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I greatly enjoyed the B-Boy Bouillabaisse section - innovative sampling and clear lyrics. The rest was much of a muchness. A lot of the choruses are the same few words shouted in different tones. As much as I liked the latter half, I can't give more than a 3.
Heard this before and I know it's considered an important album. I don't think it's as good as Ill communication though. At the risk of sounding like an old man, on quite a lot of tracks I can't understand what they're saying, and I want to hear the vocals! There's some great sampling though. I liked egg man and hey ladies the best I think. 3.5
The Beastie Boys don’t give a fuck about your opinions.
God beastie boys are crap
Tried to emulate License to Ill but couldn’t.
não achei que fosse gostar tanto assim
Always partial to this white boy rap. Not my favorite album by the Boys, but still listenable.
this feels like the origin of 2000's movies with white middle school gang music
A rough around the edges kitchen sink album with tons of charm. Honestly just sounds like they were having tons of fun making this. Another solid 4
One of my favourite albums EVER
Good fun, not my cup of tea
I got more stories than JD’s got Salinger when it comes to this record. It hit at the right time for me and was in regular rotation at every party in college. It is a true masterclass in sampling, and I imagine would not be possible today given rights issues for sampled songs. But the creativity mixed with witty lyrics is just outstanding and set a high bar for hip-hop and music in general. Still holds up today.
Man these guys just never fully did it for me. I can take them in small doses, just not one of my faves.
Always solid. Felt like this one was missing that big standout hit (or hits) like most of the other albums have. Think I enjoy that license to Ill more than this.
I get this is the critics' pick for the Beastie Boys' best album...but it never really hit for me. Some good stuff, just not great IMO. I'm a simple man: give me License to Ill and I am happy. 3.25/5
A bouillabaisse for the ears - packed with flavours, spices, and joy. So many samples - "he thinks HE's the passionate one" was the one that leapt out on this listen
With every Beastie album I hear, it makes me think about how fresh and unique it must have sounded at the time. Their samples are unparalleled.
Die Songs klingen alle gleich.. Ich mag das nicht
Good old hiphop. For my Taste it bit to Mixed.
Hip-Hop Basics
Boah, nee
Habe mit 16/17 richtig viel Beastie Boys gehört, aber nie dieses Album. Das Album hat den Drive einer Punk-Band, groovt wie Sau, super kurzweilig. Richtiges starkes Jonglieren mit Samples. Klingt so, als hätten die Drei richtig Spaß beim Aufnehmen gehabt. Finde die Lyrics überwiegend echt witzig, teilweise sind sie schlecht gealtert. Hat mich gleich beim ersten Hören sehr begeistert, werde mich mehr damit beschäftigen. Eventuell in Zukunft 5 Sterne.
Not my cup of tea, but I can't deny that Beastie Boys do their thing. It's interesting and all over the place but still has a coherent identity with interesting themes and ideas and I have a lot of respect for that.
Favorite tracks: Shadrach, Shake Your Rump, What Comes Around, Hey Ladies, B-Boy Bouillabaisse Man do I love the Beastie Boys, and this album is a perfect example of why. They're unpredictable, innovative, and just plain funny. This album is maybe the height of their sampling, and it's near impossible not to groove along with them. I can understand the criticism of their voices and think that it is a bit of an acquired taste, but for me it was acquired a long time ago. Starting a petition to bring back hip hop groups instead of vulgar rapper
pa okej. bolje od prvog, ništa posebno. meni dosta podnošljivije i zabavnije od većine repa, al ne bih slušo
Good beats but I just can’t stand the vocal
This album will have you stop in the middle of a shift to look up how mangoes Jamaica exports annually. It's the joint. 3.5
A crappy generic rap album that uses the weirdest samples at the weirdest times. I already don’t enjoy hip-hop and this album did not help change that. Hard pass on this one.
Yay!
I listened to it, I wasn’t against it, I remember little of it now.
Shout NYC hip hop. That's not a criticism it's an observation. I like the Beasties I like MCAs squeaky yeahhh boi style of rapping. I also think it marries well with Mike D low tones. The samples are great on here it's no License to I'll or Hello Nasty and not as polished as 5 boroughs but it has a gritty rough appeal it's likeable but it does grate at times. As it is soon raw.
Mid af Basic rap Beats are kinda shit Their voices are annoying Skip
Yeah, the vocals kind of all sound the same. Sort of..? But these guys know who they are and damn are they cool.
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.
Shout at me more, Beastie Boys
Esto es gente que habla rápido y además grita. No creo que escuche más de un cuarto del disco. Bueno, pues cinco canciones han sido suficientes. Esto es una comedia bufa de unos pocos amigos gritando historias que no le importan a nadie salvo a ellos, supongo. ¿Era necesario más de una docena de canciones cuando no tienes ideas para tres?
Would be fun to listen to in a group or party setting, but not my jam just chilling on a Thursday afternoon
Album 930 of 1089 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (1989) Rating : 2.5 / 5 I really wanted to enjoy this one more than I did, but it just didn’t grab me. I know it’s highly regarded and often praised for its production and dense sampling, but for me, it lands squarely in the “meh” category. It’s not bad by any stretch - just not something that connects with me. If their style and approach are your thing, I can absolutely see how this would hit the mark. The energy and creativity are there, and there’s no denying the effort that went into it. But compared to some of their other work, it feels a bit overstuffed and scattered. It’s one of those albums I respect more than I actually enjoy.
