Reviews (page 14 of 14)
Five star classic. Both an incredibly fun album and also an incredibly important album in the history of sampling, hip hop, plunderphonics, intellectual property law, etc.
Amazing production. Really cool use of various samples. Great groove and flow. The energy is maintained throughout the entirety of the album. Really fun listen.
I gave this a try even though I can't stand rap and hip-hip. Yup. I still hate it.
All time favorite. I could write a novel about this band and each of their albums. While not mg favorite of theirs I believe it is their most important work.
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.
Sampling masterpiece. Underrated classic hip hop album
Honestly not a big beastie boys fan but I thought it was decent
A bit too chaotic for my tastes.
Sooo boring. 'I'm just chilling like Bob dylan' is a line I may add to my repertoire though.
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 specifically remember when Paul's Boutique came out and I was not super impressed with it for all the reasons that certain people were not impressed with it. I'm not quite ready to embrace it as a beloved classic, but ok, it's influential. I also don't like that "Hey Ladies" is my favourite track, especially when it's not even close to being one of their best. (Pls, let's talk about Hello Nasty.)
Lots of Beastie Boys lately. They weren't always my favorite and their voices can be a little grating but they've grown on me. I didn't realize how much Sublime lifted directly from them.
What a masterpiece, I can't believe that I hadn't listened to the whole thing before now. The samples, the production, hot-potato hand-off rhymes, the ridiculous lyrics--you could listen to this for years and not catch everything.
Hell yeah! You can't go wrong with Beastie Boys
I would probably rather invest in the physical Paul's Boutique 😎
Witty, dense and timeless
Mostly fantastic grooves and beat. The rapping is fun and interesting, if a little sneering.
Already loved it
nice
The Beastie Boys follow up their debut album with a record that goes way harder in an urban, hip-hop sound. With clever, well-crafted lyrics, deeper drum tracks, and the greatest use of sampling for any album ever, this record solidified the rap trio beyond a one-trick pony. Paul's Boutique capitalizes on creating moods and moments rather than just being an in-your-face banger record that its predecessor was, which is why I don't think there are recognizable "hits" to the layman listener. Don't let that fool you from thinking there aren't energetic tracks, some of these tunes have the freshest, most advanced production I think an album could have for the 80's. It feels like the Frankenstein's monster of hip-hop with each B-Boy contributing unique and chaotic writing that translated into something beyond anybody's imagination. It's a record that was simply ahead of its time. The ending "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" suit feels like a fire mixtape within an even fuller album, and anybody that listens to rap or hip-hop that utilizes samples can look to this collection as the influential obelisk. Favorite Songs: Shake Your Rump, The Sounds of Science, Hey Ladies, Shadrach Least Favorite: Egg Man
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.
Had this on cassette back in the day. It's where I really start liking The Beastie Boys. They are transitioning out of their earlier sound into something much more complex. Bursting at the seams with samples. Love the flow of the tracks, almost especially when they suddenly smack up against one another, culminating in the collage-like "B Boy Bouillabaisse." The album moves along at a good clip while covering alot of different moods/sounds, but mostly exuding contagious excitement and fun. Wish more contemporary hip hop had this kind of manic ADD energy.
Never can get into how dumb most Beastie Boy songs are. It sounds fine, but thematically ehhhhhhhhh. I hate fun though.
September 23, 2021 Love this stuff for working!
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
Didn’t pay much attention, but a good beat
Nope
Quite like the music until they sing
Best sample record ever!
Pioneros del hip/hop, rap de finales de los 80. Canciones con ritmo, normalmente mismas bases, pero que muchas me han sonado muy parecidas.
The style of this whole album just wasn't for me. I'm torn between 1 and 2. I was gonna be generous, and actually, I will be, I made it the whole way through
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.
