Artist: The Beastie Boys
Best Album: To the 5 Boroughs
Best Song: Rhymin’ and Stealin’

Why I’m Writing About This Artist: The disadvantage of this A to Z format is that it limits you on popular letters.  K was full as hell, so KRS-ONE had to go to B as Boogie Down Productions, which meant that the Beastie Boys got knocked out of contention to have a post, because they only start with Bs.  Similarly, you’ll see in a bit that I run into trouble with the letters M and N and E.

This cannot stand.

The A to Z challenge lets you skip Sundays.  Well, screw that!  I’m a rebel, so I’m going to do my regular A to Z posts on the days those happen, and you’re also getting supplementary posts on Sundays for artists I’ve had to leave out.  BECAUSE I CAN.

Also, the Beastie Boys are amazing and foundational and Licensed to Ill just might have been the first rap tape I ever bought (as opposed to heard; that would have been the Fat Boys or the Super Bowl Shuffle) and I cannot leave them out period.

That is all.

Have a video!:

Previous A to Z post
Next A to Z post (will be dead until post is up)