Are the Beastie Boys progressive?

In term of music, could they be labeled as a progressive rap band?

siLLy puPPy wrote: Omg. Really?

Honestly I don't know and was just asking, but listening to them recently, I thought there was some progressive element in their music

This kind of reminds me of the kind of question the 16 year olds would ask on reddit.  It's a legitimate question though. Those who only know their "hits" might not understand why someone would ask in the same way someone who only knows the hits of Kansas or Genesis might not understand the question and think it's silly. I'm not overly familiar with the Beatie Boys but I do know they brought in some outside influences to their music and so I think it makes sense. I'll let others give a more formal answer here though.

Just for fun

^ It's not.

FFS...🤓 Lets bin TFTO and get some beastie boys...I'd rather listen to a shortsighted randy bull elephant shagging a rusty old steam engine boiler...

For the time period in question, I think Public Enemy would be the group that really took rap to all new places and new innovations.

In a broad sense, perhaps.

Diverse? Can't really argue against that. But it doesn't really have any elements I would qualify as progressive.

Are you asking if they belong to category called progressive rap? If so, depends on how that category is defined. I don't think it exists. If it does, how is it defined.

I guess I would categorize them as alternative hip hop/rap.

If you are asking whether are progressive within rap, by expanding the boundaries of rap by incorporating other forms of music, ideas, and innovations, then perhaps. It depends on how you want to differentiate between being progressive or alternative.