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Hip hop icons Beastie Boys have surprised fans by giving away new material in a recent box set.

Forming as The Young Aborigines in the mid 80s, the trio originally made thrashy hardcore punk. Pausing to make a goofy hip hop track, the band quickly discovered that they found rap a more flexible form to use than the increasingly staid hardcore scene - Gallows take note.

After a demo tape made the rounds Beastie Boys, as they were now called, wound up signed to hip hop powerhouse Def Jam, sharing a roster with global giants such as Run DMC. The band's...