Beastie Boys MCA Dead at 47

[CTAC2003]

Sad...first cd i ever bought

[JettaGT8V80]

first tape i ever bought was Ill Communication

so sad the world lost a true talent today

RIP MCA

[speaker]

I've been listening to the Beastie Boys for 26 years. I have fond memories of elementary school with my ghetto blaster on the playground playing Licensed to Ill over and over and over.

Ugh, so sad.

That is almost my exact same experience.

[bluerabbit0886]

Gonna be pouring out some brass monkey tonight for MCA.

[e_andree]

totally ****ing sucks. totally.

[InternetMeme]

I had no idea till I saw it on the top of Reddit

I LOVED the BB when I was a kid. Girls was practically my anthem.

[Merc-MarkO]

This is heartbreaking ..........

They were wonderful at Sasquatch '07.

[strapontin]

Yep. 40 here. Very sad day. So bummed.

Edited to add: They never really slowed down either. I think their last CD is really good stuff.

I had their instrumental album that came out a few years ago (the name eludes me completely right now) playing in my car non-stop for the longest time.

Damn. Le suck.

[MAC]

I have fond memories of elementary school with my ghetto blaster on the playground playing Licensed to Ill over and over and over.

Best thing to ever happen to 7th graders from the 'burbs.

[nemo1ner]

I saw them at Coney Island High years ago in a secret show. $5 to see a few hardcore bands and all of a sudden, Beastie Boys got on stage and played everything from the album "Same Old Bull****."

Egg Raid on Mojo! One of the best shows I have been to.

I am convinced that any kid who did not grow up listening to the Beastie Boys, had a crappy childhood.

[IFlyGTI]

Very sad indeed. It makes me feel much older when stuff like this happens. Back when you are a kid, you never think 'one day I will be older and the Beastie Boys will die'. You think musicians will always live forever.

One of my favorites, always in rotation in my house:

So bummed I never made the time to see 'em. As long as their music is around, they'll continue to live on. R.I.P. MCA.

[StayGold11]

:'(
been lovin the beastie boys since forever

[dj age one]

pretty sad news.

another big Ill Communication fan, that was a great album, easily my favorite Beastie Boys album, and one of my overall favorites.

didn't so much care when they got all political though.

[President Lincoln]

I remember I was in 5th or 6th grade when "fight for you right" came out. I was into stuff like Def Leppard and Poison.

Fight for you right to party changed everything for me. Next thing I knew it was golden era hip hop..

[OGSDUB]

just some punk ass kids

[chris@revotechnik]

Normally I'm that guy who doesn't get when people are all upset when someone famous dies and the news takes it over.. And I still don't think just because someone is famous they should get special attention alive or dead and that includes this time (I know the fact they are famous contradicts that..)..

Still though I'm sitting here seriously bummed ever since my GF texted to tell me he died.

Beastie Boys were the soundtrack my HS and college years, the group of friends I still talk to from then is partially connected through them. Hell we were singing their songs at the bachelor party and wedding for one of them just a few months back.

Seen them in concert more then any other group, only Physical CD I've bought in the last probably 5 years was their latest one hell I pre ordered it!! I even have CDs of their old punk stuff..

Now I'm upset it rained this morning and I drove my JSW not the jeep.. the drive home calls for blasting some beastie boys and driving shenanigans that right now only the jeep can get out of me.. The kid who got us all into beastie boys (grew up in brooklyn in the 80s) mom had a beat up dodge 600 convertible which was our vehicle of choice for nights we were out goofing off even though we all had our own cars.

[OGSDUB]

Normally I'm that guy who doesn't get when people are all upset when someone famous dies and the news takes it over.. And I still don't think just because someone is famous they should get special attention alive or dead and that includes this time (I know the fact they are famous contradicts that..)..

Still though I'm sitting here seriously bummed ever since my GF texted to tell me he died.

Beastie Boys were the soundtrack my HS and college years, the group of friends I still talk to from then is partially connected through them. Hell we were singing their songs at the bachelor party and wedding for one of them just a few months back.

Seen them in concert more then any other group, only Physical CD I've bought in the last probably 5 years was their latest one hell I pre ordered it!! I even have CDs of their old punk stuff..

