Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47 from Cancer. Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke huge with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986; it was the biggest-selling rap album of the decade and the first to reach Number One on the Billboard chart. Further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the Beasties as a true superstar act. R.I.P. Adam Yauch AKA MCA Some of my favorite Beastie Boys songs. ENJOY! Beastie Boys – Paul Revere [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_FBrqQBjcE&w=420&h=315] The Beastie Boys – Egg Raid On Mojo (Live 1979) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnaaEOr38U&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys – High Plains Drifter (Live 1995) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJDo7KAC-sI&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique (Full Album) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNmLMs7ugw&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys – So What Cha Want [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru3gH27Fn6E&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys – Pass the Mic [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpsvBvwRuf0&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys – Three mcs and one DJ – Intergalactic (Live on MTV VMA ’98) [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1cNxtQhsk&w=420&h=315] Beastie Boys on American Bandstand-1987 Old School [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXSEUY_O4k&w=560&h=315]