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solo conocía como buen millenial fight for your rights, no es mi estilo
לא משהו... מעדיף את שב"ק ס'
Embarrassed to say I just couldn't make it through after a couple tries. And I generally like the Beastie Boys. I found this one just a little too grating for whatever reason, but I'm sure in the right context I'd enjoy the heck out of it. Obviously has some classics on it, but altogether was just too much for me. Just gonna give it 4 stars for its historical significance.
Yeah, I like beasty boys and the hip-hop-rock-bass combo
+Instrumental HipHop +I can definetly see the influences on modern music/especially late 90s -same rhythms repeating throughout the album, same vibe all over -lyrically not pleasing Overall, I can see the influence this Album must have had, while at the time stepping outside the norm but on todays standards it is lacking.
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.
CLAAASSIC
Favorite track: Slow Ride
Meg
A little boring?? Eek.
First listen for this album. Several songs are familiar. I enjoy the percussive nature, but this is not really something I would listen to regularly, but hey, it's part of what I heard growing up.
Definitely Beastie boys
1.8/5
Love the beats, Slow and Low is my favorite.
Dude gets kicks out of out shouting into the mic, but not even in an interesting way. Music for people who don't like music. I suspect there's a high degree of nostalgia with this one.
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
I’ve never had the desire really to listen to go out and purposefully listen to the Beastie Boys and listening to this has validated my thinking. Yes it has the classic Fight for your Right but that’s pretty much the only highlight for me and it’s not even their best song in my opinion (that being Sabotage for me)
Not sure if it got better as it went on or if I just got used to it. They certainly sampled Led Zep quite a bit, but the better tracks were when they didn't. The two released tracks were OK, but personally I preferred Morris Minor and the Majors. WIBI? Nah. A 2 from me.
Beavis and Butthead made a record? Who knew! Apart from the classic ‘Fight For Your Right’ and ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn’ (when the rock got cranked up), there’s nothing here for me. A low 2.
I remember this as a 15 year old schoolboy. All the metal heads loved it. I didn't, I thought it sounded more immature than I was. Not a good thing at that time and dismissed them as a joke. Then saw them at the legendary day at the 1992 Reading Festival and thoroughly enjoyed them. Strange how things change. Listening to this now, it sounded better than it did in 1986, maybe a shame I don't listen to lyrics until I get to know songs well, so maybe I'm missing out somewhere? It still sounds immature, in a 'Weezer/Wheatus' sort of way, which only Americans can do, but did like the big heavy guitar samples and their cheeky take on hip hop up to a point. So it gets a mid 2.
Debut album, one of the most influential debut albums of all time. First rap album to hit the Billboard 500, and I think it may still be the top selling rap album of all time. When the Beastie Boys hit the radio in 86-87, they changed music. Fight for Your Right to Party is a GenX anthem. Five enthusiastic stars.
I am not a huge fan, but songs are bangers
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.
Least favorite album from one of my favorite artists. Still, it helped push along hip hop and introduced the genre to popular (white) culture. It's not as vapid as it's reputation, though. There are lyrical gems to be discovered if you're paying attention. The production by Rick Ruben is on point. Provided the same style beats that he provided to real rappers with "street cred" (black). Not bad for a bunch of young punks! They only grew from here!
Honestly, I know this isn’t generally the type of music I enjoy but in the spirit of being open to new things I really sat and listened to this album and did discover a couple of tracks I could see myself hitting play on again in future. I think I’ve identified that melody is an important factor for me when it comes to music so I do struggle with the ‘sameness’ of beat-driven rap. That’s not to diminish whatsoever the talent inherent in being able to string lyrics together to fit those beats, it’s just not my jam. Slow Ride and No Sleep Till Brooklyn were the tracks I enjoyed most.
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.
Beastie boys lätt bästa album
Håll rock och hip hop separerade tack
This was a ton of fun, although at times it feels like being yelled at over music at a party for 45 minutes. Also, "Girls" is unforgivably stupid, but this album doesn't exist to be intellectually stimulating. Or progressive. (Although, sound-wise, it may be ahead of its time.) This is id music. Highlights: Rhymin & Stealin, The New Style, Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn
The OG Brooklyn/Manhattan trio. Classic
Not a fan of this album. 4/10
Yeah!
Hip-hop. Un poco rollo.
This was awful wish I could have put zero stars. Was going to bump it to two stars for the White Castle references but then there was one to many. So now it's back to 1 star.
they sure do make noise really don't like their language about women all of the songs sound the same
Sooooo angry
Knew the entire album!
- too shouty for me personally but fight for your right is still a banger
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
fuck the beastie boys.
4.5
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
The worst thing that ever happened to music
Party!
This album is a banger. It's silly, fun, catchy, and full of nostalgia. Without ever sitting down to listen to the album front to back, the number of songs that I know is impressive.
It's so dumb it's clever. The samples, the beats, the instrumentation are all really well done. Without the production and the infectious energy they put into it this album would be unbearable. As it is it's really fun. Strong 7
Generally just a laugh of an album. The lyrics were haphazard and often shocking; the music followed suit and frankly this was a great dose of energetic, erratic and rocking hip hop.
Reminds me of middle school. Not their best album, but still some fun tracks. Paul Revere is my fave.
not really my thing, the back and forth between them all the time gets tiring
Young jewish New Yorkers yell at me the album. Girls and Fight For Your Right are fun. High 7
Notable Songs: Brass Monkey, Slow Ride
They really enjoyed making this didn't they?