Не фанат я Beastie Boys. Тараторят они, конечно, на славу, но я всё равно не понимаю о чём, а композиций с классной музыкой на этом альбоме нет. Предыдущий и следующий поинтереснее.
Loved it!
Hell no. Great arrangements and bass though. I'll quote another review by saying "Good background music. Shite foreground music."
Good vibes all around. Feels like a dancr party in the 89s/90s
They get a lot better after this album, but the roots of their sound start to emerge in this album. Love all the samples!
Essential. Pulled the vinyl off the shelf for this one. Every home should have a copy.
Po Ill communication miałem wysokie oczekiwania, ten nie był taki dobry
Probably the most I've ever enjoyed listening to this album. The production is very consistent and fun and obviously way ahead of its time. And a huge leap creatively and artistically from their debut. However, this is just never gonna be my favorite beastie boys album it lacks the great singles that other albums have and I'd rather have a little more chaos and adventurous sounds to have those banger singles rather than this album which is tighter and more consistent but lacks singles and is less quirky and all over the place. Important for their catalogue and important for rap in general and I kinda get why it's everyone else's favorite but it won't ever be mine.
A classic, old-school hip-hop album. I like the aggression in the Beastie Boys and this album in particular. It doesn't beat around the bush with its anger, directed at a plethora of things. It was concise and packed a lot of power, however it missed the peak moment taking the album to an absolute top rating. 4/5
yay beastie boys liked a lot!!
Not my favorite type of music but it holds up
I find the beastie boys' vocals to be a little challenging for extended periods. I'm definitely not alone in this, but I also don't feel that it's insurmountable. Here's the thing: this album is brilliantly produced, the sampling is unreal and the songs are all really well written. Any one of them on their own is punchy and interesting and a great listen. - it's just that a whole album of it is difficult to get through. On the other hand, the album as a whole is also quite good and has a tonne of hidden depth, and I feel like if I took the time to listen to this again a couple of times I'd get used to it and really enjoy finding everything that's layered in there. As such, it doesn't really feel fair to mark this one down for those vocals... They're a strong stylistic choice that I actually really respect, even if it'd take me a bit of getting used to. Plus 5 piece chicken dinner caught me completely off-guard while driving and I almost had to pull over. Great album.
One trick ponies. Every song sounds the same. Disappointing
This is one of those albums that slipped under the radar when it first came out, only to be rediscovered and celebrated later for how ahead of its time it was. It’s wild to think that an album like this could never be made today - the sheer number of samples alone would make it prohibitively expensive to produce. I first heard Paul’s Boutique much later in the Beastie Boys catalog. I loved Licensed to Ill, but this one didn’t cross my radar until the late ’90s or early 2000s. It’s a big creative departure, probably thanks to working with The Dust Brothers, but it feels like the start of the real Beastie Boys sound, with that funky, funny, unpredictable energy that defined them from then on. Honestly, if this album dropped today, it would still sound fresh.
The Dust Brothers make this record, and unfortunately because of copywrite laws there will never be another one like it.
so many hits
fun, a bit dated with the material (a lot of hip hop is not PC, but this was so in kind of a cringey way) and the B-boy bouillabaisse at the end was probably the best set of songs
Love the Beasties. Nobody else would put samples from both Psycho and Jaws on a track about eggs. B-Boy Bouillabaisse is such a fun trip, too.
Good but weird
diddn't really like it
Great Songs: Shake Your Rump, Hey Ladies, Car Thief, Shadrach Good Songs: To All the Girls, Johnny Ryell, Egg Man, The Sounds of Science, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun, What Goes Around, Ask for Janice Mid Songs: High Plain's Drifter, 3-Minute Rule Bad Songs: 5-Piece Chicken Dinner
Got more rhymes than Jamaica got mango's! Sample masterclass with Beastie Boys synergie.
not as good as later beastie albums but I get why it's historically important
Classic and nostalgic
7.3
Paul’s boutique is a fun listen overall. Time piece for sure, and a classic beastie boys sound. Looking down the barrel of a gun is nyhc for sure, especially after the first beastie boys release.
Of all the Beastie Boys albums, why this one? It’s ok. They did make much better albums later in their career.
The epitome of the boys will always be LTI, but this has its own charms.
Not as good as Licensed to Ill. Still good.
Got me boppin'.
My favorite Beastie Boys album and "Car Thief" is my favorite Beastie Boys song. A sampling fan's paradise. Favorite track: Car Thief
Preferred the front half of the album, but liked the backing tracks throughout. Fun nods to other artists including an Abbey Road guitar riff on one track
99 stars. No notes.
I enjoyed this.
I can understand why this album is on a list like this. Having said that, meh. I usually like these guys but I don’t think this album is going to be in my collection any time soon, if ever. Repetitive. Fairly boring.
Pretty great from start to finish and amazing how many samples they use without sounding like the original songs at all.
