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Biography

Formed: 1979 in New York, NY
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

As the first white rap group of any importance, the Beastie Boys received the scorn of critics and strident hip-hop musicians, both of whom accused them of cultural pirating, especially since they began as a hardcore punk group in 1981. But the Beasties weren't pirating — instead, they treated rap as part of a post-punk musical underground, where the D.I.Y. aesthetics of hip-hop and punk weren't that far apart. Of course, the exaggerated b-boy and frat-boy parodies of their unexpected hit debut...

Top Albums By Beastie Boys
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Top Songs By Beastie Boys
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Fight for Your Right	Licensed to Ill	3:27	$0.69
2.	Brass Monkey	Licensed to Ill	2:37	$1.29
3.	No Sleep Till Brooklyn	Licensed to Ill	4:06	$1.29
4.	Girls	Licensed to Ill	2:14	$1.29
5.	Paul Revere	Licensed to Ill	3:40	$1.29
6.	Sabotage	Ill Communication	2:58	$1.29
7.	(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To..	Def Jam Recordings - Let Th..	3:28	$0.69
8.	Make Some Noise	Hot Sauce Committee Part Tw..	3:30	$1.29
9.	Intergalactic	Beastie Boys Anthology - Th..	3:32	$1.29
10.	She's Crafty	Licensed to Ill	3:35	$1.29

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