The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (MCA), RIP.

(Orin Kerr)

The sad news is here; some stories are reporting his age as 47 and others as 48. I would have never guessed that the Beastie Boys would put out so much good stuff over the years back in 1986 when Licensed to Ill came out. But they did. In my view, the group’s high point was clearly Paul’s Boutique, which remains one of my favorite and most-played CDs. But their later work was good, too: Although I never really got into their most recent release, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, I thought To the 5 Boroughs was excellent.