beastie Boys were the first white group to offer a successful send-up of rap. After emerging from New York's hardcore punk underground of the early '80s, the group crossed over into the mainstream in 1986 with its first full-length album, Licensed to Ill, the first rap album to hit #1. Featuring "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" (#7) and "Brass Monkey" (#48 pop, #83 R&B, 1987), the...

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