Back in the day, I already knew "Girls" was probably one of the most stupid songs ever penned in the history of music. And it still is today, by all counts. Enough to make the album it's from "essential", in an ironic sort of way??? Well, dumb, tongue-in-cheek (?) fratboy humour notwithstanding, this record is a treat for the ears of anyone interested in hip hop history, both for its music and its wordplay--as "juvenile" as this worplay is sometimes. Or maybe *because* the lyrics are so juvenile somehow... Teenage angst and young adult lust can provide so much sheer energy to an artist, and this in any genre. You'd have to be an old cranky, cantakerous bore NOT to feel that while listening to the album. Of course, being a middle-aged dude in 2023, I also have to be cautious about the ways nostalgia can meddle with your better judgment. So, before listening to this record, I prepped myself to be harsh and uncompromising whenever I would feel like the Beastie Boys were plain ridiculous, just as they were for "Girls". Revisiting *Licensed To Ill*, I indeed expected it to feel so dated and hackneyed to be borderline unlistenable. But on the contrary, this debut still manages to sound fresh somehow, even decades after its release. Most of the little sonic details Rick Rubin provided for the samples and beats are endearing, and the hard rock-inspired hits are the stuff of legend, obviously. There's that iconic drum part sampled from Led Zeppelin in the very first seconds of the album. And the one-two punch of "Fight For Your Right To Party" followed by "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" right in the middle of the record is an unforgettable moment in the history of popular music. It's one that the charts of 1986 didn't miss, by the way. Not that the charts are always right... But for an up-and-coming style such as eighties hip hop, you have to take into account such watershed moments. Oh, there's one last elephant in the room we need to address here. Being three white jews originally playing in a Brooklyn hardcore-punk outfit, the Beastie Boys couldn't be *automatically* exempt from accusations of "cultural appropriation" when they used rap to hit those same charts. But their example is actually a great one to prove that exaggerated stances on such issues should be taken with a grain of salt. We're dealing with a grey area here, of course, but I'd say it's mostly light grey. a) MCA, Adrock and Mike D popularized hip hop for young white audiences at the time, and so helped countless black artists make a living afterwards (far more than Elvis's success helped black rockers sell records). b) On a purely "artistic" viewpoint, Rick Rubin and the Beasties did not only steal from African American culture, they also gave back their own ideas to it. "Slow And Low" is a groundbreaking cut, for instance--foretelling the many ways in which the bpms in rap instrumentals would slow down for many hits in said genre in the years to come. To put it in a nutshell, *Licensed To Ill* is not a "perfect" album by any means, yet it's still a cultural milestone. The Beastie Boys would actually release a true hip hop masterpiece with *Paul's Boutique* a few years later, plus two more albums set in a full-blown crossover mode that are for the ages as well (*Check Your Head* and *Ill Communications*). Even *Hello Nasty* is probably a superior effort than this debut. Yet without the latter, music history could have turned out radically different than the way it did. And that's enough to make *Licensed To Ill* an "essential" addition to this list. 4.5/5 for the purposes of said list (rounded up to 5). Which translates to a 9.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 353 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 295 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 155 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 206
I know this is considered a classic, and majorly influential, etc. But to me, it really hasn't aged well. Several of the songs come off like bad jokes that run way too long (for ex Paul Revere) and many have cringe inducing immature lyrics. There are a couple of greats on here though, like Fight For Your Right, No Sleep til Brooklyn and Brass Monkey. I'm deducting a full star here for "Girls", for reasons which I hope are obvious.
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. 🐒🐒🐒
Not my favorite Beastie Boys, but fun!
There are beasts in this world and there are boys.
can't stand this shout rap
I will always love them and this is a classic!!!
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.
I think No Sleep Till Brooklyn is the only track on this album I really like. Most of the others are a bit cringey teenage bravado.
Classic old school album, can listen to this over and over !
actually funny and entertaining, people who don't like this don't like enjoying stuff
Definitely early rap, there is a strong beat that is consistent across all their songs. But most of their songs sound the same.
I dismissed this when it came out because it was "rap", but I have gotten into how good the Boys were in following years. Great album!
one of my favorite albums in middle school, was fun to revisit it!!
Some catchy songs and of course No Sleep Til Brooklyn but other than that its just a bunch of white boys trying to be black
This is one of my favorite rap albums. I had this album when I was probably too young to have this album and will always love it.
Iconic and goated album. Another easy 5.
Its decent, not groundbreaking or anything. Very mellow rock in my opinion
Not my thing
questionable lyrics
I appreciate the album more when I remember it was 1986 and hip hop was still finding its way
Better than expected 4/5
Yeaaaah
Helt ok, eller slutten var egt ganske nice
Is it the greatest album of all time? No. It's got some dated beats and simple lyrics, but it's fun as hell and features hit after hit. A personal favorite from way before I started this, and an easy 5/5.
Was not remotely in the mood for this today. Nasilly voice was unpleasant early in the morning I enjoyed it more a few years ago I'm going 2/5
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.
love it
I wasn't really into TBB back in the day but over the years. I've really grown to like them. This album is pretty fucking dope!
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.
not for me
The Bestie Boys make me want beat my unborn children. The background music reminded me of playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle games. “Girls” is super well known but I did think it was a joke. “Fight For Your Right”, “Till Brooklyn”, & “Brass Monkey” are big hits and catchy but that doesn’t mean they’re goooooood. They do get an extra point from me just because some of these songs are so well known and I do YELL the lyrics when I hear them. 4/10
If someone asked me what a bunch of middle class white kids from the suburbs would sound like if they started a rap group after their parents told them to follow their dreams, this is it. This man just said “the girlies I like are underage”. This is not good. This group is really awful sounding. However I see the age group they were targeting with this music. I’m not into high school and college parties anymore. That’s where I would imagine this being played. But… I would be embarrassed to share this music with another culture even though it screams American music. In addition to the lyrics being trash, the beats could be used as a method of torture played for hours to get prisoners to confess war crimes. The melody from “Girls” makes me feel like I’m going insane. I really felt I was at a talent show for 12 year olds with how lame this music was. You have to be intoxicated to find this enjoyable. I cannot recommend it to anyone. It’s albums like these that make me regret agreeing to do this challenge. I know how popular this album is amongst most everyone else, I just don’t know how. 1/10
Classic in my house growing up, my brother and I know the lyrics to almost every single song on this album growing up. 8/10
Judging this as music, it’s not. Judging this as a really long meme, it’s a masterpiece. If I wanted to be yelled at by white boys, I would just hop into The Chunts discord. This awakened memories of my mother listening to this album and child me instantly leaving the room to not have to endure it anymore. I guess I forgot that I absolutely hate the Beastiality Boys. If you want to give yourself a headache this is probably the best and fastest way to do so. 2/10 Music (One point for Brass Monkey) 10/10 Joke
no
i really don't want to hate this but i hate the Beastie Boys but this is what white boy angst rap should sound like forever. Rhymin & Stealin - :| (Fish-eye lens by Strongbad is literally a beastie boys parody. holy shit that is so funny. 2/5 this is so slow please bring energy that isn't just yelling from the back of a room at a microphone) The New Style - DJ KHALID?? it's very early 90s rap. I have never not ever decided to rap/ take that skill from me? nah that's cap. Homie I'm here to stay/ Can't make me go away (WAY)! oh man i was gonna do a bit to prove that it's not hard to be a beastie boy but then i read the lyrics. Due to previous albums this is getting a one and I will not be finishing it.
