Paul's Boutique

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

Fantastic album. None of the big hits that id know well. Typical Beastie Boys humour

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.

Influential album and LOVE BEASTIE BOYS FOREVER

Was never bored. Great Sample, great beats

The Beastie Boys are always good. The only problem with them is a lot of their music sounds the same.

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.

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.

Definately ahead of its time. Aged well. I liked it.

Guess what, still good!

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

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.

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

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.

pretty groundbreaking in its day and a big leap from fight for your right. 4

Not their best but a still great.

Worth a double listen

Surprised this one was in there, but welcome.

Probably the strongest Beastie Boys album. 7 or 8/10, best track is easily '5-piece chicken dinner'

:))))))))))))))))))

great one

Full of Humour and charm, these boys from Brooklyn sure do know how to do sample. Excellent Mixing.

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

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.

Sgt pepper van de samples Horrorcompilatie is goed

Sound of Science is the best

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.

Dope. Now I get the hype!

Surprisingly good. Never gave the group a chance prior to this.

bonkers sampling

Album fantastico. Sound iconico ed inconfondibile. Alcune canzoni sono esilaranti.

although most of the tracks had a similar style, the funky guitar and loud hip hop lyrics make this album cool crisp n catchy

theyre so cool and funny

Class.

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

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.

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

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"

Don't listen to enough Beastie Boys!

So much happening in this album. These guys are like idiot savants. Love it!

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.

A treasure trove of music discovery through the samples.

Surprisingly more Jazzy

Possibly the best beastie boys album. Starts strong and ends strong

Rento meisinki ja biiti tarttuvia

Classic Beastie Boys.

2,5

Great sampling and the energy here is so hype. Makes me wanna go out and party and nails this intention completely. Very fun music throughout that holds your attention and keeps it moving constantly.

WTF did I just listen to. Music was often v interesting but (1) sounds like credit due to Dust Bros rather than Beastie Boys, the former had made full tracks and the latter just wanted to rap on top?, and (2) it was too stop/start for me, couldn’t develop the full bounce I was hoping for (contrasts unfavourably with Three Feet High and Rising, an album interspersed with skits but when a song is on it is ON). Rapping is kinda okay, I don’t mind that it’s shouty, I kind more that the flow isn’t precise and also the gender immaturity side of the nonsense does not appeal. Lot and lots of talk about girls, negligible talk with girls or about individuals, it’s just generic “a girl” or “my girl” as a subject for a rap ie talking to other MCs. This might be part of ironic frat pose but at some stage it’s just boyish attitude even if it claims to be aware. So I found it interesting to listen to, I’ll try a couple of tracks again but not the whole album, for me it’s Mix of Good and Bad, 5/10.

The Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop, you say? That's a tall order. Though the monotonous mumbling about various genres of girl gets old pretty quickly, I have to give credit to the smooth keyboard on To All The Girls. I could listen to an entire album of that. And at least this guy doesn't feel the need to shout to communicate an extremely mundane message. Shake Your Rump features multiple excellent yet completely contrasting bass tones – one in the intro/interludes and one in the chorus – that absolutely justify the song's popularity. I know in about 45 minutes I'm going to be tearing my ears off (a normal symptom of listening to the Beastie Boys' vocals for extended periods) but for the moment it's pretty bearable. I like when the guy says "shake your rump-uh". Johnny Ryall doesn't add anything new to the mix, but it's early days, and it isn't actively offensive, other than a bewildering mention of Donald Trump. I guess all the cool kids hated him even back in the 80s. Egg Man is pretty funny (glorifying the throwing of eggs at bald people, and a not-so-subtle Beatles nod*) and again isn't quite at the stage of the album where I begin to hate these guys and myself. I know it's coming, though. *In The Sounds Of Silence, we get another Beatles reference, this time a sample of the tuning-up at the beginning of the Sgt. Pepper's title track followed by the guitars from The End. The song is pretty milquetoast until this point, but I have to give them credit: playing Beatles music will get people's attention in just about any context, even the complete wrong context. High Plains Drifter is the first obvious miss. Swapping the shouting between three or four different vocals doesn't justify it in the slightest. Beasties, you know you're allowed to sing, right? Or, better, not open your mouths at all? 3-Minute Rule is pretty similar: it's *fine*, but the vocals and lack of other melodic instruments really throws off the whole balance. Nice guitar and "tappy" percussion in Hey Ladies. I don't think I'm the target audience of this song, but it's pretty good regardless. Also enjoy the harmonised "baby baby baby baby" line near the end. A banjo-fiddle combo will lighten up any album. (Dang it, why didn't they make 5-Piece Chicken Dinner a full-length track?) Great dark, almost metal-like guitar part in Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun. Similarly great dark synth lines in Car Thief that cut through any of the less listenable aspects of the song. What Goes Around and Shadrach are both fine, irritating though they may be – the former is good on account of its guitar line. The vocals are nothing to get excited about. The entire B-Boy Bouillabaisse saga is a bit confusing, but it has some highlights, including A Year And A Day, Dropping Names, Lay It On Me, and A.W.O.L. To the reviewer confused as to why others are criticising the yelling: ("I’m sorry, are we in a library or something?" – Yes.) Albums have long been established as an artistic medium to show everything an artist/group is capable of. This is to proof it against poor musical decision-making (i.e. "I don't like this, but at least the next song won't do it again"). If that artist incorrectly decides something (shouting) sounds good, and makes it the central element of every song, listeners have every right to complain. 3/5 Key tracks: To All The Girls, Shake Your Rump, 5-Piece Chicken Dinner, Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun

Is sounds weird, not as I expected at all - some of the songs are comlete joke and the full album feels like guys are just messing around

No more beastie boys for me after this Better than ill communication not as good as licensed to ill 3/5 Favorites: Johnny ryall, to all the girls, the sound of science

The rapping is nostalgic but let's be honest - it's kinda one dimensional. And by "kinda one dimensional" I mean there are three guys adding half a dimension each, so it's a little more than one-dimensional but... But they have energy, and flow, and they are not overly distinct amongst themselves but they are inarguably distinct together. But really, Paul's Boutique is less about the rapping and more about the beats. And the beats are fire.

