Licensed to Ill

 On November 15th, 1986 Adam “MCA” Yauch, Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz released Licensed to Ill. 

4 months later the debut album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts with 6 songs in the top 10 and four #1 hits. 

Young Beasties with a beardless Rick Rubin

Also on this date:

Yaphet Kotto was born in 1939

Adam Yauch

Adam Nathaniel “MCA” Yauch was born on  August 5th, 1964.

Forever filed under gone too soon. 

Adam “MCA” Yauch (8/5/64 - 5/4/12)

Young Beasties with a beardless Rick Rubin

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Licensed to Ill

Also on this date in 1939, Bob Clark was born.