The Lives They Lived

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If you have time to take away from all of your New Year's Eve preparations, there's a sweet piece in today's Sunday Times Magazine (devoted to remembering who we lost this year) about Adam Yauch.

Beastie Boys, "Something's Got to Give," 

from Check Your Head (Capitol, 1992) 

 
Fight for Your Right (Revisited) (Dir. Adam Yauch, 2011)

Me and My Posse and MCA

Beastie Boys "The New Style" 

Beastie Boys "Paul Revere" — both from Licensed to Ill (1986, Def Jam) – one of the first rap albums I ever bought (and immediately memorized). It would be difficult to parse out, let alone explain, the level of influence that album has had on me.

Rest In Peace Adam Yauch.