No question the BB’s were unique. No one even tried to imitate or come off their heels with any success that I ever saw. Personally, I couldn’t really connect with their lyrics, but the samples, music, and arrangements were always great in their own way.

I really wanted to like the bestie boys because I think they just have an aura of cool about them, but it just didn't resonate with me. Im sure if you lean more into hip hop this probably hits hard though

I dunno. I mean it's...fine. I don't mind the shout rapping, I don't mind the beats, I don't mind the flow. It's quite fun without being tryhard and overly skit-filled. But I don't particularly like it more than "it's okay".

i don't like rap and hip hop

those boys sure are beastie

I have a strange soft spot for the Beastie Boys, I find them oddly charming even though I know that’s not the intent of the music. But I only generally enjoy listening to a few of their songs and this only added one or two to that list.

I've tried to listen & appreciate this for what it is. And for no matter how hard I try, I just don't get it.

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

Still not impressed with this group, but this was more tolerable than “licensed to ill” Will not be diving deeper into their discography

Good album from BB, but not my favourite

So, after my first listen i absolutely hated this. The Beastie Boys’ screaming is a lot to endure for one hour. BUt since i swore to listen to every album at least twice before rating it, i put Paul’s Boutique on again a few days later. And certainly, on my second listen i had a much better experience. The production on this album really is cool and they came up with some great beats and samples. Of course the Psycho sample is absolutely amazing, but its only one of many great production moments. That nasty bass line on Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun? My god, how amazing. Another one i really like is the sparser beat on Johnny Ryall. And yet, the rapping itself is still not my cup of tea. It’s just so screechy at times. On some songs it doesn’t bother me, but other songs like What Comes Around it becomes an issue to me. Their rapping doesn’t really seem to modify that much depending on the beat they are currently rapping on. On Hey Ladies, for example, i really dig the beat and the use of the samples. I just wish the Boys’ delivery would match the smooth and more-laid back, flirty energy of the music. It’s a bit like they recorded a bunch of acapella parts and put them over whatever beat they got. The whole B-Boy Bouillabaisse leaves me a bit puzzled though, i genuinely don’t know what i think about it. Stop That Train has a nice groove! But yes, overall this album is fun and funky. I like it, although i have no desire to listen to the full album again. Maybe if I split the two parts of the album, it will become are more pleasant listening experience, who knows. And I can’t listen to Shadrach again, that vocal sample is too grating.

idk dawg the production is gnarly and some of the samples they pull are sick but if you expect me to pull up rap genius or the liner notes to understand more than every fifth word you're gonna have a bad time

A good chunk of this record is great, but a good chunk is also kinda dull. 5 or 6 tracks make it on a best of comp but the rest is unmemorable. 3.75/5.

No huge hits off of the album, but vintage Beasties. Pure chaos from start to finish, a fun listen.

Usually find the short tracks between songs super annoying and distracting and useless, but I liked these ones. 3 or 3.5

Enjoyed this a lot more by listening to the full album as opposed to picking out individual tracks. Shake Your Rump remains a highlight but there are stronger Beasties albums

it’s good, very good in fact and probably the most coherent of their albums, that said IMO it’s a fair bit weaker than LTI all be it with some clear standout moments (Egg man). Some really great production moments too

Once again, the Beastie Boys rule. I'm quite enjoying the samples used throughout this album. Very creative

Not my favorite Beastie Boys album. Solid but not great. The back half of the album was a fun change up to the rest of the album.

On a technical level this is a great album. It has fantastic production and innovative use of samples, but I feel like they only really found their groove on a handful of songs here. A lot of this album feels like it fades into noise for me because the Boys' abrasive and unrefined rapping drowns out the production. I feel like they got a lot better at this aspect in their later albums, but then of course those had entirely different production styles. I wonder what this album might have sounded like if all these songs had been given to them to rap over 5 years later. I think it would have turned out better, but maybe that's just me. Favourite tracks: Egg Man, Sounds of Science, Hey Ladies

Такой классный продакшен. Но зачем они кричат в микрофоны? Нахуя?

I was very into Beastie Boys back in middle school, so this is a nostalgic listen but not something I would listen to these days. My brain has been too fried by all the experimental and industrial hip hop I listened to in high school for this style of rap to really do much for me. Great production though.

I have always loved the "Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego" chanting from "Shadrach." So funny, and it makes me think of the BBs hanging out in the fiery furnace. "Get on the mic, Mike!" Someone put together a nine-hour playlist consisting of the songs from this album, each immediately followed by songs that it sampled. The one I found is on Amazon Music, although I wouldn't be surprised to find something similar on other platforms.

No mi estilo pero me re sorprendió lo bien q suena hermano

Fínt, en ég er ekki nógu mikill rapphaus þannig að þetta skilji eitthvað eftir.

It's a great Dust Brothers album and an ok Beastie Boys album. Their vocals are mixed so low you can barely tell anything they're saying - it's pretty fun when you can though? I think the Beastie Boys are fundamentally very silly and this album is very cool which kinda means you lose some silliness. Like you could actually put a lot of these tracks on as background in a bar or something and it wouldn't be that distracting, but there are a lot of other artists better suited to be played in the background at a bar. Shake your rump is truly great though super energetic and chaotic and disjointed I wish the whole album was more like that. Production is really great throughout though 5 stars for them.

5-piece chicken dinner was the best 23 seconds of this album. I prefer licensed to Ill tbh, but not bad.

One of the better rap albums on the list, with deep beats that draw you in to listen closely. I love the way their voices interplay constantly, and the lyrics are strange in a good way.

Razumijem zašto se drugima sviđa ali nikad nisam bila veliki ljubitelj njihovog zvuka, čak ni onih najpopularnijih pjesama.

I really like a lot of their singles. I have never wanted to listen to a full album of theirs, and this experience confirmed a lot of those feelings. Hugely influential? Yup. Great samples and witty lyrics? Absolutely. Quickly wearing out its welcome? You bet and that’s the unfortunate problem.