Licensed to Ill straight up punches you with the distinctive sounds and rapping of the Beastie Boys. You almost can't help but at the very least bop your head to the sounds. This has become a classic for a reason, and the Beastie Boys really know how to partayyy! Best: Fight For Your Right Worst: She's Crafty 3.5 Stars
Love it. Very fun album
Whenever I come back to this album I expect it to sound old or something only 20 year old me would like but it holds up so damn well. Whatever magic Rick Rubin puts into 3 jewish kids screaming absurd lyrics over a drum machine and guitar samples still fucking works somehow. Rounding down from 4.4
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
4.4
Hab bisher noch nie Beastie Boys gehört, könnt ihr das glauben?! War witzig, hab auf play gedrückt und sofort kam Valentin, mein Freund, um die Ecke gerannt, headbanging, laut mitsingend. Hat Bestie Boys scheinbar mit 14 immer gehört. Oldschool hört sich immer etwas an, als wär's verkleideter Punk. Mit Ausnahme von einigen weniger bum-bazigen Highlights wie Girls fand ich das Album recht anstrengend, weil sehr repetitiv (und auch ein bisschen, weil ich es nicht hinkriege, über die Lyrics hinwegzuschauen).
Biestige biester lessgoo Cover so schöö + Er luegt columbo "Girls" het chli en youtube kids type beat. "Fight for your right" isch en banger, i wünscht i wär en frat boy ide 80er. "Paul revere" loht eifach mol de ganz beat hinderschi laufe. Bevor die das au rückwärts singed bini nöd beidruckt. Fonki Monki. Lut, schöni Mischig vo Rap und mengmol geile Gitarre.
scho hert old school aber hässige rap isch geil. s led zeppelin sample im erste song isch cool aber find drum machines passed besser. sie sind huere new york und huere funny. sie hend no de früene hip hop nöd wüsse wenn schnuufe type flow. Posse in Effect het en freaky beat recht cool. sie mached eig nie meh als 4 bars am stuck pro person. Slow ride > low rider sample. goht dumm. beats mega rick rubin the reductionist. haha girls wa chunt etz. ok mega funny song, bambambam funny. sie nemed sich nöd ernst dasch hüt selte im hiphop. ok you gotta fight slappt. hobla giti solo. no sleep till brooklyn besti hook bis etz. BRASS MONKEY DAT FUNKY MUNKY. geils album
alte sie hend eifach scranton the electric city kopiert??? perfekts album für am morge LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT *808* "If I played guitar, I'd be Jimmy Page The girlies I like are underage (Shh! Check it)" GUEeeeeet 2:00 bi slow ride mega harddd girls mega dumms lied hahahahahahhaha oh lyrics devo au super ._. isches na hiphop, wennd kei fraue abegmacht hesch? I guess sie hend sich wenigstens entschuldigt und hend sich anschinend (spöter?) für frauerecht ihgsetzt aber jaaaaaaa Paul Revere isch jz s erste lied wo mich nöd so packt het, au wenn de beat intressant isch OK NEVERMIND sie hend s tape anschinend umkehrt und drum sind 808's verchehrt???? mit dem kontext findis recht sick de 808 gad dumm mit bassboost, han nöd gwüsst, dassmer de so früeh so dominant ihgsetzt het, allgemein mite höche hi-hats und snare iwie chli vorriter vom trap?? nüt mitem album z tue aber ihri punk lieder funny 4/5 mega funny und geils album, d samples passed, ihre Gsang/mengisch fast scho shouts sind sick und es macht eifach spass. ah und hani schomal de ❽⓿❽ erwähnt?
Está bien aun que a veces me da dolor de cabeza.
It's hard and fun and obviously there's fight for your right. maybe a little bit too long? Really good album.
So fun. The hooks are top notch, great to rap/yell along with the chorus. The beats are funky. Love it.
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.
Great album overall with some fantastic hits.
4.5/5 Wtf this is fire? Best track: Rhymin' and Stealin'
Perus beastie boys.. 2 star.. kuitenkin... debut... aika uskomaton 86 vuoden soitannaksi.. + 1 tähti.... kuitenkin... paulin putiikille annoin 2 star.. tämä paskempi.. -1 tähti seka blondi elokuvasta matkittu nimi... Plus ei ole "I was makin' record when you were suckin' your mother's dick" lineä...
enjoyed this album sonically more than i thought i would given how abrasive their combined vocal style is. but i really liked the way it sounded, i liked the way they used samples, and i appreciated the dynamics that were worked into it. i like an album that saves the singles until the back half.
yep, that's a beastie boys album
Honestly better than I was expecting. I like how they didn't take themselves too seriously. I was familiar with more of the songs than I realized by looking through the tracklist. I could've done without a lot of the misogynist and homophobic lyrics, but I have heard that they have since apologized for many of them, so I guess that helps.
