Adam Yauch - 1964-2012

[yeahwho]

5/5 ✨ would be 53 today

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/adam-yauch-10-great-musical-moments-from-beastie-boys-rapper-w495834

[b-grrrlie]

5/5 ✨ would be 53 today

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/adam-yauch-10-great-musical-moments-from-beastie-boys-rapper-w495834


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[Manticore]

5/5 ✨ would be 53 today

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/adam-yauch-10-great-musical-moments-from-beastie-boys-rapper-w495834

MCA was soooo inspirational to me....I just can't even. He was the calm voice in my rage. I was born in 1973. A child compared to the Beasties but listening to their albums ( I had the one before Licensed to Ill because of my brother 3 years older) and I love Adam Yauch.

[Taco Zip]

six years already :(

[b-grrrlie]

six years already :(

:'(

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Yeah, bumping Yauch today for sure.

[Laver1969]

Always missing Yauch!

[Documad]

Always missing Yauch!

yes

[fonky pizza]

Fuzz Bass in your face forever!!
<3<3<3

[Laver1969]

7 years. RIPMCA!

[Micodin]

the past 7 years has flown by too fast. miss u yauch. xo

[M|X|Y]

a part of me died that day. i miss you in this world

[jayjacobson16]

R.I.P. Yauch. One of the greatest ever. 1/3 of a God Level act. 33% God.

[pesto pizza]

a part of me died that day. i miss you in this world
I part of me died too, there has been something different about me the last 7 years.
I'm still not over it, l still have'nt moved on.The Beastie boys are still a way of life for me.

[spacemac9000]

Beastie boys are coolest band of all time. I miss MCA and have enjoyed hearing Mike & Adam share about how great he was.

I love hearing them talk about Yauch being so inventive and out of the box at all stages. I particularly love the bands Check Your Head phase so much too.

[NicRN77]

8 years gone. Miss you, Yauch. 😢

[Laver1969]

Can’t believe it’s been 8 years. RIPMCA

[pesto pizza]

Can’t believe it’s been 8 years. RIPMCA
8 years and l have thought about him everyday! What an impact this man had

[Micodin]

i listened to CYH today and it was wonderful. i miss you Yauch.

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Yauch! The man!

[balohna]

Hi, this is my first time here in a long time.

A few recent Google searches on the bboys brought me back to threads on this forum, reminding me I had an account and posted a lot around the TT5B/Mix Up days (and I was on the old forum in pre-TT5B days where we all speculated wildly during years of silence). I was a teen and probably said a bunch of dumb shit. I'm in my 30s now.

I just recently got around to finishing Beastie Boys Book. Not sure what took me so long. I think I sort of moved on from my "fandom" of the band after Yauch died, even though I still loved them. I also wasn't a huge fan of HSCP2, though I'm listening to it again and it's growing on me. The release of Beastie Boys Story made me decide to finish the book first, so I did that. Since then I've been going kind of nuts watching YouTube videos and even busting out some DVDs (Anthology and AIFST) and listening to the commentary tracks.

Anyway, something kind of sad hit me when reading BBB and relistening to HSCP2. Adam H. talks in the book about how Yauch had randomly just reworked Too Many Rappers for the album, even though the original had already been released as a single. I decided to listen to that original version again (via the video, which I might not have actually ever seen before this week). There's a clear lyrical difference between the single and the album versions, mainly MCA's lyrics about never dying. It makes me think part of his motivation for reworking the track might have been removing those lyrics when he understood the severity of his situation.

I'm probably not the first to make this observation, but it hit me pretty hard and I wanted to put some thoughts down somewhere.

[b-grrrlie]

I made this back in 2012.

Happy birthday to my main man! (https://www.instagram.com/p/CDf3yL0pN0N/)

[Laver1969]

Nine. RIPMCA

[paulb]

It still feels so recent and painful. RIP Yauch :( Things just arent the same without you.

[Sir SkratchaLot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfyMv5mG_Z8

[NicRN77]

Still feels like yesterday. Miss you, Yauch. ❤️

[Junker]

10 years already. Unbelievable!

Still miss him. Rest in power Yauch!

[Kid Presentable]

Holy fuckin shit 10 years. Damn.

[WesleyOHSnaps!]

So crazy it’s been 10 years. Miss you Yauch. Miss you Beastie Boys

[paulb]

So bummed. Go listen to his music and enjoy the greatness.

[NicRN77]

Miss you, Yauch. ❤️

[Sir SkratchaLot]

Gone but not forgotten!