I really thought I would enjoy this more. Not sure why not but I don't think it has the power as some of their other albums. Sampling is masterful but needs more.

Had never heard any of the songs on this one. I liked it!

Its aight, its beastie boys, if you like them you love them so

First songs were good the others just gave me the feeling of being shouted at

sympa pr l’aspect historique, le reste c’est bof, fondateur cependant 3-/5

Take this review with a grain of salt as I was dozing in and out on the couch while listening to this. No clue how I was able to nap with the Beastie Boys playing in the background, but there you have it - I’m officially old. This was what I imagined it would be. Decent beats, some good samples, great rhymes (those I heard). It was a fun listen.

The Beastie Boys album that everybody waited for and then nobody wanted. “Critically acclaimed “ translated as “not very popular”, at least in this case. The rhymes are still on point but the ‘innovative’ samples and the listless meandering of topics don’t really hold up for me. Not a memorable track to speak of on this one. 2.5 but I’ll round up.

Good album, couple great songs that always get me bopping. The beats are amazing throughout, it has the feel of a Dust Brothers album with the Beasties rapping over them. Which it kinda is, and that's not a bad thing, but loses a bit of the Beastie edge as a result. Definately didn't need the 12 minute Bouillabaisse suite, that pushed the album into the too long category and brought it down to a 3.

its got a flow. made me giggle a few times. overall though after a while just feels like nails scratching on a chalkboard mixed with the feeling of being wildly hungover. like you have big sunglasses on trying to eat the most simple carb and drink electrolytes without vomiting. and like everything is too loud like not sound wise but like the sound just pierces too far into your skull. but then they would say some weird shit like "HHHhhHEEeeeEEEYYYyyyy LLLlAAAadddDDiiiieeeesssSS" and im like cool cool ok.

Probably another 3, but a high one. Never in danger of less; flirted with more. Shake Your Rump is an absolute banger.

Just enough about it in places to make a 3

Beastie Boysin toinen levy oli melko hyvä, vaikkakin pidän Ill Communicationista vielä paljon enemmän. Paul's Boutique on kestänyt aikaa yllättävän hyvin eikä tunnin kestokaan kauheasti vaivannut. Sampleja löytyy Beatlesista Psykoon.

Beastie Boys shouting tone can get a bit tiresome at times Fave track: Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Viewed as a classic. It shouldn’t be. 2.5/5

I only kinda get the charm here, not my kind of music

#39 You can tell these guys had a lot of fun making this album. Lots and lots of samples used throughout. Maybe a little too long, it starts to sound a bit repetitive after a while. I could see myself re-visiting at some point.

Twas alright, went on too long for me

2,8/5

Honestly better than I thought after all the memes but still really odd and just a rip of black culture.

I liked about half of this album. The Beasties have never been accused of having voices that could read a phone book, and that simple fact grated on me quite a bit. It's not even the yelling for me, it's more of the strident, snot-nosed delivery of essentially every bar. This is admittedly an album of party music, and the more upbeat numbers keep the energy high and consistent. The more mid-tempo tracks on here are absolutely grating to me, especially "High Plains Drifter;" I felt every second of those 4 minutes. All that aside I can definitely see how this album is considered so essential, being that it sampled a little bit of everything from everywhere and introduced that approach to broader hip-hop as a result. To my ears, listening to this 35 plus years after its initial release, this album strikes me as a standout release that came out during the most fruitful years of hip hop's evolution. These days, its influence casts wide, but the album has aged a fair bit. Key Tracks: Shake Your Rump, Hey Ladies, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun, B-Boy Bouillabaisse (some releases separate each movement, others group them as a single 12 minute track)

so many beatle samples in sound of science bit repetitive but also experimental good genre good representation

Would not buy

I don't listen to hip hop. Can't be mad at movie samples tho.

The Beastie Boy’s mature, but not that much

This doesn’t hold up as well as I thought it would. It’s whiny. I still respect it a lot, but it’s funny how it didn’t hold up or maybe I didn’t hold up.

Didn’t need to be 53 minutes

Huh, de eerste keer dat dit clubje zich aandient, en we moeten er nog drie? Ik dacht ze al gehoord te hebben, maar kennelijk ben ik in de war met Run-DMC of zo. Hoe dan ook, het is energiek, creatief, niet al te grofgebekt, maar het doet me ook niet al te veel. Men heeft natuurlijk weer een van de befaamde 'albums met expres geen hits' uitgekozen.

Way before its time but not for me

Not bad but License to I'll is all you really need to know about the Beastie Boys.

Love the mix of media in the songs. Killer use of samples. Vocals get a little obnoxious at times but this album is a party.

I enjoyed this album more than I expected, especially considering that hip-hop is not usually my genre. While I could appreciate the creativity and dense sampling throughout the record, only Shake Your Rump stood out to me. Its driving groove and bass line were easily the highlight of the album.

A fun listen … I enjoyed the sampling throughout. 3

(4/7) some of this is fun

No conocía a la banda, no era lo que esperaba. Me gustó:)

Liked it but was expecting to like it more, only saved one song

Ik hoor wel dat t vet is, maar niet mijn smaak

The energy was great and the samples were really fun, but I sadly just wasn't that into it. Favorite Songs: Shake your Rump, Looking Down the Barrell of a Gun

The best Beatles album

This was good fun and some of the lyrics made me smile, but this is not a genre I get on with. I find this difficult to rate, I want to give this a 2, but I enjoyed this more than most of its type, but I wouldn't listen to this again.