was so mad to be listening to this bc i did not have this energy today, however, some of the lowlights were so bad that i was actually relieved to hear "Brass Monkey" by the time it rolled around, a song which i am on the record as despising However, I will be repurposing "She's Crafty" for my indie movie about the cutthroat tribal politics of fiber and knitting conventions. One slowmo pan through a crowd of white haired 70yos in matching sweaters? absolutely anyway. 1.5
my max beastie boys content is one song a day thank you
These guys really like White Castle huh Jokes aside, this one was really interesting. I started out excited because I knew that I enjoyed a lot of songs from it, but partway through The New Style I think my brain snapped into listening to the lyrics and I wondered: what on earth must this sound like to people listening for the first time in the 2000s? When they're rapping (repeatedly, across many songs) about pulling out a jammy, it's honestly laughable. And in some ways I'm sure it's supposed to be, but in others I'm skeptical. I think it's full of bangers I've known forever, but I also think that at this point it might read as dorky and opaque new listeners.
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??
So original!
Amazing album. All that there needs to be said.
Net geen 4
dumb fun
Classic bboys
i mean, these dudes were the shit
“Some voices got treble, some voices got bass/ we got the kind of voices that are in your face.” The Beastie Boys are one of those rare bands that seem to be their own genre. Though they straddle the line between hip hop and punk, what’s true is that no one else sounds like the Beastie Boys. At least not without sounding like they’re “doing” the Beastie Boys. The production is sparse, leaving plenty of room for their particular brand of rap. And they really sound like the no-goodniks they claim they are. This album is immediate, goofy, defiant, and makes you want to smash a beer bottle over your head and rip your shirt off while howling at the moon.
Legendary album. 'Nuff said.
One of the best albums of the 80s. Beastie Boys were masters of blending rock & rap with a punk sensibility. A high energy & nostalgic listen - easy 5 stars.
Dan was so happy.
Oof those voices. No thanks.
Instantly I can see the thread connecting this album and the influence of the Beastie Boys with hip hop and rap from the 90s-present: before even checking, I could tell Rick Ruben produced this. Additionally, there's a level of comedy within the lyrics and the boy's voices that, coupled with their consistent flows and consistently obnoxious vocals, mostly work to their advantage (although I did find the album to be grating at times), shaping a strong character for the group on their debut. Love the amount (and variety) of samples and the use of electric guitar on the tracks; the atmosphere is incredibly youthful and almost proto-grunge in a way, and creates a strong image of a rock n roll slam poetry event (think Staten Island Patti Smith mixed with the The Clash); there is a distinct level of whiteness present, and it shows itself in the simplicity of their groove and flows, and some of their more shallow lyrics; quite long for a debut, but with a characteristic goofiness, I found more enjoyment here than I anticipated; I would be remiss to not mention the album cover as well, which is certifiably dope, AND opening for Madonna on The Virgin Tour- THAT'S puss. Standouts: Rhymin & Stealin, She's Crafty, Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Slow and Low
I grew up with them, and now I finally listened to their first album. It is quite good.
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.
Обожаю истсайд за эмовайоленс и Beastie Boys
Dated. Sounds like Hip Hop that was informed by Run DMC and bad guitar music.
A fun re-visit after decades. Besides the hit singles this album and the Beastie Boys repelled me at the time in my adolescence (11-15). I was wowed by the time Ill Communication came out and held them in high esteem for playing their own instruments making funk. This debut is dreadfully puerile talking about parties, girls, sex and comedy gangsters, but the humour is fun and the mix of classic rock, punk and hip hop is excellent. Still don’t like their shouty style, but this is quite a delight.
Not my style. Certainly a very important album for musical development, but not comfortable or exciting to listen to, personally.
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.
WE LOVE U SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BEASTIE BOYS! currently on track 2 and i am actually going to listen to the whole album in the spirit of the thing and also bc it fucking slaps but like. 5 stars immediately be serious
goofy as hell. classic shit
fun fun FUN!!!!!!! bts should totally plagiarize this album. 3J need a no sleep till brooklyn or rhymin & stealin type of song. speaking of rhymin & stealin, now that’s how you open an album!
this being a lowkey concept album (maybe a better term is caricature album) is doing a lot of heavy lifting to get them out of "the girls i like are underage." lol. still undeniably full of classic bangers, very strong for a debut album. when will this website let me give half stars!!! 3.5!!!! faves: no sleep till brooklyn, posse in effect, slow and low (but slow and low, hold it now hit it, and time to get ill kind of all sound like the same song to me)
“Dudes rock”, the album. A lower 4 stars for me, but it got pushed over because it’s from 1986 and I did enjoy it :) go white boys go white boys etc. A lot of songs and moments here I really enjoyed aside from the three songs I already knew! Really great: Brass Monkey (already knew it v well but it’s sooooo fucking good), Rhymin and Stealin (cute lyrics!! Love the led zeppelin sample for an opener), The New Style, She’s Crafty (speaking of Led Zeppelin samples!), and Girls Very good: Time to Get lll, Paul Revere, Hold It Now Hit It, Posse in Effect To be honest I enjoyed every song on here. Repetitive and sometimes awkward, yes, but the three of them have a real charisma in their delivery, plus some unexpectedly fun sampling moments! Me talking about [redacted (pre-boycott)] vs Kanye rapping about his car accident vs the Beastie Boys rapping about White Castle
Hardest playlist I’ve heard, and on the first day of this generator.
Shouty, innocent angry. All songs sound same.
Samples are A+ Rhyme a verse with Abe Vigoda Appropriation, misogyny and/or satire? Time points to the latter, but am I just blinded by nostalgia?
Great production on this album, crazy it from 1986. Doing beat switches before anyone else.
Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: Solid but not groundbreaking Favourite song: Track 7 - Fight For Your Right
I didn't mind this: at times it was a little shouty but I don't think the Beastie Boys are that bad. I found they had a solid flow and enjoyed some of the beats. At times the noise was a bit to much, felt a little like the "Walk this way" scene in The Smurfs, but I can see myself coming back to this and enjoying it.
