Licensed To Ill

Fan of their more popular songs but wouldn’t listen to a whole album

3.5

Some great stuff on here, but some pretty whack filler tracks too.

I feel like a lot of this flies right over my head (ha), because I don't really have the context for what I imagine are many references to 80s hip hop culture which are present here. Having never listened to the Beastie Boys before, I was surprised by how close this was to rock. It's very well produced and the interplay between the different members-- trading rhymes and such-- is very well done. Definitely enjoyable but I'm not sure I'll feel compelled to revisit it later on.

Good but not their best.

3+ Stars (9/15)

Like The Lonely Island - I see it, but I don’t get it.

Not for me

barnslegra en seinni verk. á köflum of heimskulegt fyrir minn smekk. en gott byrjendaverk. 3,5.

If I was in the mood it's a vibe.

Never been a fan of the Beastie Boys, or so I thought. This was a fun one, would relisten

This album seems to age worse and worse over time, but even though it's frat broey, misogynistic, violent, and shrill, it displays a lot of talent in the production and some of the lyrical wit. If this we're all the Beasties ever did, they'd be a bit of a joke, but they followed it up with some far more evolved rhymes, themes, and production, and managed to separate themselves from some of the idiocy on this album. This maybe gets an extra star for the nostalgia, though as I said, it's not the greatest look.

Et essentielt dum fyr-album. Bliver meget nostalgisk og kan godt lide produktionerne, selvom det egentlig er lige monotont nok, særligt i forhold til hvad de lavede senere. Fight for Your Right er selvfølgelig et sjovt nummer, men altså Rhymin & Stealin, No Sleep Till Brooklyn og Hold It Now, Hit It er alle bangers. Stor 3'er

"Fight for Your Right" is great of course. The rest are OK. Some iconic songs, but not anything I'd put on my playlists. 3/5

3.5. Let me rate half stars dangit

Desværre ikke lige så godt som sidst. Det her album et lidt for fjollet, og stakato.

Rätt bra

I thought half the album was trash and not aged great and then the other half was really good. So meet in the middle with 3 stars

Too much of a (goodish) thing is too much. One song at a time once in a while is all I can handle.

Not the Beastie Boys album I would pick nor really have ever gone back to. It has more of the weedy rock haze that I'd associate with Check Yr Head or Ill Communication than I remembered, particular the opening track. The longer songs feel endless, a purgatory spent in the New Style and not getting sleep til Brooklyn. "She's Crafty" came out a few months after Run DMC's "Walk This Way" and it felt like the whole world was sing song like this and like that. The deep cuts can stay there, the hits will be omnipresent as long as white people are still on earth. "Girls" still kinda cracks me up.

A milestone of my adolescence, this album overlaps my skateboarding years and my first-ever job at a Domino's Pizza store, making for some colorful interaction with the latter's corporate sensibilities. Anyway, while it was fun to hear a few of these songs again, I sold my vinyl copy of this album long ago and hadn't listened to this album in decades until now. I found that Raising Hell by Run-DMC, which mines similar sonic territory, feels more relevant to me today than Licensed to Ill. I also found the Beastie Boys inescapably annoying through the '90s FWIW.

I respect what the Beasties have done here but I dunno, it feels like they really only had one kind of song at this point. A lot better as singles than as a full album.

Not unlike the Snoop Dogg album...a hugely popular and influential release in the history of hip-hop tainted by some ridiculously childish and misogynistic lyrics. But the album does deserve it's landmark status, and gave us the Beasties, arguably one of the best thing to happen to music. And even they in later years made amends for the lyrics on this one. RIP, MCA.

Fun but got a bit grating after a while.

Het begin van Licensed to Ill is nogal in your face. Sowieso is dat een kenmerk van de witte punk-jochies, het is aan het eind van je werkdag wel even schrikken. En ook al blijft het hele album wel de energie hoog, ze lijken het iets beter te doseren dan in de eerste paar tracks. Dat slaat voor mij een beetje om bij Slow Ride, waar het refrein met de War-sample voor het eerst wat vriendelijks aan de plaat toevoegt. Daarna is het niveau van deze plaat hoog, en geniet ik wel echt van de mix van hiphop in z'n kinderschoenen en punk gitaar riffs. De essentie bij zo'n Beastie Boys zit 'm in de dosering. Je wilt energie, maar niet gillend gek worden. Dus ook een timing-kwestie en de reden dat ik de LP niet vaak op de speler gooi. Wel vet om te hebben tho. 7,5 Highlights Slow ride Fight for Your Ride No Sleep Till Brooklyn

while this is one of the most iconic albums in 80s hip hop, I don't know if it's aged all that well. with their debut, the Beastie Boys introduced themselves as a trio of rowdy, party-loving miscreants. it's an energy that works for them, and it certainly helped propel them and the Def Jam label to mainstream success. but as hip hop, it feels pretty dated. I'm tempted to grade my feelings on a curve just because the genre had a long way to go in general, and because the big hit singles are undeniably a lot of fun. but then you get songs like "Girls," which demonstrate an attitude towards women which they would apologize for several albums later. the growth that the Beasties demonstrated over the course of their career, both as musicians and as thinkers, is pretty tremendous. their discography truly gets interesting for me with Paul's Boutique. light 6/10.

Too repetitive.

Quite a few hits that we used to hear in the hallowed halls of North Dorm...but just not a big fan of the genre.

I liked it, ive heard the iconic songs on there like girls, brass monkey and no sleep till brooklyn. Other than those i enjoyed “hold it now hit it” and “the new style” i can see how people enjoyed this in the 80s its insanely different and has some cool messages and rhymes in it.

So powerful and energetic, but a bit repetitive for my taste. Is really something unique what this guys could do, but it didn't go many places

this wasn't as bad as i expected it to be. i really didnt have the patience to deal with the shout rap on the day i got this album but this album is a lot of fun and managed to overcome my negative feelings for the most part. i also really enjoyed some of the samples on this album. i understand why people enjoy it but at the end of the day its not for me

It was fine, dont get the hype tbh

Lesser of the two BB albums we’ve had and pretty rough around the edges. Slow ride, girls and fight for your right the highlight (girls was bizarrely enjoyable)

Fight for Your Right is…ok. Never got the point of this band but they’re…ok.

Some bangers, mostly dated. Still a piece of history.

Interesting to me that their later big hits had so many callbacks from this album.

Töntiga texter, men bra drag ändå!

Fun hip hop album but not for me anymore.

Not really my cup of tea but it's funny hearing all of the samples used in other songs

Well, well, well, if it isn’t Run-DMC’s young white avatars. This is half a Rick Rubin album and half a Weird Al parody of 80’s rap. This shouldn’t have been anything more than a novelty album but this is the world we live in I guess. I kind of hate that I like this but I can’t really help it. This is too fun not to like.

