Chuck D and LL Cool J introducing Beastie Boys at Rock n Roll HOF Induction 4.14.12

No personal income, wages, etc. was used to produce this video. All expenses were paid by personal credit cards and/or loans, which are paid by other personal credit cards and/or loans. The Beastie Boys' unconventional methodology represented a unique hybrid of rock and hip-hop approaches, and the painstaking process involved meant that years passed between releases. In fact, the Beastie Boys released only one vocal album, To the 5 Boroughs (2004), in the first decade of the 21st century. However, the Beastie Boys released a few all-instrumental projects along the way, including 2007's The Mix-Up, which won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Although they came intermittently, the Beastie Boys' albums were packed with music. Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty each contain 20 or more tracks. Beginning with Check Your Head, the Beastie Boys -- having relocated to Los Angeles -- worked at their own G-Son studio, which gave them the latitude to jam and experiment at their leisure. They also launched their own imprint, the Capitol-distributed Grand Royal label. For To the 5 Boroughs, they returned to their New York City roots, recording at their own studio in downtown Manhattan. In 2011, 25 years after the release of Licensed to Ill, the trio released Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, their eighth full-length album. The group that virtually invented rap-rock has maintained its relevance with cool grooves and razor-sharp rhymes with each release. - See more at: http://rockhall.com/inductees/beastie-boys/bio/#sthash.8gsbPzRe.dpuf

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