They have such an ear for hooks, making music with samples only. It’s often catchy and funny and energetic

Pretty fun listen, good catchy beats. I was starting to get a bit tired of it by the end, but it was still pretty good overall.

mm un 3. No es tanto mi onda pero es un buen album

enjoyed the newschool : oldschool

trop bien

My second from the Beastie Boys- this one an earlier work. It had a lot of elements of early hip hop that worked- funky rhythms, clever lyricism, attitude. I think it established the Beastie Boys as true hip hop artists. On the otherhand, the songs fealt less varied than later albums. Still enjoyable- just a little "same-y". Overall- solid album

Instrumentally I think this is a step up from Licensed to Ill. But delivery and lyrically it’s very consistent and does get tiring song after song. Likes: Egg Man; Car Thief; Shadrach

Not my fav

Día 4 → 15/05/2026 Álbum: Paul's Boutique Grupo: Beastie Boys Año: 1989 Canciones: 1. To All the Girls: (intro) 2. Shake Your Rump: 8/10 3. Johnny Ryall: 7/10 4. Egg Man: 6/10 5. High Plains Drifter: 6/10 6. The Sounds of Science: 5/10 7. 3-Minute Rule: 6/10 8. Hey Ladies: 5/10 9. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner: 7/10 10. Looking down the Barrel of a Gun: 6/10 11. Car Thief: 8/10 12. What Comes Around: 6/10 13. Shadrach: 6/10 14. Ask for Janive: 6/10 15. B-Boy Bouillabaisse: 6/10 16. 59 Chrystie Street: 6/10 17. Get on the Mic: 6/10 18. Stop That Train: 6/10 19. A Year and a Day: 8/10 20. Hello BrooklynDropping Names: 6/10 21. Lay It on Me: 6/10 22. Mike on the Mic: 6/10 23. A.W.O.L.: 3/10 Puntuación: 3 estrellas

Dinámico vibrante buen disco

I've tried so hard and got so far, in the end, it doesn't even matter to me. 3 stars

Not bad - more of the same from The Biys, I think.

Obviously a work of art and potentially even a Hip Hop masterpiece, with the most sophisticated use of sampling to exist when it came out. But too be honest I prefer other eras if the BBs. Lyrically they were still a bit immature here and I miss their live instruments on this record.

For how good BB are in general, the overall album was actually pretty average. Some great songs in this, but the rest are fine at best

So this is where they got the Minecraft villager sound

Fun stuff

Mejor que el otro que escuché. La segunda parte es bastante interesante.

Liked it

A far cry better than License To Ill (in my opinion), but not quite at their peek yet. For me, I'd take any of their next 3 albums over this one. 3 1/2 stars

I like the Beastie Boys, but this album feels a bit too niche.

Not sure how their sound evolved drastically enough between albums to warrant multiple appearances on this list, but still a lot of fun.

I get it. This is the OG Kanye. Crazy production, even if the lyrics are irrelevant. I don't like it but I respect it. Can't give it a 2 in good conscience, so 3 it is! - First Beastie Boys, no idea what to expect. - Wack intro, lets see... - Wait it's rap? - Is this a joke? This is garbage - Okay it's stabilizing but the lyrics still suck - The less produced songs really show off the weakness of the lyricism... Those are easy skips

Fuld energi

I was not in the mood to listen to the Beastie Boys this morning, but the beats are so infectious that I was bopping along almost immediately. This album is a little inconsistent, though. There are some standout tracks and really awesome use of samples, but some other songs that drag. Overall, I prefer Ill Communication. Also, there’s a lot of casual misogyny and homophobia because it was the 80’s, but the fact that they apologized and more importantly changed their behavior makes a huge difference.

Hip hop is my least favorite genre covered in this list, and the Beastie Boys in particular grate with their whiny delivery. But if "License to Ill" was the poster child of all that is irritating about the band and genre, Paul's Boutique does represent something of a redemption. While it can be overlong and samey, the collection of creative samples and turns of lyrical phrase make it a massive advance and fun exploratory experience in moments.

Meh.

This is a fun introduction to the Beastie Boys. The refrains in ‘Johnny Ryall’ and ‘Egg Man’ are quite silly and I guess encapsulates the humour the band brought forth. Brimming with the 80’s era NYC Rating: 3.8/5 GEMV (22.04.2026)

like "ill communication" the best part of this album is the samples.

Goofy ass guys….. idk if i love it or hate it….

Usually really like Beastie Boys but this album overall was a bit too much for me. I'm aware that's a stupid criticism but each to their own. Still enjoyed it tho. Shake Your Rump was my fav song and first listen. Johnny Ryall and Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun were my other highlights

great beats but i didn't like the vocal delivery

It's decent

some silly fun, i fucked with Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun heavy. unfortunately though it does all start to sound like they're just going absolutely wild at a drunk karaoke session

Everyone loves them, so it feels like I should too. But tbh, while there's a few bangers, their vocals and writing seem terrible to me.

Kinda fun but it gets samey and repetitive.

I can acknowledge that hip hop was not the best in the 80s, and by all accounts this is likely a good showing for the style of the time. I can also acknowledge this group's effective music knowledge in their sample. That being said, it just doesn't resonate for me. The lyrics fall flat. It's def a fun album but if I'm looking for pre-90s rap, this one wouldn't be one I'd come back to. There's talent there though Highlights: Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun, Shadrach

fine. full album is a bit much.

not really my favourite or most familiar genre. Some songs were very catchy, but i need to listen to them more to really understand the idea

First time listening to this group who I think are like a hip hop NSYNC. I can see that was the concern of others at that time. I do get how influential they were and how many people grew up with this band in their background, and while I quite liked the Beck style production and energy, I found it too repetitive and ultimately not for me.

Mi primer encuentro con el género. Nunca me había sentado a escuchar un álbum entero de hip hip, te diría que nunca había prestado atención a una canción siquiera. Me gusta su complejidad pero también esa cosa repetitiva. Me interesa buscar sus sonidos más que la totalidad de la canción.

It’s great, but strangely one of my least favorite Beastie records.

Dober

Probably objectively good, but in all honesty, not my type of music.

Good.

Pretty fun listen

Decent enough for this kind of thing feels a bit dated these days, but quite enjoyed

I already knew the beastie boys, but much like the wu tang clan I never got around to listening to a full album. To all the girls almost felt out of character, but it was a beautiful intro to the rest of the album. Johnny Ryall was catchy and felt timeless! the entire album would sound good both for day to day life and for a movie. High plains drifter got annoying after the first minute lol I couldn't keep listening, same with the sounds of science and it's too bad cause at minute two it gets good. Overall the highs of this album are HIGH, and the lows are LOWS. The lyrics aren't meant to be taken seriously so it's a fun album to dance to and sing along without thinking too much. What the fuck is the TWELVE. MINUTES. SONG. oh my god

Det er ikke lige sådan rigtig min genre, men jeg kan sagtens sætte mig ind i at hvorfor dette album for mange er top.