Respect for their boldness

Some great tunes on here, and some that are dated/unfortunate. Definitely some songs that I have and will continue to return to. One I didn’t get into in the past but I enjoyed this time was Slow Ride. It’s still a 3 because I don’t see myself going back to it and listening in full, but there are plenty of songs that were already in the rotation and now one more. So it’s a strong 3, close to a 4 but there’s a few stinkers on here that keep it in the 3 range.

Old school classic. Every song is nostalgic, as my brother had this cassette. Listening to it now, it seems dated, both musically and lyrically. They definitely got better with time, but this pushed the style to a wider audience, no doubt. This album holds a special place in the history of rap. My favorite song on here is No Sleep Till Brooklyn (or Brass Monkey, many memories to that one.) 3 stars on this. It isn't their best work.

Better than “Paul’s Boutique,” slightly less issues with immaturity even though this was earlier. “Fight for Your Right” and “No Sleep Til Brooklyn” are classic and hold up, “Girls” and “Brass Monkey” are classic and cringey, “She’s Crafty” is somewhere in between. Not bad for the young boys, but I will again lament that what they deserve the most credit for is “To the 5 Boroughs,” and it is always overlooked.

Innovative silliness abound. The mix of rock music and hip hop was, and still holds up as, groundbreaking. It’s hard to take their youthful boasting serious though.

Classic. Beastie Boys have that screamy rap nature that worked on whiteboys all over this 80s/90s. I think it's decent, not exactly something I would love to listen to again.

Beastie Boys always slap

3.5/5. Good, enjoyed this. Have to say I prefer Ill Communication, though.

So fun - Reminscent of a lot of long drives. Good to hear the album in its entirety.

didn’t really like it tbh , not my style and i felt they were just shouting and i didn’t resonate with the lyrics

I can only handle them in small doses. I think I’d like them more if they didn’t “yell” all the time.

The title “Licensed to Ill” still confuses me. It has always looked like Licensed to Three to my eyes, but this is their debut, so obviously that’s not the case. In my opinion, Paul’s Boutique is one of the highest highs of hip-hop’s early days. It showed a group who is better known for their energy showing off just how creative they could really be. Whether you like it or not, they are quite important when it comes to the history of the genre. And I think a lot of this has to do with their connection to Def Jam and Rick Rubin. This record was huge for Def Jam and Columbia, and was also conveniently the first hip-hop album to top the Billboard 200 chart. Ironic that it would be a bunch of white guys to do it first. This record definitely works as a debut. Because it shows off all of the rock and punk influenced aggression that these guys were going for from the beginning. And it relies much more heavily on that energy that I previously mentioned. Without it, I don’t how good this would be. The production on this isn’t nearly as impressive or consistent. This is mostly because sampling was still a very new thing, and this was released even before It Takes a Nation of Millions, where sampling rock was really legitimized. Conveniently that was another big Def Jam record produced by Rick Rubin. And I’m kind of glad this was the only album the Beasties Boys did with him. Because it’s clear he was holding their creativity back. The sampling and production is horrible though. I mean, starting with When the Levee Breaks is a statement for sure. Led Zeppelin were notoriously stubborn, and the only other person I know who got away with interpolating their music was Beyoncé. Girls is probably the best song I can use to describe why I don’t like this nearly as much. It’s charming and mildly funny, but juvenile and crass. And much of this album falls in line with those tropes. The best songs are without a doubt Fight for Your Right and No Sleep till Brooklyn. They are the most concrete fusions of rock and hip-hop to be found on this. This is a fun album from a solid and influential group. But I don’t think it does them very much justice, and it’s not the way I would want someone to be introduced to their music. Rating: 6/10

Some fun stuff, ultimately a bit shouty and juvenile

This album transports you to the 80's since the music has that 80's sound. For some reason I got Beastie Boys and Beach Boys messed up, clearly I'm not from that era. The album is a good hip-hop album but overall it felt like all of the songs were the same but at the same time it was their debut album so it makes sense. My favorite tracks were Girls and Slow Ride.

Men fighting for attention and degrading women. Good sound, awful lyrics. Lotta White Castle!

Love the energy, don't hate the Beastie Boys, but not quite my cup of tea. Hasn't aged super well to my ears. Some recognizable bangers on here though.

Definitivamente un álbum muy divertido, pero manchado por temáticas en las letras que dan asco en muchas canciones. No sé si es genial o simplemente un robo de blancos al hip hop de los 80. Un sólido 3.

there's always something to be said when a white artist or group releases music in a traditionally black genre/style and the white artist is who finally brings that genre into mainstream media and acclaim. i saw a quote on their wikipedia that called the Beastie Boys "the Elvis of hip-hop" and from this listen, i think that's an accurate assessment, although not necessarily a bad thing in itself. it's clear from the way the album is produced and the intelligent sampling that they know what they were doing and were knowledgeable of black hip-hop artists that they were obviously influenced by, along with their own previous experience with punk and rock. could we call combining hip-hop aesthetics with punk and rock a sanitization of black hip-hop in the same way many are critical of early white rock n roll artists? i'm not sure, especially because rock is itself a traditionally black genre, even if it has been taken over in the wider cultural imagination by white men. in my mind, this kind of sound is more of a subset of the larger hip-hop genre as a whole, but i think i need to do more research into the Beastie Boys and refresh my memory on classic hip-hop before i make any definitive conclusions. not something i'd listen to in my own time probably, but interesting nonetheless!

The album grew on me as I went on. It initally felt a bit comical but after doing some research that was the roots of the Beastie Boys so that makes sense. Wasn't really for me this one tbh but I didn't think it was terrible.

Ummmmmm

Surely it is fun but also aged. Besides, some songs are a bit boring honestmy

Whitest rapping I’ve heard, not too bad mixing in some rock influences but probably wouldn’t listen again.

I like the Beastie Boys generally, but this isn’t my favourite album of theirs. Don’t get me wrong, ‘Licenced To Ill’ is a lot of fun, and there are some good moments here, but I just find their later albums more engaging.

Jag vaknade upp denna morgon och satte på dagens album som nu har blivit en vana jag blev mött Beastie Boys "Licensed To Ill" vilket tog mig ur sängen hastigt. Och det var främst för energin detta album avger, mitt morgon-jag och jag nu fortfarande vill hata det men det går bara inte. Detta album verkar inte ha något som förespråkar för den, jobbiga röst, sexistiskt, fratkultur och i många delar, amatöriskt. Mycket av detta är nog bara massor av lager ironi, men här var de inte långt över tjugo så det kan vara omogenhet. Dock jag gillar fortfarande detta album, och det är för hur man hör hur mycket dessa grabbar älskar musik, jag hör referenser och samples från musik jag älskar och man känner hur roligt de verkar ha det. Också man måste ge dem att det är otroligt många hits på detta album, mest för festande, och det har jag använt de till. Ett roligt album helt enkelt.

