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Adam Yauch's basketball jones
![THROUGHOUT their innovative music career, the Beastie Boys -- Adam "MCA" Yauch, Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz -- have rhymed about everything from angel dust to Abe Vigoda. As their fans know, one of their favorite subjects is basketball, and the band has kept up a weekly game since the mid-'90s. It was during one of these outings that Yauch, who also directed the Beasties' 2006 concert film, "Awesome; I . . . Shot That!," came up with the idea for his hoops documentary, "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," which hits theaters in Los Angeles on Friday.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-06/40143134-21161544.jpg "THROUGHOUT their innovative music career, the Beastie Boys -- Adam "MCA\" Yauch, Michael \"Mike D\" Diamond and Adam \"Ad-Rock\" Horovitz -- have rhymed about everything from angel dust to Abe Vigoda. As their fans know, one of their favorite subjects is basketball, and the band has kept up a weekly game since the mid-'90s. It was during one of these outings that Yauch, who also directed the Beasties' 2006 concert film, \"Awesome; I . . . Shot That!,\" came up with the idea for his hoops documentary, \"Gunnin' for That #1 Spot,\" which hits theaters in Los Angeles on Friday.")
Special to The TimesTHROUGHOUT their innovative music career, the Beastie Boys -- Adam "MCA" Yauch, Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz -- have rhymed about everything from angel dust to Abe Vigoda. As their fans know, one of their favorite subjects is...Tags: New York Knicks, Nike, Inc., TriBeCa Film Festival, High Schools, Movies
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The 50th Annual Grammy Winners List
Album of the Year: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock. Record of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. Song of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse). New Artist: Amy Winehouse. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson. Pop Vocal...Tags: Ne-Yo, Movies, Television, Kanye West, Rihanna
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'Awesome; I … Shot That!'
Times Staff Writer"Awesome; I … Shot That!," the raucous new Beastie Boys concert film, easily could have been called "Adventures in Digital Editing." Nathanial Hörnblowér (the directorial pseudonym of Beastie Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA) and supervising editor Neal Usatin...Tags: Doug E. Fresh, New York, Entertainment, Movies, Madison Square Garden
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Gangsta rap rules at the checkout counter
Times Staff WriterThe Black Eyed Peas are huddled around a low table overflowing with pizza and soggy Japanese takeout, but at the moment the Los Angeles rap trio is gnawing instead on a frustrating and familiar challenge: Why do even the lamest hard-core rap acts seem...Tags: Assault, Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Los Angeles, Dr. Dre (music artist)
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(1989) Striking Tales of Black Frustration and Pride Shake the Pop Mainstream
![Rap music is not polite. It's a noisy 'n' crude attack on mainstream sensibilities that has even liberal-minded adults who were raised on the rebellious, outlaw beat of Little Richard and the Rolling Stones asking themselves, "What happened to real music?"](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-10/49749923-08175155.jpg "Rap music is not polite. It's a noisy 'n' crude attack on mainstream sensibilities that has even liberal-minded adults who were raised on the rebellious, outlaw beat of Little Richard and the Rolling Stones asking themselves, "What happened to real music?\"")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRap music is not polite. It's a noisy 'n' crude attack on mainstream sensibilities that has even liberal-minded adults who were raised on the rebellious, outlaw beat of Little Richard and the Rolling Stones asking themselves, "What happened to real music?...Tags: Bo Diddley, Muhammad Ali, Assault, New York, Drugs and Medicines
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Apr 2, 1989
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