Licensed to Ill cover art fun facts [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board Rubin thought the Beastie Boys needed their own jet, remaking: "I wanted to embrace and somehow distinguish in a sarcastic way, the larger than life rock'n'roll lifestyle " CBS art director Steve Byram recalls thinking up the idea for the cover while flying back from LA with Rubin, who was also part owner of Def Jam Records
Open Letter to MC Serch by Sage Francis [Archive] - Beastie Boys . . . Sage kills and rips that idiot Serch apart; the letter starts right below the last "Art Gallery" pic Sage mentions the Beasties in an entire paragraph about 3 4 of the way through then rips on Serch more Open Letter to MC Serch Written by Sage Francis Saturday, 28 October 2006 Dear MC Serch,
RIP Anthony Mason [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board Met him a couple times, good dude in my experience We talked about him coming on stage with the B-Boys at Lollapalooza in Philly '94 - big smiles! Anthony Mason, a longtime NBA player who helped the New York Knicks reach the 1994 NBA Finals, has died at the age of 48 A Knicks spokesperson confirmed to ESPN that Mason died early Saturday morning
HHH Week: No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn: A powerHouse Hip Hop Retrospective . . . VH1 Hip Hop Honors will honor Wu-Tang Clan, Afrika Bambaataa, Russell Simmons, MC Lyte, Rakim, Beastie Boys, and Eazy-E The week of events kick off Thursday, October 12 and will run through Tuesday, October 17 at 9pm ET PT, when viewers can tune in to VH1 and see Ice-T host the broadcast of the 3rd Annual Hip Hop Honors
MTV $2 Bill Interview (June 2004) [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board This is an interview Jim Shearer kindly sent us that he did last year before the $2 Bill show in Las Vegas for MTV He mentioned they never used it and we figured it may be of some interest to you So here it is Enjoy June 9, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada MTV $2 Bill Concert By Jim Shearer
General Beastie Boys Discussion [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board Keep keepin on? Beastie Boys Tour Beasties at Live 8 Kurtis Blow discussing Hey Ladies High Hopes that 70's show Lisenced To Ill encounter Paul's Boutique and Hello Nasty Thought some of you guys might dig this Adrock Shirt Favorite Beastie80's Song What ever happened with the promo skateboard for the new album? TT5B was a flop
Original ILL (artwork album description) [Archive] - Beastie Boys . . . Supposedly, this is what the Beastie's debut album was actually supposed to be, hence the name, Original Ill It almost seems as if the Beastie's mentioning Crack was a bad thing because not only was Scenario completely removed from the album, which mentions crack all through out the song, but the original version of Rhymin' Stealin' was edited to take out just two small phrases, "Most