Pass
Beastie boys are definitely a vibe, but I like more melody in my music. Girls is a great song though, so that'll earn this album 3 stars.
Here we are at the birth of rap, the ultimate black American art form of this period, and we're listening to three white boys rap about partying.
Exactly what I expected the Beastie boys to sound like.
Classics that get your blood pumping and makes you want to be angry at someone
Some fond memories growing up with some of the songs but the music is extremely basic, production is poor, and they're basically just yelling the whole time. Not sure enjoyable anymore.
Beastie Boys never disappoints
meh. its ok but i dont think i'll return.
Star ratings suck
Pretty good
Its just okay.
Mostro
Nostalgi. Rick Rubin hörs. Intressant hur det hörs att senare band som Refused och RATM måste inspirerats av detta.
Groundbreaking.
Solid 3. Love the playfully lyrics and delivery with a few classics.
Not something I would willingly listen to but iconic
Top 3: #11 Brass Monkey #7 Fight for your Right #13 Time to get Ill
Isso é muito ruim.
Classic.
A forceful and assured debut that out rocks it's source material.
Ich mag die pace voll vor allem wenn man dabei geht aber wird auch recht schnell stressig und ist halt ähnlich alles. Aber bin bis nostalgisch geworden hat Spaß gemacht
Classic. Yes it's dated. Yes it gets a 5.
I like the idea of ' Fight for your right to party' - those were the days 😂 Also, I played it out loud in the office for a couple of secs as my headphones had disconnected! Crazy, silly, 80s mens.
It's the beasties worst record, the rhymes are cheesy the drum machine is simply dreadful, quite a lot of it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever unless you were in their direct friend group. Is it real, is it a parody? Does anyone give a damn? They don't that's for sure! They quit doing this pretty soon after it was released and it cost them a fortune to not do this any more and what they did instead was so much better, but despite that... It's brilliant; There's some cracking lines even if you don't understand them. "No Sleep" may not have invented RapRock but it nailed it so hard everyone forgot the Chilli's and RUN DMC for a short while. Stupid, refreshing, funny, rocking, busting. Ace.
It grew on me after repeated listens. I'd previously only delved into the Beastie Boys as far back as Ill Communication, and those extra few years of maturity and production values really help. This early work almost feels like a parody of itself... you couldn't fit a sheet of paper between the actual Beastie Boys and the white-man-rap parody group Morris Minor and the Majors, for example. But it still has some real bangers on it - Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn, for example.
lol
A classic.
My judgement is skewed on this one due to nostalgia. Banger. 100 out of 10. I listen to it from start to finish probably twice a year? It's just good, dumb fun. I enjoy music that's story telling, and all of these are telling stories about party life and being young shitheads, unapologetically.
I've never quite gotten the appeal of the Beastie Boys. After listening to Licensed to Ill all the way through, I...still don't get the appeal. But then I have listened to this album all the way through before. It's interesting, amusing, and am glad to listen to it as a cultural thing, but it's just not that interesting, musically, intellectually, or any other way.
4 and 3 and 2 and 1! Call me Dave Grohl because I can't remember being more nostalgic for music video-era mtv first thing in the morning in a while. I don't know if I'd like it as much without it though. Rating 3.4 rounded down to 3 stars.
Some of these lyrics didn't age well. That being said, this album is brilliant. Their punk roots are evident. Their sound is iconic. This was my first time listening to this album and I wish I did it sooner.
This really brought me back in good ways and bad to what I loved and hated about 80s rap and hip hop. Still it’s a funny, knowingly juvenile and clever album with an ingenious mix of genre sampling.
Waa c'est pas bien, ça a mal vielli, le less is more de rick rubin fait mal quand la production est si peu travaillée en terme de sound design, les vieux sons ont trop mal vielli, le rap aussi malheureusement. Les albums qui suivent sont bien meilleurs pour sûr
7/10, not my favorite BB at all but groundbreaking and essential
Was legit not sure I'd be into listening to a whole album of the Beastie Boys, but it lured me in - by the time "Girls" played I was bopping along, and was straight up dancing in front of my dog to "Brass Monkey". Lots of familiar tunes from middle and high school days, when my brother Jesse would sing verses from this album on repeat. Definitely an album to party to while flipping off the older generation.
Love the energy and the instrumentals. Lyrics can be a little corny and haven’t always aged well.
liked No Sleep till Brooklyn and she's crafty
Perfection.
Erste Songs voll unbekannt und dann ein Hit nach dem anderen !
Got a few bangers on this one, the rest I could take or leave.
This one holds a special place in my heart. This is the first cassette I bought with my own money. 5 stars, no notes
It’s shocking to me how much I like this album. I should not like this, but against all odds, I enjoyed it the whole way through. The album is just so fun. From the beginning right until the end, it just has so much energy, even on songs that I didn’t quite like as much (Brass Monkey). This is the kind of thing I was hoping for on this 1001 albums journey. An album that I would have almost never listened to, that surprises me with just how good it really is. Might have to check out some more Beastie Boys pretty soon. And obviously, No Sleep Till Brooklyn is my favourite. That’s THE Beastie Boys song. 9/10 Top 5: 1. No Sleep Till Brooklyn 2. Fight For Your Right 3. Rhymin & Stealin 4. Slow Ride 5. The New Style
Not for me. I’m old school. I like music with a melody
Some good ones, but not my favorite album from them.
I like all the led zeppelin sounds they used
I've never really listened to the Beastie Boys beyond the singles, except for Hello Nasty (I was 13 when it was released and my older, cooler sister got me into it). To me, this album is very sonically similar, but there are some bangers on here for sure. Favourite tracks: She's Crafty, Girls (that dope keyboard tone), No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Brass Monkey.
Couple of nice banger songs, mostly kinda meh.
Classic
LISTENED GOOD
Their choice of samples lift the whole effort.
