Licensed To Ill

my max beastie boys content is one song a day thank you

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

Dated. Sounds like Hip Hop that was informed by Run DMC and bad guitar music.

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.

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.

meh. its ok but i dont think i'll return.

Its just okay.

Isso é muito ruim.

Not for me. I’m old school. I like music with a melody

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.

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.

it is so aged. some songs go hard but the sound is so aged that most of the album is unenjoyable

It's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive it's so repetitive

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

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.

As someonewith zero nostalgia for the Beastie Boys, I would have been happy with just the single.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

On one hand, it's got some classics like no sleep till Brooklyn and girls. On the other hand, the flows, beats, and lyrics are all kinda wack. It's good knowing that in later albums they were able to round out their sound into something a little more cohesive, but this one is a miss for me

Meh just a lot of shit yelling. Even their top songs don’t really leave a lasting impression

Favourites: • Fight for Your Right

Rap with a more rock-feeling backing track

Doesn’t work for me. Sounds dull and shallow

I find the Beastie Boys extremely overrated

was ass

Enjoyable if a little cartoonish. By the end of the album it all felt very similar with little light and shade.

Don't wanna waste any more bits of my life on such noises

"Fight for your right" is a total banger, but the rest feels a bit meh

Fight for your right is an all time great single The rest gets tedious very quickly

Some parts of the music are fun, but when they start yelling it is all ruined.

Would be better if the would sing/rap instead of just shout in the microphone

En mi opinión personal, no soy fan de este género. Pero me recuerda mucho a las películas de esa época

Yuck.

Ну смотрите, здесь как и с Run-DMC и их первым альбомом: я не настолько фанат рэп-культуры, чтобы прям боготворить Beastie Boys и начала хип-хопа. Ну реально же на любителя альбом: эксперименты с битами, лупами, это всё конечно интересно, но зная, как делают хип-хопчик сейчас, это уже прям совсем старомодное и непонятное. Отмечу Brass Monkey, я уже думал выключить альбом и пролистать до конца все треки, послушав по 5-10 секунд, но этот трек меня переубедил. Остальные же... ну как-то ну совсем не моё...

3 white guys rapping like Bugs Bunny, apparently in 1986 this was mind-blowing there's a bit of charm and catchy beats here to save it from a 1-star rating, but this is a low 2-star. Nobody born after 1991 will ever think this is good music.

Rhymin and Stealin, Led Zeppelin Sample? More zeppelin in She's Crafty. cool. Time to Get Ill is pretty sweet. Billy Preston sample? This isn't my typical genre when I listen to music and honestly it's exactly what I imagine every single Beastie Boys song sounds like. Haven't listened enough to appreciate individual songs of theirs.

Never have and never will love this. Annoying.

Lol

Lots of yelling. I did like the song “Girls” so 1.5/5

Eh, not my thing. The production is interesting but I just don't like their voices and its very difficult for me to digest white boys talking about guns, hoes, gangs, shooting up places or whatever. Would not relisten.

Meh. Never understood the hype.

Sounded a bit more samey than some of their other albums

Second Beastie Boys album this week. Found it tiring - and just too juvenile for me. I'd rather go shout at a cloud.

Not my thing....

Beastie Boys have always been a one-trick pony, haven't they? It's a good trick, bringing us the likes of Sabotage, and (on this album) Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn, mixing beats and Guitar/Bass Riffs with their own brand of high energy Hip-Hop. But for an entire album, the formula just holds up for so long - too long in this case. I found listening increasingly tedious with every track. 2/5

Just never really got The Beastie Boys. 2 stars

Sampling is tip notch and worth the listen for alone. But I find their voices so annoying.

Pretty samey, I don't think it's aged well

Not my thing

Crap

Can’t do it. Recognize its energy and it does have its merits, but at the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, most songs are annoying and the lyrics are stupid.

Ik vond dit behoorlijk tegenvallen. Enorm gedateerd, steeds diezelfde beat en raps. En waar is de beat nou? Ik werd er een beetje 'ill' van.

Het vorige album dat we van de jongens moesten luisteren viel een stuk beter.

Coincidentally got this the day after Paul's boutique. Nowhere near as good is it?

Meh. Sounds like garage band. Few hits.