Iconic stuff but with todays ears I find the production tiring

I feel like the Beastie Boys made this as a satire but people actually liked it and then they were sort of stuck. As satire, this is brilliant. As music I would want to listen to, maybe not so brilliant. The funny thing to me is that you can see a lot of artists that used this album as an inspiration for their own work not knowing that this was pretty much poking fun at the genre. Shaping the genre with a mostly-satirical album is actually pretty funny in itself. Maybe they recorded this with a 'if you think it's satire then that's what it is but if you actually like it then we're serious' kind of mentality. I think that's actually pretty likely. I like this better than Paul's Boutique but not as much as Ill Communication so that puts it squarely at 3/5

Quite familiar with the big hits from this album. And can rememboer this album when it first came out and also the ill fated concert in Liverpool 1987. I can recall being updated later that evening by an endless stream of eye witness accounts of dimishing incredulity. Must admit not a big fan of this shouty rap music but by all accounts they did not take themselves too seriously, unfortunately not recipricoted by Liverpool audience in '87! Have always found that the unintended consequence of the type of music was it bring mimicked by TV frat boys on US campuses. Although, as always, there are some out there who really like this type of thing and I can't knock 'em. Resplendent in their turned back base ball cap and pent up middle class, white boy, suburban angst...their fans that is. Produced by Rick Rubin and decent samples of Led Zep and Sabbath makes it 3 stars from me

Much preferred to Paul's Boutique. No sleep 'til Brooklyn!

The beats are pretty simple, add a kick and symbol and throw a guitar riff over it. The first half doesn't hold up to me but the second half redeems the album. Overall a fun album with some good singles. Repeats: fight for your right, no sleep till Brooklyn Skips: the new style, hold it now hit it

Ενα αλμπουμ με ωραια παραγωγη αλλα καπως κριντζ / κουραστικα βοκαλς!? Δεν μπορω να φανταστω καποιον φαν του αλμπουμ περα απο οσους νοσταλγουν επειδη οταν βγηκε ηταν εφηβοι ή αυτους οι οποιοι ειναι ασχετοι απο χιπ χοπ. Οκ 2 3 κομματια ξεχωρισαν οπως πχ το sample του Carousel ή τα 2 μεγαλυτερα hits του αλμπουμ αλλα σιγουρα δεν μου προσφερει κατι αλλο. Rating: B-

I'm not a huge fan, but for what it was it was fine.

A great starter album but just doesn’t hold up to some of their other albums.

Nice one. Hip hop with heavy rock samples..

Not my kind of music. Some of the lyrics were funny though!

Sounded like a bunch of nerds rapping in their garage, I don't mean that in a bad way though

General impression: half charming, half annoying Detailed review: Honestly, I think my general impression sums it up. I’m looking forward to another Beastie Boys album or two because overall I do find them appealing, but damn are half of their songs just obnoxious. Deeper thoughts (context): no deeper than the music Score: 3 Number of albums left to review: 939 Number of albums from the list I’d consider “must-listens”: 36 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 26 (including this one)

7/10 still meshing sounds but the next album is where that will be most successful

Yeah yeah fine I get it now, I kinda like the Beasties now.

I found it difficult to rate this album. On the one hand, this is a classic, features iconic songs, pushed the boundaries of the genre and has brought us this unique Bestie Boys sound and energy. On the other hand, I don't really like the sound and the energy annoys me. Ancient school Hip-Hop beats and rhythmic speaking that I wouldn't call rap (maybe because rap wasn't a thing yet). 3.5/5

Iconic. A bit harsh, but fun, too.

ridiculous. yet a classic

rap with decent tunes and guitar

Kick it

Some good stuff but feels like the beta version of Beastie Boys. Generally a fan but also wonder if they’re better in small doses. Maybe not suited for the full listen through.

Lots of hits, that said, I feel like im not part of the generation that truly appreciates the beatie boys. To me, their sound has been mocked too often and the vocals/rapping was over the top. I do appreciate the sample selection and a few songs. You gotta Fight for your right to party is an all timer.

Oh I did actually listen to this one but forgot to rate it. The beastie boys are actually so good - far better than what I thought. All the tracks were good but No Sleep till Brooklyn can never not be my favourite

Love the rock elements. Funky in parts. Really liked the instrumentation and delivery in general, just not most of the lyrics. Some made me not want to listen to certain tracks again. Highlights: Fight For Your Right No Sleep Till Brooklyn

It's not the most consistent album in the world, its got some kinda whatever songs but its also got some absolute bangers and really display the infectious chemistry of these three doofuses in the shape of just fun old hip hop. There's potential for better here and Paul's Boutique immediately shows how they eventually went onto bigger and better things (as well the few things I heard off the 90s stuff)

3.5 pretty good

rhymin and stealin- 6. best part is when they chant alibaba new style- 4. didnt have to be 4 minutes shes crafty- 6 or 7 posse in effect- 4 slow ride- 4. they got thrown out of white castle... girls- 6 fight for your right- 6 or 7. plays in my head when i dont wanna go to school no sleep til brooklyn- 6 paul revere- 7 hold it now, hit it- 5 brass monkey- 7 slow and low- 5 time to get ill- 4 or 5

it’s good but it has a lot of songs that just don’t sound good in my opinion, it has the potential to be absolutely amazing but a lot of songs let it down, rhymin and stealin is one of my favourite songs

An enjoyable listen but the beasties can really grate on my ears after a while

I like hip hop. This is alright I guess. Feels disjointed and like they haven't found their sound - makes sense since this is their debut album.

Fascinating the way they build up this record, it got old in a good way. Hip hop must listen. And not just hip-hop, they created a good mix between jazz/rock and electric production that helped the way also nowadays rap is made.

Some great tracks but I much prefer Paul's Boutique.

Hip-hop. Un poco rollo.

Not a big fan of this, but it is ok 3/5

The Beastie Boys remain the worst part about Beastie Boys albums. The production carries.

“Fight for your Right” ist eine Ansage und ein Megatitel. Der Rest des Album ist mittlerer bis mäßiger Schrei Rap, weshalb sich eine Wiederhören nicht aufdrängt.

67

I was excited to listen to this, but I enjoyed it less than I thought I would. It’s still a fun listen, but a full album was enough for me. The sound of that era is dated at this point, and nostalgia only takes me so far. Not great, but not bad either.