Love the beastie boyz
It's the one produced by Rick Rubin
Echt wel een goed album, bizar ook dat dit 1986 is. Toch twijfel ik of ik het zelf voor mn plezier zou opzetten, daarom geen 5 sterren.
simply amazing
A classic album but hard to return to.
Great album. Paul Revere is the epitome of the Beastie Boys. Fun storytelling, rhyming, and more await you on this gem.
Richtig satter Oldschool-Sound, der besonders beim Opener Rhymin & Stealin. Leider wirkt die erste Hälfte des Albums am Ende zu bemüht, bis die E-Gitarren bei Fight for your Right und No Sleep Till Brooklyn die beiden besten Songs des Albums rocken.
Un disco sumamente relevante en tanto a lo que representa en la industria del Hiphop, sin embargo, es bastante repetitivo y envejeció bastante mal. Todas las canciones suenan como el soundtrack de una película universitaria estadounidense.
A fun album
I’m really shocked, because this is my third Beastie Boys album, and I’m not even 100 days into the generator yet. Paul’s Boutique was great, but they’ve gotten progressively worse from there.
Licensed to Ill is great mix of rap and punkrock with an entertaining sense of humor. Their introduction in their music video Fight For Your Right sums up the band pretty well: Screaming like lunatics while smacking a dildo against their head. Ad Rock's high nasally voice always makes me laugh with whatever incredibly juvenile lyrics they are rapping about. Rhyming and Stealing is a great opening track with a fusion of their styles. Girls still feels surprising modern despite being almost 40 years old. The music videos for Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn are up there with the best. More music videos need pie fights and giant bags with dollar signs.
I liked: Fight For Your Right No Sleep Till Brooklyn Paul Revere Brass Monkey I like their beats but overall I am not a fan of their voices and rhyming patterns. Maybe it gets better in later albums but this is based solely on the album.
Feels a bit similar throughout but the high energy keeps you pumped for each song.
Licensed to Ill is great mix of rap and punkrock with an entertaining sense of humor. Their introduction in their music video Fight For Your Right sums up the band pretty well: Screaming like lunatics while smacking a dildo against their head. Ad Rock's high nasally voice always makes me laugh with whatever incredibly juvenile lyrics they are rapping about. Rhyming and Stealing is a great opening track with a fusion of their styles. Girls still feels surprising modern despite being almost 40 years old. The music videos for Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn are up there with the best. More music videos need pie fights and giant bags with dollar signs.
I'm predisposed against this album. I've never really enjoyed this era of hip hop and found the style to be corny at best since I didn't grow up with it. I was surprised by how enjoyable I found this album. The second half seemed stronger with a better variety and more experimental beats than the prior. Humerous lyrics. I think the album has aged pretty well despite being a bit of a time capsule. I find it enjoyable in the context of an album but nothing is getting added to my favorites playlist.
Slightly chaotic, kind of all over the place but still some good sounds and lyrics sprinkled in
Always good to listen to this lot. It's scratchy and the production is sparse. It feels so different from what came later. Classic moments that lit me up throughout. Mmmm...drop!
Some great NYC rap. This has possibly most of their biggest hits so definitely the best of their albums.
Not as good as Paul's Boutique but probably the Boy's second best
it is so aged. some songs go hard but the sound is so aged that most of the album is unenjoyable
Original style, classic sounds
Guf
I like a lot of Beastie Boys tracks, but damn man, so much of this is just irritating and repetitive. Some of the samples and beats are good. Fight For Your Right is a classic and I love it. No Sleep Till Brooklyn is good. 2.5 rounded up.
algumas coisas soam datadas e outras soam como classicos atemporais??
Overall, Licensed To Ill was a very mixed bag for me, There were some songs that sounded very good and the rapping was pretty cool but on the other hand some songs could get really annoying due to some of the musical choices. I mostly liked the songs that had more rock elements but some of the simple rap songs weren't bad either. It is not a perfect album by any means but I feel the good outweighs the bad Best Song: No Sleep Till Brooklyn Worst Song: Girls
Kova!
Timanttia alusta loppuun.
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Classic 4 a reason
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Rhymin and stealin, Slow ride, Girls, Fight for your right, No sleep till Brooklyn, Paul revere, Time to get ill
Glad it was on the list but will probably never Lito it again. Do they use the same beat for every rap?
No :D
Yes cool
I remember a point in high school where the punks and metalheads mentioned how much they like the Beastie Boys. I went to listen to them after this and thought, “Why?” I definitely went into them expecting something else at the time so wouldn’t have been a bit biased. Let’s listen with fresh ears today! Songs I already knew: (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) Favourites: (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party), No Sleep Til Brooklyn First of all, that’s the most ridiculous use of brackets in a track name that I’ve ever seen. With that out of the way, I did quite enjoy this. As a teen, I felt they were just a rap group, but I can definitely recognise the angst odd punky elements now (I’m honestly not sure how I missed that as a kid). The album didn’t blow me away, but I definitely did find it to be good fun. Not sure if I’ll be listening again, but I enjoyed it today.
This album was a part of my 20's Brass Monkey is the nastiest tasting drink.
Didn't listen to all of it as I wasn't really enjoying it. I did like No Sleep Til Brooklyn but I already knew the song going in
I wasn't expecting to start the 1001 albums off with some Beastie Boys but this was a great album to listen to before work. A lot of classic Beastie Boys tracks on here, great energy!
Listening to this after 30 years it still holds up.
This is by far their worst album. It's also their most important one. I loved it when it was new and I was 10, but it didn't age well. The flow is very unnatural. The samples are very short loops and a lot of the time it's just a drum machine with rapping. Favorite song: no sleep til brooklyn.