Ik weet hoe goed dit zou moeten zijn en enorm veel serieuze rappers vinden dit ook heel goed, maar ik word vaak toch wat moe van de oudere Beastie Boys nummers. Dat over elkaar heen schreeuwen met maximale reverb doet het niet voor mij. Laatst nog Pauls Boutique geluisterd en daar speelt dat ook.

notes - Debut album by the beastie boys - Originally had a different title, which im very glad they didn’t end up going with - Produced by rick Ruben, repeat name on this list - Has been described as punk-rock rap - Hip hop production with punky vocals and attitude - I’ve never been the hugest beastie boys fan outside of a couple songs - Their style kinda wears on me after a while fav - Fight for your right - This is the easy choice but its the best one least fav - Paul revere - This song is annoying 2/5 - this band is better in short doses

Best Song: No Sleep Till Brooklyn. The Beastie Boys' boisterous attitude actually channeled towards something that feels worthy of that dumb energy. Worst Song: Girls. In an album full of obnoxious songs, this song out obnoxiouses them all. Overall: The Beastie Boys are the chihuahuas of music. All impotent energy and rage. The vocals are garbage, blown out frat boy shouting that sounds like it's coming through a fast food drive-thru speaker, and then the beats, which are the main thing on offer here, aren't that great either. Even when the beats are good, it's probably just a barely altered version of some other song. This music does nothing well.

Rather immature, lyrically and musically

What a shame. Another potentially great album ruined by relentless misogyny without any attempt to hide it with irony or as storytelling. On this album Mike D proudly announces that "I like my girlies underage". To add to this, the working title of this album was "Don't be a f***ot" and this juvinile bigotry is threaded through the entire album. Thank god they changed their ways later in their career.

I feel like this album peaked with the first song and was pretty flat for the rest of the runtime, with the exception of the couple moments I enjoyed, I was bored everywhere else and found myself rolling my eyes to the cringey lyrics and annoying vocal delivery very often. Almost all of the humor did not land for me and came off childish and obnoxious. The production however, while dated, still sounded listenable and was by far the star of the show. 2 Stars

Nah not for me.

Eh not really my cup of tea.

They’re fun party songs, but the beastie boys may be the most overrated group out there.

Sorry, this kinda gave me a headache listening to the whole thing at once. I'll take just the singles on this one I think.

I kind of expected to enjoy this. Instead I was mostly bored. Like watching talented kids I don’t know putting on a play. The album is littered with some amusing rhymes and references (pagoda/Abe Vagoda, Mr. Ed). When I would hear one then replay it I was disappointed to find a throwaway bit of rhyming rather than much cleverness behind it. “Fight for Your Right” is still a fun diversion. “No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn” is ok. The rest was a slog.

Het is wel geinig. Vooral de nummers "Girls" en "Fight For Your Right" natuurlijk. De rest is eigenlijk toch maar schreeuwerig gedoe. Niet zo mijn ding. **

I didn't really like the vocals cause they're pretty much the same all the time. Cool beats tho!

Early beastie boys is almost weird al Yankovic level parody of run dmc.

Love Beastie Boys. Hate Licensed To Ill. Thank fuck they grew out of their juvenile boobs and beers phase quickly. The oldest trick in the book, white boys steal black man's music and sell it to the mainstream. It blows my mind that they went from this derivative novelty dirge and within three years got to almost killing their careers with the high water mark of sampling that is Paul's Boutique. The lesson here...listen to Paul's Boutique which will almost certainly not be on this list because it was light on sexism and gimmicks and sold fuck all units. You're welcome. Rest In Power MCA.

Friends would probably be mad, but I just do not like the Beastie Boys

Maybe for skiing. Not for nighttime, not good for dancing. Girls is good.

the opening track Rhymin & Stealin was great, though a lot of that probably had to do with the samples used (a drum beat and a guitar riff from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath respectively) Rhymin & Stealin is going in my playlist and No Sleep Till Brooklyn was alright I guess but everything else was kind of ass. Since rap isn't music according to facts and logic (http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Ben-Shapiro-rap-isnt-music-1024x498.png) they had to borrow a lot of it from elsewhere I guess

I'm not huge on "all lyrics have to be yelled"

Some cool samples but too many plodding songs and their rap shouting doesn't work for me on it's own.

The hits are good, but the rest is very repetitive filler.

Their worst album…even they would tell you so! 👎🏻

Obnoxious

lame

Kind of annoying

The Beastie Boys debut album is packed full of testosterone and misogynistic lyrics. Listening through the album I can’t shake this image of a 24 year old frat bro chuggin beer along to the beats. Yes I understand this was a very influential album (one of the first white rap albums with mainstream success) influencing countless future musicians but lyrics like: “Your mom threw away your best porno mag” and “Girls, two at a time” make my eyes roll. Pretty sure they bring up White Castle so often that I had to see if there was a reason for it but I guess they really just like White Castle. I did enjoy “Paul Revere” and to the albums credit the beats and samples are very catchy. But besides that I guess it’s not my type of music I guess… 2.5/5

I think I don't get it? Maybe it was groundbreaking in 1986 but it sounds super cheesy now. They mention Whitecastle like 4 times. And the one vocalist does this falling whole tone at the end of half his sentences that's pretty grating. A couple fun tunes, interesting ideas, not the execution I'm looking for.

