Paul's Boutique

I liked the other one better but fun to have another Beastie Boys.

okay very samey was ready to stop listening liked the chill first song

Prehistoric. Not one of my favorites.

Never was a huge fan of the beastie boys

Kuulosti ihan Beastie Boysilta. Ei minun mielestä hittejä, mutta ei hutejakaan. Peruskolmonen

This had a lot to live up to after hearing "Ill Communication" the other day and I have to say, it didn't quite get there. The beats were impressive but I think I prefer the actual instrumentation on IC. Still, this was a very good listen.

Decent album by beastie boys. Not really an album of hits, but more filled with fresher beats and styles that weren’t done yet. Beastie boys were just ahead and this album showed that. 6.7/10

Good album, interesting samples.

Production is crazy and I have no idea how they paid for some of these samples (The Beatles!?). Rap wise you know what you’re going to get

fine

Shouty shouty music. Yeh I get the anger and melody and appreciate it, but won't appreciate again. Would have been right at the right time and place (20 years ago)

Enjoyable listen. This music was far too cool for me in 1989…

Yeah. Quite fun, but not my favourite Beastie Boys

Digging the beats, sampling and groove. But I'm kinda disappointed that the album wasn't called Lee's Sportswear.

Started strong but sort of fizzled out?

It's a fun album. I've actually heard this one before. 5 piece chicken dinner is the best song on the album

Dense as heck with cool samples and references. But you can’t listen to BB for long before it all seems so samey. Hey Ladies is basically She’s Crafty down to all the rhymes and phrasing.

I like the Beastie Boys fairly well, although they've never played a lot in my regular rotation. This album seems like pretty typical fare for them: not nearly as good as Ill Communication or Intergalactic for listening to. (After reading the wiki, it looks like this is the definitive album, so I'm certainly glad they made it). 3 stars.

When the Beastie Boys first were popular and hit the scene, the only song I knew was their hit about fighting for the right to party, and I found it a little funny but mostly obnoxious so I avoided their music. I have never heard this album, hadn't even heard of it, and it's actually pretty good. Catchy and clever, some great hooks, and it's interesting that it's all cobbled together with samples. I remember listening to some of the albums that followed, the ones in which they play instruments, and I like a handful of those tracks. Overall, this album is likeable.

I would probably rather invest in the physical Paul's Boutique 😎

A fun listen, I especially like the classic samples. Although I know they were blazing a trail, I can't help but hear Lonely Island. I know L.I. sounds like the Beastie Boys but sometimes it sounds like the other way around, and hearing it that way accentuates the ridiculous juvenile content of the lyrics, making it harder for me to take seriously.

Never can get into how dumb most Beastie Boy songs are. It sounds fine, but thematically ehhhhhhhhh. I hate fun though.

I’ve never listened to this before. It’s cool, but I still haven’t found a way to care about hip hop. Maybe someday.

думал почиляю, а оказалось пореповало

Pioneros del hip/hop, rap de finales de los 80. Canciones con ritmo, normalmente mismas bases, pero que muchas me han sonado muy parecidas.

Setting aside some of the lyrics, this has some dope beats.

Looking down the barrel of a gun is arguably the second greatest BB song, the first being Intergalactic, but as a whole, I'm not a huge fan of this album which I know is sacrilege to some people I know, but they can get fucked.

3/5

I'm more interested in the mixing of "Those Shoes" by the Eagles, The Band's "Up on Cripple Creek" and "Your Mama Don't Dance" by Loggins and Messina on a song named after a Clint Eastwood movie than I am any of the rapping. "High Plains Drifter" slaps without any vocals (so does the movie for that matter). This album is all about the beats, and the "vocals" just get in the way for me. I never listened to this album before today (I sort of burned myself out on the Beasties after Oding on License To Ill). What's amazing about this one is how it speaks to how seemingly easy it was back in 1989 to make an entire album using only samples of any song you wanted to use, including selected songs from Sgt. Freaking Pepper. For what it's worth, the Beasties also sample some of their own songs, which is almost too meta. There's no way anyone could make an album like this today, at least not without paying through the nose for usage rights. Love the album cover, which has become somewhat iconic with items like the Dwight Gooden Mets Jersey and Al Green album prominently on display.

No idea what they're saying, but I can tell they're having fun Great beats but there's a chance that what they're saying could be problematic, but I can't tell what they're saying

Klassiska Beastie Boys andra album. Kul och medryckande, fantastisk produktion med beats gjorda nästan enbart från samples. Det går att höra spår från många klassiska rockband, som Beatles, Pink Floyd och Led Zeppelin, i beatsen, vilket är kul! Texterna är fullmatade med popkulturella referenser, annars är de tyvärr ganska intetsägande. Många av låtarna är förglömliga, men när de träffar rätt träffar de verkligen rätt. Några höjdpunkter: High Plains Drifter är bra, gedigen jävla old-school hip-hop låt bara. The Sounds of Science är kul att lyssna på, då det finns många välbekanta Beatlessamples. Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun har ett coolt rockingt beat, där bl.a. Time av Pink Floyd går att urskilja. Car Thief är fantastisk, främst för den "vibrerande" Hurdy Gurdy Man-känslan. Albumet avslutas med ett sorts medley betitlat B-Boy Bouillabaisse bestående av 9 kortare spår. Bland dessa sticker två ut: A Year and a Day för sitt otroliga flyt, både i produktion och rap. Den modernare lyssnaren (jag) hör att Kendrick Lamars låt "i" använder sig av samma sample som hörs här. Hello Brooklyn har bastrummor som hämtade från framtiden, från Kanye Wests Yeezus. HYPE. Bästa låt: Car Thief. Nära nära nära för låtföljden A Year and a Day -> Hello Brooklyn ur B-Boy Bouillabaisse.