Dedo no cu e gritaria: O disco. A melhor forma de resumi-lo, certamente. E não me refiro apenas ao estilo vocal do grupo – mas ele certamente ajuda a solidificar o título – mas sim à toda ambientação caótica e apocalíptica deste álbum. Até agora, Hip Hop vêm sendo o gênero mais infeliz pra mim aqui na lista, mas finalmente os Beastie Boys trouxeram o primeiro disco 5 estrelas do estilo. E como fizeram isso? Vou começar falando da minha parte favorita desse álbum, a produção. Ela é excêntrica e maximalista, com milhares de samples empilhados um sobre o outro. Cria-se aqui paredes cacofônicas impenetráveis. Em alguns momentos do disco, eu imaginei que gostaria de ouvi-lo apenas como instrumentais, mas daí os vocalistas entram em campo e o marcam com sua imprescindível presença. Entendo que pode ficar um pouco dissonante aos ouvidos ouvir esses três malucos gritando todas as suas barras, mas não dá pra imaginar outra maneira de entregar ESSAS letras por cima DESSAS batidas. É coisa de outro mundo, uma criatividade inigualável, e ritmos verdadeiramente vivos e movidos. No mínimo, este disco prova que Hip-Hop possui potencial quando se livra das amarras que o prendem, as quais você pode ler a fundo nas minhas outras reviews de outros discos do gênero. Este álbum aqui larga mão de todos aqueles alçapões e foca toda sua energia vital naquilo que há de melhor, samples criativos, instrumentais diversos e ambiciosos, e letras desvirtuadas de qualquer senso lógico ou razão, entregues através de grunhidos enfáticos. Baita de um trabalho. 5/5
Besides 3 Feet High & Rising, this is easily the greatest use of samples ever on an album!
Bit too repetitive for me
Innovative and unique. Not necessarily great but quite impressive
Pretty cool hip hop
Humpty dumpty was a big fat egg !
First Beastie Boys album I've heard. Was not a fan.
Rapping is best done in harmony
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?
Well, my recent 1001 run keeps on going strong…and a second Beastie Boys album within a week! Another album which is a lot of fun and deserves to be on the list. Johnny Ryall is brilliant, and I love the Beatles sample from The End used in The Sounds of Science.
The vocals are too strident strident and one note. it gets irritating, my god. Great production and use of samples. Tbh when the samples came on I found myself wanting to hear the original track. 2.5
ALL.DAY.LONG.
Complex and fresh! Sampes so strange and interesting that they set the bar for hip-hop in this early stage
7/10
Probably the only song on here that I am not the #1 fan of is "Hey Ladies." "Paul's Boutique" is probably one of my 2 favorite albums of theirs of all time (that and "Ill Communication".). The amount of sampling that is done for this album is unprecedented, now it would have cost millions to get all of the samples that are on this album. The fact that they went from the frat-rap boys of "Licensed To Ill' to... THIS is just amazing. I listen to this album often, it's definitely one of my go to albums to just make me feel better. Listen to it over and over, great relisten-ability. A classic rap album, without it we wouldn't have rap as established as it it. A Classic album.
I know of this album but I didn't recognize any of the songs so I wasn't sure what I would think. I had a quick read about it and noted they painstakingly put together a record that was their own. Almost like the Beastie's attempt at Pet Sounds. Whatever the case, it is very damn good. Almost seamless and that's something given how many samples they splice together. It just hums along. My favorite tracks were probably Egg Man, High Plains Drifter, and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun because the samples / beats on those ones are kick ass. B-Boy Bouillabaisse was also pretty slick with some great samples and changes of pace. Some juvenile stuff but also some razor sharp wit; both of which I expect from the Beastie Boys. This album is at least a 4 in my mind, but for what their sampling did for the whole rap genre, it solidifies that it's a 5.
Cool album start to finish - very interesting how dense the samples are. When I went to whosampled.com I was surprised just how many samples were present in every song. Then I learned about the Grand Upright Music Ltd v. Warner Bros Records case that basically killed wholesale sampling in rap. In other words, this album couldn't exist just a couple years later. Although the samples are a little more in your face obvious than later hip hop, the Dust Brothers and Beastie Boys still make it their own. I may not be a big rap fan, but I really enjoyed this album...I'll give it the 5 it clearly deserves. Favorite tracks: Shake Your Rump, Johnny Ryall, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun (by far my favorite track on the album), Car Thief, and two parts of B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Stop That Train and A Year and a Day.
First great album from the trio. Shadrach still hasn't dated and is still great on a good pair of headphones! Later albums would provide better songs, more humour and deeper meaning. However this is a lot of fun and a good place to start your journey.
It’s taken me a long time to understand Beastie Boys having only liked the singles previously, but I feel like I’m finally getting them. Sample-based music is an art form I’m still not fully onboard with, but I get how amazing and playful the production is here. Glad to finally join the hype train.
Fun album.
Sample Heaven
Great samples, great production.
I know this album helped generate how hip hop advanced. I respect the artists. However, for me personally, none of the music speaks to me.
Didn't captivate me but would listen again. All sounded pretty similar so I didn't really have a favourite.
