For background, read the New Yorker piece from Sasha Frere-Jones and then read Oliver Wang’s piece at NPR. Wang writes:

Listening to the Beastie Boys for the next quarter century, I mostly thought of them as a group package rather than an assortment of distinct MCs. Their telltale style was a three-man, tag team weave, where each rapper – Adam “MCA” Yauch, Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond – often finished each other’s sentences.

I never thought much of the beasties individually until Yauch’s passing, and now with him gone his deep voice speaks out to me from all of their songs. It’s hard to think of the group without him, and that saddens me a lot… more than I expected, in fact.

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Related article you should also read: Adam Yauch’s Work in Tibet More Important Than Ever.

TracklistThe Fat Beat Diet – May 7th 2012
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artist – name (album) [time]
The Beastie Boys – Slow Ride (Licensed To Ill) [8:33:10 PM]
The Beastie Boys – Paul Revere (Licensed To Ill)
The Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Licensed To Ill)
The Beastie Boys – She’s Crafty (Licensed To Ill)
The Beastie Boys – Time To Get Ill (Licensed To Ill)
The Beastie Boys – Car Thief (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – Shardach (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – Egg Man (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – B-Boy Bouillabaisse (Paul’s Boutique)
The Beastie Boys – Jimmy James (Check Your Head)
The Beastie Boys – So What’cha Want (Check Your Head)
The Beastie Boys – Sabotage
The Beastie Boys – Ricky’s theme (Ill Communication) [9:00:47 PM]
The Beastie Boys – Sure Shot (Ill Communication)
The Beastie Boys – Root Down (Ill Communication)
The Beastie Boys – Flute Loop (Ill Communication)
The Beastie Boys – Get it Together -(Rebirth of Cool Phive)
A Tribe Called Quest – Get it Together (A.B.A Remix)
Beastie Boys vs the Beatles – Hold It Together Now (The Beastles)
The Beastie Boys – Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix) (The Sounds Of Science CD1)
Dynamo Productions – Hey Yeah!
The Beastie Boys – Intergalactic (Acapella)
The Beastie Boys – Triple Trouble (To the 5 Boroughs)
Chic vs. Beasties vs. Franz Ferdinand – Chic Franzie Boys (Party Ben Mix)
The Beastie Boys – Ch-Check it Out (To the 5 Boroughs)
The Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise (Hot Sauce Committee Part Two)
The Beastie Boys – Beastie Boys [9:30:26 PM]
The Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey (Licensed To Ill)
The Beastie Boys – Live At P.J.’s (Check Your Head)
The Beastie Boys – To All The Girls (Paul’s Boutique)
Idris Muhammad – Loran’s Dance
Heatwave – Star of the Story
Bill Withers – Grandma’s Hand’s
Grover Washington Jr – Hydra
bob james – Look-Alike
David Axelrod – Holy Thursday [9:56:17 PM]