A little disjointed sample-wise, but still some solid beats and bars here. Wish there was more of the aggressively nasty synth and guitar present on some tracks, but the lo-fi production still brings out the savagery across the rest of the tracks.

I still like their style but this one was less jazzy and the beast were more samey. 6

More than 200 samples included on this album. https://paulsboutique.info/ Liked Ill Comm better. Still a solid

Real good.

Perfectly fine, but it all kinda runs together. Nothing really stands out. I think “License to Ill” is better.

Like an exaggeration of the 80s. None of the songs really stick out. Kind of blend together. Glad I listened to it but would never again.

All pretty decent. Hard to pinpoint a standout though, the end section worked very well

I liked a few tracks off of this album, and I can understand why people love the Beastie Boys so much, but really not for me. It gets really repetitive, and kind of just sounds like a bunch of shouting. The humor is also kind of lost on me, and the ultimate thing is that I found myself wanting to listen to the songs sampled more than the songs themselves. Likes: To all the girls Shake your rump Hey ladies Looking down the barrel of a gun Car thief

Ahead of its time. No longer fun

First off, I want to say that I am no near a huge fan of rap, the genre is not one that I go out of my way to listen to. But this album is actually alright. There were songs that were really catchy. Do you believe that this is coming from a person that doesn't even like their most known song? This band really surprised me here. Still, 3/5 stars as it didn't hugely stand out for me.

Not much of a BB fan, but shake your rump is dope. Some tracks are a pass, some are good. Samples on Looking Down the Barrel was cool. Lol, Car Theif. The deluxe edition has some good additions

Okay Jedes Lied klingt gleich

As far as sophomore albums go, this is a strong one. The Beastie Boys continue their heavy sample based tracks, quick rhymes, and further established their voice. If you were going to boil down the hip hop movement of this time, this would album would be a notable talking point.

Good, even though it isn't my style. I enjoy a song or two, but its hard to listen to the whole album

Good album. Would listen to again

Struggling to rate this - on one hand, the samples are fun, their unique sound should be appreciated, and I like how single songs in this project can sometimes be all over the place. On the other hand, it's a ton of songs that are really hard to follow at times, and listening to this hasn't really made me want to listen to any more of the Beastie Boys' music past this generator. I guess we'll shoot for a middle rating Saved: Shake Your Rump, BBB: Hello Brooklyn

Hmm difficult to choose between 3 or 4 stars. Great music as a background, but not my favorite. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner was awesome.

This album cements why I don't like hip-hop.

Great album! Makes me want to rock out with my cock out!

Imagine a night out with the bestie boys, you’d get up to all kinds of mischief. I particularly enjoyed ‘Egg man’ and the lyrics “Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg” this song really spoke to me

Experimental but a bit scattered as a result.

Can appreciate it but didn’t enjoy it that much.

Didn’t really enjoy it that much. Never been that into BB. A bit too shouty and hectic. But appreciate how influential and seminal their work is. Can defo here their influence on the likes of NWA and Eminem

Well that was a bit of fun! Some weird lyrics

enjoy the beats but not the vocals

Només coneixia d'ells el "Ill Communication", però aquest ha estat una grata sorpresa. No he tingut temps de parar atenció a les lletres, però musicalment i a nivell de producció em sembla un àlbum interessant i la mar d'entretingut, tot i que la recta final acaba carregant una mica.

Old school rap, powerful beats, not bad

Some great samples, innovative beats and witty lyrics on this album. I really like some of their singles but after awhile their in yo face style can be a bit grating.

Not as good as Licensed To Ill

Una esplosione si suoni e di colori, varissimo nella sua uniformità; non conoscevo il gruppo. Non penso che li ascolterò molto spesso ma quando avrò bisogno di una carica di energia e di inventiva penso che saprò dove andare

Twas okay.