Love it 4/5
nah, not into shouting
I’m a high (high) plains (plains) drifta (drifta)…
Probably not a re-listen. Album had its moments with a few good samples from the Beatles and such, but was not my jam.
Not my favourite Beastie Boys album. The samples are as clever as ever but the vocals are particularly one note on this one.
i just know this album was revolutionary for white boys everywhere
A pretty good album by all accounts, though there's a certain "je ne sais quoi" missing for me.
Beastie Boys take the style but ignore the substance. Not buying it. Bad self? Bad breath? Club Med. Self-parodying.
It’s very fun and I was happy to take the ride. It did all meld together for me though and I’m not sure when I’d ever take the ride again. They’re more fun for me when they suddenly get played on the radio or on TV somewhere. A pleasant surprise but less is more.
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!
Musically, this is the tits. Rap-wise... meh. I mean, it's fun, don't get me wrong. They're having a blast and it's infectious. But their flow is the same for every song. And while I like their references, there's not a lot of meat there. Also, I can only take so much of their vocal timbre. But it's good time, and it's a masterpiece of sampling, and It's literally the kind of record no one can afford to make any more.
Not my genre
Windsor Terrace
They were ok back in the day, not much to me now.
Such a cool album. Loved the sampling which made for some very interesting beats. I liked the medley type of short songs that ended the album very much as well.
Really like their sound and great tunes
Shake your rumpaaaa
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#704. I find most 80s rap music to be cheesy as all hell, and this is really no different. Probably even more so because they're all white dudes. 3/5: acceptable.
Hard to beat The Boys! I listened to this twice, including the bonus content. 4.5
For whatever reason I just can't get into the Beastie Boys. So sue me.
Once I got over the style (the parody by Morris Minor and the Majors kept popping into my head) I really enjoyed this. I wasn't really into it at the time but I can appreciate the innovation.
Solid album, great experiments, but nothing outstanding
A classic
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
It's cool.
Aguanten los beastie boys, no supera al álbum Comunications pero es un álbum que muestra la escencia de la banda. Discazo para mi, te remonta bien a los 90s y toda la movida del hip hop pero le agregan ese plus de ritmos que no es solo un grupo de raperitos y te hace mover la cabeza al ritmo PD1: NOSE pero también me hacen siempre a acordar a este against the machine, no se si será la forma que grabaron los discos o que, desmiéntanme grupo PD: escuchen Sabotage
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
After loving Licensed To Ill when it came out, by the time Paul’s Boutique was released I’d kinda lost interest. It didn’t make an impact on me at the time, but that was due to me having less interest in what they were doing. Retrospectively, this still took a while. I think that was mainly due to me being more into their albums that followed this. Looking back now though, I can appreciate this. Energetic and fun, although definitely of its time it still works. A little bloated, but an easy 4.
Funky hip hop from years back. I appreciate it, though I’m not a huge fan
Ground breaking 2nd outing.
I enjoy an instrumental only version so much more
it was ALRIGHT
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
probably my favorite of the three beastie boys albums weve had so far but similar issues as the other ones. good for a song or two but hard to listen all the way through.
A true gem from these guys. An album of theirs that I probably overlook when I go to listen to the Beastie Boys as I usually go for their debut or their 90s work first. I often forget how much fun they are. 4/5
Okay for what it is. Assuming most people won't like this. Less polished than Check Your Head...
Like the beastie boys but sounded exactly what it was- a bunch of demos. Actually found the boulabaisse extras more interesting
I like the Beastie Boys but apart from some great tracks a lot on this album sounds the same.
Sometimes the white boys got it
Bon mix expérimental de plusieurs genres, énormément de samples, de guitares et de percus grasses, et un surplus d'énergie bienvenu. Pas tout le temps ce que j'aime, mais globalement une bonne découverte
Forgot how great this album was.
🤘🤘
Sampling, one of the best Shake your rump Johnny ryall Hey ladies A year and a day
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.
Noice
Heard it before. I'm so basic but I do like Beastie Boys. It's a quality album though I think I have some different favourites from them. Sampling music from Psycho is so iconic tho 3/5
HELLOOOOOO BROOKLYYYYNNNNNN I listened to this passively which maybe wasn’t the ideal choice, sorry to kill the perfect 5 y’all 😂 Liked the B-Boy Bouillabaisse tracks more than the front half! Was ready to give this a 3 but I’ll bump up
I have a crush on the Beastie Boys!!!!!!!!
Not only is this easily the Beasty Boys' best album, it's one of the best albums if it's era, hip hop or otherwise. Largely thanks to the Dust Bros production it ranks with the greats of the post 808 sample heavy era of the late 80's and early 90's like De La, Tribe, PE, etc. A true masterpiece.
Solid beats + solid flow = solid ranking
Pretty obvious how ridiculously awesome this record is.
-all bangers
The gulf in musical quality between the comedy/rock/rap cheese of License To Ill and the genre-transforming sample sophistication of Paul's Boutique often makes my brain hurt. Possibly the coolest three guys in the music biz, it's hard to criticise them at all really - they manage to pull off not seeming to take anything too seriously without being self-righteous pricks, while still making great music. No mean feat. Is Paul's Boutique their best album? Probably, possibly. Is it my personal favourite? No, but it's up there, and deserves the praise it now routinely commands.