Had some fun tracks, and had some innovative (for the time) sound, but Beastie Boys are more annoying than good for most of the songs

2/5 naaaah

Two hits here. That’s all there is. There is nothing else to discover the rest is pretty poor. Cover art. Love it. 5/5

The episode of Futurama with the Beastie Boys is very good, I'm a big fan. That's the only thing involving them that's inspired anything other than a sense of "oh, this again?"

80s rap fused with distorted guitars that share resemblance with Run D.M.C. Lyrical focus on partying and getting shit faced which is fine, but not very interesting (and I am probably just a grumpy old man but doesn't make me laugh either). Also sounds very dated. Overall, rather duddy album for me.

Wow, certified Diamond in the US! I despised the hit when it came out - I've never liked songs about partying. I prefer their later albums where the production was more creative and the shouting was less in your face. I'm not a fan of throwing in heavy metal guitars to attract the white suburban crowd. The lyrics are chuckle-worthy. They had 4 years between this and their next LP and it was worth the wait.

I know fight for your right to party is supposed to be a parody but it plays it completely straight and the rest of the album is the same. Only She's crafty stops this being a 1. Just don't really get the Beastie Boys they seem to be 100% focused on the frat bro audience

nikad nisan ovoliko rap rocka slušala odjednom pa mi sve više zvuči ko samo vikanje u ritmu kako album dolazi kraju

this shit whack as fuck

I don’t like…..

Not a huge fan of this

I listened to some of this album. It was identifiably the Beatie Boys but I’m not sure I’d need to listen to anymore because it starts to sound the same. 2*

"Frat boy" is an over used and (probably) unfair pejorative often used to describe early Beastie Boys. Nonetheless: I still think, many years on, that this album cleaves closer to the philosophy of performed hip hop than to the organic spirit of the genre. I guess someone coming in cold to their oeuvre (unlikely, but bear with me) today might find some retro appeal to production techniques etc, but not much else. Or maybe I'm wrong.

not the vibe

Meh. I don't "get" Beastie Boys. I did listen and it was slightly better than expected. But ultimately it comes off sounding like a parody record not unlike weird AL Yankovic. 2.5 🌟

I give this a 1.5. I know this is a classic in the rap genre, but I just don't like it. I'm marking it with 2 stars instead of 1 because it's not *that* bad, but it's just not for me.

Can see why this is on the list due to its impact and influence, but not for me, think it sounds really dated now. Not an album I’d choose to listen to again.

More tolerable than Ill Communication. I could understand them better and the vibe wasn't too bad.

Groundbreaking back in the day and set a format very obviously copied by Run DMC, to greater effect. White middle class kids trying too hard to be from the 'hood. Notable for sampling and at least they had the taste to steal from Led Zep. But it's still tap and I hate it.

Not my cup of tea. Guys need to chill a bit.

among us

Riktigt rövig hiphop

2/5 stars

Never had listened to the Beastie Boys although I've heard Fight for Your Right to Party and snippets of some of the rest. Couldn't work the whole way through as it became less and less unique and more and more flavorless...

This album sounds like an SNL skit. Or SNL skits sound like this album? Nevertheless it’s exactly the kind of rock rap album I would expect from a couple white dudes

shouting the album

bad

Lots of yelling over samples. This hasn't aged well at all.

couple bangers, didn't know fight for your right was on this one

ну такое никогда особо не выкупал несмотря на крики восторга

Nothing engaging or endearing whatsoever

"Fight for your Right" ist das Highlight, der Rest hört sich relativ gleich an mit kleinen Ausreißern auch innerhalb der Songs. Beim "Nebenbei"-Hören lässt sich oft gar nicht sagen, ob es schon der nächste Song ist, alles eins.

Extremely dated both thematically and from a production perspective. Doesn't hold up. 2/5

Not a fan. Too shouty for me. Had to turn it off.

The progenitors of frat rap, however, I try my best not to hold that against them. Undeniably catchy, but utterly uninteresting to me. "Brass Monkey" makes my ears itch in the worst of possible ways, and I have never liked "Fight For Your Right". However, I do like "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" and I think the two album closers are interesting songs (definitely the most interesting on the album).