negatives: couple of songs I didn't like, notably High Plain Drifter, and a little too long... I was kinda over it 35min in so 53 min is a little too much otherwise I mean it's really good and I respect it a lot despite it not really being my style. I feel like it could grow on me even more too, to be honest
If you ask them, the Beasties will tell you that Hello Nasty is their best album, which makes sense being that it's their most mature, most diverse showcase of their musical talents. Ask nearly anybody else, though, and they'll direct you here, because it's, you know, their best album. The B Boys are cultural sponges, and both records do a great job of showing that in their own ways, but Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA are at their absolute best when they're bouncing off of each other multiple times within a single bar and rattling off left-field references like a musical Family Guy cutaway, and I cannot imagine a better fit for that than what the Dust Brothers pull off in their production work on Paul's Boutique. There's a lot of ground being covered here: Lookin' Down the Barrel of a Gun has a refined (read: less embarrassing) take on Licensed to Ill's metal influence, more than a few tracks are downright funky, and Johnny Ryall even throws in some bluegrass. What all these beats have in common (beyond being dope as shit), however, is the rampant sampling, which builds a scrapbook of sounds that plays perfectly off of the irreverent, reference-laden lyricism. Paul's Boutique embodies the record store scrounging, anything goes spirit of hip-hop, and that it sounds as good as it does is almost a bonus. Key Tracks (B-Boy Bouillabaisse is cheating): High Plains Drifter, 3-Minute Rule, Car Thief
GOAT
I mean. Cmon.
3/5
If “License to Ill” is “Meet the Beatles”, then “Paul’s Boutique” is “Sgt Pepper’s.” License to Ill is more easily digestible, fun, and in the best way possible, safe listening experience. It takes me back to a very particular place and I remember playing it over and over as a kid. Now 30+ years later as an adult, I can still do that without tiring of it. Paul’s Boutique is the more artistic and edgy album and takes risks. Those risks didn’t pay off at the time as the album was a commercial and critical failure, but listening to it now the experimental and ballsy quality of the writing shows the Beastie Boys growl as a band. They were moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and the changes in perspective after the success of License to Ill definitely shines out and seems daring even when it doesn’t always make for the most enjoyable listening experience. It serves as a love letter to their hometown. Like most letters written after the fact, it romanticizes things in different way than we did when we were there. License to Ill will always be my go to Beastie Boys album, primarily because of it’s simplicity, familiarity and fun. (Girls not withstanding, but the band has addressed that problematic like product of its era). That doesn’t take anything away from Paul’s Boutique though which is a brilliant album with influences you can easily hear in the works of Lin Manuel Miranda, Eminem, & even Jay-Z. There is plenty of room for both, and like the Beatles albums - the differences hidden within the similarities is part of what makes these albums great.
Such fantastic sampling on this album. The cover is iconic too. Not my favorite album of theirs but I love it still.
I was going to take a star away just because this isn't my favorite Beastie Boys album. However, it has been a while since I've pulled this album from the shelf, and I may have been wrong. This might just by my favorite Beastie Boys album.
Amazing album. I've always loved it.
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.
5.0 + Foists me back in Brooklyn. I’m rummaging through a mental flea market of strange and oblique cultural references. I’m surrounded by cartoonishly menacing characters but I’m drunk and zonked and clowning with my boys and we’re wilding and we’re one with the whole scene. This album is a non-stop troll party. Too many jokes, stunts and memes to appreciate with one listen. As it happens, this was my fifth full listen and I’m only just starting to make headway. Incredible.
A great album. Love how all the samples blend together and every line is a punchline
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.
I don't listen to Beastie Boys nearly often enough.
I knew they are cool, but still surprised by the groove and funk on this album. Top.
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.
Not much genre per se, but entire album shows the amazing craftsmanship they had
5* for what goes around
Uuuurg exhausting
Pretty fun! I really liked a lot of these tracks and the samples were cool, but I felt that there were some obnoxious moments and a lot of filler 7/10
7/10. Had some really fun moments, but an entire album-length session of listening to their voices is a lot.