*68 Ikke helt på niveau med Ill Communication, men stadig en solid slasker. Hvis The Sound of Science er the sound of science, så kan jeg ikke lide the sound of science :/

beastie boys har altid været sick men silly 3.2

Not my favourite style, but I enjoyed the hip hop vibes for a few songs

I didn't particularly like or positively review Licence To Ill, so here's Beastie Boys second album for me to worry over. It's an improvement. Theres a higher production value, it's cleverly packed with a range of interesting and wide ranging samples, from The Beatles to Johnny Cash. Due to this, Shake Your Rump and Egg Man are favourites of mine - I'm loving the Jaws section at the end. However, while I appreciate the album's sense of humour, there's not too much development from the frat boy rapping of Licence to Ill. As good as Egg Man sounds, it's still just a track about throwing eggs at people. There is more meaningful work at other points, like The Sounds Of Science and parts of the Bouillabaise are interesting, but I'm still not seeing what the fuss was all about with the Beastie Boys. A middling 3 stars.

I prefer later albums, but still good.

honestly I think this and ill communication suffered from getting them within like two days of each other

whats better than this just guys being dudes

3/21 Old school hip-hop. Its okay

I think I simply need to listen to this a few more times to really appreciate it, as I didn't particularly like it; probably because I'm not used to listen to much Hip Hop music. But I can hear substance in here: there's a lot of variety, great sampling and good beats. And a lot of creativity. So for now a 3/5, but I'm sure this could easily be a 4/5 if I give it another chance and finally get a bit more into Hip Hop.

Not my favorites album of theirs but still solid

I didn't enjoy this as much as the others, just felt simpler and less Beastie.

This was just okay. I feel like something has happened because every time I listen to music I can only evaluate it as average, neither enjoyable or unenjoyable. So this rating might be a reflection of how I feel rather than the music itself. I just don't know how to feel but I don't think this was bad

First half of this album slapped but the B-Boy Bouillabaisse stuff not so much which is a shame because I really like the Beastie Boys. Took it upon myself to do a bit of looking into this and apparently Bouillabaisse refers to 'a humble fisherman's stew made from bony rockfish they couldn't sell' and so I guess these songs were merely a jumble of ideas they couldn't quite put together into their own album and so were dumped on the end of this one - disappointing.

I felt myself bobbing along to the beat mor often than probably necessary. I didn't really like the 'Boy Bouillabaisse' section but you can't win them all

Not nearly as good as ill Communication but still a cool record. Felt the production was a bit weaker on some songs while there are some pretty solid ones too.

Not bad but not great either

I liked this, but not as much as Licensed To Ill. I consider that one a classic. I can say that I enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed Ill Communication. Maybe just a bit less but it's still a 3.

First time I've listened to this much Beastie Boys and the longer I listened the less I liked them. It all started to sound same same and I got bored after a while.

I've listened to 5 or 6 hip-hop albums in this project. This is the one I enjoyed the most. It's definitely 3 stars at least (and pretty close to 4 stars).

Hm, nowadays this record sounds like the parody of itself. It was top notch when it came out, but I fear it did not age very well. I get some Lonely Island vibes here and there. :D Fav: Looking down the barrel of a gun

y'all mind if some goofy white boys get a little funky with it? the sampling is *really* interesting here in a way that feels drastically ahead of its time and i enjoy how the three of them bounce off each other, but at the same time every song sounds the same. the delivery across every track is identical such that it all broadly blurs together. i find it a bit exhausting. i can see why someone would like this, though not really as a full album. the flow is so samey that i feel like you could cut any of these tracks together and the listener would be none the wiser. fun in bursts, at least.

I like some beastie boys songs, but by god there's a difference between listening to the songs and sitting through a straight album. I feel like in an album format all their weaknesses show. The very similar flow from song to song undercuts the actually pretty interesting sampling and as a result I feel like you can listen to a few of their best songs and get a complete picture. I've always felt a bit bewildered as someone who is generally a fan of most rap music and styles that Beastie Boys is one I only get in small doses when they're so acclaimed, and I can see spots where they shine with their lyricism and their attitude carries things nicely. It just doesn't quite cohere together in an album to me in the way I like.

Entertaining for a few songs but gets a bit annoying/played out the longer I listen to these guys

Do you think some hip hop heads look at each other and said, these white Boyz need some lessons in rap and funk, production goes through the roof, rap is tighter, cowbell, dust brothers, duelling banjos nod

O álbum é bom. Tem batidas e grooves que são bem divertidos. QoA Cloudscape.

Beastie af

It’s a Beastie Boys album, and it delivers the energy and style you expect. The problem is that any impact from the brash beats and vocals is lost through hearing so much of a similar offering throughout the album. It’s got a cool hip hop funky vibe which is quite nice but it mostly blurs for me.

This is a cool blend of hip-hop and funk with electronic sampling, giving it a cool and fresh vibe. There are plenty of interesting sounds throughout the album, even if it does put me in mind of some overly trendy bar or café music. That being said, I get a bit bored of the one dimensional, call and response flows that characterise the rapping all the way through. It's also guilty of the usual sin of hip-hop albums in being needlessly long. The second half of the album had lost it's charm and floated me by in a sort of sludge of samples. This is some interesting early hip-hop but not the pinnacle of the genre for me.

Didn't like the vocals too much, but the sampling was brilliant.

Definitely not my favorite Beastie Boys project. It sounds like they were having fun for sure, but I'm not sure if I'd choose this project if I wanted to listen to Beastie Boys. 3/5

Mais legal do que eu imaginei, mas esqueci todas as músicas assim que acabou. Talvez seja uma barreira de idioma.

