The Beastie Boys were known for their unique lyrics and became the first successful, white rap group. The members gained loads of fame over the past three decades of music making. People were negatively inspired by listening to the strange lyrics in their earlier productions. The Beastie Boys had more of a positive impact on society than negative as they grew older and wiser.
The first successful, white rap group formed in 1981 and shortly became popular on college radio stations and clubs. The Beastie Boys started out as a punk rock group with Mike D on vocals, MCA on Bass, John Berry on guitar, and Kate Schellenbach on drums. Schellenbach left the group in 1983, a year after their first extended play, Polly Wog Stew, was released. Mike D took …show more content…
Most of their songs were hits at parties, but added more negative thoughts into the people that listen to their sounds. These negative thoughts influenced young people to make poor decisions that could horribly impact their life. In their songs, they were rapping about gunning people down, violence, and drugging women. All of those actions involve going to prison and facing serious punishments. The Beastie Boys became famous and an influence on multiple individuals. As well as their lyrics, the Beastie Boys had loads of influence on people. For most of their career, they influenced people in a negative way. As they grew older, the effects their music had on others became obvious. “DIAMOND: We’re a lot more complex than people think. We’re very fortunate in that the music we’ve made has incorporated so many influences. When we put them together, we make something that has the touch and feel of the three of us. Lyrically, it’s the same thing. We could have stayed just being that one thing- in which case, who knows what would’ve happened to us by now.” The music group always tried to have hysterical, funky lyrics with an even better beat. People followed the messages of them since
The first successful, white rap group formed in 1981 and shortly became popular on college radio stations and clubs. The Beastie Boys started out as a punk rock group with Mike D on vocals, MCA on Bass, John Berry on guitar, and Kate Schellenbach on drums. Schellenbach left the group in 1983, a year after their first extended play, Polly Wog Stew, was released. Mike D took …show more content…
Most of their songs were hits at parties, but added more negative thoughts into the people that listen to their sounds. These negative thoughts influenced young people to make poor decisions that could horribly impact their life. In their songs, they were rapping about gunning people down, violence, and drugging women. All of those actions involve going to prison and facing serious punishments. The Beastie Boys became famous and an influence on multiple individuals. As well as their lyrics, the Beastie Boys had loads of influence on people. For most of their career, they influenced people in a negative way. As they grew older, the effects their music had on others became obvious. “DIAMOND: We’re a lot more complex than people think. We’re very fortunate in that the music we’ve made has incorporated so many influences. When we put them together, we make something that has the touch and feel of the three of us. Lyrically, it’s the same thing. We could have stayed just being that one thing- in which case, who knows what would’ve happened to us by now.” The music group always tried to have hysterical, funky lyrics with an even better beat. People followed the messages of them since