- There is an early episode of Futurama where the Beastie Boys guest star and it is revealed that Fry loves them. Fry is also frequently shown to have the depth of a puddle. Just saying that it tracks. - The backings deserve 95% of the credit. Going by just the Boys' vocal sound, this would probably be a 2 star, despite their fun interactions and overlaps. They are still young and raw here, though that never really goes away. - "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" is the standout. - Amazing how much Brass Monkey is mentioned outside of "Brass Monkey." It is like their muse.

I was sceptical about this one. the first track seemed to confirm that but then I soldiered on and wow, this album kept getting better and growing on me. In the last track there's even a Sample of CCR that I recognised, a particular bass riff. This has been a discovery. Not an everyday listen for me so putting it at a healthy 3.42*

In the world of rap it's so refreshing to hear something that's not all profanities, anger, violence and misogyny. Rap is not my thing but I still enjoyed this album despite it starting to sound the same after a while. 3.5/5

A-puoli on SICKKK. Mitä b-puolelle sitten tapahtuu, miksi se on pelkkää filleriä?

Vähän vaikea päästä sisään, mutta myös vaikea olla pääsemättä. Bändillä on idea, ja se toimii - ainakin henkilölle, jonka kotimaassa soittaa Sliipparit ja Eläkeläiset. Loppua kohti materiaali ehkä hiukan hupenee. Silti kuulemisen arvoinen.

Молодые белые люди, которые играли хардкор-панк, решили переобуться и начали ебашить рэп. Звучит как будто сегодня, но это было 40 лет назад и впервые. Хотя нет, но там не считается. Полный дебилизма тексты, мощные биты, а для того времени вообще ебейшие. Гитары, реги и всё такое, еще бит есть в обратную сторону или как это там называется, крч, классно. В конце всё же устаешь, но всё равно ебать какой хороший альбом.

So thats what that gumball song was tryna imitate

It's definitely dated in terms of sound, rhymes and the like, but its a fun record. Hip Hop moved far away from this sound in very little time, but it remains influential, as it should.

Not sure if it was entirely for me. Had a couple fun songs. It all sounded pretty brash and punk which I guess are not for me right now. Would throw it on for a cookout or bbq

Great track flow but very juvenile

Basic beats and lyrics. Seems pretty simple now, but I guess it was almost 40 years ago!

1st track riff sounds like Black Sabbath Sweat Leaf 3rd track Led Zepp The Ocean Samples Pretty fun

So the well-known hits are still fun, but I would never want to listen to a Beastie Boys album front to back ever again, holy shit that accent is annoying.

They got better but white boy rap produces an effective memorable rap album. Kick it!

Silly and funny, like Beavis and Butthead, but in the most jejeune sort of way, no? The big, fat Zeppelin hooks are big, fat and mostly fun, and the cleverness is clever but it hasn't exactly held up, now has it? What teenage boy humor ever does? Plus points for the best name drops (Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, Abe Vigoda) and for not taking themselves too seriously. Minus points off for being awfully derivative and for the broad-as-possible, utterly unsubtle Rubinesque production.

this album was pretty cool. the beastie boys are one of those bands that i have always been aware of but never actually taken the time to listen to them. they weren’t what i expected for some reason. i enjoyed the tracks for the most part, including the hits - “fight for your right”, “no sleep til brooklyn” etc. i did find it got slightly repetitive towards the last few songs, but other than that, a pretty solid record.

I think this album might be an acquired taste, good thing I like the Beastie Boys

makes you feel like RAHHHHHHH 🦅🕺🏻💥🦅💥📼 George Lopez theme mentioned (Slow Ride). Paul Revere got a similar flow to Fresh Prince lmaooo. Manic? Frenetic perhaps?

Not my favorite Beastie Boys album by a country mile, but gotta respect where it all started. With early Rick Rubin production, for better or worse. The album opens with blown-out Rhymin & Stealin, which is built around a repetitive guitar hook and enormous boom bap. The New Style has a distinctly 80s style production. Features much better flow from the Boys with each taking the helm in turn -- beat flip toward the back half baths the whole thing in 808 thump. Posse In Effect is the first that really feels "polished" to a point where it has stood the test of time. Slow Ride is such a weird beat flip. Girls stands out like a sore thumb. Louder, cleaner and more polished than the rest thus far. Damn its an annoying song. Fight For Your Right > Paul Revere is a solid display of capability. The start being a great piece of satire that a generation rallied behind. No Sleep Til Brooklyn sits in the middle and is quite possibly the strongest track on the album with its Rubin-esq heavy metal hook. Paul Revere is one of my favorites here; love the way the bass plays with the inverted cymbals. Also features some of the better writing here and an interesting origin story. Understand the significance of this album for its time, but this one always feels to me an outlier in their discography. Something like highly successful growing pains that cast a shadow over them that lasted through their next several (imo superior) releases. I'm glad they made this because it paved their way to success, but ultimately I'm not interested in playing it over and over again. 3 / 5.

Pretty much the same as with the other 2 Beastie Boys albums, something about these singers just doesn't work for me. I must say the sampling though from the 2 Led Zeppelin songs and Slow Ride were very cool. Girls may be the dumbest, most fun song which I absolute love everytime it comes up. Fight for Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn are also absolute classic hype songs. Everything else around the album is very meh to me with the Beastie Boys sound getting sour to me very quickly. I completely understand the appeal to them and I am really ok with hearing a song come up every so often, but full albums are tough for me to listen to. That all being said this is still a 3 because it's filled with hits.

An absolute classic, still stands test of time banging beats

Aged a bit worse

Some classics but rest of songs didn't keep up. 3/5

Definitely less grating to listen to than “Paul’s Boutique,” which I didn’t love. I know the first track is called “Rhymin’ & Stealin’” and that it’s probably meant to foreshadow the intense use of samples (from pretty famous songs, too) on this record. But I honestly don’t care if you tell me how much sampling you’re going to do before you do it, when it’s too much it’s too much. And this was too much. I dunno man. I came into this with a pretty positive, albeit largely uninformed, opinion of the Beastie Boys. It’s really only gone down since. I expected to give their stuff four to five stars, but this gets three. It was fine. Standout Tracks: Rhymin’ & Stealin’, Girls, Brass Monkey

всё время поездки в метро, во время которой это слушалось, думала, что альбом очень смешной. и музыка какая-то брякающая-завывающая (особенно в paul revere) и манера вокалиста тоже забавная (хотя, честно говоря, в какой-то момент от неё устала). во время you gotta fight мне стало смешно оттого, что я как будто слушаю highway to hell, но rap. мне очень нравится обложка по необъяснимым причинам, очень пропорциональная….

