[wi jd]

You shouldn't be. The Beastie Bitchboys are just another in a long line of (c)rap acts that has to steal what others have done before them, otherwise they'd never have any ideas. Hip-hop/(c)rap is another fine example of what H.L. Mencken meant when he said no one ever went broke underestimating the tastes of the American public.

Surely you realize that Led Zeppelin "stole" blues rifs from early black jazz artists. It is not just the rap artists rhyming and stealing.

[wardaddy]

LZ did not steal Delta blues. They "covered" it. Big difference.