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
I hadn't heard this whole record before. I like the Beastie Boys hits usually so I expected a decent time. Sadly not this time. There just isn't anything here for me. But that's okay. I think this one is just okay. For me.
Song a little too similar one to another, but very groovy experience.
This was so much better than Licensed to Ill.
Prettig georganiseerde chaos. Absurd goed samplegebruik voor 1989.
Here's how I would rank Beastie Boys albums: 1. Ill Communication 2. Check Your Head 3. Hello Nasty 4. Paul's Boutique 5. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two 6. To the 5 Boroughs 7. Licensed to Ill 8. The Mix-Up Fun fact from Beastie Boys Book: Paul's Boutique was a real store and you hear the store's phone number on the album. However, they went out of business shortly after release. Adam Yauch had the presence of mind to acquire the number. The voicemail you hear on Check Your Head--Hey, yo, Paul, this is Al, you can kiss my ass...--comes from a message left at that number.
I think the first songs are ok, the songs in the middle are better
5/5 no notes
Hip hop style rap vocals with sampled rock/funk instrumentals. Tongue in cheek. Can hear suggestions of e.g. Fatboy Slim rock/soul/funk remix aesthetic. Unique technique of multiple vocalists panned wide apart with different/complementary roles. Some decent riffs and rhymes in here. Best track - Johnnu Ryall, Egg Man, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun 3 stars
Well this album sure is GREAT All those haters do is HATE If you don't like it I suggest you STOP Cuz this right here is the cream of the CROP
its good its great i love it
the absolutely wild breadth of samples in this album are honestly mindblowing - over 105 samples on the album, 24 in the last song, and an incredible combination of genres and sound to create a wonderfully complex album that was instrumental to the development of sampledelia and other samples (i.e. the ATL trap influences from "Hello Brooklyn" is crazy)
Love it
Not a fan
There's nothing like it, despite it spawning generations of music. It's the sound of a bunch of clever, irreverent and maturing guys making exactly the music they wanted to and a monumental testament to the Beasties' creativity. For a couple of years, this and Ill Communication (slightly superior) were my go-to walking around albums - it's the sound of a city.
Let’s go
The production on this is a lot better than their more popular stuff, but the voices are still not that enjoyable
A few half decent songs but not enough to get past three stars. Feel like this will be the benchmark of 3 star albums - meh
If you like the more juvenile version of the Beastie Boys, this is the album for you. While I do enjoy several tracks here, I prefer my Beasties with a bit more maturity and less misogyny.
At first I thought: who are these white kids screaming at me. But then I got it. This is brilliant.
Loved it
Absolute best. Remastered album still slaps. To this day. Maybe it's not worth 5 starts but I listened to it twice and it made my day.
A bit weaker than Ill Communication, but it still has great rhymes and great vibes.
The concept isn't hard to grasp but delivers good results. Good beats, humour, infectious hooks and you got something that won't bore. Doesn't have any of the hits but it doesn't need those to get me moving.
When I got this album I thought, “Fuck, not the Beastie Boys!” I was wrong. “Licensed to Ill” came out when I was in high school and I really didn’t have much respect for the taste of the kids who were into the album. This opinion was reinforced later when the media dubbed this frat-rap. What could be lamer, right? Again, I was wrong. This is among the more interesting hip-hop albums I’ve heard. Reading up on its innovations and later influences, I was even more impressed. Here is a band who many, including me, dismissed out of hand as imposters, having the courage to innovate rather than simply playing it safe. The Beastie Boys play their own jazz-funk instrumentals (actually playing instruments is personally appreciated), then intertwining samples from original pieces. The result is a really interesting soundscape. This is more than beats, it is genuinely interesting music (with great beats too, of course). It is easy to see why many critics now consider this to be among the most important hip-hop albums of all time, it is remarkable that it was creates by three white kids who were openly mocked by so many. I stand corrected. I will be revisiting Paul's Boutique again in the future. It was a hell of a lot of fun to listen to and I'm generally not a big fan of the genre.
In my book, The Beastie Boyz so synonymous with NYC that I have to take them like I take in the Ciry when I visit: fully and only for 3-4 days at a time. I enjoy every second I'm in it, but I'm ready to move on to something less intense after a few days.
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 album’s such a wild ride. Very different from a lot of I’ve heard. The samples are amazing. I’m a huge fan of The Avalanches, so those are the only works I can compare it to. The Beastie Boys have a very distinct and identifiable vocal style, which might be offputting to some but I really enjoy it. Overall, the songs shine in the use of its samples, and the Beastie Boys on top really bring them all together.
So, two Beastie Boys albums. Back-to-Back. I just heard their "Licensed To Ill" last night. They are trying to tell me something. 😂 Like the previous album, I like the production, but not the lyrics. Some are fine, others feel outdated. Does that mean I will never hear of them again? No. They have some good songs there, and I will not mind hearing them again.
