Ill Communication

Some great jams on this. Lot of random songs that I think take away from the jams. Work has been busy so my reviews suck right now

My favorite songs on this were those with minimal singing. Not sure why with the Beastie Boys but when they have both singers going back and forth it is way too hectic for me and not very enjoyable. The instrumentals were pretty great though which saved this album for me.

very beastie boys. not entirely my thing but i respect what they're doing

I don’t really know if I actually like the beastie boys.

I think the Beastie Boys are really good at creating music and beats. Rhythm, however, doesn't change from song to song. Their same brand of shout rapping doesn't change from song to song, so the album can feel a bit samey. "Sabotage" is awesome. The other songs are good, but they're all doing the same thing.

Some songs I liked, some songs I didn’t.

The music is incredible, they truly love music. Feels like an Oscar winning soundtrack of a fake band invented by a music critic in the best way possible. I can't stand their annoying chipmunk voices though.

Dit vond ik wel eens vet om te luisteren. Een Jazz-punk album. Aantal nummers zijn niet hiphop met jazz-invloed maar zijn gewoon jazz waar overheen wordt gerapt. Of niet eens (Sabrosa). Wat een variatie. Tough guy is echt een proper punk song. Kort en venijnig. Ik vind Sabotage echt hard en heel erg passend in deze tijd van de nineties. Era van RATM en Kurt Cobain leefde zelfs nog bij uitbrengen van deze plaat. Ijzersterk. Al met al positief verrast. Jazz-vibe is lekker. Boeiend om de combinatie met hiphop zo op één plaat te horen (Get It Together) en sommige lyrics zijn echt goud. "If this gonna be that kinda party, I’m gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes." 7,5/10 Highlights Sabotage En zie tekst

East coast hip-hop. Thats all it is and I like it. Too repretetive but funky.

Alright

Important punk/rap album but not my vibe. Flute loop is the best imo

A little bit too shouty and yelly!

First day, first album. Good genre bending album with some great tunes and aggressive vocals. I liked it and I’m glad to finally give more recognition to Beastie boys!

It's fine, not fantastic.

Instrumentals interessant

Good album. I hadn't listened to this before.

I remember when my older brother liked one of these songs

I actually enjoyed this quite a bit more than the previous beastie album I got. Sure shot and sabotage are great tracks, but this album is also really nice musically. 3/5

Hip hop rock jazz funk. Te hace mover la cabeza. Al final se hace un poco pesado.

Not my favorite, less recognizable than what I know of them.

Great music if you want to be yelled at by a bunch of 12 year old kids for an hour. There are however a couple tracks where you are not being yelled at like Futtermans Rule and they are genuinely great.

I'm pretty neutral towards the Beastie Boys, but I'm familiar with some of their more popular songs, and I might have even listened to a couple of their albums in their entirety, but I'm not 100% on that. They were supposed to play Friday night at ACL in 2009, and I was really excited to see them, but they dropped out due to Adam Yauch's cancer diagnosis. The summer of Yauch's passing, I was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and they had a very touching tribute to him that made me cry when I read it. On to the album at hand though. I really wanted to love this album, but I thought it was just okay. I love "Sabotage," and it was easily the highlight of the album. The bass line is iconic, the guitar playing is frantic and piercing, and the drumming is tight and provides a booming sound that makes this one of the most fun songs of the nineties. "Sure Shot" is a great leadoff track, and establishes the jazz and funk sound that's going to dominate the musical aspects of the album. This is a far more mature effort from the band, but unfortunately, it's not as fun as their earlier work. The jazz and funk influences are great and unique, but the music drowns out the lyrics and the band's distinctive rapping style. The album is really long too, and despite the fact that it succeeds musically, it overstays its welcome by quite a bit. This isn't a bad album, but I didn't think it was great either.

One or two big hitters but the rest I could take or leave. I can't give them under a 3 because they fought, and possibly died, for our right to party.

I respect the Beastie boys but I always feel that listening to a whole album by them is just too much. Same with this album..some nice and fun ideas but it is not blowing me away

Hip hop rock jazz funk. Te hace mover la cabeza. Al final se hace un poco pesado.

Pretty good pretty good indeed

This is interesting. It feels like background music in a way that is hard for me to describe. I went on a journey but at least this first listen I don't know where it went.

Sounds like there is some inspiration from NWA. Some good songs, but overall, the album is good but not great.

I enjoyed futtermans rule and shambala most. Generally a really busy hectic sounding album not sure if I’d give it another listen other than for a few songs.

The first half of this is great - second half falls off.

Liked the jazz-and-funk infused tracks. 2.5/5

I’ve always enjoyed the beastie boys for their evolution from a punk rock band to leading into sampling music , to then pick back up their instruments. This album felt like a jam session mixed with all of their influences at the time. This album goes from hip hop to punk, to jazz and funk and then instrumental so quickly that it can be a lot. A lot of these beats reminded me of the band sublime But there are some classic songs in this that stood the test of time. I love the song with Q-tip. The album is a lot of things, which can make hard to listen in one sitting. 3.5

noomel beastie boys. uuuh beat goht dumm. verstoh wenig. aber goht los, flöteveat hard. tough guy afoch punk. woth the freakfreak hahahah. afoch schoof km beat huere geil. root down geeeile bass. yooo what mega jazz chords. Get it together isch QTip time, geile beat. shes the cheese and im the maccaroni hahaha. Sabrosa funky time? funky time. Futtermans rule instrumental und goht no los? die letste paar tracks sind chli a mir verbizoge aber s isch immerno cool. Do It isch funny. Ricky's Theme isch mega smooth jazz huere cool. heart attack man wieder vooooll punk. da album macht afoch chli alles. shambala het mongolische kehlgsang??? bodhisattva vow au. oke sehr cools album aber s isch sehr all over the place.

okay eis album hemmer ja schomal gha licensed to ill isch für mich faast es 5i gsi, mal luege oke vom flow und so findis immerno ähnlich aber de flötebest isch natürlich recht andersch OHHH bi tough guy ghörtmer, vo d beastie boys chömmed (d längi vom lied passt au gad dezue) also de Effekt wo sie uf ihri stimm ghaue hend dass es tönt, wie wenn sie dur walky-talky würded rede, findi wird recht schnell alt UH SCHLAGZÜG okay also me ghört sehr guet ihri wurzle aber sie hend sochli en andere bezug dezue gfunde? d produktion und so isch alles chli roher (leider verstahtmer fast nümme, was sie singed) und synthis hend sochli meh platz (bis jz) sabotage findi recht sick schad, dassmer de text chum verstaht, will woni churz d lyrics nahgluegt han, ischs sochli ernster gsi wieder de gaggieffekt bi the update, obwohl ichs lied recht geil fänd aber wemmer so gar nüt verstaht nervtsmi chli 20 lieder findi hslt eifach chli z vill für eis album bin mengisch chli überforderet was sie alles probiert, iwie ghör ichs und es isch sochli "ja voll das isch passiert" uhh flute loop bopt no HEART ATTACK MAAAANN jaa vlt verglichs z fest mit licensed to ill wo banger after banger gsi isch aber leider het sich das album z lang, komisch abgmixt und für min gschmack ih verschiedene bereich eifach chli too much ahgfühlt

This is my 3rd Beastie Boys album, and although I know that this album is a bit different from the others (Licensed to Ill & Paul’s Boutique), I just have trouble telling their albums apart. I’ll probably have to re-listen to them sometime.

