S3E8 Beastie Boys by Drew Curry

The Beastie Boys are a culture shifting band/group who started out as a punk group in the mid to late 80's, who switched to hip hop around the time they met Rick Rubin who we covered earlier this season. Beastie Boys first album had them penned as frat rap, so off of their first record label and away from Rick, they came back with a heavily sampled production by the Dust Brothers that changed the landscape of hip hop up until the Biz Markie lawsuit in the late 80's. Beastie was also responsible for young people across the world to steal Volkswagen and other emblems to wear as medallions on chains. Beastie Boys like them or not changed the landscape of hip hop. While not the first white hip hop artist they had the largest impact aside from Eminem who would come onto the scene ten plus years later. Beastie Boys; Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA thank you for everything you have giving to the culture and to the world. Come find out why this group didn't just make an impact in hip hop but on the world and used their voice for good. Thank you for listening to this episode of hip hop history please like, subscribe and leave a review where possible. Thank you.