This hasn’t aged well, got quite annoying after a while.

not a fan

Zezwolenie na bycie chorym, to jeden z pionierskich albumow w historii hip hopu, bo jest to jeden z pierwszych komercyjnie sprzedanych blendow rocka i rapu, a to wszystko sprzedaneLicensed To nie przez kogo innego, a zydowska bande, w tamtych czasach praktycznie dzieciakow, za ktorych produkcja i uwazam takze za sukcesem stal legendarny dzis stary brodaty dziad hip hopowo metalowy, czyli rick rubin, ko founder def dzemiku i tworca nie tylko legendarnych trakow czy plyt, ale calych kaier artystycznych, nie bylo to moje pierwsze podejscie do ilowania, ale pierwsze udane sukcesem, czy przesluchane do konca, nie wiem czy to bardziej niepowodzenia czy tez same dzisiejsze sluchowisko, ale ciezko mi ocenic ten album jako plyte z gatunku rapowego, bo rymy i kontent liryczny, no i jego delivery jest jak przystalo na bialych zydowskich nastolatkow, korny joki wydlaszane przed mutacyjnymi glosami, a w glowie masz projekt lustrzany rubina, czyli run dmc, o ile plynniejsze sa rymy jak na album wydany w tym samym roku, oceniac tego jako album rockowy takze sie nie da, bo jednak sa to beaty tworzone na samplach, glownie metalowych, a sam album jest zrodlem sampli na kawalkow z lat 90, ze doslownie co drugi trak masz uczucie, ze slyszales to juz gdzies lepiej uzyte, moze nawet reuzyte przez samego rubina, bo jednak spora dyskografia, chociaz goscinnie wystepuje Kingu ze slayera na traku paul revere, to jednak ciezko tu mowic o rap rocku, bez zywych instrumentali, chyba ze potraktowac cymbaly na bicie jako instrumentale, jak dla mnie album strasznie kiepsko sie zestarzal rownajac do innych rubinowych produkcji, wspominianych dmcow czy llowego kolowego J, ale jednak jest to jeden z tych klasycznych materialow ktore zmienily kierunek rozwoju murzynskiej muzyki, ale czy w dobrym kierunku na to juz ciezko jednoznaczenie odpowiedziec, na plejaka wrzuce traka fight for your right, do imprezowania, zeby jakis znak pozostal po plycie na listach, ale samemu raczej bym juz sobie drugi raz nie puscil calosci

Hip hop. Coñazo menos un par.

I enjoy the Beastie Boys every once in a while and in small doses, but listening to each of these songs one after another made me focus on how silly and stupid their schtick is. The sampling is spot on though.

Screamy white rap from 80's/90's is definitelly not my style but the album as a whole was not bad. Highlights: No Sleep Till Brooklyn and Fight For Your Right.

Rock, Something different than what I usually listen to.

Not a big fan, very shouty. 'Girls' was kinda catchy. 'Fight for you but right to party' was famous, and 'the new style' had some cool record scratching.

Not impressed, interesting but something missing.. sounds "too frivolous"

Every time I began to enjoy the music they commenced shouting over each other again. I get that it was bold and innovative but they made the same song 11 times with mixed production. Production excellent to be fair.

I like the mix of rock and hip hop in theory, but in practice (especially because of the vocals) this album is sonically quite irritating to me. No Sleep Till Brooklyn and Fight for Your Right are the standout tracks for me. Rating: 1.5

The album opens with a horrible punk-ish rock-ish rap. Most definitely NOT my vibe - I'm all for PUNK, I'm all for Rock, I'm all for RAP. But I'm not in for whitewashed rap stitched with glue with (mostly bad) guitar riffs and very noisy drums. Yeah, the second song didn't get any better. Nor any other. The high pitched voices of these guys are not for me, they're just screaming. The messy instrumentals are at times very good (very 80s, some decent scratch, some good riffs) and at times very uninspired (a random electric guitar, a basic drum). I don't know if it's my ear that's just accustomed to the better productions of the west-coast rap of the roughly same era - DrDre and Ice T released some WAY BETTER rap in this same year, and thanks god they didn't have to SCREAM all the time - but I really can't stand these three white new yorkers yelling at me, at each other, at the music. Ooof. "She's crafty". Ooof I couldn't even listen to the whole song, it's honestly just bad musically, lirically, and content-wise. At least "Fight for your right" is musically a song, produced by an adult. They still sound like ass, the lyrics are bad, the flow is unbearable, in that song, but at least it's a song. Naah, this is the worst album I've listened to in a while, I'm glad I hadn't heard it in the past, I am glad I won't have to do it again.

Terrible.

Could not listen to it.

Not my genre of music

I clearly don’t get the in joke. Repetitious lyrics, references that keep reappearing in other songs, too similar cadences, obnoxious accents. What’s to like?

I hate the Beastie Boys. I don’t care if they are celebrating or sending up the ‘fight for your right to pa-a-a-a-rdy’ attitudes, but I don’t want to hear about it.

crackers

Trash

By far the worst beastie boys album. The saving grace is i assume the success of this album gave them the freedom to do what they did with Paul's boutique and subsequent albums

Not my thing, didn’t liked

I'm not a fan of rap in general, so Beastie Boy's shout-rapping over stock drum beats and record-scratch effects is just... utter pants. Not ever going to be my thing.

