{"id":139635,"date":"2019-10-04T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=139635"},"modified":"2019-10-04T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T08:09:50","slug":"beastie-boys-ad-rock-on-rap-pioneer-jimmy-spicer-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/beastie-boys-ad-rock-on-rap-pioneer-jimmy-spicer-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Beastie Boys\u2019 Ad-Rock on Rap Pioneer Jimmy Spicer Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jimmy Spicer<\/strong> past away last Friday of lung and brain cancer at the age of 61. His debut single, The Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)<\/em>, came out in 1980 and proved to be an influential early hip-hop landmark. His next singles, The Bubble Bunch <\/em>and Money (Dollar Bill Y\u2019all)<\/em>, established him as a rap pioneer and have been sampled by Wu-Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Kanye West<\/strong>, and many more. <\/p>\n

Beastie Boys<\/strong>\u2019 Adam \u201cAd-Rock\u201d Horovitz<\/strong> has long credited Spicer<\/strong> as the reason he wanted to become a rapper. Horovitz <\/strong>reflected on Spicer<\/strong>\u2019s impact on him and the group in interview for Rolling Stone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read the whole interview via here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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