Ich fands deutlich besser, als ich erwartet hab. Das Genre ist eigentlich so gar nicht meins, zumindest in den heutigen Zeit, vielleicht gefaellts mir aus den 80ern besser. Ich kann mir zumindest vorstellen, das nochmal zu hören irgendwann. Spannend fand ich den Funk-Einfluss. Es gab 2 Lieder, wo mir Samples aus Funksachen aufgefallen sind

No soy muy fan de ellos, menos del género. Quitando algunos singles no conozco mucho de ellos y lo que encontré aquí pues fue más de lo que ya conocía. Supongo que para lo que ya conozco tuvieron una evolución pero no la noto mucho. Me gustó más que el disco anterior porque la música es más compleja, está mejor armada y no es puro sampleo. No es el tipo de grito que al que estoy acostumbrado y me aturdió. No sé quién es ni me dieron ganas de investigar quién es Johnny Ryall. Songs: Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun, Shake Your Rump

dope beats fun times

something a bit different. kinda good but not for me

3.5 pero como es lunes no hay redondeo. La verdad es que no empezó tan bien este disco. Tuvimos dos del mismo género y más o menos contemporaneos uno tras el otro y sí puedo decir que me gustó más el de RunDMC. Sin embargo, conforme oí más de Paul's Boutique y fui cachando sampleos (incluyendo Beatles y James Brown) le fui agarrando gusto. De cualquier manera, algo que siempre me ha cansado de Beastie Boys es el estilo de cantar como grito de puberto enojado, y eso hace que no se me antoje oír más que un rato y cambiarle.

BEASTIES!!!

Funky beats with an almost 70’s feel. Grooving.

Very fun, these guys rule. Had me listening to other beastie boys albums after I was finished cause I wanted more.

It's the most unhinged Beastie Boys, but it leads to some funky jams. Obviously. "Shadrach" is a banger but don't sleep on "The Sound of Science."

Better than their first album by a lot

Ab und zu schon geil. Schöner hiphop mit Funk oder so.

beastie boy

Banebrydende hiphop, rebelsk, punked, begyndelsen af sampling

Classic beastie boys

Not bad, not bad at all. Some songs I really enjoyed, but not too many standouts. I'd say that's a 3.5?

Eh. 5.5/10 FT: Boy Bouillabaisse

Not a big fan of the beastie boys. but alright

I just don't get the Beastie Boys hype. It just seems over the top and kind of cosplay. Maybe I just don't understand the impact felt at the time. But it definitely doesn't feel timeless like some of the other rap albums of this time. It feels like a US SNL sketch you would see as a British person and not really get or find that funny but all the comments on the video the Americans are saying how funny it is. I felt it started interesting but it then just falls into the classic beastie boys "YO TRYNA TAWLK SHIT MANNN" that just hasn't aged well in my opinion.

a swan song for the pre-Golden Age of hip hop. i don't quite get why it doesn't quite click with me. it has everything! creative and witty lyricism, high sample density, plenty of bass, Mike D, .... maybe my problem is Mike D. deserves to be one of the 1001? it does, yeah

The Mix Up, their only instrumental album, is remarkable. And the music here shows some of what’s to come. But you know where this is going- the American brat vocals are so annoying they ruin it all.

WAIT I think i liked it better than the other rap album I listened to

no se por que esperaba algo completamente distinto. igual banco ponele

A full album of the beastie boys is just too grating to me - their flow and voices just bother me, kinda like eminem

Enjoyment: 5 Replayability: 4 Cohesion: 4 Flow/Pacing: 5 Artistic Merit: 4 Weighted Average: 4.45 Review: I never really bought into the appeal of the Beastie Boys. Their songs are sick rager party music - but that's about it. If you've heard one, then you've heard them all. I will say the samples they used were creative and interesting, but that's about it for me. Liked Song(s): Shake Your Rump, Car Thief, What Comes Around, B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A Year And A Day Disliked Song(s): The Sounds Of Science, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun Recommend? Yes

1. girlz - 0 2. rump - 1 3. johny - 2 4. egg - 2 5. high - 1 6. zcience - 0 7. rule - 2 8. ladiez - 1 9. chicken - 0 10. gun - 2 11. thief - 2 12. around - 2 13. zhad - 2 14. janice - 0

I’ve had my time with the Beastie Boys and even then I was never very keen on this album. It’s famously made from scads of samples, and whether due to that or not it feels pretty disjointed to me. They’re pretty good about having a strong production sound for each album that makes each song feel right in the set, but this one feels like a collage. In the context of the BBoys career, this was the massively expensive follow up to their surprise mega-hit debut, License to Ill. It feels like without the lightning rod of Rick Rubin’s vision for their sound the boys are grasping a little for their own identity. Bring on Check Your Head.

Not my favorite

Day 4. I remember I recieved a Beastie Boys cd at some point in my life, listened through it twice and lost it somewhere. For the second time of this challenge the thing autoplayed after the album was more enjoyable than the album itself (Digable planets)

4/10 They really don't make white boys like this anymore.

In what parallel universe do the Beastie Boys get at least 3 albums, which all sound pretty much the same, and are all mediocre and other artists get hardly a look in. Some serious list pruning required, methinks.

Just wasn't feeling this

💿 favourites -Shake Your Rump -Car Thief This sort of sound isn't my taste, but I understand how iconic the Beastie Boys are and why people may gravitate toward their music. I like the cover art of this album.

max top 925 of this list bs: Hey Ladies ws: B-Boy Bouillabaisse get on the mic

- The samples and groove are fun. - The voices get tiring - I just don't really like nasal voices in my music, and this is sooo nasal. - I was going to give it a 3, but I got so tired of it by the end. It's very one-note in terms of the vocals (no variation in anything - tone or cadence) that I just wanted it to be over. I also am not very into jokey music, so this went on way too long for me. - I like their hits as much as the next person, but a whole album is a lot. - Also, fuck off with the sexist lyrics.