Shout Hop The shouting is kinda stressful to listen to and the backing is really boring and doesn't go with the song. Not really at all enjoyable. It just generally disconnects like in the second song they are shout "Kick it!" and then the most boring mix came on and it was really funny 1

I’m flabbergasted that a third Beastie Boys record was included in this list. I’m a little annoyed that, once again, I’ve been forced to listen to this insipid group. This gave me a wicked headache and I will do everything in my power to never listen to it again. 0*

On a personal enjoyment front this was more of a trial to go through than even a passive listen. Fundamentally I simply do not enjoy the vocals when its so heavily weighed on said aspect it makes it incredibly hard to ignore otherwise. Also the forced visual of the TMNT shouting in my face. On a foundation/history/culture front this gets a 5/5. Early disc jockey techniques and sound are absolutely dripping from every song and modern day dj'ing simply wouldn't be the same without the beastie boys. Favorite Song: No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Just not my jam at all

girls song is lowkwy kinda vibey

Not the worst we had

just hooting and hollering

Inte min smak alls

I thought this was just childish rubbish when it came out in the 80s, and all these years later, I think even less of it. When they grew up, they went on to make some pretty great records, but this is just the sound of whining, spoilt, rich kids trying to be controversial. I'm probably missing the irony - it might be one of the cleverest records ever made for all I know, but I can't bear it.

ну есть угарные треки, но это ваще не моя музыка

hot trash

80s hip hop does sort of just suck

Pas trop aimé…

Unbearable listen 💔

I thinj i hate the beastie boys.

Shit

Beasty boys album must've been very controversial and fresh at its times, but I didn't like it. It felt lacking both textwise and musicwise.

the cow bell sent me over the edge

Siento que no es tan mi estilo musical

No aprobado 2/10

shit

Do not like.

im sure they are influential but God this was a hard listen

Every. Single. Song. Is. The. SAME

Never again. Such crap.

Misogynist biggots

No mi estilo

oh my god dude

yoooo swag ich bin so cool wie Bernd das Brot 67!!!1!!!

i don’t think i like these boys much on this album but hoping for the best for some of their other records

4 mecs qui crient des trucs décousus sur un rythme répétitif et plein de bruitages superflus. Sacré coffre nonobstant. Par contre les voix ont toujours le même timbre, toujours les mêmes intonations, au bout de la 3e chanson j'en pouvais plus. Les changements de rythme/style au sein des musiques par contre m'ont plu, genre la fin de "The New Style". Mais pitié arrêtez de hurleeeer

Shes crafty has kinda flow to it . I know Girls from somewhere idk where but its a funny song. Rest is not my stuff

Não gostei muito. Parace mais barulho do que musica mesmo. Coisas faladas de qualquer eito sla

definitely not for me

Meh

You should be embarrassed to listen to this.

Quelques éléments intéressants mais je n’aime pas le son

trash lol my 10 year old lil brothers raps better

Not for me at all

Some iconic songs and I can see the appeal for the time but wow I lowkey hate the beastie boys. I always hated Fight For Your Right. And whatta ya know, this whole album sounds like that song. It’s just three dudes yelling for 44 minutes. Is it 3 dudes? Idek. I started getting used to their sound by the last three songs so MAYBE it can grow on me overtime but that was just awful. Brass Monkey is pretty good though of course.

I don’t like this at all, and I really can’t take it seriously. A couple of hits like “No Sleep Till Brooklynn” are good but the rest is trash. Like on “Girls” and “Slow Ride”. What were they thinking?! It’s also crazy how much one of the members sounds like Mr. Poopybutthole from Rick & Morty.

not my cup of tea. very repetitive also

holy arsch

Not for me

Not my kind of music, I can see why it is so popular but I’m personally not a fan. Reminded me of the music in Hamilton.

The first song already sounded to me like that one rap in Amazing world of Gumball. And then the whole album was like that.

Didn’t listen yet.