Paul’s Boutique is a huge step forward for the Beasties. If they’d have done LTI 2 I think it would have cast them into a corner that they might not have been able to get out of. Instead they showed the world that they were innovators who followed their noses and instincts and made something that was at the forefront of hip hop, moving away from a more simplistic use of samples to creating dense compositions from multiple samples in a way that just can’t happen now due to legalities and cost. They weren’t the first but they did it in their own way. Vocally the BB hallmarks are still there but the style was almost proto 90s with multi syllabic rhymes and dense references to pop culture which wove around the music with their typical intertwined delivery. Paul’s Boutique isn’t perfect but it does thrive in its own chaos.
219/1089 - The Dust Brothers have a really cool sound. Both this and Odelay have great beats. Wasn't sold on the Beastie Boys raps until the line "I've been making beats since you've been sucking on your mother's dick," which made me smile. I also re-listened to Ill Communication and think it's a 5 now and not a 3. If I think of it as a hip-hop album (which it is) and not a jazz album, my criticism goes out the window. Sure Shot, Root Down, Sabotage, Get it Together and the Scoop are too good for just a 3. As of today, these are the albums with ratings I changed my mind on: The Avalanches - Since I Left You (4 -> 5) Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ (3 -> 2) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (3 -> 4) Beastie Boys - Ill Communication - (3 -> 5) Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (3 -> 2) Iggy Pop - The Idiot (4->5)
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.
One of the classics for a reason
Good music is like a time capsule- it takes you to the time and place the music was recorded. Hearing ¨Paul’s Boutique¨ feels like being in Giuliani’s New York, complete with graffitied trains, the crack epidemic and being mugged in Times Square. You can almost taste the Reaganomics at work. I always forget how high the Beastie Boys’ voices can get, except for MCA (RIP). Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s grating, and while they’re never going to win awards for lyricism, they do know how to create an atmosphere. Listening to ¨Hey Ladies,¨ I’d put this era of the Beasties as the rap equivalent of Motely Crue (see ¨Girls, Girls, Girls¨ for a spiritual sister track). The music is just as 80s as anything else, but I do appreciate the ¨everything and the kitchen sink¨ approach to sampling. I know people call this the Sgt. Pepper or Pet Sounds of rap, but I’m not cultured enough to have made that connection. It’s 80s rap for someone who reads Pitchfork and New Yorker cartoons, and I’m not cultured enough to read those either. Standout tracks: Car Thief, Shake Your Rump, Hey Ladies
Empty
Not bad but prefer Tribe Called Quest
A time capsule. HEY LADIES
Fav Tracks - Shake That Rump (PHATTTT), The riff on down the barrel of a gun (Mississippi queen sample!), Shadrach Didn’t know any of these BB tracks, great to hear them, the bars are iconic as per, and the samples/beats are smooth as. The album lacks a huge hit, like their other records have; eg: sabotage / no sleep til Brooklyn, but it makes it a more cohesive listen.
Greatest hip hop record of all times.
Excellent album, one of my favorite groups.
Мабуть мій улюблений у них. Нереальний рівень семплінгу, нереальний рівень зросту порівняно з дебютним. Купа класних пісень, чудова динаміка між трьома учасниками. Тим хто любить мультижанрових Бісті, то звичайно інші альбоми в пріоритеті.
Love it
Satisfied to shrug off their metal fratboy personas, Beastie Boys utilize ambitious and inspired sampling to create a fun record with more depth, better rhymes, and endowed with a sense of adventure that no one could have predicted. This was the album that convinced me that MCA, Ad-Rock, and Mike D were artists worth giving a chance, and I haven't looked back since.
Ingen kødder med Paul
yeah pretty good i guess, pretty cool !
Excellent.
Album sympa dynamique, funky. Pas de gros coup de coeur
Pas de surprise pour moi Qualiteyyy
J'écoute jamais de rap/hip hop mais j'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé. Rythme et instruments top, super découverte 4/5
It's good.
A banger, blending funk, dub and groove with a smashing of hip-hop
Fantastic production
Shoutie Mac ShoutFace Fucks sake
Don't really get the love for this.. De La Soul are legendary with sampling. This was shouty and random...
un album de hiphop sin más, no es mucho mi estilo
Up to Johnny ryall and so far good songs but not my Style
The raps are interesting and the beats are good.
I adore this album! So rhythmic and original, a bit in your face, raw and fun.
Eggman
Yes, I like this yelling rock
Well they do say you have to fight for your right to party, and with lines as poignant as "I'll beat a biter down with alunimum bat", and beats that sound like they down pitched the bad aftermath of an upsetting Taco Bell order, what's not to love. Favorite track of the album was Shake Your Rump with honorable mention to The Sounds of Science
I think I liked licensed to ill better but this is good too
Best tracks (in order of greatness) Car thief Looking down the barrel of a gun Shadrach Hey Ladies Egg man Shake your rump B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Stop that train B-Boy Bouillabaisse: AWOL It's a 5 star album, one of the best, and the best thing is, they followed it up with 2 more great albums, just like Stevie Wonder did in the 70s.
I just don't care. It's obnoxious.
Love this record!
I really respect the lyrics on the Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique. It’s fun, inventive, and adds a lot to the hip-hop game. Their creativity on this album is top tier.