Most of the album is a re-hash of their previous releases, as if the Boys are just teens that could never grow up. But the last track, "B-Boy Bouillabaisse", a rap medley of sorts, shows signs of personal growth as artists.

To All the Girls 2/5 Shake Your Rump 4/5 Johnny Ryall 3/5 Egg Man 3/5 High Plains Drifter 3/5 The Sound Of Science 3/5 3-Minute Rule 3/5 Hey Ladies 4/5 5-Piece Chicken Dinner 2/5 Looking Down the Barrel of A Gun 3/5 What Comes Around 3/5 Shadrach 4/5 Ask for Janice 2/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: 59 Chrystie Street 2/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Get on the Mic 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Stop That Train 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A Year And A Day 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Dropping Names 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Lay It On Me 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: Mike on the Mic 3/5 B-Boy Bouillabaisse: A.W.O.L 3/5

Neutral. Not bad but did not touch me at all.

An interesting dive in both hip hop and sampling. I always dig Beastie Boys' call and response style vocals but in this album I also enjoyed their production and technique in sampling. I do feel like B-Boy Bouillabaisse could have been all one song instead of split up. 6.5/10. Favorite Song: High Plains Drifter

idk i'm suffering from beastie boys fatigue

Opening track is icky AF, but fine, I guess this album is nearly 40 years old. And boy, can you tell from the simplistic rhyme schemes and grandad-esque flow patterns. Production is great though, and really is what makes this a classic (although some of the lyrical schemes are pretty good tbf). But I still can't stand the monosyllabic rhyming and stilted flows in 80s hip-hop. I can almost deal with it here because the beats are so expertly crafted. But as much as I wanna give it a 4 for creativity and execution, the prehistoric flows will stop me returning to this, or any other Beastie Boys albums, unfortunately.

While I respect that others like this album, this is perhaps one of my least favorite Beastie Boys albums. I've given the album multiple chances over the years and it just doesn't appeal to me. I preferred the rock samples of LICENSED TO ILL to the more psychedelia and schizophrenic sample choices on PAUL'S BOUTIQUE. While some others claim that the lyrics on PB are less puerile and better written, I find them just as puerile with stuff like "Egg Man", "High Plains Drifter", and "3-Minute Rule" among many others being just as cringe as the worst hip hop out there in 1989. And while PB is only 9 minutes longer than LTI, it drags for me, making the feel like it is 20 or 30 minutes longer than it needs to be. Fortunately lyrics are not of the foremost importance to me when judging music, so that wasn't a deal breaker. What was a deal breaker, was just not feeling the grip of the bangers or the fun on this album that everyone else claims to feel. There is no denying that this album was a foundational album for not only hip hop, but also for alternative rock artists who would take these ideas and expand on them in rock, pop, and folk directions (see Beck's MELLOWGOLD). The most bearable tracks for me were "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" and "Shadrach". Even though honestly I sort loathe the lyrics to both of them, the use of the instrument samples and beats made up for them. Honestly, I feel like their lyrics never matured really until ILL COMMUNICATION. The first half is better than the second half. The album really tanks with the awful Bouillabaisse suite. While I have songs I enjoy off of every other Beastie Boys album this one doesn't any tracks that I feel compelled to add to my collection no matter how many times I come back to it. I kind of wish they had figured out how to do something more than shout rapping on this album. I think a mix of occasional refrains of different types of singing mixed in with raps that occasionally expressed some dynamics levels other than just shouting could have really elevated some of these tracks to even more interesting places. Also, I feel like all of hip hop would benefit from a less lyrics is more approach. That many lyrics and the voices on hip hop albums just become white noise.

Thank you Beastie Boys for saving my life amidst a dreary folk rock weekend. Thank you!!!!

Got me break dancing to New-Yorker white boys singing brags (*shouts*)

Gostei mais do outro álbum deles (III Communication). Não quer dizer que este seja mau, mas é mediano. Especialmente comparando ao que ouvi anteriormente.

I do like the beastie boys, but found the album a little repetative

Not a bad album but def doesn’t have the hit factor of the previous one

This should have been titled "A Tale of Two Albums." The rapping is boring and only at points funny but doesn't hold up to the test of time; The production is some of the best I've ever heard, sampling at it's finest, and has made me want to relisten to so many of the tracks that inspired the Dust Brothers. And in the middle of these two sides, one boring and not as entertaining as I need it to be, the other this monolith to what sampling can do, is Paul's Boutique: Iconic, unforgettable, dull, and past it's prime. And as such, it's hard to rate the album because, well what do you give prescience to? The parts that work, or the parts that don't? As a result I have to say that the album is good, but not great. While sometimes the rapping works and the lyrics are funny, too any times they either become unfunny or just plain boring. The production is fantastic though, and we'll worth a listen just for that. There is a reason that people consider this the best Beastie Boys album. But there is also a reason none of the songs on the album are classics in the same vain as many of their others. Highlights are Johnny Ryall, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun, and A Year and a Half from the ending Bouillabaisse.

They are shouting, but in a good way

I understand the “they’re just shouting” reviews. They certainly aren’t singing. But I can appreciate this for what it is.

I enjoyed it. Really good for 80s hip hop, but the genre has come a long way since then.

160226 15:59 3.5

The Beastie Boys are so funny to me. They're over here screaming into the microphone and then you look at a picture of them and they look like they're insurance salesmen or something. I love these guys. they are my neighbor's teen son's garage band. I would definitely buy a homemade t-shirt.

As much as I have tried to give Paul's Boutique a chance, I hate to say it but this album does feel very dated much like many of the other Hip Hop albums from the 80s. I appreciate how much fun this album has with itself, but I feel it gets very lost in the feelings it presents instead of making a coherent Hip Hop album. I am more impressed by the shear amount of sampling on display here with this album than I am with the album itself as Paul's Boutique in context of the entire history of music is a remarkably important release. For those unaware, this album is the reason we have to get permission to sample music thanks to the fucking Eagles of all bands. A lot of my favorite tracks from this album are still the ones that I enjoyed the first time around like the impeccable Shadrach, Shake Your Rump, and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun. Even with that being said this album really lacks any sort of solid and consistent substance to really keep me attached and instead throws me around for 53 minutes trying to give me a taste of what the new and refreshing world of sampling can be like. I appreciate this album for more of what it showed the world Hip Hop could be and the repercussions of this album's release more than the music itself. Like many other 80s Hip Hop albums, it is a staple of its' time and not one I think holds up very well in today's landscape....

