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| | Beastie Boys: Check Your Head ---Ink Blot Magazine |
 | | Their debut album, License to Ill, was released in 1986, and the mix of heavy metal riffs, punk attitude, and hip hop sensibility made the album an overnight sensation and the best-selling rap album of the 1980's. |
 | | The Beastie Boys are also the founders of the Tibetan Freedom Concert, The Milarepa Foundation (dedicated to raising awareness and money in an effort to end Chinese oppression of Tibet and its people), Grand Royal Magazine, and X-Large Clothing. |
 | | The old Beastie schtick of "hip-hop meets rock meets psychedelia" expanded to include funk, jazz, dub, hardcore punk, Santana- style jams, sleazy Blaxploitation soundtracks, and fatter beats. |
| www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Beastie_Boys_Check.htm (500 words) |
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