I still like their style but this one was less jazzy and the beast were more samey. 6
Kolejne zwierzakowe bojsy wlecialy, pauls boutique to drugi album bandy, dodakowo 25 lipca byla 32 rocznica wydania plyty, wiec lista prawie trafila z data, tym razem nie az tak klasyczny jak licensed to ill, ale jednak i tak dalbym go w top 3 beastiowych plyt, jesli chodzi o influencyjnosc materialu zaprezentowanego na tym krazku, wydany 3 lata po wielkim komercyjnym sukcesie debiutowego illowego albuma, nie zebral az tak szerokiego poklasku, ale jednak wsrod fanow klasyki jest to niezwykle wazna pozycja, jesli chodzi o techniki wykorzystane na produkcji, to slychac prawdziwa rewolucje, tym razem za masteringiem nie stal pan rubinowy, tylko the dust brothers znani ze swojego mocno samplowego stylu tworzenia trakow, dodatkowo wsparciem inzynierskim byl pan mario caldato, ktorego byly to pierwsze kroki w murzynskim biznesie, no i same zwierzaki mialy ogromny wplyw na brzmienie materialu koncowego, bo niby lekkie duchy z chlopakow, to jednak podobno katowali produkcje w celu osiagniecia brzmienia jaki chcieli uzyskac w swych marzeniach, wracajac do sampli, to chyba ciezko o bardziej osamplowany material, jesli chodzi o mainstreamowe wydania, 55 minutowy material jest oparty na 105 samplach, nie moglo ozywiscie zabraknac bongowego rokowania, ktory pojawil sie wczesniej na liscie, przy czym az 24 sample sa na jednym traku, zamykajacej krazek 12 minutowej rapowej suitcie b boj bouillabaisse, takie instrumentale o wiele bardziej pasuja do komicznych liryk i dialogowego prowadzenia trakow jaki prowadza bojsy, da sie uslyszec takze teksy o wiele bardziej przemyslane i nie tak przystepne dla sluchacza radiowego, wiec po komercyjnym sukcesie chlopaki spelnili sie takze jako tworcy tworzac cos naprawde orginalnego co zmienilo cala rap gre, tworzenie kawalkow na multi samplingowych lejerow, to przeciez 90s w pigulce, dlatego jak dla mnie jest to moj ulubiony material boysow, na plejaka leci looking down the barrel of a gun, prawie otwierajacy shake your rump, prawie bo jednak pierwszy kawalek na trakliscie to to all the girls, a do bab krotka pilka i 30 sekundowy trak calkowitej ciszy majacy przygotowac sluchacza na sampelkowy rolercoster jaki ma uslyszec w nadchodzacych 50 minutach, gdyby inne rapowe albumiki mialy takie omowienie sampelkowe jak ten, to moje zycie byloby o wiele latwiejsze, jesli chodzi o szukanie materialow zrodlowych, no i ostatni trak to the sounds of the science
5 stars. Can you think of a more surprising second album? Licensed to Ill was largely an unserious party rap/rock record that had massive success. This album was an effort to move away from that and to be a bit more serious. That said, this album arrived prior to their later "enlightenment" so it still has some of the things that hadn't aged particularly well in License to Ill. From a production standpoint they got lucky as this album snuck in just prior to the changes in copyright law that would have impacted the heavy sampling. A year or two later and this album could have never happened.
More than 200 samples included on this album. https://paulsboutique.info/ Liked Ill Comm better. Still a solid
Real good.
Whiny is the best way to describe this
Perfectly fine, but it all kinda runs together. Nothing really stands out. I think “License to Ill” is better.
Man I dont think I liked this one at all. This kinda hip hop not my thing. Funky for sure, just not my funk.
GOATED
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
Fantastic album. None of the big hits that id know well. Typical Beastie Boys humour
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
Though I would consider Hip-Hop to be one of my least favorite genres, I believe Paul's Boutique is an absolute gem. Every single track on here is packed with fitting samples, witty lyrics, raunchy and edgy rap, great pacing and extremly catchy bass riffs. Besides "Car Thief", I think every track on here is an absolute staple in this genre, and Paul's Boutique thus deserves a 5/5.
I didn’t care for this album.
Ahead of its time. No longer fun
Just ok
Interesting album. Lots of samples. Very different to licensed to ill. Still holds up well
Solid album with a good sound. I’d never turn down a listen to it, even though it isn’t my particular vibe.
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique Love this album 5 Stars
Influential album and LOVE BEASTIE BOYS FOREVER
Was never bored. Great Sample, great beats
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.
im not enjoying this at allllll. what are they doing.. nice transition into the third track. okay, lyrics are fun sometimes. the psycho song in egg man was fun. high plains drifter: music is great but i cant with their whiny voices. okay im done and the previous sentence applies to the entire album basically. didnt hate it but i wouldnt want to listen to it again.
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The Beastie Boys are always good. The only problem with them is a lot of their music sounds the same.
I was under the impression I was really into Beastie Boys so I went in with expectations high. Disappointed with the rhymes, disappointed with the rhythms. This ain’t the hip hop I’m gonna turn to in the future.
A classic!