Not a huge Beastie Boys fan (or a big fan of rap). Not clear if this is a cohesive album but just a collection of songs by the same artist. 2 stars for me. Feel like I would not miss anything if I never listen to the album again.

The vocals get tiring after the second song it would be lower if it weren't for the beat in the back

Marginally better than Eminem

was expecting more from this, samples were good but a bit samey overall

I unfortunately am not into this album at all. It's maybe not the best introduction into 90's Hip Hop. I will need to do more research on how it was received, particularly by non-white audiences. It is surprisingly vulgar on some tracks, and maybe that is a part of the appeal from that time. There are points of the album that are clever and humorous, but I can't imagine listening to it that often.

okay here’s the thing, i do like beastie boys, but this album just didn’t quite cut it for me

The production from the Dust Brothers is the interesting element here. The backing tracks show plenty of creativity and the way they flow into each other makes the album cohesive despite it being comprised of hundreds of samples. Unfortunately, it sounds like Bart Simpson and his friends are rapping all over it. I know it's not supposed to be taken super seriously, but I don't really find any of it clever or funny. It's like they wear their ability to be annoying like a badge of honor. Stuff like this is probably partially responsible for the existence of tedious crap like Bloodhound Gang and Lil Dickey, which should be further marks against it. The Dust Brothers' talents would be put to far better use later on their collaborations with Beck. This avoids the lowest rating simply because of their innovative work here.

The Beastie Boys just don't do it for me sadly

I rly cant with the beastie boys im sorry

Un peu déçu au début de l’album même si vers la fin ça s’améliore. J’ai trouvé l’album pas très « mature » (jsp si vous avez la vision). Mais en lisant leur page wiki j’ai quand même appris qu’ils avaient utilisé des sons enregistrés en studio pour faire leur musique donc c’est plutôt cool.

Sacrée vibe mais pas trop mon style

not for me but cool to hear how other artists were influenced in the future

well it's.. interesting

Shake Your Rump and Hey Ladies have a bit of Ooomph, but overall not really something I’d listen to again.

I feel like I'm just against consensus on Beastie Boys. Not a fan of the vocal tone nor most of the songs. Not enjoyable to me or something I really want to listen to.

5: 4: Crime of the Century, Pink Flag, Arrival, 3: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Court and Spark 2: Ramones, Paul's Boutique 1: Rain Dogs

Good ol' Beastie Boys. Good album.

This got tiresome very fast, juvenile and repetitive. I never really got into the beastie boys, and i can see why. I get their role in rap and hip hop, and that they have some important songs, but this album just did not do it for me. standout song was B Boy: A year and a day. 2 stars

Some great sounds in here. But I just don't like they're rapping. The voices annoy me on almost all of their songs. A couple of exceptions but not on this record

Not my cuppa

Not my stuff. All very similar. Some cool sampling at times, but the vocals just dont do it for me. 2.5/5

didn't win me over

eh

I've tried many times, I really can't get into Beastie Boys. I am aware this is a titanic amount of work in sampling, overdubs, mixing, etc. I don't want to diminish that - but to my personal ears, I can't give it more than 2/5.

The tracks are good but I just didn't like the vocals at all. They're still and the lyrics are submediocre

not my style, but me gusta la portada

I understand how this was a radical sound at the time but hip hop has been so fleshed out in the interim that most of the songs sound fairly rudimentary now. Some gems of course, but I was sick of it by the end

I can appreciate the lyrics and samples but I just don’t vibe with most of their sound… just not my style.

Shake Your Rump

very repetitive and these guys are not good

I’ve tried to get into hip hop through this challenge, and while there are plenty of albums here that should do it, I still find it a genre I struggle to fully connect with. This is my second album by Beastie Boys, and Paul’s Boutique is undeniably impressive from a musical point of view. The production is superb, the sampling is incredibly creative, and the use of jazz and layered sounds is genuinely brilliant. You can hear just how influential this album has been. Where I struggle is with the vocals and lyrics. They feel quite dated, and at times it makes the album a tougher listen than it should be, especially given how strong the music is underneath. It also lacks some of the big, immediate tracks that made Licensed to Ill so easy to enjoy, although there are still standout moments. Favourite tracks: The Sound of Science, a great example of how strong the production is Least favourite tracks: To All the Girls doesn’t work for me, and it would have been a stronger start if it opened with Shake Your Rump Album artwork: Cool cover, simple but effective

God, I'm glad that's over. I'm sorry but Ad-Rock (I think?)'s voice is SO annoying. Looking Down the Barrell of a Gun not bad tho.

Ziemlich anstrengend

Beastie Boys have always been wack to me 🤷‍♂️

Always wondered about this album. Turns out... it's rap. On the plus side, there's a lot of creative sampling, the sound is really crisp, and the Boys clearly had fun making it. On the minus side, it's skin-deep rap: guys yelling about stuff that doesn't matter.