Cannot beat "ill communication" by a mile

Actually quite enjoyable! At least it is really fun to try to find all the samples from known songs.

Good album.

Why would you end with "it's time to get ill"?? Shouldn't i already be ill?

The rapping is of its time, but it’s obvious why it’s influential and was very popular. So much energy, themes of fun and partying. Talent on display.

I feel I would have loved this record in my teens.

Interesting and vulgar and funny? You've gotta fight For your right To parrrrrrtyyyyyy

I like their rock approach. Their rap is very in-your-face, which can be annoying. I'm feeling generous though.

Nostalgic hit!

Highlights: Fight For Your Right, Slow Ride, No Sleep Til Brooklyn. In a nutshell: TU0 T1 KC3HC-HC As far as hip hop debuts go, it's good. But their best was yet to come. I like their cheeky sample use here (from Viva Las Vegas to Low Rider). Overall: 5/10

I liked it better than I thought I would

Fun party music at first but by the time the big hits off the album came around I was bored with it.

Decent album.

Their later work is better in my opinion

The beats are good, but damn, that flow gets annoying 3

License To Ill is the Beastie Boys' debut album, and considered by many as one of the greatest rap albums of all time. The single "Fight for Your Right" was particularly successful, and contributed to the success of the album. The Beastie Boys loop samples to rap around and with. Like most rap, their work lacks the melodic basis typical of other genres. That said, a few of these tracks - like "Girls" and "She's Crafty," as examples, successfully used melodic samples in a manner that helps to explain the group's widespread appeal.

They got a lot better later on 2.6

Goofy nostalgic fun. Yes it’s culturally significant and all that, I enjoy when their hits come on the radio. But I’d never deliberately put a Beastie album on.

Beastie boys are good but all their songs have similar beats to me

I can appreciate this in a historical context but to me it really just sounds like someone doing what Run DMC does but not as good as they do it. They are doing some really fun things with instrumentation I'll be exceptions are fight for your right to party and no sleep to Brooklyn.

some of my favorite beastie boys songs are on this album, and i can see why it’s a regarded as a seminal piece of rap history. that said it does show its age at times, and not always in an endearing manner.

Thought i would like this more

This frat boy vibe is tough to listen to all these years on. While there are some hints of the Beasties to come it’s really just a less offensive Eminem record. Also not a fan of this Rick Rubin sound, on this record.

beast boys

The beastie boys make me laugh. The subject matter is only a little bit cleaner than the slim shady lp and straight outta Compton, but it’s just so goofy it’s charming. They just sound like kids. Like they belong in detention. Musically, they exist in a category all their own between hip hop and punk. Trading off words and phrases between members is an old school hip hop thing that they take to the nth degree. They’re yelling into microphones that must be turned all the way down. The production is raw, rough, and super catchy. 3.2

I had a hard time rating this album. There are some serious bangers in here but otherwise the songs are kind of annoying. Between a 3 and a 4.

Good album. Musically simple, but fun. Has some of their best songs on it. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

its good, but not Paul's Boutique good. fun album, but was a little surprised how many hits I recognized off this one; Brass Monkey, Girls, No Sleep Till Brooklyn and Fight for your Right. Despite that I still feel its just an okay entry. Still enjoyable though!

This album is fine. Considering I recently got Paul’s Boutique this felt like a big step down in terms of quality. Cool 80s hip hop sound and it’s also funny to hear vocal riffs that they would sample across all their future albums. Lyrically it’s aged the worst out of their albums and I get that they’re playing characters or whatever but it still detracts from the listening experience

ja heel vet alleen ik hou niet zo van de beastie boys, not my cup of tea

Middle of the road album, all the tracks are similar, but I love the attitude and the vibe they put across

I didn’t like this. Then I did. I don’t know, it was alright I suppose but it just didn’t appeal to me even if there are a few great tracks on here.

Surprising amount of Led Zeppelin samples in this album.

mmm, lots of yell rapping, I get the influence but has corny vibes

Po pire

Had hoped for more from the songs I didn't already know...found them underwhelming.

Some days I think this album deserves 4 stars, but other times I think 2.

This sounded all a bit repetitive apart from the anthemic classics. No Sleep and You gotta fight were fun but listening to a whole album is no party.

it's all OK fun but i just cannot take the beastie boys seriously like ever.....

Enjoyed

Iconic album but disregarding the context of it, I don’t like it as much as their later albums. Rating: 3.3

Influential but not great

Party till the break of dawn. Fun album, but there are better albums to come from BB. I can’t wait

#251. Like Saul Trujillo said; the Beastie Boys are like Taco Bell, everyone knows it's not authentic, but there's no denying talent. 3/5: silly

3.5⭐️

Onhan tämä tällainen humoristinen räppiklassikko. Ei tämä listan kärkeen mene mutta ihan hauska. 3/5

Onhan tää energia tarttuvaa vaikkei ihan lempi-räbää ookaan

License to Ill by Beastie Boys Thursday 6/20/24 8:43 S Tier————————— Fight For Your Right No Sleep Til Brooklyn A Tier————————— The New Style Brass Monkey Girls B Tier————————— Paul Reevere She’s Crafty Hold It Now Slow Ride Rhymin and Stealin C Tier————————— Slow and Low Time To Get Ill Posse In Effect

It’s the beastie boys. Good for 3 or 4 songs but gets repetitive quite fast. 3 stars

Solid album, great lyrics. Slightly too little emphasis on the music; I prefer their later albums where the beats get a larger role, but nevertheless enjoy Licensed to Ill.

Unlike a lot of rappers from that era, the Beasties don't come across as entirely full of themselves; that is, they don't exhibit the puffery and self-absorption common to many of their fellow contemporary artists. That said, the songs are often puerile and misogynistic. If I were nostalgic for the 80's, I would just call it harmless teenage-boy fun and leave it at that. But I am not nostalgic for the 80's.

It’s kind of fun to listen to but it seems very lyrics driven and I’m not sure I love the lyrics. Get repetitive.

Dimenticabile come l'altro

tra tutti i sottogeneri di hip hop, l'ibrido rock è senza ombra di dubbio il mio preferito. c'è da sottolineare però che questo album mi sembra molto simile all'altro dei Beastie Boys che abbiamo già ascoltato, e in proporzione ho preferito l'altro, forse per l'effetto novità, chissà. comunque figo e capisco l'immensa infulenza che ha avuto negli anni successivi nello sviluppo della scena hip hop. ah, e Fight For Your Right spacca i fondoschiena.

