Originally Posted by crockett

This is a much better example of them doing rap/hip hop.. Hell even Dre said these guys were fucking out doing every black rapper at the time but to say they were the best, I wouldn't go that far..

What I would say is that the Beastie Boys were probably as equal to Run DMC in making Hip Hop become mainstream.

I think with out the Beastie Boys Hip Hop wouldnt have gone mainstream as early as it did so I would say they were a big part of its sucess.

Ironically, that very album, license to ill was their last hip hop album after that they moved more alt rock/ rap mix.

Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns

NWA pioneered true hip hop.