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POSTED BY EIZ ON SATURDAY, 05 MAY, 2012, 11:33 AM

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adam-mca.png By Rya Backer (@RyaBacker) On Friday (May 4), news broke that Adam "MCA" Yauch had died at age 47 and I found myself working on what is easily the most difficult piece I've ever had to write. Because it's something I've never wanted nor intended to ... Share |

ADAM MCA
Posted byo Eiz n Saturday, 05 May, 2012, 11:33 AM

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Gen Y super fan recalls stumbling upon Beastie Boys' 'So What'Cha Want' and falling for 'three men from New York who rapped and rocked.

On Friday (May 4), news broke that Adam "MCA" Yauch had died at age 47 and I found myself working on what is easily the most difficult piece I've ever had to write. Because it's something I've never wanted nor intended to write.

You see, the Beastie Boys are my favorite band of all time. I stumbled upon the "So What'Cha Want" video when I was very young and impressionable and maybe a little too mature for my age, and remained steadfastly obsessed with the three men from New York who rapped, rocked and sometimes just played their instruments.

Adam Yauch: Remembering A Beastie BoyThey were my band, and I related to them, perhaps at the most base level: We're all New York City Jews who would've been described as "eccentric" growing up Ad-Rock and I had even shared a history teacher, which was a really big deal to my 6th grade self. Needless to say, my devotion to them soon became a part of my identity.

And while they've now been woven into the fabric of our country's pop-cultural identity, to me, the Beastie Boys are also quintessentially the Great American Band. Yes, they helped bring hip-hop to the suburbs with their debut, Licensed to Ill, you've heard that part before. But their body of work was incomparable, often cited and never replicated. Moreover, they never broke up, even after more