It's fine. They just got better and better

Brass Monkey has more significance to this guy than entire genres of music. Its silly, but true. I can't say I want to listen to the Beastie Boys most of the time, but they did change the direction of music and changed the rules for rap and rock music. Plus they're really so NSYNC with one another it went on to influence other genres.

fun, sometimes funny and some great energy. But glaringly an often outdated, one-trick pony. probably better if listened to in its historical context.

It's so good and fun to listen to.

Of course I knew many songs off this album and immediately I could see the influence and popularity of it. I think the Beastie Boys are a band that is something I’ll always listen to if it’s on but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen and search for the music. For some reason it’s just sometimes not what I’m looking for, however when it’s on it’s definitely a jam.

Almost immediately generates high school memories. Teachers in the 80s must have hated hearing "Fight for Your Right" so much and most probably never heard the original, instead just a bunch of idiots shouting it in the halls, cafeteria, etc etc. At times kinda funny (although 99% of "funny" in music sucks) but that doesn't always hold up. I have always liked their rapping style - annoying voices and all - it's definitely the clever interplay between all 3 of them. I was smiling while listening to this entire album but it's more a nostalgia trip than something i actively like; sounds are dated (drum machine sounds, processed guitar) and the music doesn't really hold up in many of the songs - contrast this with their next few albums which are fantastic. The perfect high school album - equal parts nostalgia trip and embarrassing. 6/10 3 stars.

Not too bad considering it’s older hip hop

Not bad

Oddly enough, the Beastie Boys have grown very heavy on me. I visited this album not too long ago after doing an Eminem revisit, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one. Now I will say that a lot of these songs sound very sameish.. but, there’s still some good content that’s easily digestible here. I like songs like she’s crafty where it blends hip hop and rock a lot, I wish there was more genre fusion on this record because that’s where they are at their best!

Two decent tracks, the rest a little infantile. But they are just boys.

I didn't mind this one. Liked all the zeppelin samples, would listen again.

Didn’t like it as much as Paul’s Boutique, but the last half of the album is filled with heavy hitters and makes up for the first half.

I have a true appreciation for this music’s place in my life during my formative years. However, I think I like Beastie Boys songs in small doses. Individually, the songs are fun; but after a couple in a row, the Beastie Boys style just sounds sort of shrill and relentless.

I got this album on cassette and still have it somewhere. I listened to it a lot and think I remember really liking it. I still use phrases like “no sleep till’ Brooklyn” and for everyone who has lost the freedom to party “you got to fight for your right to party” Now this kind of rapping just really kind of annoys me, I guess I’m just old. I enjoyed it mostly as a nostalgia listen but don’t remember it bing so grating.

Strong songs, but not really my thing

Late 80s to mid to late 90s I disliked Beastie Boys and this album is why. It's full of misogynistic novelty songs. Much later, I think when Hello Nasty was getting a lot of radio play, did I revisit them. Hello Nasty, Ill Communication, Check Your Head, Paul's Boutique are all incredible albums with clear purpose and style. It got me to really appreciate the musical journey and maturation of the Beastie Boys. It also left me a little upset I missed out of 10+ years of listening to new music when it was new. I still dislike this album.

gets a bit boring after the first half

This album made time fly and was never unpleasant. Favourite track: Slow Ride.

Good

Admittedly, I had no interest in this when it came out, but the Beastie Boys have grown on me considerably over the years. They weren't really doing anything that others hadn't done before them, but what they brought to the table was a deep appreciation of a lot of different kinds of music, and a snotty punk irreverence that's still good natured at its core. You can't really not like these guys. There's a certain silliness to these songs and they would get much, much better on subsequent albums, but this one's a lot of fun. Fave Songs: No Sleep till Brooklyn, Fight for Your Right, The New Style, Brass Monkey, She's Crafty, Rhymin & Stealin

These guys are so silly. Loved this album as a kid. Can still laugh and enjoy it now as an adult but I’m now slightly more doubtful of its musical quality. High 3

Cool rhythms, vocals are very much of an era, samples from all over the place, led zeppelin drums? Hip. Iconic drums, scratches and orchestra hits Slow ride - brass! Rhyming and stealing - led zeppelin Girls - definitely a play on a song/style Fight for your right - that’s a hit! Fight for your right. To party! 🤣 guitar riffs are very 80s, kinda KISS No sleep till Brooklyn - this and previous original rap rock! Fun. Guitar solo feels like a play on guitar solos, making fun of them Paul Revere - great stereo sizzle! Some reverse clap? for a snare. Orchestra hits and scratches as they should be Hold it now hit it - 1001 word plays and references Brass Monkey - cool riff! Slow and Low - run DMC vibes, classic accents on Go, Low etc Time to get Ill - great ending, aggressive drums

Gets a little old but still some classics

fun and silly, not something i’d normally listen to but served a purpose for the gym. inoffensive and wouldn’t be opposed to listening again if the mood struck.

Cool samples, cool vibes. Cocktail rap-rock détonnant, ces mecs là ont clairement annoncé la couleur de la décennie qui a suivi dans le monde du hip-hop ! La rythmique répétitive du chant me donne parfois envie de sauter quelques pistes pour aller directement à mes préférées, d'où la note de "seulement" 3 (3.5 si je voulais être vraiment précise).

What an iconic album. Some good songs, definitely a notable moment in hip hop. A unique vocal style with punchy beats. Definitely a notable moment in music history. 3.5

I love the Beastie boys, particularly 'Check your head' and 'Ill communication', and always enjoy hearing Fight for your right and No sleep 'til Brooklyn. However, I've never heard the entirety of their debut album - until now. Sadly, apart from the aforementioned singles and Rhymin' and Stealin', the album's not great. It's all rather puerile and sonically lazy. They needed the musical kick in the pants of 'Paul's Boutique to really create their own cool and influential style. Disappointing, but a stepping stone to far greater things. Ps: if you haven't had the pleasure yet, you need to read 'Beastie Boys' Book'. Phenomenal stuff!

I think Beastie Boys suffer heavily from songs fatigue. Listening to one random BB song on a playlist - great fun, so many hits to choose from. Listening to the whole album in one sitting - please, just release me from the pain and send me back to hell. Great album, but after 10 minutes of this I'm at my wits' end. I think it's the style of rap, so much "in your face", with no holdback, that makes it unbearable to listen to in long strides. But the hits are still as good as they were 30 years ago.

It is a fun album but it is super dated and I don't hold it in high regard.

Listen, I’m an enormous Beastie Boys fan, but this is arguably their worst album. Give me Ill Communication or Check Your Head or Paul’s Boutique and we’ll talk about how much I love them and think they are underrated for how talented they actually were.