Tandon Scale Rating: 3.25 Standouts: Sure Shot, Root Down, Sabotage Foot Notes: 1 I’m pretty sure they sampled a goat noise in b-boy 2 I don’t know if they’re punk or hip hop or funk 3 broke me damn AirPods turning up Sabotage too loud Would I Listen Again: has some bright spots I’d probably put it on Album Cover Rating: (1-5) 3.5 Album Name Rating: (1-5) 5

Listening when I work out. It went HARD. Reminds me of Tod. This is what would I could playing in the Grange garage during the summer. Or like Tony Pro Skater 3. It must’ve been a choice to sound away from the mic? Maybe it made them sound better than they were. But I wish it was just a bit clearer. Maybe it would have been cheesy if it wasn’t presented as it was. The Sure Shot vinyl scratch went hard. That’s when I leaned in. Sabotage still goes so crazy. Replace all Seven Nation Army song uses with Sabotage.

Was skeptical at first because so far I’ve not been a fan of 90s hip hop, but by the end I was liking it.

bit yelly

Ok

Better than I expected, but not amazing. Seemed to meander at times. Some of the non hip-hop tracks were good, but a fair few fell flat. The vocals also got tiresome after a while, which is at odds with the intermissions also getting stale. 2.5*

Den originale blanding af rap og rock, masser af energi, jazz samples, ren sabotage

Summary: This album was a bit all over the place. Some unforgettable tracks that will be mainstays in playlists forever and others that seem like experiments that missed the mark. I love the creativity and courage but if you miss on it, I'm still going to skip the track. I would surprised by the instrumental tracks and even more surprised how much I liked some of them. 1 - Sure Shot: They jump RIGHT IN with a great beat. Head is immediately bopping. It feels like an intro song and will never be a repeater or favorite but I'm invested now. 2 - Tough Guy: Not really my style. Seems like maybe this was an influence to The Offspring which I also don't like. Skip! 3 - B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak Not shy of the distortion knob. 4 - Bobo On The Corner Interlude-type track 5 - Root Down Okay... okay... this is fulfilling the promise the first track made. I'm back to bopping along. 6 - Sabotage AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH YEAH! This song evokes a feeling so well. I can even still imagine the music video while I'm listening. 7 - Get It Together Very different and gives me Digable Planets and Naughty By Nature influence vibes. Ooooooooooh roll credits (mentioned the album title at the end) 8 - Sabrosa Got that funk... Holy crap is this all instrumental? I like it. Almost like an intermission with style. 9 - The Update Fine track. I'll probably not listen to it again unless I'm not paying attention. 10 - Futterman's Rule Another instrumental break. I dig this one too. 11 - Alright Hear This It's ok 12 - Eugene's Lament Interesting change of pace. Not my favorite. 13 - Flute Loop Oooooh I like this. 14 - Do It This is got a groove to it. 15 - Ricky's Theme All of the sudden a chill beat... ok... cool 16 - Heart Attack Man I don't like this. 17 - The Scoop I like the way this is put together with the clips and the funky beat. Seems like it was a bit ahead of its time. 18 - Shambala Another interesting instrumental. 19 - Bodhisattva Vow A fine addition towards the end. 20 - Transitions Nice transition out of the album. Relaxing.

This is a toughie for me. I like a lot of the instrumental tracks and enjoy vocals when they aren’t very distorted. But the tracks on this album with a lot of industrial influence, distorted vocals, and pitchy disc spinning don’t do it for me.

Mochte ich früher gar nicht, heute ist das eine oder andere Stück beachtenswert. Insgesamt aber nicht meins

Oujeee

Starts strong, but tapers off into just noise by the last 1/3 of the tracks

Too much yelling. I get the interesting rhythmic things happening, but I can't get over the yelling.

Bien

Confirms my very odd preference for the two Beastie Boys instrumental albums. I just don't find their rapping/singing that fun to listen to, but the music is such a cool mix of funk and rock and hiphop.

Definitely funkier than I thought it would be. It had more unique sounds than what I give the group credit for.

A 3.5 really. Just a little too baggy.

Golden age of hip-hop. Fun influences from different genres. Great features. Would be higher if I liked hip-hop

Not bad. Decent energy. Sabotage was the stand out song.

Feels like the sort of album others have taken inspiration from so doesn’t feel as new as it probably originally was, probably a bunch of artists I do like. High pitched shouting guy has never really been my jam, someone an octave lower might have had me enjoy it more. Sabotage is a good song but didn’t find many others I wanted to save. Flute with rapping works well though on one of the tracks would like to find more of that. Few instrumental filler tracks too which I’m never overly fussed with.

For some reason I thought this album was a lot better than it actually was. Sabotage is a banger though.

Not really a fan of hip hop in general, but I appreciate that they played around with rock and jazz

Intergalactic is better

I respect the Beastie Boys but can’t do an hour. Sabotage still incredible.

It was okay

some good songs, maybe a bit to loud for my liking

This album needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. The style bounces from their version of hip hop to punk to 70s souls inspired grooves with instrumentals mixed in. It’s hard to follow. I like most of the varieties individually, but it doesn’t feel cohesive to the point that I’m focused on the style changes more than the music.

Sure SHot Root Down Sabotage Do It

This was alright. Shouting worked on some songs. The vocal effect where it seems like they are talking through a megaphone was not fun, it all sounded the same. I am not sure what the musical interludes were for. Solid 3.

Had some good moments, but not my favorite 6/10

Not my style but I like the energy.

There's a lot going off here. Too much. It's a mixed bag, with some interesting samples. Definitely a departure and progress from went before. But It jumps around a little too much for my liking. Sabotage remains sublime. That kicked the shit out of Monday morning for me.

I like the Beastie Boys but this album idk...

i like the beastie boys, they have better albums tho, this gets a bit old

Yeah you know, some sick beats and some interesting samples and raps and stuff. But not really how I like to fill my listening time.

The intertwining of styles between jazz, fusion, rock, hip-hop... made this album and the Beastie Boys a lot more than I set them up to be. I'm not sure I thought of them distinctly as a hip-hop group vs early hard rock, but this is how you inspire a lot of the rap-rock groups that would come within the next decade following this album. Sabotage is an instant classic, but the instrumentals on the album have a lot of weight

More than once while listening, I thought Spotify had switched over to some other artist whenever some of the instrumentals started. They impressed me far more than any of the lyrics or rap. Too bad the entire thing wasn't some soundtrack album!