One wonders what the kids today make of this? Would they like it? Get the jokes? The contemporary fan base likely overlaps with that of Beavis and Butthead, JackAss and other such crown jewels of our cultural inheritance. Sure, it's fun and entertaining, but also embarrassing – and very well should be, hugely so in fact, for those who listened unironically then or does so now (those numbers are probably much higher than the Beasties would like to know). For all the fun (Zeppelin and CCR hooks, Abe Vigoda name drops), the whole thing is so massively derivative, almost every beat, to more than justify the accusations of cultural appropriation. Somehow, they were just clever enough to make it different enough to appeal to knuckleheads who didn't know much (maybe any) better. Still, the quick wittedness and entitled 'tude don't quite make up for the fact that they received far more critical acclaim and commercial success than they deserved.
Good dumb fun, very juvenile and tongue in cheek (presumably) - can't think I'll ever want to listen to again
Followed by a masterpiece
The first-ever documented proof that white boys CAN rap. While future Beastie Boys releases would be a better show of quality overall, this debut breakout is undeniable. The balance between the heaviness of metal and the bravado of hip-hop made for a bold statement during hip-hop's awkward years.
Uplifting goofy aggression on a bad day.
Loved this album back when my brother introduced me to them but the rapping style does get a little repetitive for a whole album listen. Great instrumentals.
I bought a secondhand copy of Licenced to Ill, it was my first time in Red Eye Records during my first expedition through Sydney as an adult. I loved this album. The beats hold up, the cow bell makes me smile. However the lyrics haven't really stood the test of time. Gave this one a double listen.
As someonewith zero nostalgia for the Beastie Boys, I would have been happy with just the single.
Solid album. Bra energi
Hard to believe this album came out in 1986. It was a joltingly fresh slap in the face to most of the saccharine pop drivel that played out on MTV at the time and hasn't lost a bit of its chops to this day. Now, excuse me while I go fight for my right to party.
Fight For Your Right is so much fun, from "Kick it" onwards. Several other great tracks on this, but the Beastie Boys would go on to better it by quite a bit.
absolutely unbearable
Tough to listen to unless I’m in the gym. I appreciate its importance.
It was okay
manchmal anstrengend, aber grundsätzlich mega nice
Sounds exactly what (I think) it was, some mates making an album of the favourite genre. Pretty fun listen but nothing I’ll revisit.
When they broke out of the usual 80s rap structure I thought they sounded great but a lot of this was quite straightforward rhyming pairs. Still the best Jewish origin hip hop I've ever heard.
Not generally a big fan of the Beastie's, but for my tastes I prefer this debut album which still has a punk energy that straddles the line of rock and rap. The songs are cringy at times, but what rap albums aren't? At the time, it was unique and somewhat barrier breaking. It's entertaining, creative and the beats are mighty fine and you can't deny, Fight For Your Right is a great song to introduce the band to the mainstream. Still my favourite Beastie's moment!
Awesome album. I can listen to this straight through and on repeat.
Didn’t love this but I really respect them for the song about girls. Also no sleep till Brooklyn always goes hard
a little annoying
Some fun tracks, but overall a bit juvenile for my tastes.
Always 5 stars.
I've never got rap - to me all the tracks sound the same. Apart from their hit "Fight For Your Right", I don't see much to commend in this album. Some of the tracks sound like they could be Weird Al Yankovic parodies.
overrated
Classic album!
enjoyed it alot. love the rock and hip hop elements. ist a 3.5 for me
Hard to separate the nostalgic value with the musical value on this one but this was a ton of fun all the way through. Very inventive rhymes and mixing of rock and rap. A really good time if you don't take the lyrics too seriously.
I feel like a grumpy old man but I didn't like this very much. 'Fight for you Right' is definitely a classic, but other than that I didn't really enjoy any of the tracks. I think it's the same problem that I have with the old Run DMC albums, it just sounds so synthetic and "basic" with just the drum machines and some sampled stuff. While their rap style can be cool and work well in some songs, it can also become very monotonous and "toneless" over a few songs.
3 white guys rapping to rock beats sounds like my nightmare. But from the intro drums sampled from Led Zeppelini was hooked. Beastie Boys have a humorous undertone to their songs that I really dig. I also liked how they sampled Zeppelin and then dissed Robert Plant in the next track. Sure the rap isn't as technical as some of their peers but they make it up in clever wordplay and raw energy.
Beasties were an all time great band. This was their first but def not their best album
Heard before: yes I came to love the Beasties, but this one still reminds me of all the assholes who took punk as an excuse for a frat party. Still, I listened again. It’s not as funny as it thinks it is, just a lot of playground rhymes, snotty attitude and juvenalia. (I make that sound like a bad thing!) I get the energy, I get the appeal to the lizard brain, this is a pass for me dawg. Top tracks: No Sleep Til Brooklyn, The New Style, Rhymin and Stealin
Again not my genre..
3/5
Not my thing. Objectively great
Ég hugsa til litlu unglings-Ásdísar sem var hædd fyrir að fíla þetta á sínum tíma. Minn innri rebel fékk á nærast á þessari tónlist.
extravagant, rebellious, funny, fresh
These guys are the original "rock-rap" group. Sometimes their style of yell-rapping is hype and I'm really into it, other times it's really grating and I want nothing more than to turn it off. These guys still fall into the 80's "hippity-hop" flow, but it isn't as noticeable because of the way they perform and trade words in verses. This is an alright album and they are pioneers for the genre, but I got tired of their style pretty early on. This is good but not a 4. I'm feeling strong to decent 3/5 You can tell the person who made this list is one of those "I only like old school rap" type people because most of the hip hop albums have been from before 1993 which is crazy.
