Adam Yauch aka MCA, one of the members and founder of the pioneering and multimillion-selling hip-hop / rap group the Beastie Boys, died last week in Manhattan. He lost his 3-year battle to cancer of the salivary gland. He was 47. I was just a kid, but I still remember when their #1 hit "Brass Monkey" hit the streets, the Hip Hop world lost its mind. The Beastie Boys completely blew us away with the funk and the comedy, a combination that kept them on…