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The Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City , formed in 1980 . For the majority of their career , the group consisted of Michael " Mike D " Diamond ( vocals , drums ), Adam " ___MASK96___ " Yauch ( vocals , bass ) and Adam " Ad - Rock " Horovitz ( vocals , guitar ). ___MASK89___ is an ___MASK26___ . A division of ___MASK98___ , Inc ., Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 . It later expanded its scope to include diverse musical genres including pop , R & B , rock and hip hop . Historically , the label has housed popular acts such as Boston , Celine Dion , Dave Clark Five , Gloria Estefan , Pearl Jam , Shakira , and Sly & the Family Stone . Toots and the Maytals , originally called The Maytals , are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and rock steady vocal groups . The Maytals were formed in the early 1960s and were key figures in popularizing ___MASK75___ music . Frontman Toots Hibbert ' s soulful vocal style has been compared to Otis Redding , and led him to be named one of the 100 Greatest Singers by " Rolling Stone ". Their 1968 single " Do the Reggay ", was the first song to first use the word " ___MASK75___ ", naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience . As ___MASK29___ Records founder Chris Blackwell says ,  The Maytals were unlike anything else ... sensational , raw and dynamic . ___MASK75___ is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s . The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora . A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals " Do the Reggay " was the first popular song to use the word " ___MASK75___ ," effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience . While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music , the term " ___MASK75___ " more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues , especially the New Orleans R & B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint , and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady . ___MASK75___ usually relates news , social gossip , and political comment . ___MASK75___ spread into a commercialized jazz field , being known first as  Rudie Blues , then  Ska , later  Blue Beat , and  Rock Steady . It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat , and the offbeat rhythm section . The immediate origins of ___MASK75___ were in ska and rock steady ; from the latter , ___MASK75___ took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument . Allen Toussaint ( January 14 , 1938  November 10 , 2015 ) was an American musician , songwriter , arranger and ___MASK99___ producer , who was an influential figure in New Orleans R & B from the 1950s to the end of the century , described as " one of popular music  s great backroom figures ." Many musicians recorded Toussaint ' s compositions , including " Java ", " Mother - in - Law ", " I Like It Like That ", " Fortune Teller ", " Ride Your Pony ", " Get Out of My Life , Woman ", " Working in the Coal Mine ", " Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky ", " Here Come the Girls ", " Yes We Can Can ", " Play Something Sweet ", and " Southern Nights ". He was a producer for hundreds of recordings , among the best known of which are " Right Place , Wrong Time ", by his longtime friend Dr . John (" Mac " Rebennack ), and " Lady Marmalade ", by Labelle . Seth Aaron Rogen ( born April 11 , ___MASK80___ ) is a Canadian - American actor , filmmaker , and comedian . He began his career performing stand - up comedy during his teenage years , winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998 . While still living in his native Vancouver , he landed a supporting role in the series " ___MASK30___ and Geeks ". Shortly after he moved to Portland , Oregon for his role , " ___MASK30___ and Geeks " was officially cancelled after one season due to low viewership . Rogen later got a part on sitcom " Undeclared ", which also hired him as a staff writer . Judd Apatow ( born December 6 , 1967 ) is an American producer , writer , director , actor , and comedian . He is the founder of Apatow Productions , through which he produced and developed the cult television series " ___MASK30___ and Geeks " and " Undeclared " and directed and produced " The 40 - Year - Old Virgin " ( 2005 ), " Knocked Up " ( 2007 ), " Funny People " ( 2009 ), " This Is 40 " ( 2012 ), and " Trainwreck " ( 2015 ). Michael Diamond ( born November 20 , 1965 ), better known as Mike D , is an American rapper , musician and producer , best known as the founding member of New York City hip hop group the Beastie Boys . Diamond raps , sings , and plays drums . He has provided remixes for Moby and Björk . Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and ___MASK75___ music . Mento typically features acoustic instruments , such as acoustic guitar , banjo , hand drums , and the rhumba box  a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played . The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music . Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written , directed , and co - produced by Judd Apatow , and starring Seth Rogen , Katherine Heigl , Paul Rudd , and Leslie Mann . It follows the repercussions of a drunken one - night stand between a slacker and a just - promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy . Matthew Paul Miller ( born June 30 , 1979 ), known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu (  ; " Gift of God "), is a Jewish American ___MASK75___ vocalist , beatboxer , and alternative rock musician . Jamaica is an ___MASK29___ country situated in the Caribbean Sea , consisting of the third - largest ___MASK29___ of the Greater Antilles . The ___MASK29___ , in area , lies about south of Cuba , and west of Hispaniola ( the ___MASK29___ containing the nation - states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ). Jamaica is the fourth - largest ___MASK29___ country in the Caribbean , by area . Ska ( Jamaican ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and ___MASK75___ . Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues . It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off - beat . Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Prince Buster , Clement " Coxsone " Dodd , and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm & blues and then began recording their own songs . Some suggest ska dates to earlier times , however . In the early 1960s , ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods . Later it became popular with many skinheads . Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( born 21 November 1965 ), known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer , songwriter , producer , DJ , and actress . Over her four - decade career , she has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a wide range of influences and genres spanning electronic , ___MASK36___ , experimental , classical , trip hop , IDM , and avant - garde styles . She initially became known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Sugarcubes , whose 1987 single " Birthday " was a hit on US and UK indie stations and a favorite among music critics . Björk embarked on a solo career in 1993 , coming to prominence as a solo artist with albums such as " Debut " ( 1993 ), " Post " ( 1995 ), and " Homogenic " ( 1997 ), while collaborating with a range of artists and exploring a variety of multimedia projects . `` King Without a Crown '' is a song by Hasidic ___MASK75___ singer Matisyahu . The song was originally from his 2004 debut studio ___MASK38___ Shake off the Dust ... Arise and then a shorter edited version was released as an official single in late 2005 in support of his second studio ___MASK38___ , Youth . A live version of the song also appeared on his ___MASK38___ Live at Stubb ' s . The song hit # 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart , making it Matisyahu ' s biggest hit of his career . On some limited editions of Youth and on the `` King Without a Crown '' three - track EP , there is a bonus track of `` King Without a Crown '' remixed by Mike D of the Beastie Boys . Along with the song `` Youth '' , `` King Without a Crown '' is different from other songs on the ___MASK38___ Youth , in that it has a lengthy guitar solo more in the spirit of rock than of ___MASK75___ . `` King Without a Crown '' was also played in the movie Knocked Up . Shake Off the Dust ... Arise is Matisyahu ' s debut ___MASK38___ and was released October 28 , 2004 by ___MASK53___ . It fell out of print following his move to ___MASK89___ , and would remain a collector ' s item until it was remastered and reissued in October 2010 , sold exclusively through his official website . The ___MASK38___ is now widely available as a digital download through standard retailers , albeit with slightly modified cover art . The ___MASK38___ ' s name comes from the Hebrew liturgical poem " Lekhah Dodi " which is sung by most Jewish denominations in order to welcome the holy Sabbath , which in the poem is referred to as a bride . The original line in the " Lekhah Dodi " poem is "   ,  " ( Heetna ' ari meAfar ... Kumee ). Alternative rock ( also called alternative music , alt - rock or simply alternative ) is a genre of ___MASK3___ that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s . In this instance , the word " alternative " refers to the genre ' s distinction from mainstream ___MASK3___ . The term ' s original meaning was broader , referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent , D . I . Y . ethos of punk rock , which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music . At times , " alternative " has been used as a catch - all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition , or for any music , whether rock or not , that is seen to be descended from punk rock ( including some examples of punk itself , as well as new wave , and post - punk ). Rhythm and blues , often abbreviated as R & B or RnB , is a genre of popular African - American music that originated in the 1940s . The term was originally used by ___MASK99___ companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans , at a time when " urbane , rocking , jazz based music with a heavy , insistent beat " was becoming more popular . In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually consisted of piano , one or two guitars , bass , drums , saxophone , and sometimes background vocalists . R & B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African - American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy . Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships , freedom , economics , aspirations , and sex . Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966 . A successor of ska and a precursor to ___MASK75___ , rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads , The Maytals , The Heptones and The Paragons . The term " rocksteady " comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song " Rock Steady ". Dances performed to rocksteady were less energetic than the earlier ska dances . The first international rocksteady hit was " Hold Me Tight " ( 1968 ) by the American soul singer Johnny Nash ; it reached number one in Canada . Paul Stephen Rudd ( born April 6 , 1969 ) is an American actor , comedian , writer and producer . He studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the British American Drama Academy , before making his acting debut in 1992 with NBC ' s drama series " Sisters ". He is known for his starring roles in the film " The Cider House Rules " ( 1999 ) and the comedy films " Clueless " ( ___MASK57___ ), "" ( ___MASK57___ ), " Wet Hot American Summer " ( 2001 ), "" ( 2004 ), " The 40 - Year - Old Virgin " ( 2005 ), " Knocked Up " ( 2007 ), " Role Models " ( 2008 ), " I Love You , Man " ( 2009 ), " Dinner for Schmucks " ( 2010 ), " Our Idiot Brother " ( 2011 ), " Wanderlust " ( 2012 ), " This Is 40 " ( 2012 ), and "" ( 2013 ), and for playing the superhero Scott Lang / Ant - Man in Marvel Studios ' " Ant - Man " ( 2015 ) and "" ( 2016 ). " Do the Reggay " is a ___MASK75___ song by The Maytals . Written by Toots Hibbert , produced by Leslie Kong and released on Beverly ' s Records in Jamaica and Pyramid Records in the UK in 1968 . " Do the Reggay " was the first popular song to use the word " ___MASK75___ " and defined the developing genre by giving it its name . At that time , " reggay " had been the name of a passing dance fashion in Jamaica , but the song ' s connection of the word with the music itself led to its use for the style of music that developed from it . ___MASK53___ was a non - profit ___MASK99___ and event production company that produced Jewish music and cross cultural musical dialogue . JDub , unlike most ___MASK99___ ___MASK15___ , derived half its annual income from foundations and individual donors and the other half from ___MASK99___ and ticket sales . As a non - profit Jewish organization its stated mission was to " forge vibrant connections to Judaism through music , media and cultural events ." JDub operations included an artists fellowship program , overseeing the Jewcy website , event production and consulting . Leslie Mann ( born March 26 , 1972 ) is an American actress and comedian known for her roles in comedic films such as " The Cable Guy " ( ___MASK16___ ), " George of the Jungle " ( 1997 ), " Big Daddy " ( 1999 ), " Timecode " ( 2000 ), " Perfume " ( 2001 ), " Stealing Harvard " ( 2002 ), " The 40 - Year - Old Virgin " ( 2005 ), " Knocked Up " ( 2007 ), " 17 Again " ( 2009 ), " Funny People " ( 2009 ), " Rio " ( 2011 ), " The Change - Up " ( 2011 ), " This Is 40 " ( 2012 ), " The Bling Ring " ( 2013 ), " The Other Woman " ( 2014 ), " Vacation " ( 2015 ) and " How to Be Single " ( 2016 ), many of which are collaborations with her husband , Judd Apatow . In 2012 , " Elle " named her " Hollywood ' s queen of comedy ."