Alkaa helvetin hyvin (hardcore-veto on uskottavassa epäuskottavuudessaan ansioitunut), uhkaa muuttua tasapaksuksi, kunnes sylkee peräkkäin Sabotagen ja Get It Togetherin, flirttailee taas välillä tylsyyden kanssa, mutta sisältää myös loistavia hetkiä ja soundeja, menee vähän kamalaksi Flute Loopin kohdalla, mutta loppuu vakuuttavasti (toinen hardcore-veto on myös ihan hyvä). Kolme tähteä taas ansaittu.

I hate hip hop for the most part, but I find I have a soft spot for Beastie Boys. I loved Licensed to Ill, and was hoping that would continue with this album. But sadly, I just wasn’t really into Ill Communication. One of the biggest surprises was that Sabotage is Beastie Boys’ most streamed song on Spotify by far. I’d have thought that would go to No Sleep Till Brooklyn or Fight For Your Right. But Sabotage is just kind of alright. Nothing amazing. I really wish I’d liked this album more than I did but it was just kinda average. Better than most hip hop in my opinion but just average. 7/10 Top 3: 1. Sure Shot 2. Root Down 3. Sabotage

After 50 albums, I finally got a hip-hop album. I've never really been a hip-hop guy. I've always respected the genre, I just don't really listen to it all that much. Despite that, I was quite excited to finally listen to a hip-hop album for this project. So, does Ill Communication by Beastie Boys disappoint? Absolutely not. This is a very interesting album right here. It goes all over the place in the best way possible. I said that it was a hip-hop album, which is correct, but it also has elements of rock and jazz as well. Somehow, all of those blend together to form something good. The lyrics are very referential, with there being common theming between the references like jazz artists. I think the most interesting part of the album is the fact the second to last song is straight up a song all about Buddhism. That's just really interesting to me and I don't know why. I guess my main complaint is that the vocal effect on the vocals doesn't really resonate with me much. It just kind of makes it hard to understand the lyrics at times. Overall, this is a fascinating album and a somewhat worthy pick of being my first full hip-hop album that I've listened to. High 3/5.

Is it necessary for the Beastie Boys to have so many albums on this list? I wouldn’t have thought so but it seems they have more fans than I would have supposed. Compared to the other two Beastie Boys albums I’ve listened to through this project, this was decent & almost sneakily catchy at times. I wouldn’t listen to it again though.

Highlights: Sure Shot, Tough Guy, Root Down, Sabrosa, Sabotage, Flute Loop, Transitions. Overall: 6/10

Still fun to listen to, like the other Beastie Boys album. I feel like it is missing some of the innocence of the other album though.

sabotage obviously a highlight, was genuinely surprised at the tail end with the buddhist vibes, which i enjoyed; beastie boys can get verrrrry samey and i appreciated the change of pace

I liked the instrumental songs a lot Once again I enjoyed the cleverness of the lyrics but not the themes lol Also TIL deez nuts is this old of a joke Fave lyric “ There are things I've done that I wouldn't do again / But I'm glad that I did 'cause I learned from them”

i like the beastie boys, but its sound and lyrics, i just cant take it seriously. funny album

solid beastie boys album. Not the biggest fan of them but there were some good songs on this album. Sabotage is my favorite song by them so it was nice hearing that on this album

ХВАТИТ ОРАТЬ НА МЕНЯ

bit weird, almost like a jazz alvum or something. but it is the beastie boys

The Beastie Boys need to learn about dynamics. They’re always really loud and obnoxious, but that might be why people like them. I liked the instrumental songs on this album and Sabotage was cool, too.

The nasal one-note whine these dudes work with is such a limited tonality that I generally can't stomach even a full song. But... there are some killer instrumental things going on on this record, and it would be even better if they just stripped all their stupid voices off it.

In terms of hip hop albums this one was a lot more enjoyable for some. I think the punk and jazz influences helped bump this up album up a star. It did feel like just random noise at times though, the songs also felt a bit of a mission to get through. This wasn't a relaxing album that you can just sit down and listen to. Felt pretty average and nothing special. It was a very well composed album though and it did have lots of layers to the tracks.

Not my favourite type of music, but not bad.

Not for me unfortunately... But I still understand

The lyrics are a bit too hardcore teen and syntax structure was straight golden age, but I enjoyed the popular tracks and vibed with the instrumentals. Q-Tip has a decent feature. Otherwise I could skip the less popular tracks.

this was 5 stars when i was 15. i way overlistened to all their stuff over the years and can't really do them anymore. rhymes are ok but their music is awesome.

While the album had a lot of different genres that culminate very well into one album, it feels like it didn’t age that well in my honest opinion. Some songs did, but as a whole I probably will not revisit it anytime soon

Really wanted to like this and I’m sure it’d have been great at the time, but hasn’t aged well.

Not my genre by a mile but honestly its quite good.

5.5/10 Surprising, unintelligible, raw Highlights: Sabotage Eugene's Lament Flute Loop

Sure Shot - 8/10 Tough Guy - 7/10 B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak - 7/10 Bobo On The Corner -7/10 Root Down - 7/10 Sabotage - 10/10 Get It Together - 8/10 Sabrosa - 8/10 The Update - 7/10 Futterman's Rule - 8/10 Alright Hear This - 7/10 Eugene's Lament - 6/10 Flute Loop - 10/10 Do It - 6/10 Ricky's Theme - 7/10 Heart Attack Man - 7/10 The Scoop - 7/10 Shambala - 7/10 Bodivasta Vow - 7/10 Transition - 7/10 TOTAL - 141/200

Definitely an album I listened to many, many times as a teenager and tried to like. It's been maybe 20 years since I've listened to it all the way through, but I remember every song. I still don't care for it very much. There are definitely some cool samples in here. I retrospect, I can see where Blink-182 came from.

3 músicas boas na primeira metade aí já era, muito mais ou menos. As partes de hard rock são legais mas nem tanto

It was great

not gonna revisit this

I knew the hits I knew and liked those. Not super into the rock songs. Loved the more hip hop ones.

In the same vain as check your head , but I don't think quite hits the same. Stand out tracks flute loop & get it together

It has Sabotage and some other good songs, but maybe I just had to be there to understand (23)

It was okay. Not necessarily something I would listen to everyday. Nice discovery!!!

Musically this is much more interesting than the other one with less emphasis on shouty vocals and a genre buffet from jazz to punk. The lyrics are hilariously bad. I... liked it??

Mostly lots of fun. The analogue feeling is fuzzy and unique. I don’t love the punk songs, but mainly because the recording quality sounds like shit. But the hip hop is a lovely vibe for most days. It puts a pep in my step.

skönt men pauls boutique bättre

Beastie boys are fun 3

Starter fedt og peaker lidt tidligt med get it together med q-tip. Har svært ved at fastholde min interesse i længden, især med de mange instrumentaler. Mange fede lyde og genre der bliver blandet, som gør at albummet er en fest, når det er bedst.