Hell yea
Was pumped to see this come up today, a stone cold classic that I could never tire of. The entire album is a masterclass in sampling, the lyrics are on point, and even the shouty "call-response" delivery gets a pass from me. You could spend an age digging into the samples used and uncovering the old B-sides and minor hits that they were dragged from (some less minor than others I guess, like The Beatles for example). I always find it astounding that this is the Beastie Boys second album and that, although there are some hangovers from their debut, it's largely a huge change in direction from "frat-rock" to "hip-hop". Anyway, a clear five star album.
This album turned me into a beastie boy fan, golden hip hop stan and forever changed my walking down the street music, hoooly shit. It's a little long and honestly needs a hundred listens to unpack all the lyricism, if you have the attention to trawl through that much of the same delivery - I wouldn't mind though.
Never my thing
Always found bestie boys a little annoying.
Great album
Paul's Boutique changed everything, and we're not just talking rap and hip-hop. It blew everyone's minds, despite being a disappointment on the charts. The clarity we have all these years later shows us that this was one of the best rap albums of it's day, inspiring generations to come after. It's not even my favorite Beastie Boys record and I still feel this way. Paul's Boutique walked so that artists like J Dilla and RJD2 could run. My favorites from this record are "Shake Your Rump", "The Sounds of Science", and "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun".
I like the Beastie Boys sound, but this one felt a bit directionless for me. Still enjoyable overall though.
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
Most songs sound pretty much the same. Good energy, but the lack of diversity in the sound hurts the rating.
Pretty heinous
A great hip-hop album with a festive vibe and a lot of silly jokes. It was a shocker when it came out, but it hasn’t aged that well in my opinion. The beats are a bit outdated, and the « I’m constantly screaming » school of rapping can be somewhat hard to listen now - with the exception of « Looking Down The Barrel... », still a banger for me. I’ve always had a very ambivalent relation to the BB ; they never were my favorite kind of hip-hop, but it’s hard to deny their originality and influence on the local rap scene. « Hello Nasty » is a far superior album in my opinion. « Paul’s Boutique » is a solid 3,5*, but I can’t go any higher.
Not my thing, but I can admit it's very catchy. I had a good time until I realized there were like 11 more songs and then I was just tired. I like the triphop beats and groove, but man I just find their voices annoying. Even if I do appreciate their wordplay and patter.
One of the absolute greatest rap albums of all time. Groundbreaking sampling.
Decent album, not really my genre
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
Really enjoyed the first few songs but fell off a tad for me. Was a good soundtrack for fighting through the Glasgow winds though. Thought it was a nitty gritty dirt band sample but was from deliverance. What are the chances they sampled yesterday’s Johnny cash album as well to be fair. Specific rating -4.1 Fav song- shake your rump Least fav- 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
1. Idk. Shout out women. 2. Didn't know they used "clout" back then. References I know nothing about. Not bad. 3. Homelessness/Class awareness. Talking about a guy living on their stoop and his life story. 4. Egg Man. Drive by shootings but replace shooting with eggs. A good way to get around Gore I guess. There's a sound in the mix that sounds like Faint by Linkin Park. 5. High Plains Drifter. Good beat. Lot of moaning. Kinda horny. A lot of talk of guns, which I wasn't expecting. Were the Beastie Boys like that? Favorite song so far off the album. 6. This is more what I expected. Bill Nye Science Guy Type Rap. And drugs. 7. I don't think the "D" was for diamonds. Chillin like Bob Dylan. Sex and Drugs. Easy girls. A little misogynistic if not sarcastic. 8. Hey Ladies 💅 Getting girls. The old lying to get girls to sleep with you. Goofy song. Not bad. 9. Random Hick Country interval. 10. Good song. Racism is Schism. 11. More drug references that I've never heard of. Corruption of politicians and police. 12. What Comes Around. Domestic violence. But kinda blaming the girl for choosing a piece of shit? Maybe. Decent song though. 13. Song about them being MCs. 14. 11 second voicemail. 15. PAAnts. 16. Mike get one the mic! 17. New York subway life. 18. Establishing their lore type song. 19. Johnny Cash reference. Song about Brooklyn. Wanting to enjoy the fruits of their labor. 20. I simply don't know. 21. They really wanted to get laid. Lol. 22. Ok. 23. Whatcha gonna do? Back to shout out WOMEN.... 6.9/10 Fitting
Petter nice
Not bad
Can’t lie I was kinda disappointed and this was closer to a 2 1/2 than a 3. Usually like their stuff
The rockier songs slapped
Vraiment expérimental avec l’instru
Fun B-side, mais jsuis pas fait pour écouter ça trop longtemps
Le début de l'album est correct, mais complètement eclipsé par la B-Boy Bouillabaisse. Beaucoup d'excellents samples/instrumental. J'ai mieux aimé l'aspect Funk/Jazz de Ill Communication, mais ici le côté hip-hop un peu plus old-school est très bien réussi.
One of my top five favorite albums. The sampling, layering, and psychedelic production by the Dust Brothers made this a critic favorite when released in 1989 but never found radio success. I love The Beastie Boys!