Not my favorite, but I respect it

Didn't like it as much as I thought I would outside the singles

Help, I think I've died and I'm stuck in fraternity hell. I wanted to like this more than I did. I get that a lot of what the Beastie Boys did was (allegedly) satirical and comedic, but if you don't have that historical context, a lot of this album has aged like milk. If by the time you get to the second track and hear the lines "If I played guitar I'd be Jimmy Page/The girlies I like are underage" and don't realize they're taking the piss about Page being a creepy predator, you're probably not going to have that great of a time. As the philosopher Harvey Dent once said, "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain," and I think that became true for the Beastie Boys. They started out lampooning frat culture and hair metal bravado. And while many of their fans were in on the joke, a whole lot more weren't, and this music became the soundtrack to their lives. Aside from that, a lot of the songs are just really repetitive. How many songs on this album are about hooking up with lots of girls and carrying around a gun at a party? I lost count, but there are too many. Some of the wordplay is clever, but it's not enough to counteract the stuff that gets repeated over and over. The music also isn't that interesting. "No Sleep till Brooklyn" and "Fight For Your Right" are pretty good, but most of the other tracks are pretty basic beats and loops played incessantly, with the occasional poorly done record scratch overlaid (again, I know this is kind of the point, but it's boring). I also forgot how incredibly annoying "Girls" and "Brass Monkey" can be — ear worms in the worst way. I will say, I didn't realize how many of the songs from this album became hits. I think 95% of the songs I know by them are on this album. So, that's kind of impressive. I think I just generally prefer my comedic music to be more along the lines of Tenacious D or tongue-in-cheek sendups like the Darkness. This crank yankers sketch set to crappy music stuff isn't really my thing. I suspect if I went back and listened to the Marshall Mathers LP now I'd feel similarly. That kind of stuff can be funny at the time, but as you grow up and the culture changes, it just seems cringe. Crap, I've become my parents haven't I? 3/5 from me. I recognize the historical impact and influence of this album, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to it again.

haha! An old frat party staple.

I’ve never been a big fan of the Beastie Boys, but “Fight for your Right to Party” and “No sleep til Brooklyn” are such big hits along with “Brass Monkey.”

Didn't age amazing, has multiple classic tracks

Did not realize how many of these songs I knew. Also did not realize how problematic the “Girls” lyrics were…

This was more enjoyable than I was expecting, with some nice use of samples of songs I knew. The flow of their vocals seemed fairly similar across a range of these songs, however. Probably no need to hear them again, but my opinion of them is higher than it was last week.

It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to this all the way through. I think I’ve grown and the album has definitely aged. And the group has disavowed much of it, if I remember correctly. What would have been a strong 4-star, bordering on 5, in high school is probably just a 3 now.

Young, dumb and still quite a bit of fun. You do listen to this album with a smirk all the way through.

They were cooking

I still hate "Girls" and I can only listen to 10-15 minutes at a time before I begin to hate it and need to take a break But damn it I still had a great time

Tons of hits on here but sounds dated as hell

I recognized a lot of songs on the album and I see the connections for where hip hop began. Ultimately it wasn’t really for me.

My aunt let me buy this cassette tape at a yard sale when I was about 8 years old (1994). I vividly remember listening to it the first time and just thinking "what the heck is this?" in a good way. Such a unique record. Awesome word play, great use of samples and amazing chemistry.

wish i hadn't got this and ill communication back-to-back, because they kind of just blended into one another. did find this one more fun though! felt like you could hear their joy through the record

Maybe I missed the humour, but these lyrics seem so wack at times. Cool beats and samples, but maybe just a little bit let down by this one. Two and a half. Fave track: Time To Get Ill

Some songs are great, other make me nervous.

I didn't really like the other songs but ofc love for no sleep to Brooklyn

If Columbia Records didn’t stop them from using the original title we would’ve seen articles with zingers like no sleep till hate crime and hold it now, hit it(ft mark wahlberg). Kurt Loder would’ve had to say it on air. This album is a child in the backseat of a car asking for McDonald’s(Run DMC) only for the parents to say they have food at home. Rick Rubin will never get enough credit.

Definitely prefer their later stuff, but some fun ones on this.

This was their debut album! I'm not even a little bit of a Beastie Boys fan but I knew at least three of these songs. They sound like they're having so much fun. I want to give them 4 stars but a whole album of their thin yelly voices got tired after a while.

Not bad, but I've never been a big fan.

The cultural impact of the album is strong and there’s a few iconic songs on it. BUT - much of it hasn’t aged super well, either lyrically or sonically. It doesn’t sound as timeless to me as other revered albums. In addition, my hot take is that I hate how the Beastie Boys shout all their lyrics. It’s grating. People like to talk crap about Geddy Lee and Billy Corgan - I would put the Beasties up there in terms of sheer annoyance levels.

It's not bad, but also not my favourite kind of music

There are a few songs here that I really enjoy, but most of the album features beats that feel too thin. A lot of the beats are just drum machine, with no interesting samples or synths to accompany the percussion.

This was a great listen. I'm a little more familiar with their later stuff which I prefer. Great fun for a debut album!

6/10

3.4 - I actually have always really liked beastie boys. I find them fun and silly. I think this album is a bit too much of them being screechy but some bangers for sure. I get why people hate them but I just can’t lie to myself that I enjoy it.

about as good as I thought in the 80s. I.e. not very good,

Ltvsll stdtted sounding similar after a few songs. Love the energy

If you know the Beastie Boys, this record is their sound very amped up. Lots of scratches, yelping and classic rock sampled guitars all chopped and screwed up. There are some funny lines and generally good beats and some of their most classic songs.(Sabotage, Brass Monkey, and one of my favorites, No Sleep Til Brooklyn). Paul Revere's beat is okay but doesn't hit with me and Girls has not aged very well. otherwise I like the new style and time to get Ill as a closer.

My journey with Beastie Boys have ended. :’(

ci sono un paio di canzoni che spaccano, tipo "No sleep till Brooklyn", ma non è il mio genere. Anche "Brass Monkey" però...

3.5

Great album, the sinergy between these boys is brutal

License to Ill is no Paul’s Boutique, but it’s my understanding that most albums aren’t.

Lots of classic tracks, but not something I would listen to a lot.

Beastie boys are overrated. All the songs sound the same. 3 for a couple classics tho

Enjoyable listen, especially tracks melding hip hop with rock, Fight for Your Right being the stand out. The other tracks are perhaps not quite up there, but overall a strong debut

A very fun, albeit repetive, style of rap.

