Beastie Boys Fans Travis Porter Pay Tribute With Tour

None of the members of Travis Porter were even born when the Beastie Boysreleased hip-hop's first #1 album in 1986, but the seminal rap trio influenced the new-age party animals all the same.

In fact, Travis Porter have been planning to pay homage to the Beasties for some time now: They originally wanted to title their debut album No Sleep Till Atlanta in reference to the BB classic "No Sleep Till Brooklyn."

"A lot of people compare us to the Beastie Boys in some type of way," Travis Porter's Ali told "RapFix Live" on Wednesday when he and his group appeared on the show.

"Just because the hip-hop and the music and the fun," Quez added.

When you consider TP's electric club jams like "Make It Rain," "You Don't Know Bout it" and "Ayy Ladies," then the Beasties comparison makes sense. In their early days, Mike D, Ad-Rock and MCA — who died following his struggle with cancer on Friday, were the ultimate party starters, and Travis Porter look to carry on that tradition. Ultimately, TP decided to name their upcoming May 29 debut From Day 1, but they still plan to honor the Beasties.

"We named our tour No Sleep Till Atlanta though, still," Ali said of their upcoming summer run, which will support the LP.

DMC, a member of the iconic rap group Run-DMC, also appeared on "RapFix" and reacted to Yauch's death and the Beastie Boys' legacy. During the 1980s, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys toured together and became fast friends.

"The first thing that came to my mind was like, man, another one of us, it's crazy. Adam Yauch is a member of one of the greatest groups ever in hip-hop, rock and roll history and music period," he said. "He will be forever remembered as one of the greatest voices in hip-hop."

MTV News also spoke with Biz Markie on Friday about Yauch's legacy. "He was in a class by himself. All three of them was in a class by themselves," the iconic rapper/DJ said. "They were different, but he was a cool one and he was just different. He was from a different cloth, he had a different aura about him. He was just super cool."