from writing a full on homophobic song...Ill was a full on "act"..GP was something different

>Not sure if you are aware....but the Beastie Boy's first
>album was intended to be a PARODY of frat-boy culture. They
>were coming from a punk-rock background that had progressive
>values....so songs like 'fight for your right to party' were
>satirical in nature....they were projecting an image and
>persona with tongue-in-cheek. So naming the album 'Don't be a
>faggot' was an extension of this satirical theme. The Beastie
>boys themselves have admitted that as time passed...what began
>as a parody became more and more 'real' sort of speak. And
>they had fallen into the trap of becoming what they had
>originally set out to making fun of or satirize. This point
>has been part of their multiple public apologies throughout
>the years.