Beastie Boys

Are an American hip hop group from New York City. Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk group in 1979, appeared on the compilation cassette New York Thrash with Riot Fight and Beastie, and released their debut EP in 1982. After achieving moderate local success with the 1983 release of experimental hip-hop 12" Cooky Puss, they switched to hip-hop in 1984 and a string of successful 12" singles followed culminating with their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986) which enjoyed international critical acclaim and commercial success.

Members:

Michael Diamond --> Mike D - vocals, drums
Adam Yauch --> MCA - vocals, bass guitar
Adam Horovitz --> Ad-Rock - vocals, guitar
Michael Schwartz --> Mix Master Mike - turntables, samples

Discography:

Licensed to Ill (1986)
Paul's Boutique (1989)
Check Your Head (1992)
Ill Communication (1994)
Hello Nasty (1998)
To the 5 Boroughs (2004)
The Mix-Up (2007)
Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 (2010)
Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2 (TBA)

Compilations

Some Old Bullshit (1994)
The In Sound from Way Out! (1996)
Anthology: The Sounds of Science (1999)
Solid Gold Hits (2005)
Best of Grand Royal 12's (2007)

EP's

Pollywog Stew (1982)
Cooky Puss (1983)
Rock Hard (1985)
Love American Style (aka Shake Your Rump Single) (1989)
Pass the mic (1992)
Pretzel Nugget E.P (1994)
Aglio e Olio (1995)
Root Down (1995)
Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) (1999)
Right Right Now Now (Japan exclusive EP) (2005)

Hits:

She's on it (Krush Groove OST 84) /
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Hold it, now hit it (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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The new style (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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Paul revere (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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Brass monkey (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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[You gotta] Fight for your right [To party!] (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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No sleep till Brooklyn (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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Posse in effect (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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Girls (Licensed to Ill 86) /
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Hey ladies (Paul's Boutique 89) /
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Shake your rump (Paul's Boutique 89) /
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Pass the mic (Check Your Head 92) /
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So what'cha want (Check Your Head 92) /
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Jimmy James (Check Your Head 92) /
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Gratitude (Check Your Head 92) /
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Professor booty (Check Your Head 92) /
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Sabotage (Ill Communication 94) /
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Get it together (Ill Communication 94) /
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Sure shot (Ill Communication 94) /
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Intergalactic (Hello Nasty 98) /
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Body movin' (Hello Nasty 98) /
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The negotiation limerick file (Hello Nasty 98) /
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Remote control (Hello Nasty 98) /
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Alive (Anthology: The Sounds of Science 99) /
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Check it out (To the 5 Boroughs 04) /
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Triple trouble (To the 5 Boroughs 04) /
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Right right now now (To the 5 Boroughs 04) /
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Now get busy (The Wire CD 04) /
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An open letter to NYc (To the 5 Boroughs 04) /
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The electric worm (The Mix-Up 07) /
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Lee majors come again (Hot Sauce committee, Pt. 1 09) /
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Beastie Boys Live:

Beastie Boys live @ VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2004 performing Sucker MC's
Intergalactic live at Summer Sonic 04 Japan
SABOTAGE Live! Glasgow

Official Website: www.beastieboys.com