7/10

no soy fan del estilo musical de los beastie boys

The production on this album is amazing. The sample selection and execution of bringing new life into these samples is amazing. As for the rapping it's fine. I have never been much of a fan of the Beastie Boys cause I find the delivery of their vocals off-putting, but I recognize the talent they have. There is just something about it that my ears don't like that I can't quite place. That was toned down some on this album, but not enough for me to have this in rotation.

Cool!

I've heard several of their songs before, and I do I like the Beastie Boys sound. But they're great in small doses. I don't think I can take a whole album of it. And this album had the Beastie sound I love for a lot of the songs, but there was just something missing. Shake Your Rump was pretty good, Johnny Ryall was fun. High Plains Drifter was very good, the back and forth raps that the Beasties are known for are on full display here. The Sounds Of Science was a lot of fun, pretty funny with the science-y stuff. Hey Ladies was great too. Car Theif and Shadrach were nice as well. If they cut the album off right there, it would have been a solid 4. But the rest of the album, the whole B-Boy Bouillabaisse part, is just kinda eh. And it drives the album length up much more than it needed to be. Overall there is some fun to be had, but it could have been better. Best song: The Sounds Of Science

Mixture of sounds and tastes. Reminds a little bit of Can with experimental touch, but with the add of world music. I can see where Tom Tom Club got their sound, but here we have more flavours and more adventurous approach.

🥇shake your rump 🥈egg man 🥉b-boy bouillabaisse: stop that train HM: johnny ryall, high plains drifter, hey ladies, what comes around, shadrach, b-boy bouillabaisse: a year and a day

🙂

Experimental, different, way ahead of its time.

a fun album, thought a lot of the samples here were very cool

Beastie Boys are always a fun listen even if every song isn’t a banger.

I'm afraid I had this on in the background while working, so it didn't get my full attention. No tracks leapt out at me, but I may come back to it some time.

not quite my style but cool

I really like the samples, but the vocal style is not really my bag I was going with 2 stars until 5-Piece Chicken Diner came on - I'll go up to 3 stars because of that madness!

# Album Name: Pauls Boutique # Artist: Beastie Boys # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: First half isnt bad. Few good tracks but then the second half kic ks in and tanks the album. # Top Tunes: Shake your rump / Egg man / Sound of silence # Would I listen to it again? No, just a few tracks

I hadn’t heard this Beastie Boys album before. I love the energy Beastie Boys bring. The lyrical witticisms are great. I feel like this is an album that would grow on me the more I listened to it, but on a first listen I felt it was a bit long and tonally one-note. 3.5/5

I recognize the impact the BB had on hip hop, and I love Hello Nasty, but could never get into this fratty album.

the kind of attitude that packs a punch. the samples carried.

I love shake your rump and you have to respect a 12 minute melody of just random bits of songs mashed together but overall not quite the same impact as licence to ill.

Chaotic fun. It's not my personal favourite beastie boys. There are some excellent lyrics and jokes and an awesome raw energy. It's very rough around the edges though. The overall sound is kind of chaotic. There are fewer clear hooks and distinctive beats. It's really good, but just a bit harder to get a hold of

7/10

Not really my thing but cool none the less.

Good samples! I didn’t know any songs on here except for the part of Hey Ladies where they say Hey Ladies. I like the Beastie Boys. I think they have clever lyrics.

Anxiety inducing, these boys just won’t shut the hell up! Decent. But not my fav

It was fun and the beastie boys are iconic and so influential on hip hop and culture (hello, hamilton!) but none of the songs really grabbed my attention. Admittedly I was mostly listening to this as background music while I worked, but everything seemed to blend toogether. I want to give this one another try with a more-dedicated listen but for now it's a three.

I can see why they have such an iconic sound, and they’ve been sampled soo much in modern music. But if I’m Honest…2 beastie boys songs is about enough for me in one sitting.

This album didn’t do anything for me. Some good lines. The beats didn’t grab me and the vocals are energetic, but reminded me of a more nasally RATM or Morty from Rick and Morty.

it's very unique in it's style. it's not really my thing but it isn't bad

Classic Beastie Boys. Not my go to listen, but a slice of life

I've always found these guys tough to listen to for more than a song or two and this album is no exception. This has some really good samples but the shout rap thing stops being interesting very quickly.

Boldly going where they had gone with their first album, but without the hits. If you like the BB you’ll like this too.

For what it is, it's good. Wouldn't choose to listen to it

appreciate getting to know their music

It was groovy. But it isn’t something I’d go out of my way to listen to.

Loud and punkish. Beastie boys was fun while not lyrically setting the world on fire. Enjoyed this

Pretty fun, not many similar groups like the Beastie Boys

The sampling is still banging (a 'sampling' for me: the piano in 'What Comes Around'; the bass-line syncopation in 'Dropping Names'; random bluegrass, Johnny Cash) and if the voices take some getting used to, the seasoned interplay between them is obvious--with those loud and proud NYC accents. It feels like they threw everything and anything that came to mind at their tracks and lyrics, and found many surprising combinations that worked (and, of course, some that didn't.) One more appreciation: this kind of style and musical approach was adopted by at least one more group of pioneering artists very far away: Kpop 1.0.