I've never really understood Beastie Boys. They are a fun party album for college, but don't seem to be particularly good or innovative

This album just isn't for me. I'm not a big fan of the Beastie Boys but understand their appeal. 2/5 purely on my own enjoyment and is not an objective reflection of the music.

Bit too aggressive where it felt like shouting without much real music accompanying it

couldnt finish. Beatles sample carried

Somehow, this created Eminem

I like the Beastie Boys but this is not their best album

Not a fan of “To all the Girls” it’s okay but it’s got weird low vibes and it’s lowkey creepy… Shake your rump is an insanely different vibe, def like this one more but I couldn’t see myself listening to it unprompted. Johnny royal is pretty good Overall I think the beastie boys are a little to rap-y for me

It ain't no sin to recognize the originality and fun of the Beastie Boys while entertaining the thought that this album might just be kind of annoying.

I honestly don't mind the shouting, I just don't really find myself listening to much hip-hop.

Ehkä 2/5

I stopped this for 3 months instead of listening to this. I liked the samples because I didn’t have to listen to the rest for a couple of seconds.

Never been a fan

Le Rap des Prénoms du Palmashow, en anglais et sans les blagues sur les prénoms.

Very annoying, but at least they're having a good time being annoying. Funky beats, terrible white guy rapping (with clever rhymes)

Jeg bliver aldrig Beastie Boys fan. Jeg kan på den ene side ret god lide aggressiviteten i det, men det rammer på samme tide bare aldrig helt plet for mig.

Pas trop aimé. Un effet patchwork mal maîtrisé je trouve et ils crient tout le temps c’est fatiguant.

rap, fun

I really like the use of sampling and production technique, but the voices of the rappers (too much shouting, whiny) reduces its appeal considerably.

Sadly not one for me

Definitely not for me. My favorite parts of the album were when they were sampling a piece of music I liked and not what they were doing with it. My rating is a reflection of my taste and I am just not a hip hop head.

this is a journey and the sampling is crazy, i understand why people love it and why it's here but i also struggled to get through it

Good grief this is annoying. The music is fine, but my god, having to listen to those whiny, shouty voices for almost an hour is too much.

This is the music that black man is playing when you get picked up hitch hiking.

I know of the band and have heard a few songs before. This album sounded like what I would expect from that earlier knowledge. Its not really something that i love. Its okay to hear a song once in a while but not anything I will seek out or choose if I can change the song.

Not my kind of music - but Hip Hop Gods.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I was amped to finally get my first Beastie Boys assignment since I'm a fan of Licensed to Ill (one of the few Book Albums I actually have in my collection) and since more modern iterations of their sound (take PUNK TACTICS by Joey Valence & Brae, for example) have become some of my favorite rap music of the 21st century, but Paul's Boutique had surprisingly few tracks that truly stood out to me. The trio tried their hand at doing something similar to Abbey Road's Side B medley with "B-Boy Bouillabaisse," but it honestly didn't work at all for me. Hoping I like Ill Communication a bit more! Highlights: Shake Your Rump, The Sounds of Science, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun, Shadrach

I grew up in this era and I saw them live once (at Lollapalooza where they stole the show from the Smashing Pumpkins) and they were amazing but I can’t bring myself to like them. I will never seek out one of their albums. Clever music and lyrics, good rhymes, but the voices! I just can’t listen to them for more than a few songs without taking a break. Respect the hell out of them but don’t want to listen to them.

A little of this is ok for me but a whole album is not good.

I just don't enjoy their sound

I've never been a fan of hiphop. At least this classic hiphop style. This album hasn't changed my opinion on that. Some samples are really cool. Like the jaws theme. I could never think of something like that. It's just not for me at all. Good flow, sometimes annoying voices, but overall not outright garbage. I just see it as I do all hiphop. It's not doing anything interesting for me.

Po 5 dainų tokių atsibosta repavimo tipas.

I wanted to like this. But it just isn't a very palatable style of music. The Beastie Boys in general really only have a song or 2 worth returning to. The production is good, the songwriting really isn't all that great. The performance seems completely unserious, and to be fair it probably was. Maybe that's part of what makes them who they are, but it just isn't for me. The best thing going for it is that it's unique. I'd rather it stay that way. 2.4/5

Well, it's not as bad as it could be, but this album, again, does not convince me about hip-hop. The samples are well integrated, and, sometimes, they sound nice with the song, but it's still the same boring thing. At least some songs are not that horrible.

too loud and talky?

I’m happy to finally hear a rap album! This album seems quite iconic with its sound, playfulness, funkiness, and lyricism. I don’t like the overall sound though as it is very beat/lyrics heavy and I enjoy melodic music. Big respect to the Beastie Boys of course but I just don’t like their sound. Especially listening to a whole album of them just kinda screaming the whole time, not my thing!

There are a couple of Beastie Boy's tracks that I like, neither of them are on this album!

Lyrically, they're very talented. Quick-witted and full of pop culture references. Unfortunately, I can't stand the yelling and bratty frat bro attitudes. Not an album for me.