- Sabotage is great - otherwise it sounds like the Beastie Boys but it’s not really for me

this was really cool actually!! way more varied and my speed than i thought— would def return to it. love the jazz and funk elements… standout- flute loop

Spretigare än en trasig menorah. Några vanliga Beastie Boys-raplåtar, några punklåtar, några instrumentala låtar med samplade beats, någon som låter som ormtjusarmusik från Mellanöstern. Som grädde på moset slängs det in lite tibetansk-buddhistisk nästan strupsång. Allt är ju rätt bra var för sig, men fattar inte varför allt måste klämmas in på ett enda album. Tjugo låtar är för mycket, tjugotusen stilar är för mycket. Stör mig också på Beastie Boys skrikigt gnälliga sätt att rappa. Därför var 'Get It Toghether', med Q-Tip som gäst, en mer "smooth" upplevelse. Annars är 'Root Down' och 'Flute Loop' jättebra! Jag kanske låter för negativ, mycket är skitbra. Gillar också de annorlunda 'Eugene's Lament' (Mellanöstern) och 'Shambala' och 'Bodhisattva Vow' (Tibet), värjer mig bara mot att det gör albumet mindre stringent. Bästa låt: Get It Together.

Hey, at least they're not shouting the entire time in this album. Meh.

I've probably only listen to this album several times, but I've heard a few of these songs hundreds of times. Though as a album it get's old and repetitive quite fast and it's not quite as original as Check Your Head or no where close tot he Masterpiece of Paul's Boutique. A solid 3.5 but I'm going to round down to 3 on this one.

I'm real mixed on this record. The singles (Sabotage, Sure Shot, Root Down) are all incredible. The rest of the album just feels random. While i'll listen to the single again, there's no way i'm listening to this all the way through again.

I like the singles. The rest is fine, too, I guess. Beastie Boys are like that band that you don't mind when they come on the radio, but an entire album is a little much (and this one is too long).

Had a brief listen. "Do it" and "Get it together" were my favourites. Must listen through again.

Ill Communication was something of a comeback album for the Beasties. After a string of hit records which produced iconic singles, 1994's Ill Communication only generated one single of worth, Sabotage. It's a good album but not up to the standards of Paul's Boutique or Licensed to Ill. By 94, The Beasties seem to have run out of steam and were behind the curve musically. Their brand of hip hop, especially with its humorous b-boy overtones. was passe in the age of West Coast Gangsta rap. It would come back, albeit in a modified form, as rapcore at the end of the 90s but by then The Beastie Boys were more like the old men of OG white rap. This is the last gasp of the golden age of The Beasties.

This is a good album by Beastie Boys, though I don't think as strong throughout as some of their other albums (Paul's Boutique, License to Ill). I never necessarily wanted to skip any songs but there just felt like less standouts. That being said, some of the songs that do stand out are extremely solid (Sure Shot and Sabotage in particular). I liked this one but didn't love it as a whole piece. Standout Tracks: Sure Shot, Root Down, Sabotage, Get It Together, Futterman's Rule, The Scoop, Shambala

Fun to listen to, was never into Beastie boys, but you have to try it to learn if you like something or not.

I was really excited for this album mainly because of sabotage but honestly I was slightly let down. The eclectic genre mixing is cool at first when they go from hip hop to punk to soul but then it skips around for another 50 minutes and I was just tired of it at the end. Flute loop was pretty good and sabotage is obviously great but everything else just felt too scattered to put together a cohesive sound. Also, some of the songs like the update sound almost exactly like kid rock with the heavily altered vocals and kind of aggressive tone/flow.

I’ll admit to not listening to all the songs, but I was pleasantly surprised by the ones I did hear. I did like the instrumentals more than the singing though 😅

Liked it fine

Нормально

3.5 stars. "Sabotage" is an absolute banger. Another standout is the leadoff "Sure Shot". There are some international influenced instrumentals. Still fun and entertaining but not the Beastie Boys at their best.

a lot of scratchy sounds and genre mixing between rock and rap and synth and jazz and acoustic and heavy. it was good but none of the songs hit me with wow

The Beastie Boys are just not for me. I see the influence and I don't hate their songs, just their rapping style is not for me.

Rap-Rock has never been my favourite, but I can appreciate what they were trying to do here, as they were ahead of their time. Raucous and energetic - highlight is definitely Sabotage. Not likely to return.

Some pretty innovative songs but not really my thing

Sabotage and Get it Together came on at one point and briefly shone a light on the Beastie Boy's appeal. It's all vibes and jokes, maybe I'll become a fan, I thought. Then those tracks passed, the kinda funny lyrics and nice beats resumed and I was left feeling the same way about Beastie as I do about New York: rightly popular but too crowded, noisy and just too long winded.

Dobri beatovi i instrumentali. Tekst nema šanse da pohvatam bez lyricsa. Sat vremena trajanja albuma je previše. 3,05

This album had some unexpected punk drops. Nice.

Great energy

Not my speed, but still influential.

3.5 too long

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This guys totally think they they are Joey Vay lents and Braid 😂😂😂

More enjoyable than the previous Beastie Boys album - considerably less shouty. However, the first half, the shouty half, was definitely more impactful than the second. I was dreading this, and putting off listening, but it was better than I expected - which is great. I am surprised, pleasantly surprised.

Thought this was a good album, has some absolute classics on it but it goes on for too long. Heart Attack Man was a nice surprise, didn't expect something like that from the Beastie Boys. Highlights: Sure Shot Sabotage Heart Attack Man

Better than the other Beastie Boys album that’s popped up, but it’s still not something I want a whole album of.

3.5, way better than Paul's boutique

Yelling through a microphone became a frustrating feature for me. Was going to go 1/5, however production was good and a few tracks were enjoyable. 3/5

Part blokes shouting about how cool they are over scratchy samples, part funkiness. I enjoyed it. I won't play it again. It certainly made me think of the Beastie Boys as more talented and diverse in output than I previously suspected.

I love the Beastie Boys. I probably heard like only 20 words that they said to be honest, but the pace and overall experience of the album is sooo good. The drum cuts sound amazing, sample choices and sonics are always interesting and changing just before anything gets stale, and you can tell there's a good sense of humor behind the whole thing. Another case of "I wish I could have heard this when it first came out." I might have actually but I was literally one year old. I wonder how it came across to fully cooked adults when it dropped. Had people cut vinyl jazz samples into sick backbeats yet? How was this album situated with other hip hop albums from the time? Not too much else to say since I didn't do a deep dive into the lyrics and how the album was made etc. Just really great to listen to, gonna come back to this one!

Some great songs that everyone knows (Sabotage), but also long and lots of filler.

Wacky background music

Classic chaotic rap Rock, sometimes too much but generally good, some bangers

In this album the beastie boys are so in your face that it’s hard to tell if they’ve became the frat boys that they were originally criticising in licenced to Ill. I don’t hate this though it’s just not as good as licenced to Ill.