It’s only 3 days since the last Beasties album III Communication,arrived on my list. I hated that album and gave it 1/5. I said on that review that I quite liked the two singles which I knew appeared on this album - Fight For Your Right… and No Sleep Till Brooklyn, so I was bound to give it a higher score. It was an advantage to be able to compare both albums whilst the first was still in my mind. Listening through this album I was immediately struck that it was a lot more melodic than III Communication and found myself actually liking most of the album. To my ‘English white male in his 70’s’ ears I could actually hear the lyrics so could tell what they were on about. Very clever and amusing most of the time which I enjoyed. I also liked the sampling and good guitar riffs used throughout the album. The samples gave the impression of familiarity with the songs and the guitar riff on Fight For Your Right is up there with the best guitar riffs ever. Although not my type of music I could not help but love this album. It was a pity they could not take this to their future albums but I know they were/are not making music for people like me, so what do I know?

Phänomenal damals.

“The girlies I like are underage” - wtf

It's fun to revisit this record so much later in my musical education now I know where loads of the samples are from. Straight off, ah yeah the drums from When the Levee Breaks....ahha I didn't know they had sampled themselves much later on Intergalactic...etc. Beasties did loads better than this record in the time that they had, and you can level all sorts of criticism at this album now, but this was a good start. De la soul came on immediately after which reminded me how much better 3feet high and rising is.

Like 3 songs are bops but mostly I feel old listening to this bc it sounds like noise. Maybe I’m just not in a beastie boys mood today?

Some awesome tracks but shows it's age a little. Not as mature a record as Paul's Boutique.

The singles were great. Some of the other really felt like filler to me

7.1/10

The beats were nice. The content hasn't aged well but I guess it's meant to be tongue in cheek to an extent. Didn't like the verses or the delivery for the most part. It was ok overall. Decent 5

Good, but not their best by far.

Fun if unmemorable. They were really ahead of their times in the 80s, huh?

forica, not for me tho

Kako koja stvar, mozda da poslusam jos koji put bi sjelo kak spada.

Not my favorite Beastie Boys album but it's definitely got some good tracks on here.

It's hard to explain how mind blowing this album was when it came out. Rick Rubin deserves his rep - if for nothing else - for recognizing the possibilities from making a rap album with a punk band and using a heavy dose of Zeppelin samples. Is it an album of music worth listening to forty years on? It limps along in several spots. Super clever - to be sure - but now standing in the immense shadow of Paul's Boutique it feels flat. Then Girls - as good a novelty song as any, and Fight for Your Right which, in spite of its teenaged-meathead theme, just f@#in rocks. So I'd say, in retrospect, this is a solid debut album from a truly unique act.

A couple of bangers but it felt frozen in its time

I like the Beastie Biys, but it does tend to be a lot of the same stuff as far as sound and lyrics. Good in small doses.

A little boring?? Eek.

I like the beats and the samples and find myself bopping away to it but I just can’t enjoy their rap style. Listens: 2 Fave Track: She’s Crafty Rating: 3

I don‘t like Hip Hop much, but that album is funny

Every single Beastie Boys song sounds like this: (70s hard rock sample) (pans to the left) The Beastie Boys are kind of SHIT. (pants to the right) Stone fruits have an inedible PIT. Does it bang? Yeah, it sort of bangs.

A different style to what I'm used to but I did like the song Girls on the album. It was one I've heard before and enjoyed. The rest of the album was okay but not my style of music.

great

New drinking game: take a shot every time they say “girlies” then die of alcohol poisoning. Appreciate the blend of rap and rock here but there’s only one flow between 3 different dudes.

Hip-hop. Un poco rollo.

A fun and clearly influential album that has just aged pretty poorly. The energy is clearly there from day one, but the immaculate and experimental production that makes their later releases so exciting is incredibly rough here

Always have had a love hate relationship with the beastie boys, but aside from a few standouts, the album on the whole was a lot less cheesey than I expected. Not bad

Party!

Reminds me of middle school. Not their best album, but still some fun tracks. Paul Revere is my fave.

Brass Monkey is still a bop all these years later, Paul Revere is also on point. Plenty of filler and songs that haven't aged well, but overall a fun look into 80's frat music. 🐒🐒🐒

There are beasts in this world and there are boys.

Some fun beats and samples but as I get older this album is a bit too juvenile. This album and the final one they did a few years back are the only ones I really got into, although I like most of their singles.

Its decent, not groundbreaking or anything. Very mellow rock in my opinion

Not my thing

iconische sound, maar gek genoeg niet echt mijn ding

This is a pretty good record but wow what a missed opportunity including this one on the list over say Check Your Head and Hello Nasty both of which are superior to this one in every way. My entire listening group agreed that the Check Your Head thru Hello Nasty era of B-Boys is where it's at and we can't understand the love for Paul's Boutique and Licensed To Ill (both are on this list). This feels like the single Fight For Your Right has warped the reviewer's minds on this one haha

Nostalgic album that has aged so-so. Great start to a great career, but hardly their best effort.

The raps on this are the cringiest shit ever, but if you dont take it to seriously, there is a but of charm to them. I like it the most when they go all in on the rock, as opposed to the strictly hiphop songs. Theres some good stuff here, but it does not blow me away.

Their debut, and a point where they seemed to really straddle rock, rap and hip hop more than they did later (when they released Hello Nasty, say, which was the first album I knew on release). It really works, and this album was good fun from start to finish. One or two songs feel a little too raw, and Girls makes you feel like you're going totally mad, but by and large it was highly enjoyable.

It’s a classic and an esssential listen for any Hip Hop 101. But after a listen it’s noticeable how much better Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head are, both are locked in 5s. Based solely on hindsight and knowing what’s coming next in their catalogue I’m gonna go 3.4

Está bien aun que a veces me da dolor de cabeza.

I know Paul's Boutique is already on this list, but Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty better be as well, because they are all superior to this one, as iconic as this album is.

yep, that's a beastie boys album

The Beach Boys and Beastie Boys were the same band in my head, so imagine my surprise when the album starts The music itself isn’t bad, not my first choice but there were parts I liked I liked how clever some of the lyrics were but themes of the songs and the lyrics were very much not my jam though, lots of misogyny and he drugs a girl in Brass Monkey??

Net geen 4

dumb fun

I really liked the beat and the production, it was catchy enough to gain my attention and kept it, but I’m not sure just yet if it’s something I’d like to listen to more than a few times to get hyped up.

Весела музика, але дуже рокова, на фоні її не послухаєш, можливо прикольно було б її включити в машині (не тоді коли вона їде 140), і може десь типу на пластинці

Closer to a higher 3 low 4 for me, such a fun album. The type of album I forget about, remember, and promptly spend the rest of the day jamming out to. Also first heard Girls in a AMV circa 2010, so.