Hip-hop, nog een genre waar ik echt niet bekend mee ben. Maar de instrumentatie/beats vond ik nice, en niet zo conventionele songstructuren. Stemmen moet je een beetje van houden, en de teksten zijn wel meer op de voorgrond dan ik gewend ben. Maakt wel dat je de teksten soms erg goed verstaat, en ze kunnen wat lachwekkend zijn. Highlights: Shake Your Rump, The Sounds of Science (Beatles sample wow!), Hey Ladies.

meh. Piqued my ears hearing those beatles samples in Sounds of Science, you hardly ever here that

I’m just not into the beastie boys it’s not cool of me

Uninteresting

Not for me.

Find it wearing these days, this album is quite boring. Shouty high voice guy I find irritating

The Beastie Boys have a unique sound, but halfway through the album I got tired of it and wished they would switch things up. The beats are a little empty as well.

~ we need more cowbell ~ apparently.

It is twice as good as License to ill.

Not a fan! Not unlistenable, but just truly not my type of music and not sure why it’s so well regarded.

Not my style of hip hop. Probably would not relisten. Perhaps if I also read the lyrics at the same time.

Quite enjoyed the B-Boy Bouillabaisse tracks

Great production but the shouty vocals get tiring.

192/1089 this is SO of it’s time, it’s cute and irritating in equal measure it’s always jarring to hear Trump name drops in pre-2016 media the B-Boy Bouillabaisse section was easily the best part of the album imo. it felt pacey and exciting and fresh. i think it they’d cut down the first half a bit, then that pacing could’ve made the album much stronger faves: B-Boy… A Year and A Day, B-Boy… Dropping Names, B-Boy… A.W.O.L. 47/100

I go back and forth on the Beastie Boys. Yes their music was groundbreaking at the time. But sometimes I’m listening to it and it’s just dumb lyrics. Always about the same topics. I’ve enjoyed other albums by them more but this one didn’t hit for me.

It’s not really my cup of tea and I would only listen to it ironically, to be honest. Some of the songs are ok, others are quite annoying, in my opinion.

Standout Tracks: Shake Your Rump - Downhill mountain bike of a flowy trail. Hey Ladies - It's 2004 and you're hanging with the boys playing Halo

Do you like shouting? But not really catchy songs? This is for you. The samples sound interesting; I’d like to hear an instrumental version of this.

Not for me

Not a fan

I didn’t know a single song on this album before, and I’d be fine knowing none after. Why include an album from a band with a bunch of hits when this album has zero?

I gave it up for III Communication, but first-wave Beastie Boys is corny and too derivative of Run DMC. 2.5 rounded down.

I generally am okay with earnestness in music. In most genres, an earnest authenticity is what we (as the listening audience) aspire to hear from our artists and we judge artists that are perceived to be putting on an act. The Beastie Boys just feel too earnest though and wear too much of their schtick on their sleeve.

I found myself listening to more of the music in the samples than the BB themselves. And the rapping was similar across songs.

o que aconteceu com a música depois dos anos 60 é triste

Not doing it

DNF

oldschoolowy hip-hop, nie wiem czy to mnie bardzo buja

You know I really wanted to like this album. I like many of their other records. But this one didn't hit.

3/10

Okay.

Some beastie boy songs are good on their own but this album doesn't have any of them and any more than 4 minutes of then in a row starts to get old. Lyrics aren't cleaver, voice is grating. I just don't think I really like the beastie boys.

A back to back of 90s New York hip-hop. From yesterday’s sublime with Nas, to today’s ridiculous with the Beastie Boys.

Traveled 960 miles in a car today from LA to Portland with a 4 year and 2 year old in back and this was by far the 4 year olds least favorite album. A lot of interesting sounds on here but yes got a point, the vocals are pretty repetitive and annoying and not a ton in the way of killer hooks. Annoying trumps clever every time.

I only know the Beastie Boys from their singles I quite like their singles I did not like this

ok so didnt get a chance to listen to it much, but got some good beats!! not my particular taste, but nice as some background music

I will not speak on the production or historical significance of this album, as I am no expert, however I did not enjoy listening to this, unfortunately

Ei uppoo ei...

No ei tästäkään jäänyt oikein mitään käteen eikä mieleen. Kuuntelin kahteen kertaan tämänkin töissä duunien lomassa, mutta sillain puolihuolimattomasti kuunneltuna oli välillä vähän vaikeuksia hahmottaa että onko biisit vaihtuneet. Aika puuroa. En edes muista mitä annoin sille edelliselle Beastie Boysille, enkä todellakaan muista siltä levyltä Sabotagen lisäksi mitään muuta biisiä, joten en osaa sanoa oliko tämä parempaa vai huonompaa. Luultavasti jos huomenna minulle soitettaisiin levyn keskeltä joku biisi, niin en tajuaisi kuulleeni sitä tänään. Ykkösen ja kakkosen väliltä pohdin, mutta mennään joulun ajan kunniaksi kakkosella.

man this sucked i do not enjoy the beastie boys

Massa snubbar som turas om att skrika i micken. Din tur! Min tur! Din tur! Sexigt omslag. Och albumet låter exakt som man trodde. Två.

haha asså det var väldigt svårt att vara säsongsdeprimert till detta soundtrack

Decent music, not too shabby, oldschool but not exactly my type but still a decent listen 4/10

Sample game is fire but I just don’t like their rapping tone

I respect it as landmark album in hip-hop, but it's really not my cup of tea and it got so annoying I couldn't finish it.