Not as big of a fan of this as Licensed to Ill but still pretty decent Sabotage is a classic

Classic Beasties

This is already better than most of the other. They do all sound the same though... Meh

Ein av de bedre tingene 90-tallet hadde å by på

Es tracta del disc més ambiciós del trio, i segurament el seu millor treball en conjunt. Barreja temes de pur punk hardcore com 'Tough Boy' o 'Heart Attack Man', apropaments al rock alternatiu, mantres hindús, jazz i altres més pur hip hop marca de la casa. Entre la col.lecció, un dels seus millors singles, 'Sabotage', i temes hipnòtics com 'Flute's Loop'

There's a lots of detail to like in this album, great use of samples and loops. But I lost interest about halfway through, well pretty much after Sabotage, it was far too long and got far too experimental. 2.5

Not a big fan of rap like Beastie Boys but loved jazz and funk instrumentals.

Like the crossover sound, less fond of the rapping, not much variation. Sabotage a classic and jazzy tunes enough to give it 3 stars

Epic and inventive in its way.

Fun album that hits and misses. Sabotage absolutely slaps still. Had no idea “deez nuts” was this old.

I don’t think that I heard this album before. It seems very long, with some very heavy pieces (rapping on hard is rarely my thing) and some jazzy (mostly) instrumentals. Probably not my thing.

Meh

Nice beats, the rap itself is not great but better than almost every white rapper at the time.

Stop me gueuler dans les oreilles svp merci

Sehr gut gemacht. Punk Tracks kriegen nen Bonus, hip Hop immer noch nicht so meins

Confirmou que as músicas que eu já conhecia vale a pena escutar novamente devido às batidas com funk e rock que garantem uma melodia interessante. Já disco completo, mesmo fluindo bem para um álbum de hip hop eu não pretendo escutar todo mais uma vez.

Enjoyed this one much more than Paul’s Boutique. Some really great, funky production mixed with some solid flow. Sabotage will always hit right.

Liked much better than Paul’s boutique. Cool dense jazzy instrumentation and less grating shout rap. Still, not going to return to this often.

Came into this dreading it, a couple of tracks in was enjoying it and then it never stopped and dropped in quality... The album wasn't one note which suprised me and has some interesting music but ultimately isn't quite my thing and was too long. Won't cringe when I hear them mentioned or if they appear in the list again, so, progress?

ура все хиты (но всё равно три звезды)

Likt Tom Morellos alster är det mycket svårt att inte digga hämningslöst, utan att ta hänsyn till var man befinner sig. Perfekt att promenera till när självförtroendet är högt. Bäst: Sabotage

That was…interesting. I knew Sure Shot and Sabotage pretty well, and I was surprised the album wasn’t just more of the same. It’s an impressive array of styles and influences, but on a first listen through it seemed a bit chaotic and unfocused. I think I admire it, but I’m not sure I’d venture much beyond the singles in the future.

3.5/5

So let me start by saying, I do like a lot of Beastie Boy stuff. There's a lot I also dislike. Outside of Licensed to Ill, there's a lot of their albums with a few great tunes, then what seems to be filler stuff...... On to this album. Not one of their best, but does I have one of my favorite Beastie songs and that is Sabotage. All time great and just because of that song, I won't go below a 3. 2nd favorite song off the album was Tough Guy. Borderline punk mixed with some rage. And to top it off, listen closely an tell me it didn't sound a little like Zac de la Rocha. I wish more of this album had tunes like Tough Guy. Outside of those 2 songs, I did enjoy the music only tunes of Sabrosa and Futterman's Rule. Did you know that Zac de la Rocha was one of the name's considered for Mindy's first born? True story. Maybe not the de la Rocha part, but I'm sure de la Rocha would have been his nickname. Haha. Back to the album, not their best, but one of their best songs. Closer to a 2.5, but the score will be a 3 as stated 3

As someone who isn’t a fan o License to Ill I wasn’t looking forward to this a ton. Sure it’s got Sabotage on it and that songs still slaps but that was all I knew prior. I’m happy to say that while it didn’t leave a huge impression on me, I did enjoy this for the most part. Heavy and catchy. It’s sounds at times almost like the antithesis to License to Ill. 3

Surprisingly experimental, with tracks like Eugene’s Lament, plus hits like sabotage.

Cultural touchpoint filled in, basically. I love the idea of these guys more than I actually enjoyed listening

Almost called a 4.

I really like the mashing and meshing of styles. I was more into thé music and instrumentals behind the vocals. The vocals all kind of merged into one for me and I had no idea what was being conveyed and didn’t really have the impetus to find out. Sabotage was a great song. Also liked Sabrosa, The Document and Eugene’s Lament. Love the cover.

I never quite got what was so alluring about The Beastie Boys. Sounds like a lots of shouty rhyming and beat drops and gang-ups on sentence endings and it's all rather frivolous and inconsequential. When "Fight To Your Right" landed, it was fun enough, but seemed like a one-off goofy play that would fade away. I never loved it, just found it amusing. The fact that they became important and influential is strange to me. "Paul's Boutique" came highly recommended from a trusted source, so I went out and bought it. I listened to it multiple times, trying to like it. I never did. So... sorry... Ill Communication. I do very much like the diversity of the underlying music. From straight up hip hop beats to jazz to garage rock, there's an effortless amalgamation of styles that never seems like a put-on. And I bet stumbling on this live in a sweaty basement in Brooklyn in my 20s would have been tons of fun. But god damn, it's the same shouty rhyme-y gang-y delivery over it all that just wears on me. I'm giving it a 3, but that's rounding up from a 2.something.

I want to like the Beasties more than I do. I dig how eclectic and adventurous this album is, but at the same time, I rarely feel that these explorations yield anything profound. Most of the instrumentals, for example, feel more noodly than interesting. Also, their vocal delivery often annoys me. And I never understand what they're saying. Having said that, some of these songs just fucking slay. I really enjoyed "Eugene's Lament," and the final three songs, which reminded me of some of Miles Davis' fusion albums. And then there's "Sabotage," which is in a league of its own. There's a roller coaster at Universal Studios where you can choose a song to listen to while you ride. Sabotage is one of the choices and is perfectly synced to the ride. So I always associate plummeting down that final hill when the boys yell at 1:52.

I love the Beastie Boys; however this album isn’t my favorite. For Sabatoge alone this album deserves to be on the list. I’d say is a 3.8 In case our group doesn’t know…the Beastie Boys opened up for Madonna’s The Virgin Tour…her first tour to promote Like a Virgin and Madonna. The crowd didn’t take too kindly to the Boys and it’s fun to hear them tell some stories from this time.

I think 1 hour is more than enough to prove that you mastered the art of sampling and that you can now make compelling beats and loops. Congratulations. However, I suggest you stop shouting. Seriously, I already dig it in "License to Ill". Even the i-word is retained here, lol.

Great album. Not AS great as License to Ill, but still solid. It's clear that Kid Rock tried (and failed) to emulate this album with a lot of his early stuff, but I won't blame "the Boys" for Kid Rock. He was bound to happen.