This whole thing was giving Hamilton and I couldn't figure out why until I saw a picture of the Beastie Boys. It was fun, but the theatricality of their annunciation read like off-off-broadway, so things made sense once I found out they were from New York. Lin Manuel-Miranda, give the kids credit for your sound!!! Liked the beats, enjoyed the playfulness of the whole thing, appreciated some of the songs (Johnny Ryall, The Sound of Science). However, there were times the whole thing felt a bit manic and inconsistent. Couldn't find ways it contributed to the album overall, though I had points in pretty much every song I really enjoyed. [["Surprise, bitch" EMMA ROBERTS GIF HERE]]

woke up around 7am and immediately got onto listening to the record. it took me a couple of listens for the first few tracks before it starts to register in my sleepy brain. i must say, its a very fun and enjoyable album to listen to. love me a good cowbell always. when i heard high plains drifter, i am reminded of rage against the machine, which makes sense because beasties heavily influenced ratm sound, particularly i heard it in the way one of the beastie boys rap in a whine-y and high tone at the end of his lines, i remember a rage track with a similar style, it's cool. listening to older records makes me appreciate how art will inspire creation of new art, it's a wonderful cycle. i think it's one of the things that i will always find fascinating.

Nie czuję tej muzy niestety. Ale sprawdzę pozostałe albumy grupy. :-)

Not really my style, I’ve heard a couple of songs by them and I didn’t really like them as much as other people do, it’s just to much screaming with some cool beats beneath, but now I had the chance to read and pay attention to the lyrics and I can appreciate some songs for what they are saying.

Don’t mind it, I like the sound of music from this era.

Interesting mix and variety of samples used in this album. Really broadcasts the music genres popular at that time. Beastie Boys are always a fun listen to, this album would probably be better on a 2nd listen

Some of my all time favorite Beastie's tunes, but more filler nonsense songs than I remembered. Still a super fun listen.

Liked the music, questionable lyrics in parts.

Licenced to Ill on edelleen suosikkini. Eipä oo tullut hittibiisejä lukuunottamatta muuta tuotantoa kuunneltua. Tämäkään ei oikein pudonnut.

I enjoyed this album all the way through. the songs i do like are shake your rump, egg man, high plains drifter, the sounds of science, 2-minute rule, and hey ladies. the music had me hooked but i also feel like they sound the same so all the songs blend together in my head. overall, not bad.

chaotic vocals, felt the urge to skip a few tracks, but after a couple of listens it started to grow on me. high energy!

Has a pastiche effect, some of it successful, though some parts also just feel a little betwixt and between.

- un album éclecctique et expérimental mais avec des prods qui s’écoutent généralement assez bien malgré le poids des paroles - je réécouterais certaines chansons mais pas nécessairement l’album complet - meilleure chanson: 3 minute rule

Famous album largely due to how much it sampled. Good to have on the list.

An interesting album. It really felt like a well rounded album. Cohesive, yet diverse. The Dust Brothers seem to be responsible for the best parts of it. The Beastie Boys bring a fun energy, but their lyricism didn't live up to the hype.

the ogs, i guess Would I listen again? No Deserves to be on this list? Yes 3.4

This album seems like it might have been an important milestone for popular music as a very accessible hip hop sound. I'd be interested to know the assessment of people who are really knowledgeable about the 21st century music that shares roots with the Beastie Boys. Were they important or just pop? I'm pretty clueless on this so just taking this album at face value - of its time and a fun sound.

Mkay

Some bangers but it all started sounding the same towards the end of the album

6/10

I can’t do the Beastie Boys, they just grate on me too much. Everything on this album slaps except for the Beastie Boys rapping, it does my head in.

Pretty much all of the Beatie Boys sounds the same

Definitely is good background music. Not really my vibe though.

Do love the bb

Cool, not sure I am a massive fan of the whine voice however, but funky beat and first couple tracks are super cool

since this is their second album, i first listened to License to Ill since i’ve never listened to any beastie boys album in full and only really know the big hits. my immediate impression is that the production on this one is way better. there’s more variety for sure, and for the most part it just sounds better. Egg Man is a favorite so far, the lyrics are silly but the jaws and psycho sampling is so cool especially at the end when they get layered on top of each other. - sorry the random fiddle interlude??? - overall, a fun album, but there is A Lot happening the whole time and not always in the most interesting way. i liked Egg Man and Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun a lot, but by the time it got to the medley at the end i was kinda over the whole thing.

Kaxigheten, kreativiteten! Så lökigt och coolt samtidigt! Skulle vilja ge den ett tredje varv och bara sitta med texterna. Älskar The End-sampeln!

Referensfest! Allt från Jimi Hendrix och Jack Kerouac till sagan om Rapunzel? Hon med långa klätterhåret. Roliga texter överlag. Funderade på om den här stilen att rapa dog ut men visst kan man ändå höra spår av detta hos Slim Shady? Lätt att göra narr av deras rap men samplingarna skojar man inte bort! Den där från Beatles sitter fint

Album #12: Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys Genre (according to Wikipedia): Hip-hop, sampledelia Singles?: Hey Ladies, Shadrach Have you heard any songs from this album or group before?: I have heard this album once before. Thoughts?: I like the production a lot, I’m a big fan of sampledelia, but I’m not a fan of the lyrics so much. I’m sorry if I am a disappointment for not liking hip-hop too much, especially with the lyrics. Sometimes I wonder if I need to just bite my tongue and deal with it. Anyways, I love hip-hop productions. The delivery doesn’t bother me, I just feel like rapping is more like poetry than a type of live singing. It could just be me though. Favorite songs: Shake Your Rump, Egg Man, Hey Ladies, Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun* As a writer, what would you use this album for honing your craft?: If I had to, the sampledelia would inspire me to write city types of scenes. Scenes in cities. No file correlations.

My opinion on the beastie boys remains the same, the sound is fine. The rapping just is not for me, I get it pioneers of white rap, but like what does that mean?

Not the hangover album I needed. Lots of screaming on great samples, but it sounds too alike, and in the end felt like my stomach

Another one I hadn’t fully listened to before despite knowing a few tracks. Rap isnt my favorite genre but this is … not just rap. It’s innovative and funny and rock and the samples… it’s a blast to listen to. Doing 3 stars only because it’s not my favorite genre and I know there will be a lot more albums to come. Will it be in my regular rotation? No. Am I glad I know it? Yes.

At first I thought this was just not for me, but it ended up winning me over. I will need to come back. This must be The Lonely Island’s biggest inspiration. Also, very cool to hear some Beatles in The Sounds of Science.

Decent but not for me