Hadn't heard this particular album before. Standard BB faire, pretty decent. 4/5
Klasik album osamdesetih sa klasičnim coverom. Općenito su jako utjecajni na mnoge kulture u glazbi, ali ovaj album mislim da sam najviše slušao kada sam bio zainteresiran u njih. Općenito nekada njihov flow i glas zna biti piiiiinkicu odbojan, ali sve u svemu je ovo jedan odličan album. Ako već neki album od njih po meni zaslužuje ovaku ocijenu, to je onda ovaj momak.
Absolutely rocked out to this hard.
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
Man, them boys just sound like they’re having the time of their lives. Infectious joy and contagious enthusiasm, with gleefully rough edges. I noticed here that despite the Beasties(?) rapping to the same pattern, more or less, regardless of the beat, it never gets tired because of (1) that infectious delight in what they’re doing and (2) their actual rhymes are never staid or predictable, indicating a good deal of craft. Also, they win Best Egg Man in Music. There, I said it.
nem ouvi inteiro. acho que esse projeto me odeia, ou é simplesmente muito ruim mesmo
Nestled on my shelf between the Beach Boys and Beatles the Beasties serve up somatic pleasures as intense as anything by either of those groups. Not only do they apply the art of sampling in a rap setting as gleefully and adoringly as the existing non-rap apotheosis in 1989 (Double Dee & Steinski - DJ Shadow still to come) they sublimate themselves into the music as rappers to put it front and centre. Aside from an occasional "I was making records when you were sucking your mother's dick" and "Homeboy throw in the towel/Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell" they dial back the lyrical happy-slaps and bear down on nonsense raps that lack a clear beg, mid 'n' end because their main function is rhythm not storytelling--propulsive forward motion via constantly evolving narrative. All highly conceptual, so shout out to the album's packaging, which eschews track titles and presents the lyrics in an unpunctuated block on one side of the liner notes and an extensive panoramic of a New York street with not a B Boy in sight on the reverse. Except wait, is that one of them ogling the camera on panel three? Or is it just a random? All of which is to say their mission--accepted and completed--is to melt into a wall of sound whose main purpose is to make you shake your rump-ahhh. Now shake away.
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 background music. Shite foreground music.
Definately ahead of its time. Aged well. I liked it.
Been so long since I listened to this as an entire album. It's better than I remember So many memories...
Guess what, still good!
Good, even though it isn't my style. I enjoy a song or two, but its hard to listen to the whole album
Yeh, decent, better than the last beastie boys album I got. Still a bit gimmicky though. Some later tracks decent. 'A Year and a Day' real decent. 4/5
Good album. Would listen to again
Not a fan….
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
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Shake Your Rump, Johnny Ryall, Egg Man, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun, Shadrach, B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A Year And A Day, B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Hello Brooklyn, B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Dropping Names Cutting Edge: Car Thief Overall Notes: Pretty good. More of a technical marvel with all the sampling than a musical marvel, but still enjoyed a fair amount of tracks. Low 4.
Nah, just shouting
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.
One of the greatest hip hop albums of all time? Yep. Best Tracks: Shake Your Rump, Egg Man, Hey Ladies
Great album! Makes me want to rock out with my cock out!
I guess instruments can be replaced by a mouse. And this was technology 30+ years ago. I didn't get through the entire LP. After 5-Piece Chicken Dinner I figured they couldn't possibly do anything better so double clicked an early demise to Paul's Boutique. (The B-Boys must understand that the mouse giveth and the mouse taketh away.) While I couldn't finish the job, I still think that this album is a lot of fun. I hate to say this and wouldn't want the word to spread, but I liked it - kinda - a little bit - sorta - maybe.
Sounds like a lot of noise, they aren't good at rapping either. Extremely repetitive flow and rhyming scheme. The sound and everything is grating and repetitive. Struggling to even listen to the whole album. Extremely overrated. This stuff is genuinely bad.
Can’t listen to it - really not a fan
Really enjoyed this, not totally sure what they were saying half the time, but loved the sampling and vocal energy, proper vibe! Great for doing jigsaws to! ;)
A crass yet compelling mélange. Definitely need to listen to this again, under more focused circumstances.
Well that was a lovely surprise. Bloody loved that. Kitchen disco. Post dinner vibes. Will listen again🥳 DANNY
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.
Excellent album
Beastie Boys + Dust Brothers = really fun album
Love the vibes. There's definitely a certain sound that you can only get from sampling, a sound that is synonymous with specific genres. It's quite remarkable there are SO many samples on this record. 8/10
Such a good album. Been far too long since I've listened to it. Love all the samples! Songs flew by. Only album I've listened to twice in the day so far.
