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SINCE bursting onto the scene in 1986 with the epochal crossover rap hit "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)," from the quintuple-platinum Licensed to Ill, the Beastie Boys have continued to defy observers who initially pigeonholed them as nothing more than knockoff white rappers. With a 16-year history of musical innovation and experimentation, these trailblazers of the ...more


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