I'm utterly at a loss.
http://www.rollingstone.com/...
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 48, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
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Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
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Founding member of one of the all-time great Hip Hop Acts, and consistently ground-breaking, inventive, entertaining and enduring musical acts of the last 40 years.
Thank you Adam for all the music.
10:42 AM PT: MCA, I'm at a loss for words. But you always had them. 25-years worth of beats, rhymes, and fresh lyrics that made life in this world so much more interesting and vibrant.
11:00 AM PT: From a Get-out-the-vote concert in Virginia from October 28, 2008.
"Well I'm MCA - I got nothing to prove Pay attention My intention is to bust a move"
11:59 AM PT: Hat tip to kossack The Swimmer for reminding me of these timely lyrics from MCA on the brilliant 'Sure Shot.'
I Want To Say a Little Something That's Long Overdue
The Disrespect To Women Has Got To Be Through
To All The Mothers And Sisters And the Wives And Friends
I Want To Offer My Love And Respect To The End
Rush, take a lesson
1:00 PM PT: There's almost too many songs to even go into. So we might as well go for the jugular. Enjoy y'all.