I loved how different instruments were used and intertwined in some songs. "Sabotage" was understandably the single. Decent album, an interesting take on an r&b/hip-hop record. 3/5

This is pretty run of the mill Beastie Boys, Great stuff but also a lot of mediocre and nothing too wild. The flow is great though, some nice instrumentals spaced in between, great sampling. Towards the end it's just dragging a bit too much Key tracks: Sure Shot, Tough Guy, Root Down, Sabotage, Get It Together, Sabrosa, Flute Loop, Do It, Ricky's Theme 7.5 out of 10

Love an album with good transitions! Though I found much of it to sound monotonous on my first listen, I eventually came to appreciate a few songs after listening a few more times. Highlights: Root Down Flute Loop

Beastie Boys but with some of that 90s messy brownness going on. Can dig it but wouldn’t pick it every day.

I was surprised at just how jazzy-funky this album was! It's interesting to consider how unique this still sounds in 2023; I can only imagine the uniqueness of it back in 1994! I'm no Beastie Boys expert, but this album seems even a little out of the norm for them. I am more of a Beastie Boys singles kind of appreciator, but while this album was not entirely my thing, I was definitely captivated by the all around uniqueness of it. Definitely a worthy entry on this list!

Flera klassiks här men int lika bra som Paul's Boutique (★★★★★)

Cool as fuck

Inspiration for a lot of future music.

niet wat ik had verwacht maar wel een vibe, hard

Ik kon de implementatie van throat singing tegen het einde van het album wel waarderen. Ervoer de rest wel als veel van het zelfde

I listened only a little. It's not my piece of cake.

Some classics on here but not every song was a winner.

I love the instrumentals and the production. The rap unfortunately feels like a parody to me at times with how often their style gets spoofed in the media. I can see how it was ground breaking once, but it keeps me back from listening to it on my own.

The communication here is very ill.

Classic. Brings me back to my teenage years. Five stars maybe back then, but not something I could sit through now. I will enjoy a full listen 10 years from now.

Oh, my god. I was so interested to see where this went. The album starts off with Sure Shot which sounds like it could have been on an A Tribe Called Quest album, and then Tough Guy immediately after that just sounds like a punk-ish romp to me. Album stays hip-hop through the next few songs until Sabotage which, honestly, I don't really consider hip-hop at all (I'm sure most don't). From that point forward, I'm not even sure I can really describe where it went. I didn't really know what to expect, and I was still surprised. Almost feel weird rating this one at all. Standouts: Sure Shot, Root Down, Sabotage, Get It Together, Flute Loop, Heart Attack Man

Ah perfectly good, exactly what you'd expect, edgy, almost unpleasant, utterly unique white guy hip-hop. Great to run to but awful to live to.

Meh! Hip hop is really not my thing. Some is OK, this is average, nothing special at all

Instrumentals are good/interesting enough to be their own project, but in the context of the album, they kill the energy. Some amazing cuts on this one, though.

Pretty solid, multiple tracks brought the hype. But too many instrumentals. And sometimes the distorted vocals were too much for too long.

A bit long, but some bangers nonetheless

3.6 - Was excited to hear what I’d been missing. I remember Beavis and Butthead getting hyped about the video for “Sabotage.” Too many instrumentals. Also too much vocal distortion, which makes it hard to decipher what they’re rapping.

Hip hip con mucho jazz, muy bueno. También es cierto que sin Miles Davis esto no hubiera podido ser.

I enjoyed the album and think it was just above average but not fully a 4/5. I feel like something was missing but i’m not entirely sure what that is, but I still enjoyed it more than I thought I would have.

A surprisingly varied, interesting album. I enjoyed it.

I'm unsure how to feel about this album. Some of the back beats on this album are pretty good, but my issue is that I end up enjoying the back beats more than the rap. But then, on the instrumental pieces, I find myself a bit bored. I'm sure the raps are lyrically impressive, but they generally don't stand out to me. I know Sabotage is the big song off of this album, but I don't really care for it. Still, this album definitely has a lot of interesting sounds. It's rather eclectic. It makes me a bit sad that I got this Beastie Boys album before any others, because I won't get to see how their music evolved to this. I doubt it, but maybe I'd like a different album of theirs more. Maybe I just don't understand Beastie Boys. My favourite song was Get It Together.

hip hop h h h HUMPUTUS !! on tässä hyvää... rokki t on vähän heikompi tässä pärjäisi njos olisi ilman! paras biisi : root down

Interesting, wasn't expecting the more rock-focused songs. This album rips. Cool instrumentation. 3.5 stars

Hip hop. Rock

quite literally hurts my ears, and I'm hungry and my ears and stomach feel attached by the tendons and I wanna be high :/. I don't figure what I could do to lessen it, but IT MUST be background music, no headphones in or super low. The beats and musicians' sound quality are so supreme, It could be live. The craziest bar and everyone are joyous. You're in the washroom and drunk off life, but your ears are ringing and you'll sleep well. But with my headphones? Horrible and soul-sucking and needs to be turned down and put on a speaker. But once that happens, life changes :D, all is well and it actually makes everything in your day happier than it genuinely needs to be, almost Im-productive-ly so. How will I go on? I don't think it needs another listen.

i’m definitely biased here, i’ve never been a fan of the beastie boys. giving this a 3 because i don’t think i can fairly rate it and the technical aspects are solid

Pasabog.

10 tracks in: Really cool sound n great to hear the classics (sabotage). Some of the tracks are a bit of a slog just because they sound similar, but that qtip feature fit perfect w this sound n woke me up. Feel like this album is better in pieces than all at once. Finished + next day: it’s a really cool sound but everything I said above pretty much stands. Way too many instrumental tracks/interludes but did break up the songs nice

Okey, some background music but not my fav

08/31/2022 Retrospective listen, missed this one when it was first assigned to me. It was actually a lot better than I was expecting it to be. Pretty experimental for its time. Also you can't tell me that Rage Against Their Machine didn't get their musical style directly from these guys. Not sure if I would listen to the whole album again, but nevertheless I enjoyed listening to it.

wasnt entirely to my taste, some song were good others the beat and lyrical tempo were off to me

Sure shot: 6 Tough guy: 0 B boys: 4 hard to understand Half the album is kinda mid as hell Sabatoge is good and that's about it Heart attack is the most out of place song on the album by far Shbambala is weirdest track Bodhisattva is pretty dope

They fought for my right to party

has its moments

not their best album for sure

Decent and fun album with a lot of groovy tracks.

Ill Communication is the fourth album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys. It's the group's second album to reach number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart as well as their second album to earn triple platinum certification in the US. The album was popular with critics and fans throughout the mid to late 90's. With this album the group continued their transition from sampling to live instruments, and this album also has greater variation in its genre influences. The music is still primarily hip-hop which enables rapping to flow with it, but one can also hear hints of punk rock, jazz, and funk. It was a great album to listen to and I'm looking forward to other Beastie Boys albums on this 1000 albums journey.

Favourite Beastie Boys album. Hits a great feel between funky/hiphop/punk. Too many tracks for a perfect album with a lot of filler tracks. First half of the album is really strong.

Not the world's biggest beastie boys fan, but this album is pretty classic.

