Everyone loves Adrock. He's charismatic, he's got a weird voice, he's relatively good looking.
MCA's got the gruff flow and buddhist perspective. The cool guy for those too cool for Adrock.
Does anyone like Mike D, once rumored to be related to Dustin Diamond of Saved by the Bell fame? Where's the love for Mike D? His voice does sound a little like the lite version of Adrock's and his gaunt face is kinda scary to look at these days. But really, is there any cooler member of the Beastie Boys?
When the Beastie Boys first started, Mike D was the man behind the microphone on all those mediocre, yet youthfully energetic, punk rock tunes. He reprised the role for one of Check Your Head's highlights, "Time For Livin'" and Ill Communication's "Tough Guy". Let us not forget the whole Aglio E Olio EP.
Arguably (SERIOUSLY, arguably) the Beastie Boys' best video is "Netty's Girl", Mike D's homage to his unrequited love at a local restaurant. What a freakin' stroke of genius!!! Mike D rows his boat slowly across the lake, the keyboard skips along sweetly, and the listener smiles every time a word is stumbled or sung out of tune. HIP-HOP-POW!
And now for several more rhetorical questions, how about the rarely heard of Country Mike's Greatest Hits? Why did I buy this? Why is Mike D so weird? Does membership in one of hip-hop and rock's most important bands give you enough clout to release a traditional country record?
Mike D is obviously the coolest member of the Beastie Boys.
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