Rap ist keine Musik. Kein Pardon!

la prima canzone che ho sentito che mi stava piacendo? una random consigliata dopo la fine dell’album… that says it all

Could only listen to two songs, the lyrics were disturbing and I hated the sound

i listened to the first two songs and didn't like the vibe. not really my style of music

Forst time listening to the beastie boys, I actually liked some of the production at times however I find the rapping annoying and the lyrics quite cringeworthy. Something very artificial about it, like a parody of a rap punk band

I genuinely struggled my way through this. I loathe the vocals on this album so much, idk if it’s the cadence, the rap (/singing/shouting?!?!?), the fact it sounds exactly the same on every track, I just honestly hate it. Although this album includes some classics, many of the tracks include lyrics that have aged like milk and make the album totally vieux jeu. I didn’t even know about the controversy about this album before I listened, I just really hate the way they sing/rap and I can’t really get past it to appreciate the production.

i didnt really like it but it was ok

so far, not sure this is for me! 1. skip 2. better than 1, let it play on but lost interest 3. like the beat of this so far!! music is so sick but just not a fan of the vocals 4. let it play, growing on me fs but still wouldn’t put on 5. luvvv the backing of this my fave so far!! 6. very much giving nursery rhyme? 7. again don’t mind but at this point it’s all blending into one & i’m not willingly listen — gorg electric guitar @ 2.00 mins not feeling like listening to the rest currently. may return! good experience, defo a genre i’m not the biggest fan of! just learned it’s the beastie boys’ debut studio album. very cool ⭐️ excited for this 1001 albums journey, what a classic to start on even tho it wasn’t quite my taste.

Did not like it one little bit

I can’t I’m sorry

Not my cup of tea

By contrast to yesterday.

I feel like someone’s playing a trick on me…….what the fuck is this album

half a song in not my type of music at all genuinely dont think i can get tbrough this😭

no 808s

One classic and a decent other one. Rest just shouty shitey shallow . You die happier having missed it

I think I'm too woke and feminist to like this album. Even though the instrumental are really cool, I find the text very mild and they always rap the same way on every song... Also the line "All the girls I like are underage" can't pass in 2025 (soon 2026)

I hate it. White men shouting. Not good rap and also not good rock. Hope tomorrow isn’t Beastie Boys

Never liked them, led zeppelin samples and a threat to VW cars…..

this might be the worst rap i've ever heard in my life and i listen to kpop.

Not my thing. Music for young blokes

I like the beastie boys in theory, but the backing tracks on these songs are really lacking. Obviously Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn were good, but the rest was mid as hell... the song girls (regardless of it being satire or not) was so bad.... like if you're going to make a 'misogynist anthem' at least make it sound good. Anyways I was optimistic going into it but this is definitely a 1 star

Immediately no.

Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill Maybe this was badass in 86 but even as a kid they never really interested me. First album I have skipped through sounds. Rhymin and strain - meh The new style -even worse; Self referential BS She’s crafty - different background riffs, same hip hop emptiness Fuck me, every song sounds the same…. Girls - at least this sounds different. Ugh. Fight - at least this has a decent anthemic chorus. Heard this 100s of times;I still skipped through. No sleep - best so far, not a high bar I can’t wait for this album to end. This does not bode well for hip hop in general…

Had heard of the group before, so at first, I was excited to listen to their album. However, to be honest, I was disappointed. They sound like a bunch of smart kids trying to be badass. It's just not for me.

No thanks. This was really not it for me, i’m not a fan. I Think they do some interesting things with different sounds but I am not really a hiphop person and I do not like the vocals

Fucking annoying besides one song

Unlistenable but had hit songs that I knew just didn’t like

and if i played guitar, i'd jimmy page. the girlies i like are under age some fun lines in what to my ears is extremely grating

If i have to hear the boys o f beast Reusing flows, the same 4 beats For 44 minutes on repeat I'll drive my car straight off the street

I like several hip hop artists, but because of the difficulty I find in understanding their approach, I consider it merely noisy and excessive in its resources. The album begins with a song without many changes that I didn’t enjoy at any point. I do like energetic songs, where shouting and criticizing the system is common, but several of their voices shout uncomfortably. I feel they criticize everything without proposing much beyond rebellion, partying, drinking and nothing more meaningful than what they’re criticizing themselves. I admit there are some beats that ended up being catchy, but I wouldn’t listen to them again. On the positive side, I’d say it was necessary for the exploration of blends and the opening of possibilities within hip hop and rock music. I understand it was pioneering but it falls short for me because of how little relevance it holds today in sonic terms.

I gave up halfway through

I never understood why Beastie Boys was ever a thing. I’m not going to try to figure it out now.

Konische, aggressive Mischung aus Rock und HipHop.

Lots of yelling

Not interested

When the Levy Breaks drum sample starting off got me going. The samples just got goofier as the album progressed though. I'm just not completely sold.

not my stuff

It's just some guys yelling over a drum machine and some lyrics are pretty weird.

Don't be a faggot

please stop screaming at me

I am no stranger to the Beastie Boys. Growing up, I received one of their albums, and back then, music was expensive and hard to come by. So I grew up listening to that album many times. As I grew older and found more music, I just stopped listening to them. Listening to this album, and recognizing several classics, I can safely say that I do not like the Beastie Boys. There is just so much more music to listen to, that this particular group no longer warrants any more of my time. May other albums as I come across them?