Classic
the boyz
Solid album. Fresh and interesting sound with good lyrics and good energy. Had I not just listened to the Tribe album a couple days ago this may have gotten a 5. Will put this on the 4 side of a 4.5.
Not my bag of fish tank water.
Love the beats and style, there was a moment some short song made me laugh inbetween :) overall nice, you can feel the passion they're put into this
I love the flow and style of the beasie boys, apparently this album is such a big deal because of all the famous samples and honestly I think a lot of them went over my head. For now this is a 3*, but that might increase over time and I do plan to add a fee songs to a playlist and see if they grow on me
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.
idk
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.
The most sampled record ever? Beastie Boys and the Dust Brothers sure dug through some crates. My favorite is: "Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg/He was playing the wall, then he broke his leg/Tossed it out the window, three minutes hot/Hit the Rastaman, he said, (Bloodclot!)" Also, the story about this number on this album and Beastie Boys eventually getting it ... and setting up a voicemail ... that led to another track on the next album ... is next level.
Since when the teen titan cut hair???
Brilliant album. I basically enjoyed every muniye of it. Highly energetic, with rapping that reminds of the RATM.
Remember buying this and being a little disappointed but, in retrospect, it was truly groundbreaking...jazzy and funky, and, funny
Just not for me. I gave up after the third cut.
This could 100% be rated higher on relisten, favourite tracks first time around were Shake Your Rump, Hey Ladies and Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun. Incredibly fun album, 4 Stars.
I actually really enjoyed listening to this, a bit like being at an endless frat party I guess! Some great samples even if the 3 way white boy rapping can get a bit samey after a while. It definitely has a lot of energy which is what I think made me like it. Good effort lads!
It's the sooound of scieeeence (this album has top sample use. Full of energy and a blast, one of the best hip hop albums ever)
buenos sonidos, buenas mezclas, es como si metieran a un monton de white boys en una licuadora, de una forma cool 3
fuck yes
A true masterpiece. Who would've thought that three jewish guys from New York would make one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. From the lyrics to the energy to the sampling, there is no second wasted. A 5/5, if there ever was one
Samples good Vocals grating and annoying and repetitive
Beats, samples, lyrics. That's hip-hop. Will go into the rotation.
Egg Man, Sounds of Science, Shadrach - all classics.
Yep... still don't get it.
Absolutely awful band
Yes, the production was revolutionary but I find the stuff here less interesting than the previous Beastie Boys album I listened on here. To be honest, if I didn't pick this up on release (a time when I was listening to a vast variety of new music), and I didn't, it's unlikely I'm going to care now.
*takes off the headset and looks at you* okay this is definitely the beastie boys
Not bad. I still think I prefer trip hop but this is worlds better than the albums on either side of it. I wish they’d kept on going in this direction. It definitely belongs on a list of great sophomore albums.
4.0 I have something shameful to admit. I've only just now, after 3 beastie boys albums and many years of life, have realised that they were a pisstake. I always thought they were some sort vanilla ice esque tone deaf group that was somehow popular as real hip hop had yet to go mainstream. Whoops. Straight away on this album, as soon as the mock gangsta gangsta intros started did it click. I actually paid attention to the lyrics for the first time (seemingly). Then you have a song about drive by eggings. I'm an idiot. I've given it a few listens and I think it's a) really smart and b) really funny. And besides, the samples are actually incredibly well woven together. Laid the groundwork for bands like the avalanches. And now I need to go back and listen to their previous ones from here. Sorry beastie boys. My bad.
Love this album. They did some insane sampling here. A classic for sure and unique for the time
These guys were truly just the coolest. 4/5
paulin putiikki. miten voi olla olemassa näin hyvä kieli. putiikki. heh. putiikki. putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki. täämä on sitä hip hoppia parhaimmillaan.. ei mitään mumina humina hommeleita vaan asennetta ja aggressiota... kylmää kyytiä koko albumi cold motherfuckers... nämä ja ehkä eminem hyviä räppäreitä muut turhia... muut aika paskoja ja ehkä yhteiskuntaa rappioivat... hey hey (hey hey) mennään mennään kylille (kylään) ja putiikkiki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiiki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiiki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiiki putiikki putiikki putiikki putiikki putii looking down a barrel of a gun
Meh, not for me. Beastie Boys are a bit too boisterous for me to enjoy properly.
There's a reason people call this the Hip Hop Sgt. Pepper
repetitivo
greatness
Love all the samples, much better than I thought, I had never heard this before except for a few of the most popular tracks.
So much nostalgia with this album. Plus the story behind all the samples used is wild.
3/5
Beastie Boys - one of these groups where my response to seeing them as the album of the day is "hell yeah"
Almost gave it 2 stars but there was something almost offensive about the sound of their collective voices.
ok boys that’s enough
Honestly just a bad album. Not sure why this is on here. 0/10.
I must have been in a good mood or something because I really didn't mind it Fav song: Don't have one
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
Some great fun all throughout and nice samples. The end medley was nice as well. 4 stars
aggressive horny white guys made breakdancing music and added their unique flair
Good job beastie boys you really beastied the boys this time
J’ai adoré ! Du rap/ hip-hop qui met de bonne humeur et qui fait bouger la tête. À réécouter