Had to take 2 runs at this…’not for me.

I really like the production on this album, but I’m surprisingly not that keen on the Beasties delivery. This is firmly the era of Beasties I never quite got, and listening to this now, that hasn’t changed.

Nav priekš manis

It's ok. After a couple songs the rhyme scheme and cadence is to repetitive and predictable. It's not for me

I took like 5 days to listen to this because I just kept stopping. The beastie boys just ain’t my thing, reparative rhyme scheme and style, always rhyming on that damn four. Aware it’s a stylistic choice to sit the vocals way in the back with that signature verb- I’m not into it. I don’t like the space it creates in the mix. Speaking of the mix, I find it pretty uninspiring and flat. Songwriting is decent. But I feel like every song sounds the same on this one. Few interesting beats but even with an interesting beat the vocal performance is the same. I’m not trying to moralistic but I just don’t enjoy listening to the repeated misogynistic lyrics. Yeah yeah yeah it was the time all that, context yada yada. But I just don’t enjoy it. Perhaps the production was unique at the time, but seems overplayed in 2025- and not that interesting to me. Three dudes taking turns yelling at you from different corners of the room. They got hits but I don’t recognise anything on this record.

Trop énervant

Ok album, not as good as other albums

Gah-- I'm just not hip enough anymore. I didn't find much enjoyment from this album except that it was "fun". Ehhhhhhh......

The Beastie Boys are timeless, and their sound as rap and comedy music is on point. I enjoyed this album but the Beastie Boys themselves aren't really my sound.

3/10 Top track: Shadrach

Was very excited when I saw this pop up but man it wasn't for me. Maybe this album didn't land or maybe I'm just not as big a Beastie Boys fan as I thought.

Too many of their songs sound the same. However, there are some whimsical lyrics. I think you either like this band or not. I also believe they really made a career based on one really good song, “you have the right to party”.

Where is the cleverness? This album felt like 75% saying names, lacking the musical spark I love from the Boys.

I couldn't get into this. It just did nothing for me. Yet I like License to Ill.

Despite their hits, have just never really been into them or the whole genre...

I got tired of the shtick after 10 minutes

Sounds like a garage band, my definition of mindless rock

I was interested by the sound at first, but it never really developed and the vocals/lyrics never interested me. I can rock with hip hop, but this seemed mindless and too punky for me.

Second album des BB après 'Ill Communication' (2/5), un des rares album de Hip-Hop que j'ai noté au dessus de 1/5. Les morceaux sont un peu moins répétitifs que dans la grande majorité des autres disques de Hip-Hop que j'ai pu écouter sur ce site (c'est le 47 eme album que je subis). J'ai donc tenté de l'écouter jusqu'au bout. Pas de bonne surprise instrumentale comme sur 'Ill Communication', mais une presque punk/rock ('Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun'). Globalement l'album est donc assez varié, ce qui le rend plus supportable (+1). =>2/5

I know it’s an iconic album but maybe you had to be there at the time. Did enjoy there being a song about Shadrach Meshach and Abednego 🤣

I found this to be pretty boring and annoying. Started off ok though.

wasn't feeling it

Fine. I am not big on the Beastie Boys. Don't hate it. They've a very distinct style, and nothing jumps out at me like I need to 'listen to that part again' after listening to the album.

If I have learned something from this list is that I *don't* like the Beastie Boys... It's been 3 albums by these guys already, can we stop?

God beastie boys are crap

Die Songs klingen alle gleich.. Ich mag das nicht

I preferred 'Morris Minor and the Majors'. 'Stutter rap' is classic, and 'another boring b side'. This sounds like a drum machine left in demo mode, while 3 kids bicker over the TV remote control.

One trick ponies. Every song sounds the same. Disappointing

diddn't really like it

I'm sure that they had fun making this album but some of this stuff just doesn't click with me the lyrics are WITTY though. I'll all of a sudden realize what they've said and go "oh shit" and that makes it fun. none of these songs I would listen to again, maybe Johnny Ryall? but it was fun at the beginning and then just repetitive as hell... sorry 6.83/10 2/5?

nah, not into shouting

Probably not a re-listen. Album had its moments with a few good samples from the Beatles and such, but was not my jam.

Beastie Boys take the style but ignore the substance. Not buying it. Bad self? Bad breath? Club Med. Self-parodying.

In the late '90s, I got to interview a band I really liked from NYC and the drummer told me to check out two albums, Clouds Taste Metallic (Flaming Lips) and Paul's Boutique. I loved the Lips album and could relate to nothing going on with the Beastie Boys. No connection. I listened to a great interview with Rick Rubin not too long ago, and I enjoyed hearing him talk about working with the BB way more than actually listening to their obnoxious flavor of rap. Cool that there's a Lips' album to turn to!