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
pretty groundbreaking in its day and a big leap from fight for your right. 4
Well that was a bit of fun! Some weird lyrics
Not their best but a still great.
It’s Beastie Boys.... it is what it is.
enjoy the beats but not the vocals
not really my jam
Worth a double listen
I've never been a fan of the Beasties because of their shout-rap, their gaudy party anthems and the fact that white boy DJs at CKCU, who would never think of playing rap, played Licensed to Ill to death. I was therefore pleasantly surprised by this LP, especially the highly entertaining sampling/production. It sounded like it couldn’t be the same guys, and it wasn’t - it was the Dust Brothers. And they still shout.
Probably my least favorite of their albums I have listened to. Some catchy bits but there were a few I outright skipped and nothing was that memorable. Shake your Rump was the only one I saved. And cool album cover, I've never seen a busy New York street corner as an album so very inventive and creative.
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.
never, ever again
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.
Surprised this one was in there, but welcome.
Yep
Probably the strongest Beastie Boys album. 7 or 8/10, best track is easily '5-piece chicken dinner'
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You know, I said License to Ill was the BBoys at their best, but this may be better. Their sampling game is on point here, and a lot of their most juvenile lyrics have gone away. I'm not sure if this deserves a 5, but I gave License to Ill a 4, and this album is definitely much better than that. SO IT MUST BE.
great one
Full of Humour and charm, these boys from Brooklyn sure do know how to do sample. Excellent Mixing.
Not as good as Licensed To Ill
Overall an entertaining album, definitely overstays it's welcome. The vocals are pretty different from most other music I've listened to but I appreciate the beat on most of the songs. Also some sick Dylan, Hendrix, and Cash references in there.
Markedly better than Ill Communication. Part of that is probably because this is from '89 instead of '94: it does sound dated, but it should sound dated. Even still, the instrumental flourishes all over this album are interesting. The beats are very basic, but different samples and basslines elevate this above standard fare. I heard samples of stuff like Superfly, Mississippi Queen, the Jaws Theme, Ballroom Blitz, That Lady (which was also sampled by Kendrick on "i"), Folsom Prison, and Good Times. The perfect album to show to people who hate on sampling in hip hop. Now I can safely say that, despite my distaste for the other album, I'm not a Beastie Boys hater. Favorite tracks: Hey Ladies, Egg Man, Shake Your Rump, 3-Minute Rule, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun. Album art: This one's a bit of a classic. It reminds me of the Bowie album cover that also features a street scene. This seems to be a common theme for many artists to do a cover like this, but it works. 4/5
I can easiliy speak in absolute terms for this one: It's the worst album I've ever heard! Having said that I should probably add that I only listen to albums that I immediately like, so I never would have listened to this in the first place. Although I don't like HipHop or Rap in the slightest, I have to at least give them some credit for the quality of some of their sounds (and I'm not talking about their singing). My favorite part of the album is at 25:40 - that intermission at the halfway mark genuinely surprised me and made me laugh, giving me enough mental strength to listen to the rest of this "music".
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - Shake Your Rump - nice "bass" brass - Egg Man - Superfly sample! Epic Meme Sample in the outro! - High Plains Drifter - strong 808 vibes there, but moans where unsettling - The Sounds of Science - is this a parody? a mockery of science? but the second part has so much energy, i like that - Hey Ladies - funky groove, especially the cowbell/a-go-go thing and ballroom blitz sample = superb - Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun - triggers serious bass-face! FAZIT: Golden Age of Hip-Hop, definitely. I liked it.
Fun record, so many samples. I get the critical reception.
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
Were the Beastie Boys lame or cool? I can't tell . The internet says they're a rock bank.. what!?
Sgt pepper van de samples Horrorcompilatie is goed
Twas okay.
