Beastie Boys’ 14th Street Break

Right before I boarded the flight for Hong Kong last week I caught a note on Twitter that MCA, Adam Yauch (Wikipedia), of the Beastie Boys had died. A sad way to start the flight, but during the flight and my drives through China I listened to their album, The Mix-Up*, almost constantly. This album is pure instrumental genius and even if you don’t consider yourself a Beastie Boys fan give this track, 14th Street Break, a shot. iTunes classified the album as jazz and I’m not gonna argue.