Not my genre

рэп это кал

For whatever reason I just can't get into the Beastie Boys. So sue me.

Best Song: B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A Year And A Day. At least the instrumentals are mixed loud enough to compete with (drown out?) the vocals. Worst Song: Hey Ladies. Screeching "hey ladies" is lyrically too on-point to match the rest of the vibe here. Overall: For me, the Beastie Boys are so fucking annoying. There is no music more obnoxious than a Beastie Boys album. All their songs sound basically the same: a group of the worst men you know trying to simultaneously shout shit at you using only their nasal cavities will the most attention-deficit among them plays with a radio DJ's soundboard. At least it's playful, and sometimes the beats are enjoyable, because otherwise it's just an assault

Hay buenos discos de los Beasties. Este justamente tiene un poco menos de onda

I love the Beastie Boys but this is one of my least favorite albums of theirs. Not as much creative flow as some others

I enjoy an instrumental only version so much more

To all the reviewers upset about the reviews calling this a couple of guys shouting their brags at a microphone: Yes, that's exactly what this is, and no, it's not enjoyable. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

Was that an Eagles sample? Eek. So many samples I wish I was listening to the original songs. The first 1/2 of Car Thief was good I guess.

It is amazing that they continue to sound just as monotone and boring when given 3 years to produce something that outdoes their prior, successful efforts

I know it's a classic, but rap is really not my thing

Not a fan

Музыка: 5/10 Разнообразие: 6/10 Тематика и вайб: 6/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 3/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 3/10 Итог: 4.6

A reminder of why white people should not rap. The production is cool at random points throughout the album. The voices and the whiny yelling have become very annoying. I think the flow has remained the same meter for the entire album. Rap/rock combo is a cool concept, but not executed to my preference here.

Not my thing

This is borderline. Some cool songs, but it's pretty noisy. I appreciate that it's highly influential and all that, but ultimatelt it's hard to listen to for me.

Empty

Don't really get the love for this.. De La Soul are legendary with sampling. This was shouty and random...

Never my thing

I don’t foresee myself listening to this in the future but you can hear the influence they had on 90’s hip hop and rap at large and that’s pretty cool

Pretty heinous

Not really my thing. I liked some of the sampling and some of the beats but I generally found it a bit busy and I didn’t enjoy their voices. Fav song: Shadrach Least fav: The Sounds of Science

Such great lyrics as "He drinks a lot of liquor but he don't drink piss"... and "Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg" Think there's a lot of hip hop where the lyricism is insanely impressive. This isn't that. Didn't help that I found their voices annoying too. Favourite song: Shadrach Least: Highway Drifter

Not my bag of fish tank water.

За забавные сэмплы и в целом жизнерадостную направленность музыки, ставлю оценку чуть выше. 2,5 из 10.

It's Beastie Boys so every song sounds the same. This album actually had a softer sound to the usual Beastie Boys, but at the end of the day all 53 mins of this album felt like one single sound. Boring. 2/5 stars.

Well it was slightly more bearable than their first album, but for me that's not saying a lot. I like the music & rhythms & the imaginative use of samples, but as soon as they open their mouths, it just turns me off.

Samples good Vocals grating and annoying and repetitive

Yep... still don't get it.

Meh, not for me. Beastie Boys are a bit too boisterous for me to enjoy properly.

ok boys that’s enough

Thought I liked Beastie Boys more than I do. The loved the samples and instrumentation but I just found all the vocals grating and obnoxious. A song on occasion seems ok but listening to them for a whole album was too much for me.

Hip hop

Pretty sweet sounds. But the Besties never hit it for me lyrically. I'm more of a gangster rap fan

Like the 80-90s rap flow but to much screaming

just not my thing

it's no License to Ill that's for sure

I'm not going to be one of these boomers that comes on here and bashes every rap album I hear- I actually really like the genre. I even like a lot of the beats on this album, but god damnit are these guys annoying. It's something about the pitch of their voice and the cadence of their flow that makes me want to rip my ears out after a couple of tracks.

4/10…it’s ok. Classic Beastie Boys: the adolescent vulgarity of the first album, a few new rhyme/rhythm devices heading toward later albums, but nothing revolutionary or new.

It was neat to put music to the name, Beastie Boys, but it got old fast. Hush little white boys, but I did like the sampling.

I can't and won't hate on it, I just don't like listening to it

Better than the first BB album and interesting way to make the music.

Each song sounds really similar simple beats that aren’t that interesting. Couldn’t get through this album something about it really annoys me 2/5

Get this man a xanax or something, my ears hurt.

Not my taste of music

I liked this album better than their previous one and in particular the song, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun. Still too shouty and tough to listen for too long.

Boring

Meh

Old school hip hop/ rap, I can dig the vibes, but the vocals are just too grating to me, sounds whiny at times. Just annoying after a while.

Ikke helt min greie men litt groovy innimellom 2/5

Felt like entering a time warp. Did not hate but a very specific vibe not suited to my mood - would be good for stomping down the street

I like some of their stuff, and really tried with this, but couldn't get into it.