I have a feeling The Beastie Boys had even more fun making this record than some of their previous (better) ones, but it's not nearly as fun to listen to this record as the others. Obviously, Sabotage is a standout. Not bad at all and, in fact, I'd still call this a pretty powerful record overall, but it's the third best of the three in the 1001 list.

BB was not on my 90s playlist. Seems like easy listening at this point

A bit overlong, but still an enjoyable listen. The mixture of the outfit's usual ferocious yet tongue-in-cheek bars plus the genre experimentation between rap and punk yields a Beastie Boys product that is at once familiar yet experimental and refreshing.

Pretty good, but it was hard to get a feel for the album other than a vibe

It sounds radical, has some good tunes on it, but one of the rappers sounds like a really obnoxious version of Zack de la Rocha. It's a 3/5 since it has some sick tunes, is well made, but just isn't my cup of tea.

Average.

A lot of good songs in the first half. It dries up a lot in the second. The voice modulation gimmick gets old pretty fast. Don’t mind listening to the hits every once in a while but the album as a whole isn’t going to be in my rota any time soon. 3.5 stars

Kind of a revelation. They are much more than rap rock and I had no idea. Live instruments, multiple instrumentals, genre-hopping, very diverse.

Can't stop!

Det var bra!

hz noice

3/5 Was a fun album to listen to, a variety of jazz, punk rock, and a bit of reggae in there too. It was versatile and a fun album.

This was a LOT of sound for a Monday morning. Sure shot was a great opener, and Sabotage is the best rap/punk fusion I can think of aside from Rage Against the Machine. The rest of the album however was not great for me. It felt cluttered and annoying. Though I get that the Beastie Boy’s were showing that they could actually play instruments too, which is fine, I don’t think the fusion of styles worked on the rest of the album as well as it did on Sabotage.

I enjoyed the live instrumentation and diversity of sounds, but it just makes the album distorted and messy. Many of the hip hop songs sound unintelligible and no song other than Sabotage (because I know it already) stand out.

Genre: East Coast Hip Hop 3/5 My second Beastie Boys album in 4 days (my algorithm is taking the piss, as the Brits would say), Ill Communication was released 8 years after their debut, Licensed to Ill. While still a great crossover project, blending rock and rap better than many other groups throughout the last 40 years or so ever did, this album isn't quite as good nor as full of energy as their debut is. While Sabotage is on here, a really great track and a huge single for them, the rest of the project flows like it doesn't really know what it's doing. We get our usual Beastie Boys jams, Sure Shot and Root Down to name a few, but a sizable chunk of this album is filled with the three boys performing entirely instrumentally, with an almost jazz/lounge feel. It unfortunately feels more like a harsh detour than an interesting diversion. It made the run of the album feel a little more like "background noise" rather than a full-on Beastie Boys album. I'm not saying they can't change it up, just personally speaking their choices didn't hit me as well as they may have hoped. When they were rapping, however, their over-emphasis on vocal disortion made it hard to discern some of their lyrics, and hard to listen to, overall. Not a bad album, though, but certainly doesn't reach the heights of their earlier projects.

Fun but not as much fun as Paul's Boutique

3,5; very influential, creative and great album but 20 tracks were a little bit too much for me

Pretty decent. A bit repetitive. Too long.

The music is great, the samples are great. Just take out the vocals and I'm all in.

You can tell they were sick of just doing one single thing. Definitely was surprised by the range of the album, but it doesn't really stick to anything so as an album I find it lacking. Obviously has some bangers.

Another one I hated at the time, but quite enjoy now. It brings their punk/hardcore influences together with rap and the nascent hip-hop genre. I really enjoy it now.

Hip hop rock jazz funk. Te hace mover la cabeza. Al final se hace un poco pesado. 3

Pretty great. 3.5/5 If you haven't read the Beatie Boys Book, I highly recommend it. It is interesting from start to finish. I listened to it on audible and it was even better with them reading it. This album is really good. I'd give it a higher score if I knew it better. I've listened to it several times and am still getting to know it. There are so many different sounds and styles throughout the album. It really is something interesting to listen to. I think people either love the Beastie Boys or hate them. If you are a hater, then I'd recommend getting to know them better. Their lyrics are quite intelligent (at times). Sometimes simplistic - going back to Licenced to Ill..... Standouts: Sabotage.

Beastie Boys good album if you like rap. Not like( You gotta fight for your right to party )

Craziest white boys to ever do it

Didn’t get to finish the album but feel I know it from Ritchie. I quite enjoyed it although it’s not something I’d seek out. 3*

Album starts brilliantly, then falls off

Everyone likes the Beastie Boys, and sabotage is one of their best songs. Heard a few others as well here. Album is a bit overly long and unfocused at times, pretty 1990s. Would be a 4 if it was only half an hour. 3/5.

Slightly better than "Paul's Boutique", more melodic, I think. Still, hip-hop music and the Beastie Boys in particular are not my cup of tea.

Very Nice, Strong 3

Through this project, I've listened to more Beastie Boys in the past few months than in the decades before. This album is better than the others for the most part. I'm hearing more live instruments, which I generally prefer to sampling (although sampling can be great and a lot of fun, too). There's more variety, too, in this one. I like the different styles. Overall, I'm finding there's a limit to the amount of this band's music I can listen to, but this is a good album on its own.

Newish to beastie boys. Loved it

Ok kinda cool but super long. Made pancakes to this and they were really good.

more chilled than I was expecting

Lots to like

Sabotage is a standout. Eclectic mix of styles, not my thing but can see why it's in the book

Love the BB hip hop but less keen on the other stuff

It's very good but still just rap at the end of the day.

Annoying yet also enjoyable

Good fun

Pretty fun. 2 recognized songs

The eclectic interludes and influences surprised me. Loved "get it together" with Q-tip.

Hip-hop de los 90, con ritmos un tanto parecidos, con sintetizadores y con instrumentación típica del estilo y de la época. Pioneros en su estilo. Se puede escuchar, aunque se asocia bastante a aquella época.

Very mixed!! Love some songs with their funky beats and sexy drum solos, was that throat singing?? Some songs were very stressful with chaotic noises and some lyrics made me uncomfortable coming from a bunch of white guys

Wow this was pretty long and loads crammed in there. Some I loved, some not so much. I think overall though, I did enjoy it. Have to be in the right mood though...

Jazzy yelling

It's interesting when you have a knowledgeable (or opinionated) friend over while listening to the 1001 album de jour. When they know the album better than you do, it can be hard not to let their views influence your rating. Last night a friend who is a big fan of the B Boys was over. As a result, the LP was well received initially. The album did wear on me. I understand their music is diverse but this was one of the times where I don't think genre hopping works that well.

This one’s really all over the place. From punk rock to funk, acid-jazzy instrumentals to violin solos. And a lot of it isn’t sampled!! I still find some of the shouting grating (Q Tip was a pleasant reprieve) and for that I deduct a point - but there’s humour in the lyrics and it’s not in your face all the time. Very creative.

