Over the past 30 years, the Beastie Boys have put together a legendary career as an innovative hip-hop act that has crossed over to a variety of genres including rock and jazz. In fact, the group first got together to play hardcore in 1979 and stuck on the punk/hardcore end of things for the next five years before producer Rick Rubin got a hold of them.

For this month’s Through The Years, we’re going to look at all the incarnations of the Beastie Boys from their early days in Brooklyn to the multi-platinum License to Ill days all the way up to last year’s Bonnaroo. Outside of a few missing years, we’ve put together a playlist featuring one B-Boys video from each year starting in 1982. Take a peak…

Tracklist:

1982 – Holy Snapper (Home Video)
1983 – Live at The Kitchen
1984 – White Shadow (Live on Cable TV)
1985 – Filming Promos
1986 – Hold It Now, Hit It (Music Video)
1987 – No Sleep Till Brooklyn (Live in Montreux)

READ ON for the rest of the Beastie Boys – Through The Years playlist…

1988 – N/A
1989 – Sounds of Science (Vinyl Version)
1990 – Recording In The Studio
1991 – N/A
1992 – Time For Livin’ (Live)
1993 – Intergalactic (Unreleased Version)
1994 – Sabotage (MTV Awards)
1995 – Hardcore Show
1996 – Root Down (Tibetan Freedom Concert)
1997 – Egg Raid On Mojo (Live in Japan)
1998 – Beasties-o-Graphy (MTV Show)
1999 – So What’cha Want (Live in Glasgow)
2000 – Off the..Suco de Tangerina
2001 – N/A
2002 – N/A
2003 – N/A
2004 – Check It Out (Live on Letterman)
2005 – Right Right Now Now (Live on Conan)
2006 – 3 MCs (Live on Letterman)
2007 – Sureshot (Live at Live Earth)
2008 – Off The Grid (Live at Langerado)
2009 – Too Many Rappers (Live at Bonnaroo w/ Nas)