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  Bad Brains Honor Adam Yauch on First LP in Five Years

  September 26, 2012 – The last time Bad Brains put out an album, the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch produced it. …
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  Adam Yauch-Inked Beastie Boys Skateboard Up for Auction

  September 21, 2012 – The late Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch's affinity for skateboarding was widely documented, and now some of his final contributions to skate culture are going on the block for charity. …
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  Watch the Beastie Boys' 1989 'Paul's Boutique' Release Party

  September 17, 2012 – A few days after the Beastie Boys released their watershed 1989 album Paul's Boutique, they put their hard-fought partying rights to use atop Capitol Records building in Hollywood. Ego Trip directs us to a nearly 49-minute video from the event, where you can see a lengthy and amusing Q&A with Mike D, Ad Rock, and MCA (R.I.P.). Pauly Shore is on hand, and a plane writes BEASTIE BOYS in the sky. …
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  Hear Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' Remade from the Original Samples

  September 6, 2012 – The Beastie Boys' 1989 magnum opus Paul's Boutique is widely regarded as one of sampling's highest musical feats — a dense "rap opera," as one critic called it, that even Miles Davis couldn't stop listening to. Many have tried to decode its magic, but until now, no one has attempt to unlock its secrets by re-coding it. …
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  ?uestlove Shares Beastie Boys Tribute Mix

  August 14, 2012 – On August 5, the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch would've turned 48 if not for his sad death from cancer earlier this year. In belated commemoration of that date, the Roots' ?uestlove has posted a demo he put together for the Beasties medley the Roots performed at the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. …
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  Beastie Boys Sue Energy Drink for Monster Copyright Infringement

  August 10, 2012 – Lawyers for the Beastie Boys, including the estate of Adam "MCA" Yauch, are currently suing Monster Energy Drink, as SPIN noted yesterday. The lawsuit, according to Variety, alleges that the beverage manufacturers violated copyright law by using the trio's music in promos and three-minute-plus videos for an event called Ruckus in the Rockies. …
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  Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's Will Says 'No Advertising'

  August 9, 2012 – Fans of the Beastie Boys will never need to worry about hearing "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" in a DayQuil commercial or "Brass Monkey" in a spot for Brass Monkey. The last will and testament belonging to founding member Adam "MCA" Yauch — who died in May after a battle with cancer — reportedly contains a clause that bars advertisers from using his music, likeness, or any art he's created in connection with hawking products. …
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  Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock DJs Riot Grrrl Classics at Pussy Riot Benefit

  June 13, 2012 – When Adam "MCA" Yauch passed last month, probably his most-quoted lyric was from the Beastie Boys' 1994 hit "Sure Shot": "I wanna say a little something that's long overdue / The disrespect to women has got to be through / To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and the friends / I wanna offer all my love and respect 'till the end." MCA was reconciling his group's sexist past, with its beer-spills on boobies and other infractio …
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  SPIN's Chris Weingarten: How Mishearing Beastie Boys' MCA Changed My Life

  June 12, 2012 – Today marks the release of the first batch of Singles Notes, an affordable new Kindle essay series from the legendary reissue label Rhino. The first five essays in the series feature writing from esteemed journalists including SPIN contributor Michaelangelo Matos and veteran rock wordsmith Gene Sculatti. But we're most excited about one by SPIN senior editor and irascible internet crank Christopher R. …
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  Beastie Boys Ad-Rock and Mike D Speak Out for First Time Since MCA's Death

  May 23, 2012 – Beastie Boys Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz expressed their immense grief over the loss of bandmate Adam "MCA" Yauch in online statements days after the musician and filmmaker's death on May 4, but the surviving members of the group have shared more specific memories of living and working with their friend of three decades in the new issue of Rolling Stone. …
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