// Favs: Sabotage / Flute Loop Score: Strong 2 to Light 3

The music on this album is all over the place. Sabotage is a fantastic song and is in its own league. The rest of the songs are just ok.

Love the B-Boys and there are some classics here, but it's too long with too much filler.

I liked the instrumental tracks. The rap tracks all kind of bled together for me. I know this is classic but it really isn't my style. Even Sabotage is kind of lacking without the video. 2.5.

Hmmmmmm... Ja, grisigt är det ju. Men det visste jag ju också going in baserat på de låtar jag tidigare hört ("Sabotage", "Fight For Your Right, "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"). Men jag tycker det är intressant, även om sättet sången skriks fram inte är min kopp av te egentligen så går det ihop med resten av musiken. Gnissliga gitarrer och trummor som det bankas väldigt hårt på stundvis, andra låtar som exempelvis "Sabrosa" har ett sound som är mycket mer funkigt och jazzigt. Det känns ändå som att Beastie Boys har ett djup och inte bara är det där skrikiga som man hört. Med det sagt så fungerar den grisiga, tunga och skrikiga musiken ibland om man tar det i små mängder eller befinner sig i ett tillstånd där man bara vill röja. Jag vill minnas ett tillfälle en sen natt när någon slog igång "Sabotage" och hela kompisgänget började hoppa runt och bete sig som varelser vilka inte kan klassas som människoliknande. Det är härligt att befinna sig på en sådan plats ibland också. Bäst: Tror "Sabotage"

America, 90s, Hip-Hop + Jazzy, Future, Mix genres = Male, - Silent {1/32} [/5]

What I like a lot about this album is that it's all over the place with vibe. Some straight punk, a bunch of scuzzy Brooklyn whiteboy hip hop, some very mellow instrumentals. But it still outstays it's welcome for me. Right around Heart Attack Man, I'm ready for the party to be over. But there's not a good closer, ya know? Like maybe if Sabotage was the last song or something, you'd feel like it closed real strong. But I think I've turned this one off around here more times than not.

Reinforces my long-held belief that the Beastie Boys were - are - capable of moments of brilliance, but overall are just quite good. The highs are very fun - Sabotage being the obvious standout - and I appreciated the Lee Dorsey name check in the first track. Yeah, it's fine, but my mind remains un-blown.

I've never quite understood the critics darling status of the Beastie Boys, then again never heard much beyond Fight for your right to party. This album did not do anything to turn mexaround to the Beasties. I'll charitably give it 3 🌟

It's ok, instrumentation is clearly outdated at point, vocal performances can be rough, but overall it was an ok experience

Big fan of deez guys! This album need more listening time from me to increase the star rating.

June 6th, 2021 1.SURE SHOT- I'm liking the flute sample. GREAT party track. 2.TOUGH GUY- Pure punk rock craziness. REAL crazy stuff. 3.B-BOYS MAKIN' WITH THE FREAK FREAK- Great drums, hilarious sample (lol), but I wish I knew what they were saying... 4.BOBO ON THE CORNER-Jamming instrumental. Once again, great drums. 5.ROOT DOWN- Dope track (probably the best on the album so far). Love the funky 70's bass and jazz samples. 6.SABOTAGE- Solid rap-rock.💯 7.GET IT TOGETHER- Unusual vibes.💯 8.SABROSA- A funky instrumental straight out of 1973, just made for "passion". 9.THE UPDATE- Those drums go hard. They're probably spittin' bars too. 10.FUTTERMAN'S RULE-Yet another funky instrumental track. 11.ALRIGHT HEAR THIS- The drums and bass are 🔥 (I hear that cowbell too). I wish I understood the lyrics more... 12.EUGENES LAMENT- WOW! TOTALLY DIFFERENT SOUND. Interesting gypsy vibes with the fiddle too. 13.FLUTE LOOP- Some more flute samples like "Sure Shot" in a mellower track. 14.DO IT- Total 90's vibes and more intelligible vocals. 15.RICKY'S THEME- Another seventies inspired instrumental, this time more on the jazzy side. 16.HEART ATTACK MAN- F'n crazy! Lives up to its name. 17.THE SCOOP- Jazzy beat and I can sorta tell what I'm hearing. 18.SHAMBALA- The Buddhist chants are a cool touch in this other funky instrumental. 19.BODHISATTVA VOW-The Buddhist vibes sort of continue in this track, both in the form of the title and the cymbals. 20.TRANSITIONS: Pretty funky slow jam of a final track. >In Review: Considering that my existing musical tastes are pretty far from this, I'm actually surprised at how my I enjoyed Ill Communication. The album is primarily a dynamic duo of punk rock and hip-hop, and the funky seventies-flavored instrumentals make it a unique trifecta. Even though I found that the vocals on several tracks were tough to make out, I enjoyed the overall eclectic sound on this album and would give it a 7 out of 10 if possible.

The pan suave of rapping boy bands. The restaurant at the end of the universe of my taste in music. Never in a million years did I think I would take to something like this, but I really did. Some of the songs are sick. Some of them are not though. I wish I could give it 4 stars just for the ones that make me feel like I'm in the same league as Blue Da Ba Dee and for the smooth transitions, but it's really drawn down at points. 3.3 stars.

I was excited when I saw this selection but I was very underwhelmed. Loved the first few tracks, reminded me of listening to this in like 7th grade. Mustve lost interest after that even back then, because I forgot about the numerous instrumental tracks, which were unremarkable for thr most part. Wanted some beat boxing mc'ing, and while I respect the attempt, not what I was looking for.

Above average album. Enjoy the beastie boys but this album had several instrumental interludes that didn’t seem necessary. Prefer their first album over this one. 6.6/10

Very cool and obviously legendary, just didn’t find more than the hits that I loved.

Had never listened to a full BB album before - I liked it. Went on to listen to another one which I didn’t like so much. Think I need to be in the mood for something like this.

It was alright. A lot of instrumentals and experimental stuff with the signature bestie boys sound. Not much stood out in terms singles but it was still good. This is something I will need to listen to again to get a better opinion. It seems like some of these tracks will grow on me

A really funky jazz/hip-hop mix from the Beastie Boys with their trademark rap sound over the top. Lots of instrumental tracks throughout, where I perhaps wasn't expecting it. Best: Sure Shot; Root Down Worst: Sabrosa

Fun and catchy 90s vibes. Brings me back to childhood!

Pasable

Summer sounds

Great album, but I couldn't really do the whole album!

Here’s the thing with the Beasties: no matter how varied they try to be (and they throw a lot at the wall here - hardcore punk, freewheeling jazz flute, rollicking basslines), they always end up coming out the same way. In your face hollering to a groovy drum track. Big, fun and made for parties, even when they’re trying to go beyond that. As with all of us, their biggest strength is also their biggest weakness.

It wis not bad at all, I thought I was going to hear the beach boys at first but I was pleasantly surprised.

Fraid to say I spilt all my juice for today trying to write a comprehensible critique of Bo Burnham: Inside, so all of I've got to say about this is it's funny, bouncy and suprising enough to justify its 50 minutes.