Now I'm upset it rained this morning and I drove my JSW not the jeep.. the drive home calls for blasting some beastie boys and driving shenanigans that right now only the jeep can get out of me.. The kid who got us all into beastie boys (grew up in brooklyn in the 80s) mom had a beat up dodge 600 convertible which was our vehicle of choice for nights we were out goofing off even though we all had our own cars.

I'm right there with ya man. I found out at lunch today and I was getting text's left and right from my friends about it. For those that know me I'm a hardcore Beastie fan, I have give or take 25 CD's of them lots of them are B-sides. I still have all the posters of them from when I was growing up "now 33". I've seen them in concert @ 15 times. Last weekend one of my best friends who has been with me at everyone of the shows were talking about hopes that they go on tour again soon. We were planning on touring with them for a few states.

[Gabo]

Sad day! One more to add to that big gig in the sky...

[NastyJettaNza]

I also usually dont go on about this stuff but I too am bummed. Especially since all the positive work he did with Tibet and the like. Time to relax to some good tunes. RIP

[976-RADD]

Roses are red, the sky is blue
I got my barrel at your neck so what the phuck you gonna' do
It's just two wheels and me the wind in my eyes
The engine is the music and my nine's by my side
Cause you know Y-A-U-C-H
I'm takin' all M.C.'s out in the place
Takin' life as it comes, no fool am I
I'm goin' off, gettin' paid and I don't ask why
Playin' beats on my box, makin' music for the many
Know alota def girls that'll do anything
A lot of parents like to think I'm a villain
I'm just chillin' like Bob Dylan
Yea I smoke cheeba it helps me with my brain
I might be a little dusted but I'm not insane
People come up to me and they try to talk **** man
I was making records when you were sucking on your mother's dick

[olta baile]

playing bass for The Cro-Mags

[Egz]

Gonna be pouring out some brass monkey tonight for MCA.

I'll have to pick up a bottle at the ABC tonight.

[VR6GTI72]

Very sad to hear. They were a big influence in my childhood.

[.LSinLV.]

<--Pours one out for the Jewish Buddhist .

X2

so sad.

[under the radar]

''we stepped into the wind, he had a gun, i had a grin. you think the story's over, but it's ready to begin''



these dudes were the soundtrack for so much of my life. got license to ill in 4th grade '86 and have every album since.

[topspin]

Damn... R.I.P. MCA



I remember buying Licensed To Ill on cassette when I was a freshman in high school. Every now and then I play that album and Ill Communication on the boombox.

[22AudiQ]

Sad.

The soundtrack to much of my high school time.

[Booster]

Looks like he finally made it to Brooklyn... RIP

With having two older brothers (40 and 35) and me being 30, I grew up listening to them while watching my bro's mess around on their Haro's... I will always remember ****ing around in middle school band practice, pushing the dork who played xylophone out of the way and then proceeding to play "Girls"...

[Sledge]

Going to go play some "Paul's Boutique".

Thanks for all the cool music, MCA

[bzcat]

Man, what a huge bummer

[hatetolovemydub]

I've been to numerous BB shows, including the Tibetan Freedom Concert. They will always conjure great memories of fantastic times in my life. Today is a sad day.

I fvcking hate cancer. It has taken too many of my favorite people.

RIP MCA

[backinthegame]

Wow. Page three and no pictures of Emminem saying MCA under them yet. Really says something about the respect the B-boys get. I'm not a huge rap or hip hop fan, but Paul's Boutique is in my top 5 of all time. I can flow with any of their albums up to 5 bouroughs. Their lyrics in the early days weren't preachy, just fun and they were more clever than anyone else before or after them. Among the true pioneers of when hip hop was worth something. That whole Krush Groove era of rap was a very important time in music for me. I lost intrest in their new material when they started to get all politically preachy, but still play their old albums weekly. MCA in the early days always reminded me of Booger from Revenge of the Nerds, all about the party. This is the saddest day in music since Kurt Cobain died. **** MJ, **** Tupac, **** Biggie, MCA was a true entertainer and a stand up individual even if I didn't agree with his hippy politics.

I'll miss you, MCA. I can feel what you're feelin and it's a musical masterpiece.

[Sporin]

Nice piece from Grantland... http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollyw...auch-1964-2012

[Metallitubby]

Never a fan, but I respect what they did in music.

[under the radar]

it's funny, in my mind ILL COMMUNICATION is still ''the new album''...the green tape!