R.I.P. MCA

I knew MCA had cancer in the past month so it isn't a shocking news but still very sad. The Beastie Boys influence on the rap industry has been huge and I spent my teenage years listening to them. How could I forget "Liscense to Ill" and "Ill Communication"? Those album were really great and I also loved the less known "Aglio e Olio" for the garage/punk side of the group. What is a bit sad is that I never saw them live but their music is however tied to really good memories...

They personified the phrase "it was about the music" and not money. They along with a bunch of other hip hop groups of the 80's were about the music and life message. Not selling out like anything made after 1992-1993-ish. Hip hop today is garbage, these guys and gals have NO idea what good hip hop is. And those artists that were around back then that still release stuff they have amnesia.

Listen to the lyric of these old school songs, they are so well writen and purposeful. My prime example is Paul Revere from The Beastie Boys. There is a great story told in that song. One of my all-time favorites.