One of my favourite albums by my favourite group
an fun album for sure. a handful of these tracks are iconic for good reason. that being said, outside of that handful, there's not a lot that i feel is incredible. not bad! just not the upper echelon. obviously a lot of the production of this album sounds like raising hell from run-dmc, and i find myself mentally making that comparison, and i feel like i appreciate run-dmc's flow better. idk there's just something about the party boy rap style that i just can't get past. also boy there are a few references that do not hold up in a modern context and feel pretty immature. still i thought it was a fun listen! favorite song(s): rhymin and stealin girls fight for your right slow and low
it’s fucking retarded of course but what are you gonna do? it’s not like they were trying to make something different
the best i think rap-rock can get. another genre i'm predisposed to hate but i enjoyed it more than i thought i would, the energy was contagious on every song and they all stood out besides one or two. hard for me to give this a great rating though. just can't be obsessed with the genre Rating - 6.0 Favs - Rhymin and Stealin - Girls - Slow Ride
- Listened to this before - Find it quite hard to rate this, I'd imagine if I heard it in the 80s I'd have loved it but it's aged quite badly - Some tracks still hold up and it's clearly very influential and worthy of making this list - Fav songs: Brass Monkey, Paul Revere, Fight for Your Right
Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys is a trailblazing album that brought hip-hop to new heights. Released in 1986, it melds rap with rock influences, delivering tracks like "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" and "Fight for Your Right." The trio's energy is infectious, and their brash lyrics and rebellious attitude define the era. The album's production is bold and innovative, merging samples and beats seamlessly. While it's celebrated for its impact, some lyrics have drawn criticism for their sexism and immaturity. Nevertheless, Licensed to Ill is a cultural touchstone that pushed genre boundaries, etching Beastie Boys' name in music history as pioneers of a new sound.
The B side rocks. I think the beastie boys are cool? But I still haven’t made up my mind. Academically, I understand that the Beastie Boys are largely satire, but I still have a hard time emotionally feeling the jest of the album. Maybe really good satire reads as sincerity?
this really hasnt aged particularly well sonically. the hits are still good but the rest of it really isnt. also, the combination of rock and rap has rarely ever been anything but bad, and this serves for a reminder of that. there are some interesting lyrics but i can’t get past how bad the flows are. why did people ever listen to the beastie boys over nwa et al?
This is the second studio album by Beastie Boys that I've reviewed on this album generator. Right out of the gate, Rhymin & Stealin samples Black Sabbath's Sweet Leaf as well as Led Zeppelin's When the Levee Breaks. The ability to mix heavy metal with hip hop beats and lyrics shows insane talent!! Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn are both absolute bangers! This album is so legendary! Overall, a fantastic album today. I will absolutely listen again. Favourite songs: Fight For Your Right, No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Rhymin & Stealin, She's Crafty, Posse in Effect, Slow Ride, "Hold It Now, Hit It", Slow and Low, Time to Get Ill Least favourite songs: The New Style, Brass Monkey 5/5
I like Beastie Boys a lot, although this isn’t my favorite of their albums.
Album #: 231 first impressions: *groan* after listening through: i get why this is on here. without the beastie boys yelling at us, how would we have known that white people were also interested in hip hop in the 80's? without the beastie boys we wouldn't have Eminem, Sublime, or Mac Miller or *checks notes* Fred Durst? post-reading reviews/wiki: not at all surprised this is such a controversial album. to me it listens like a "you just had to be there." I'm a mid-millennial and I remember hearing the singles (Fight for Your Right, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Brass Monkey, Girls) on the alternative radio station growing up and...even then I was like "this is music for frat boys," / period piece soundtracks and not for me. recommended for: Boomer Dad's trying to be cool. Gen Z/Alpha trying to understand why there was such limited interest in hip hop not made by Black people in the 90's & 00's.
thumbs up
Hey what the fuck, I never put together that "Brass Monkey" was from these guys. Beastie Boys are fun, kind of feel like a joke band a lot of the time, but they're clearly in on the bit
Not the Beastie Boys’ best effort but it was still quite fun Of course a lot of the lyrics have aged like milk but you just have to accept that this was the 80s and times were different Still a very influential release for Hip-Hop Favourite tracks: Rhymin’ & Stealin’, The New Style, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Paul Revere
A classic! Man did I love this album when I was in high school. Now I appreciate their sampling and style
The generator experience hasn’t exactly turned me into a Beastie Boys mega-fan - I’ve been a bit underwhelmed with the albums I’ve sampled so far. Turns out though that it’s their earlier, cruder, guitar-heavy work that still appeals to me the most. This is good, silly, fun, especially the run of tracks in the middle (I didn’t realise that Lizzo’s track ‘Girls’ was built on a Beastie Boys sample). I also suspect that behind the juvenile facade it’s quite sophisticated in the way it’s put together, both in terms of the rock music samples and the interlocking vocals. Admittedly, at times I wonder if it’s actually intensely irritating and completely devoid of substance… But there’s something about these loveable scamps that I can’t stay mad at. 3.5
Disappointing. I'm familiar with later Beasties material but hadn't listened to this. I knew Fight for your right and was expecting a broader approach but...yeah, a lot of this is trash. Admittedly it has some charm in the puerility of the lyrics and the roughness of the production, but mostly its just sloppy. The beats and scratching are all over the place and a lot of the lyrics are VERY dated. The beasties were never the most experimental act - they have limited flows, but at least the later material has a psychedelic, cartoonist approach to the lyrics. This is pretty much all just frat-house nonsense. 'Girls' in particular is trash. I know they matured and apologised for this kind of material later in their careers. They were young and dumb and didn't know any better. YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. This is Brett Kavanagh's "I LIKE BEER" whining stretched out to full album length and performed by Gilbert Gottfried.
No sleep t'ill Brooklyn is a classic, a mixure between rap and hard rock, they also include sample of led zep, black sabbath, AC/DC and CCR songs wich is cool. Fight for your right is of course the main track and i didn't know it was from them. I never been so much into rap music, but i known this iconic cover and considering it is their debut album, this is probably on of the best old school rap album of all time.
We used to listen to this album on the bus on the way to school. We were little and in love with rap.
So nice I listened to it twice
The ammount of the samples I recognized from that album is unexpected and amazing. That album got a place in worldwide music culture and it definitely deserves a place on this list.
I reviewed the wrong Beastie Boys album last time, but Ill Communication is their best
Was actually a fan of the music, the singing was just not my taste tbh. Too screamy, almost sounded like a parody album at times.
Some guys shout a lot over sampled sections from classic songs and a simple beat. Dull.