Sound of Science is the best
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
4.5 | Se me hace muy fortuito e interesante que este disco haya salido justo después de Run-DMC, acabando casi de hablar cómo aquel disco era la máxima expresión de cierto estilo de rap en los 80s y aquí tenemos un gran ejemplo de cómo evolucionó ese estilo particular. Saliendo de un primer disco bastante decente, divertido, del cual no hablaré más porque de seguro vendrá en la lista (aunque en mi opinión su necesidad es algo dudosa dentro de la misma), cuando quizá se les consideraba que no serían más que un one-hit wonder sacan lo que en mi opinión es su mejor disco. Es un album fantástico, tiene un centro temático en sus letras (que evolucionan ahora a mucho más que canciones medio de fiesta), incluso para los estándares de hoy, musicalmente es impresionante la técnica y calidad de sampleo. El simple número gigantesco de samples y la variedad de sus orígenes es casi incomprensible; por un lado lo podría considerar CASI como parte de plunderphonics. El disco da una experiencia desorientadora pero perfectamente planeada en su aspecto musical. Es, en mi opinión, un gran logro especialmente en el lado de producción para todo el hip-hop. En comparación de nuevo con algo como Run-DMC aquí se nota lo opuesto, un lado musical y de producción fuertísimo y letras que si bien son buenas en su estilo y cadencia y tienen coherencia, quizá les falta un poco de complejidad estructural para ser tan brillantes como el lado musical y a quien no le agrade pueda sentir incluso que suena similar y tan infantil como el primer disco (lo cual en mi opinión está muy lejos de la realidad). Para mí, el mejor disco de los Beastie Boys y si bien no tiene sus sencillos más conocidos sí es su mejor trabajo.
Unerträgliches Geschrei... ist das Rap? Die Musik wäre vielleicht erträglich, wenn sie mal die Fresse halten würden, aber unmöglich rauszufiltern. Sie haben ja nicht nur „keine gute Stimme“, sondern versuchen tatsächlich eher so grässlich wie möglich zu klingen. Diese „Mühe“ weigere ich mich wertzuschätzen. Die Texte empfinde ich als kindisch und willkürlich. Welche Einstellung hat Menschen dazu bewegt so etwas zu hören? Nach 14 Tracks hab ich keine Lust auf die „B-Boy Bouillabaisse“, die vermutlich zur 20th Anniversary Edition gehört. Nie wieder hören und Künstler auf schwarze Liste abschieben.
This whole album is kind of a fever dream but in a good way. Don't think I'd actually heard any of these songs before...but liked them all! Fun to have shorter songs
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
Ah, so I see where KidRock got his inspiration now. You know, I didn’t hate this, but so many of the songs just sounded the same to me. It didn’t really inspire me. It wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t make it through, but it just really isn’t my thing.
Dope. Now I get the hype!
Long time Beastie Boy fan - one of my favorite albums...not at first but really embraced it over time.
Surprisingly good. Never gave the group a chance prior to this.
bonkers sampling
dope beats fun times
Album fantastico. Sound iconico ed inconfondibile. Alcune canzoni sono esilaranti.
One of my favorite albums! Best use of sampling; Beasties are pioneers!
Simply one of the greatest Hip-hop albums ever created.
Really enjoyed. BB are a solid group I've been meaning to listen to. Really upbeat and fun listen. Lyrically sound but kinda cheesy, but I think that's the point.
although most of the tracks had a similar style, the funky guitar and loud hip hop lyrics make this album cool crisp n catchy
something a bit different. kinda good but not for me
theyre so cool and funny
Class.
Yes.
Love the samples, dislike the lyrics.
It says something that my favourite track on this album is a 23 second skit that's basically only samples with 2 lines of vocals. Not exactly my style but a good album nontheless. Apparently it's been very influential in rap/hip-hop world and I can see why.
Hay canciones de Beastie Boys que me gustan. Aunque no soy fan del Hip Hop, el estilo de ellos me gusta, pero temo que este álbum no me gustó. Vi la reseña y veo el año en que salió, y admiro lo que lograron desde el punto de vista técnico. También por lo que leí en el artículo de Wikipedia veo que el álbum marcó tendencia y tuvo una influencia significativa en el género, por lo cual lamento que el disco no me gustara más.
Que maestría de sampleo, al leer cuántas canciones son te das una idea de la magnitud del trabajo de mezcla. En 5 piece chicken dinner ya estaban cayendo pero de repente comienza Looking down the barrel of a gun con ese sampleo atascadísimo de Mississippi Queen y me dió levantón
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.
So much groove and energy. I feel like I need to spend a lot more time with this to really unlock it. It's certainly pretty weird.
Never heard a song on this entire album but I was into it the whole time.
It was alright, it's not really my kind of music but it kept me entertained throughout. This is the first time I've listened to any music from them and I get their appeal but as I said, it's not really for me.
BEASTIES!!!
Great choice in samples. It's a fantastic merging of rock and hip hop. The ending of the last song is the best.
