The past week has been contentious. Republicans attacked other Republicans for (oddly) being too capitalistic and the Iranian government threatened to block the Straight of Hormuz. However, it was the battle royale between The New York Times’ crossword mastermind, Will Shortz, and blogger Boobs Radley over the perceived meaning of the word “illin’” that sent this week’s heated cultural dialogue into overdrive. Read the rest of this entry »

The Beasties are really growing fond of shooting these mini-movies in support of Hot Sauce…Pt. 2, and who could really be mad at that? In an era where television and music videos are as mismatched as Coke® and vodka, the legendary trio could have simply Flip-camera’ed their way onto YouTube and wrestled out plenty of views off of namesake alone. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Top 10 NFL Players In 2011, According To The People [ETSF]

Mac Dre’s Murderer’s Appeal Denied; Life Sentence Upheld [AHH]

The 15 Hottest Women Of 2011 [Complex] Read the rest of this entry »

Many days I thank Allah that we, The Crew, don’t actually work together in an actual office space. As evidenced from the 25 Essential Summer Songs list and previous Crew Love entries, the conflicting sounds blaring from everyone’s cubicle would ultimately sound like a bad 7th grade band recital. Read the rest of this entry »

Cancer be damned, the Beastie Boys are going to continue making music. When Beastie Adam Yauch indicated in 2009 that he did, indeed, have the disease, all hopes for their album’s 2009 release — which would become 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part II — were instantaneously abandoned. Read the rest of this entry »

Although rapidly approaching the half-century mark, all three members of The Beastie Boys are as sprightly as ever. Their recent “Make Some Noise” video proves that Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA can still spit with the best whippersnappers. Chalk it up as just another career win for the NYC Gentiles. Approaching fast upon the heels of the aforementioned song, the boys release “Don’t Play No Game I Can’t Win,” another track from the upcoming Hot Sauce Committee Part Two LP.

The Beasties call upon Santigold to provide her trademark echo to line the track’s lyrical underbelly. The track has a distinct dub vibe that correlates well with Santigold and The Beastie Boys’ experimental, worldly tendencies. Although there are less bars and more heady rhythms, it provides another chewable morsel while anticipating Part Two’s May 3 release.

Beastie Boys Feat. Santigold – “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”

For those fans still not satisfied, The Beasties are streaming Hot Sauce Committee Part Two in its entirety via a TDK 3 Speaker Boombox placed inside MSG. It didn’t provide the sonic inspiration necessary for a Knicks’ series revitalization but its appearance should provide a nice consolation for Carmelo & Co.’s exit.

Pre-order the album on iTunes.

Want to know the secret to consistency in the music business on a large scale? Well, go ask the Beastie Boys. Featuring three members born shortly after JFK was killed, these Brooklyn-bred trendsetters and parent-upsetters have once again returned like they never left with an epic visual for “Make Some Noise,” the latest grinder from their upcoming album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. Read the rest of this entry »

A new chune from Beastie Boys off their upcoming Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 album, set to drop on May 3rd and available for pre-order now. Not that they planned on letting “Make Some Noise” loose early (they didn’t) but it doesn’t hurt their cause one bit Read the rest of this entry »

The Beastie Boys have come a long way baby © Virginia Slims since the days of having their rhymes written for them, guzzling Brass Monkey & being young party animals. Hell, just being young period. But everybody had to start somewhere and in a partner post with KSpace, David D. takes a look @ early footage Read the rest of this entry »

Mmmm….Milena

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Chelsea Handler’s Playboy Cover [Our Kitchen Sink]

Beck, Beastie Boys, and Santigold Remix Norah Jones [Pitchfork]

Michael Jackson Has Earned $72 Million Since Death [Billboard]

Athletes That Could Have Been NFL Players [The Pigskin Doctors] Read the rest of this entry »

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Enter the Beastie Boys Ill Communication giveaway. We’ll close up shop on that today.

Buy a TSS shirt & the shipping costs are still on us.

RMF.

Did you do it? If not, throw your name in (click here) & enter “For The Free: Beastie Boys Ill Communication Reissue.”

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When MJ died, I started thinking that I wanted to make sure that we did a better job @ highlighting key figures from music and Hip-Hop while they’re still alive. A few weeks passed and along came the news of the Beastie Boys canceling a majority of their planned events with the news that MCA had been diagnosed with cancer (he’s reportedly well and on the mend). Read the rest of this entry »

The past few months have been good to The Beastie Boys. There was the reissuing of Check Your Head, a successful showing @ Bonaroo and, just this past weekend, the single with Nas made a huge buzz on the nets.

But what a swift kick in the nuts this news is for a Monday morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Interesting pairing here as we get Nasty Nas linked with the Beastie Boys. Odd but effective. Read the rest of this entry »