Best Beastie Boy Poll

Mike D in a leisurely stroll.

David Lee Roth

Ad Rock

MCA's got one of the coolest voices of anyone making records then or now. I love that he usually stays in the background and is only deployed for maximum impact at just the right times.

John Berry wuz robbed. I mean if you're going to include Kate Schellenbach.

oops, sorry John Berry

The King Adrock.

no Mario C, no cred.

oy vey

hahaha re. the david lee roth call. was going to make a sean penn joke on the same topic, but DLR trumps all.

ad rock

Was money mark the one with carpentry skills? I need some beastie shelves!

yeah just give him some wood, he'll build you a cabinet

I am voting adrock and I really can't imagine how anybody could vote anything else.

AdRock

can ad rock build me furniture, too?

M!C!A! (hope he's okay)

yeah, poor guy... supposedly they caught the cancer early so hopefully he'll be fine.

Adrock

he IS the beastie boys uniqueness

god i want to put on paul's boutique when i get home

MCA, for reasons given above by Johnny Fever.

Mike D, for reasons not given by Alex in NYC

I just find Mike to be the wittiest and -- dare I say it -- funkiest of the three.

mike d's verses are just big commercials IMO

and he's a good drummer.

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Also Mike D, but based on this I may change my vote to Mixmaster Mike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfNd0YByYIQ

I just find Mike to be the wittiest and -- dare I say it -- funkiest of the three.

Mike always had the least rhythm (in re rapping) of the three, and has become MUCH worse as he's gotten older

i don't know, the most rhythmically clunky delivery i can remember in b-boys song is MCA on Ch-Check It Out, i.e.:

Blowin' doors off hinges
I'll grab you with the pinchers
And no i didn't retire
I'll snatch you up
With the needle nose pliers

He don't need rhythm; he's Country Mike!

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I might vote Mike D cause he seems the least concerned with sounding cool of the three; he exists in his own little world

ps reason for choosing MCA: a year and a day
reason #2: all the groaning-monk funk on Ill Comms

^ kept resisting saying MCA deserved it just for A Year And A Day until I thought of some other reasons.

Mike certainly loses out if you start ranking them on the basis of side-projects:
MCA did the Drum Machine re-versioning with Burzootie
Adrock did the amazing first BS2000 album and Spam
Mike D played brushes on a Ben Lee album track

(BTW stevie we were on the Beastie mailing list together back in 97 or so)

ha! omg... i was regularly trolled there bitd.

Adrock also did Dead Fucking Last.

Is David Lee Roth wearing a Kappa tracksuit top in that picture?

We were listening to Ill Communication last night after a bad day at work and boy did it help but the spring back into my step.

Voted MCA - get well soon buddy!

polling members of a group when one of them has recently fallen ill is probably not a great idea

Aw, that bums me out. I just posted it because they were on my mind with the news about Yauch - didn't mean it to be crappy.

when i was a kid and saw the fight for your right to party video i thought ad rock was the coolest by far, so i am voting for him on that basis.

it's all good, Brio, just saying! i like the idea of fav band members polls, though.

Schellenbach, just because who the fuck cares, really?

ha! omg... i was regularly trolled there bitd.

yeah yeah, I remember the heavy teen American membership going from “this guy claims to be a critic, what a LYING LIAR trying to impress us,” to “oh shit he really is... well how DARE a PASTY BRIT even THINK about writing about our Boys”

Get On the Mic

From "Girls" on, Ad-Rock's definitely brought the best game vocally - that MTV Movie Awards makes his relative enthusiasm more than clear. MCA's rasp used to be cool (plus I love that "I Don't Know" song) but post-"Alive" that shit sounds shot. Mike D um yeah I can see why Rick Rubin wanted this guy gone. Though it's not like any of them sound good on the new one.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Voting Mike D for that amazing story he used to tell about DJ SHAdow and James LaVELLE.

what's the story?

"DJ SHAdow and James LaVELLE"

Ha, like the spelling! That's from 'Psynce Fiction' isn't it?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Now I'm a break it down in the UNKLE style
Drums of death that are worth your while
In the file, I'll dial, I said
Anyone who says we're not versatile

Cause it's me, M-I-K-E to the D
Getting down, U-N-K-L-E
For this you pay a fee
It's not for free
We're coming to the end of the century

Crossing continental with these beats
And getting your ass up and out your seats
The drop-top up with the Flintstone feets
We're gonna put you down with the tasty treats

Hand me the mic and I will say
Living positive each and every day
Whether in the fall or the month of may
Lavelle be getting down with no delay

Yeah drums of death y'all
Put me to the test y'all
Never rest, y'all, yeah
Check it out, uh

I got a little story to tell
With DJ Shadow and James Lavelle
It starts right now in history
And I am known as the rapper Mike D.

Funky funky beats, one-two, break it down
Deliver it on down with the A-1 sound
Ounce by ounce and pound for pound
Got the shit that's out of bounds

The beat's on time and I hope you feel
Nice and complete like a happy meal
Sounds of tomorrow. Can't y'all just steal?
Or is it too hectic for y'all to deal?

Gotta keep moving 'till we hit the top
My boys Unkle gonna let the beat drop
Grab the mic and I start to mop
Like I done since day one in the game of hip-hop!
Hip hop....hip hop

these results are so correct

No Ricky Powell, no credibility.

the fact that ppl used to care about UNKLE is so hilarious....

what morons people ever were to enjoy music by Kudo or DJ Shadow or Tim Goldsworthy

i still care about UNKLE

I would've voted Biz Markie.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/original-beastie-boys-member-john-berry-dead-at-52-20160519

poll results OTM

yup

this is unfair on michael diamond