I mean, they sample the Beatles
garbage
I liked it - baselines especially - also muuch better than others i was sugested to listen lately so the 4* micht just be because it's actually "passable"
Amazing amalgam of thick beats and the boys at their best. Fave: Three Minute Rule
Funky beats with an almost 70’s feel. Grooving.
Don't listen to enough Beastie Boys!
Very fun, these guys rule. Had me listening to other beastie boys albums after I was finished cause I wanted more.
So much happening in this album. These guys are like idiot savants. Love it!
hip hop
Too beastlie
couple of ok tracks. most sounded like kids had taken over an open mic night
Hip Hop style, good for dancing. Since the style of the music is loud, full vocal volume it is hard to listen to casually for me.
Was never a beastie boy guy
Day 28 of Albums You Must Hear... When Beastie Boys released their debut album, Licensed to Ill in 1986, an album that would go on to sell 10 million copies and become the first rap album to top the Billboard album chart, Rap music had finally began to cross over to a broader audience. Along with Beastie Boys, Def Jam also introduced legendary acts such as LL Cool J, Run-DMC, and Public Enemy. Due to conflict with Def Jam, Beastie Boys would only release one album under the label. When the time came to release their sophomore offering, Beastie Boys had began to lose a bit of their momentum in the eyes of the public, yet expectations were high. Not wanting to be known as a one hit album wonder, Beastie Boys had inspiration to break away from being known as the novelty of “Frat Hip-Hop”. In 1988, no longer having the unique rock inspired production of Def Jam co-founder Rick Ruben, Beastie Boys linked up with production duo, Dust Brothers for their next album Paul’s Boutique. Sampling is as hip-hop as graffiti and break dancing. It’s an art that takes expert timing and next level creativity. Paul’s Boutique is a master class in sampling, maybe only second to De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising. Nearly the entirety of Paul’s Boutique music is all samples, chopped and cut so well that you will miss more than you recognize. There are over 100 songs sampled on this record, 24 on the last track alone. If you listen closely you can hear many clips from a wide variety of artists like, The Beatles, James Brown, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Sly and the Family Stone, Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, The Eagles, and that’s just naming a few. The 80’s was the Wild Wild West of sampling before the lawyers and litigation made it an extremely expensive luxury for artists. (Still can’t stream that De La Soul album, largely because of this). While Licensed to Ill is a legendary album and put Beastie Boys on the map, and has more recognizable songs, the depth of Paul’s Boutique is sonically more satisfying to me. I found myself lost in the dense and craftiness of all the sounds that underly the lyrics. I find it difficult to pick my favorite songs because I liked them all so much. What are your favorites from Paul’s Boutique? Please share your thoughts, memories and opinions!!
So amazing and under-appreciated
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."
Good old Beastie Boys
Really not for me
Better than their first album by a lot
Shake Your Rump est correcte, mais toutes les chansons se ressemblent, c'est criard, parfois ça sonne faux.
Certainly pushes the boundaries of hip hop. Worth the listen.
A treasure trove of music discovery through the samples.
Ab und zu schon geil. Schöner hiphop mit Funk oder so.
Surprisingly more Jazzy
Unerträgliches Geschrei... ist das Rap? Die Musik wäre vielleicht erträglich, wenn sie mal die Fresse halten würden, aber unmöglich rauszufiltern. Sie haben ja nicht nur „keine gute Stimme“, sondern versuchen tatsächlich eher so grässlich wie möglich zu klingen. Diese „Mühe“ weigere ich mich wertzuschätzen. Die Texte empfinde ich als kindisch und willkürlich. Welche Einstellung hat Menschen dazu bewegt so etwas zu hören? Nach 14 Tracks hab ich keine Lust auf die „B-Boy Bouillabaisse“, die vermutlich zur 20th Anniversary Edition gehört. Nie wieder hören und Künstler auf schwarze Liste abschieben.
Possibly the best beastie boys album. Starts strong and ends strong
Meh
The samples alone, good lord. What an album
SO. MUCH. SHOUTING. grating vocal delivery aside, the production on this thing and the sampling is just surreal, if feels dirty giving this a 3 but man those vocals, the sampling and beats and all that jazz is a fucking 5 though
beastie boy
Rento meisinki ja biiti tarttuvia
Classic Beastie Boys.
2
it sounds like a lot of the same to the untrained ear
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
Rubbish.
Not their best but still good
Not a big fan of the beastie boys. but alright