Bad

Could not get through it. Probably great and innovative for its time but it reminded me too much of Lazy Scranton by Michael Scott feat. Dwight K. Schrute.

They really know how to start with a bang! … As in, I want to bang my head against a brick wall because this sucks so much. I wish I could give zero stars.

boys go to jupiter to get more stupider

really cant stand when they make noises or anything else they could think of doing. Took me like 7 sets of listening to get through it

Certainly made me feel ill Fav song: Rhymin & Stealin because it samples the coolest Led Zeppelin song but other than that I fucking hate it

I am one more beastie boys album from saying white people should not be allowed to make music

Если начало ещё казалось кое-где слушабельным, то ближе к середине хотелось, чтобы скорее всё закончилось. До сих пор рэп мне кажется анти-музыкой. 1,5 из 10.

instant 1.

All I can say is thank god it's finished.

Well I'm not a 13 year old boy so this one did nothing for me

Ridiculous. They are literally just speaking rhymes; no sense of rhytm

Devastatingly monotonous.

Ugh. Ear poision.

Would rather listen to Kamikaze 1

aside from No Sleep Till Brooklyn, which I know from guitar hero, the beastie boys are really not my thing.

I don't know what this sounds like to the older generation. I just know that, to me, it sounds like sooooooo many white kids who think they're gonna gansta rap but trail off when one of the three black kids in school walk past. I know that they Matter, but it just sounds overprocessed and undercooked. I think it's one of the reasons it took me a while to actually like rap.

Ui die sind mer e stuufe z chaotisch und z luut, Hani ned so gnosse, Eis geschreie zrug

Cringey and it sucked

Aggressively and obnoxiously loud. Same as the previous album, beats are nice but vocals ruin it. 1

They have the odd good tunes but yet another entire album is too much, meh

mah

I detest this album. Admittedly not a big fan of hip-hop to begin with, now add on top a bunch of whiney sub-par cultural appropriators and take the one interesting thing about hip-hop - poetic lyricism - and remove it and replace it with brain-dead hair metal party anthem chants. You officially have created the worst musical abomination possible.

Para mí...una total y absoluta perdida de mi tiempo.

So much noise. Rap/rock? Some of the beats were pretty good though. I will get much sleep until Brooklyn.

Too hyper for me and didn’t enjoy some of the lyrics about women

I just really can’t stand their voices or the sound of their music.

*a noise album, not much singing, mostly yelling.

Cringe

Awful. Girls might be the worst song I've ever heard, laughably bad. Yeah, No Sleep Till Brooklyn and Fight for your Right are on here, but they're overplayed and I could not STAND them. Brass Monkey is super corny, too. Nothing else memorable. Glad to never have to listen to this album ever again.

This is an album one endures rather than listens to. And it feels like the same 20 seconds on loop, with occasional repeated references to Whitecastle. Not for me.

I am just not in to the Beastie Boys at all. This was grating to listen to and I did not finish it.

Loud and boring AND annoying hip hop noises. Hated it in 1986, hate it now.

Nope

The beasties I’ve never really got. I can see the concept rap/metal but it just doesn’t resonate very shouty not at all civil

* Definitely not one for me

I remember the release. It's a time capsule, not my preference though.

As batidas são excelentes, mas está no meio de algo muito irritante, deve ser os cantores.

No

And I thought they couldn’t get worse.

I don't care how creative the sampling is, the album still sounds like three annoying teenagers yelling at you for 45 minutes

I suppose I cant keep skipping out on these. Horrible stuff. If your playlists consist of 311, Blink-182, The Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Breaking Benjamin, etc etc., then I'm sure you love this too. .05 - 5

