[GlockThe Vote]

RIP MCA

Ffffuubbboooo

[struggle]

He didn’t look like Obama’s son.

[Verginius Rufus]

As someone in the 16-to-66 age bracket, I had never heard of him. May have vaguely heard of the Beastie Boys but couldn’t have told you anything about them. Some kind of music group I assume. American? British? Other?

[MAD-AS-HELL]

While Obama happens to have the same skin color of blacks and looks black, he’s never lived the life of a typical black man in the United States. And the irony of this is that the same blacks that voted for this guy would be the same people who would have ridiculed him for not being black had he lived in their neighborhood or gone to school with them.

[GlockThe Vote]

If Obama had a son he would not have looked like MCA.

[IrishPennant]

Wasn’t there a movie that opened, and smashed the box office records, this weekend starring the beastie boys????

[Chode]

you gotta fight for your right to party

no sleep till Brooklyn

[DemforBush]

It took me a while to warm to the Beastie Boys. I didn’t like “Fight for Your Right”, because at first I didn’t get the joke that is was aping the same kind of BS music I hated too. By the time Ill Communication came out, though, I was hooked. The music video for Sabotage is brilliant.

[Paladin2]

Too bad it’s not the DMCA.

[Fiji Hill]

If you’re age 16-66 — maybe 106 — you know him as MCA, one-third of the Beastie Boys.

I'm in that age group and I've never heard of him. I've heard the Beastie Boys mentioned in the news from time to time, and I figure they must be some disco, punk rock or hip-hop group.

[hoosierboy]

Graduated in 91. I remember playing the song cookie puss in my bedroom in 8th grade and my dad coming up and breaking the cassette tape in half. Great stuff, even some of their deep cuts like eggman, and shadrach. Sabotage was such a funny video too. Hilarious stuff.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Funny the “coolest president ever” doesn’t say a word about the passing of MCA. Weird and kinda sad, actually.

No big loss. The people who know and love rap - including his fellow rappers and musicians - all did, expressing their sadness and respect for MCA and the Beasties. I commemorated his passing by digging up and playing my old copy of "Paul's Boutique" - brought back a lot of good memories from younger days.

The eulogy I liked best came from perhaps the greatest MC of all time, Rakim: "There have been a lot of people who have molded the face and history of Hip Hop over the years, but no one can deny that my three dudes from New York City were paramount in taking it from a local thing and breaking it world wide. Last saw my man at the [Vh1] Hip Hop Honors Awards and he was upbeat, gracious and spiritual as always. R.I.P. to MCA...see you in the next one, brother."

[ilgipper]

He’s white, Jim.

[Vision]

I have no idea why this is a news story- and coming from the W Times. What a ignorant gutter America has turned into.

[Future Snake Eater]

Sabotage

Intergalactic

[liberalh8ter]

White and (half) Jew....No memorial for you!!!! RIP, MCA.....you were awesome.....Mhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm, drop!

[Married with Children]

Lyricaly and musically Jay-Z and Kunta Kinte West SUCK @$$!! They are just stupid. Just listen to that “New York” Alicia Keys colaberation with Jay-Z...his lyrics are absurd! The Beastie Boys kicked @$$. Listen to “Pass the Mic”, “Professor Booty”, etc, etc...they are great and must have put a lot of thought into their lyrics...a lot of them are very clever and funny.