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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: Remembering The Beastie Boys: Part 2
Description: It is almost impossible for anyone from a lightweight boy band to transition to serious, respected artist…it can be done—we can look at Justin Timberlake and, um…well, we can look at Justin Timberlake….And as tough as that is, it’s even more difficult to move from being pigeonholed as a novelty act to one that carries gravitas and serious artistic merit…yet that’s what the beastie boys managed to do…No one took them seriously for the first eight years of their career…they were spoiled, snotty frat boys writing goofy songs and ma...