I’ve listened to Licensed to Ill more times than I care to admit, and no matter how many times I give it a chance, it just never resonates with me. Despite all the hype surrounding its groundbreaking status in hip-hop history, for me, this album is a chaotic jumble of shock value and juvenile antics that ultimately feels messy and unfulfilling. I’ll give credit where it’s due: the album does have a few redeeming qualities. There’s an undeniable raw energy to the production that captures the rebellious spirit of its era. A couple of tracks, like “Fight for Your Right,” have a catchy hook and an aggressive drive that might have appealed to the early hip-hop crowd. The beats are bold and, in some ways, innovative for its time. There’s also a sense of fun and unfiltered attitude in the delivery that, if you’re into that kind of over-the-top bravado, could be seen as a positive. For me, the overwhelming issue is that the album feels messy and disjointed from start to finish. The production is frantic and lacks finesse—layers of noise and samples are piled on top of each other in a way that feels haphazard rather than innovative. This chaotic mix often results in a muddled sound where nothing really stands out or gives a sense of purpose. Lyrically, the album comes across as immature and overly reliant on crude humour. The shock value that some critics applaud feels forced and repetitive, and the vulgarity doesn’t translate into any real substance or cleverness for me. Instead of offering insightful commentary or artistry, the words seem designed solely to offend or provoke without any meaningful payoff. Moreover, I find the overall attitude and delivery to be grating. The aggressive posturing and abrasive vocal style—intended to be rebellious—simply come off as contrived and tiresome. There’s a sense that every song is trying too hard to be edgy, resulting in awkward moments where the intended cool factor evaporates into irritation. Licensed to Ill is a prime example of an album that’s all hype and little substance. Sure, it has a few moments of raw energy and catchy hooks, but overall it’s a messy, awkward, and juvenile collection that I just can’t get behind. Despite its cultural impact, it simply doesn’t work for me. At 1/5 stars this album did nothing for me beyond a fleeting burst of controversy that quickly faded into forgettable noise.

Rubbish

Pas pour moi

This album is American in the worst possible way. The lyrics prove that Beastie Boys knew their main listenership was 14 year old boys with undiagnosed ADHD. I can imagine the first impractical joker to get a car rang the other impractical jokers to ask if they wanted to blast this album while driving round the block. This shaved at least 1 day off my life expectancy. …. I decided to google them to see what they looked like. Don’t do that please, it’s not worth it. Standout track: - Fight For Your Right (barely tolerable)

Utter shite. Can't even be arsed to listen after the first 30 seconds

This is just not my kind of music.

Not great. Made the car journey feel longer. Hamilton reference?

They sure do talk about shooting people a lot. Despite them…definitely never shooting anyone. Hey why wasn’t there outrage about this and instead only when gangster rappers did it. You’re allowed to say this has aged really badly folks. The Boys get better with age. This is so obnoxious in a way that absolutely would have hooked the kids. This is the 80s Limp Bizkit and most of you are too scared to admit that. Also it’s been a while, time to break out the “This classic artist just admitted to being a pedophile” penalty! I get it’s PROBABLY (hopefully) meant to call out Jimmy Page. But like. That’s the grounds for comparison. He doesn’t say I’m like Jimmy Page EXCEPT I like girls of age, no no, he says that’s a point of comparison. You lose a star. Hey look you can compare that to Kid Rock! It’s almost like it’s THE SAME THING YOU'RE ALL SO DUMB. Fuck you 1 star. No Sleep is good all the rest sucks. I gave Ill Communication 4 stars, this is fucking embarrassing. It sounds like shit.

hier kan ik echt he le maal niks mee

Hip hop is the US trash, garbage and rubish. A piece of shit. And culture irrelevant.

Fav: Fight For Your Right Least Fav: Girls Very disappointed with this one, nowhere near as good as my previous Beastie Boys album. Songs like ‘Girls’ left me in disbelief that people thought that it was good enough to include on the album. Fight For Your Right is a great song but the gap in quality between that and the rest of the album is huge

So bad, really annoying

I could maybe do one of these tracks - Fight for Your Right or No Sleep - on a playlist as a fun throw back. A whole album of this shit is honestly so much worse than I expected. Anything redeeming I would have to say about it is offset by how mad I am I listened to this whole thing.

Hell na

Genuinely hard to listen through. Sloppy production, lyrics that come across as juvenile and outdated, and a vocalist that is nasal and grating. Newsflash: for something to be a good parody, you need to be able to tell if it's a parody. This feels like it was written in earnest and then they tried to say 'we were just joking!' once they received backlash. I was cringing out of my skin listening through this. Really severely hated it. Music for middle school boys.

I just couldn't listen.

Oi, that was pretty kak.

Favourite songs: none

Rock, RAP, 1986 -> 1

Nope. Not my genre

Nicht meine Richtung

Would it kill these idiots to not shout at me for about 5 minutes.

Not my type of music tbh :/ Just listened to 2 before giving up unfortunately

Not my thing. I am not an angry teenage boy

Music for Beavis and Butthead. An album you must hear while you're still an adolescent so I guess that qualifies as "before you die." Most of it is a natural progression from the grade school, "DIck and Jane, sitting in a tree...." A drum machine, a few samples, and guys yelling does not music make. There are a few redeeming things. There is a sense of humor about them. Some of it is self deprecating and makes them seem self-aware. Girl is fun. Fight for your Right... is an anthem. And Brass Monkey is interesting. 1.4

Yeah nah. “Fight for your right…” is a fun curiosity, but the rest is just yelling over beats and the occasional riff. I’d much rather listen to the original songs from which some of these samples came from. Sorry, gotta go swallow a Panadol or two.