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good rap album
Helt greit, ikke helt min greie
Gav meg ikkje kjempemykje, men høyrte det frå start til slutt i det minste.
Some interesting songs. Not a fan and I know this wasn't their best release.
its cool but meh, found some interesting songs but idk actually i think some songs would be great as soundtracks for a spy film
nice beats honestly , and there was this one song that was all instrumental it was nice. I feel like if listened a little more and gave it a chance maybe I'll like it? But I dont resonate with the lyrics it's like analogies to things I don't know. But it was intresting 3/5
sabotage
I appreciate their talent but this hip hop/rap is not for me, and out of all their albums on this list, I enjoyed this the least. Also, the album is too long by at least 15 minutes.
The Shouty Boys have never been my thing.
I like some of their songs, but this album was not my fav
1.5
"sabotage" is the hit off this album. Not sure if it redeems the rest of the screaming... Good for a workout I guess?
its a 2 for me
Unfortunately, I am not a beastie boys fan… three songs in - didn’t realize it had switched songs - committed to finished the album, but not really looking forward to it. They just all sound the same. Looking at the lyrics, they’re pretty good sometimes, I just can’t get behind how they’re sung. I liked The Update, and their instrumental stuff isn’t bad, I just can’t get over the vocals. Several songs have genuine deep means which I think is cool, but then they follow it up with putting your dih in mashed potatoes? 2.6/5
The instrumental jazz/funk rock tracks are very nice to listen to but I just couldn’t stand the rest of the tracks. The album just wasn’t my vibe. 2/5
Diff kind of rock but ok
The Beastie Boys are not my band. I couldn't force myself listening to yet another of their records.
It didn’t communicate with me
Never have been a fan of hip-hop, and unfortunately this was no different. I do enjoy the slick punches the lyrics pack in, and the clear funk sounds. Honestly, the production is really nice, because it straddles the line of being drowning out the vocals and not pretty well. Maybe if I revisit this a few years into the future I’ll feel differently. Maybe.
Scuzzy sound production. The audible bits were decent
Not my type of music but I do like the loops in most of the tracks. Sabotage was probably my fave with the guitar melody. Not to sound like an old person but some of these tracks just were a lot of noise that was a bit much for me (could be though that I was listening on a plane and there's already so much noise) I probs would have loved this album at 19, less so now
Couldn’t even finish this album So overstimulating omg So loud and there’s so much going on it honestly gave me a headache The epitome of white boy rap but feels like Michael Scott with the bandana could’ve made this shit.
crazy ramba zamba, but too rough for me to really like it
I'm Surprised how different this album sounds from Licensed to Ill. Sounds like Tough Guy are short but show a different side to the Beastie Boys. That being said it's nowhere near as good an album as Licensed to Ill.
instrumentally pretty great, just not a fan of the shouty vocals. 2/5
Geht so
what is happening
i loved the instrumentals but in general not really my thing sadly faves: sure shot and bodhisattva vow
Oh dear
I like sabotage
This is a lengthy introduction to Beastie Boys and it brought me through several genres and sounds that I did not expect. I found several of the interludes quite enjoyable, as well as my favorite track “Get It Together.” I enjoyed the incorporation of unconventional sounds and the emphasis on the bass and flute (I’m biased as a former flute player). Overall, it is a solid piece of work, but I didn’t fully connect with it and I’m not sure I would listen to it again.
I like the Beastie Boys’ hits—Sabotage, Hey Ladies, all those songs. The only full album I’ve listened to is Paul’s Boutique, and I hated it. I know it’s objectively pretty good but I just can’t stand it. Just makes me think of annoying frat bros. It’s the type of music Kyle would play during the beer pong tournament. This one definitely begins more enjoyably. Sure Shot is a pretty good opener and Tough Guy is really good; I have a soft spot for punk. Same with Heart Attack Man. The transition between Bobo on the Corner and Root Down is pretty good, but then the rest of Root Down is just…annoying. I can’t stand it. I was just waiting for it to end. The lyrics are so cringy and awful. And I get it—party band or whatever. But there’s a reason I don’t like frat bros. Sabotage definitely redeems that somewhat. It’s a great song. Super catchy, and also I’ve just heard it on the radio so much I can’t hate it. Get it Together is much less annoying because it doesn’t overuse that super aggressive, processed vocal style. It’s actually a pretty good song. But also tf you mean she’s the cheese and you’re the macaroni. I know Ad-Rock is a great guy and the Beastie Boys have done some great activism and stuff, but still, how did that man get Kathleen Hanna to marry him. Sabrosa is a good track—mostly because it’s just some good instrumentals without anything annoying over it. Same with Futterman’s Rule. The instrumental tracks give it some time to breathe and breaks up some of the repetitiveness. The Update is also pretty awesome. Eugene’s Lament and Flute Loop have great production. I think as long as the song was instrumental, I loved it. If it had lyrics or that awful, repetitive rapping style, it was more of a toss up. I’m kind of inclined to like this album because I try really hard to not hate Beastie Boys, and I know they are pretty creative. But please, I really didn’t need to hear about your love for mashed potatoes. I wish this album was just all the instrumental tracks, the two punk songs, and Sabotage—maybe Sure Shot, Get it Together, Bodhisattva View, and The Update can stay, too. And with the vocal style, I definitely don’t mind aggression—I love punk and grunge and hardcore—but this just seems like aggression for the sake of just yelling everything to seem edgy or cool or whatever. And I get it—it’s rap rock, it combines the two vocal styles—but bands like Rage Against the Machine did it a lot better. And I know you can’t compare the two all that well because of the differences in thematic priorities, but the points on technique still stand for the most part. I’m glad this album exists and I know it’s objectively good, but half of it is annoying and repetitive as hell.
It’s really not for me
Утомили
I feel like every album has a few absolutely perfect songs and the rest a bit of filler. Great hooks though.
Sabotage aside easily the less of the two other Beastie Boys albums on this list
Cover 5 A while back, maybe two years ago, I actually listened to their entire discography, inspired by the podcast Every Album Ever. EAV is two hosts that listen to an entire discography and then discuss the artist and each album. They rate the best and worst and personal favorites. I found that I actually like The Beastie Boys. Some of their best songs are not radio hits. If you judged solely from their radio hits, you're missing out on a lot. This album is not their best, though. Paul's Boutique is actually pretty amazing but like this album can be too long for it's own sake (and it's first track, To All the Girls is not only laughably misogynistic, it's just not very good). This one's ok, even though Sabotage is one of their best (funnest?) songs. Still, there's a lot on here to consider, including the fact it's an hour-long album. So much of this album is self indulgent and drags the album, especially the second half. Actually more than that. The last two-third, almost everything after Get it Together. This could have been a much better album had they removed six or so songs. It really is about twenty to twenty five minutes too long. That said, there are some good songs, including Sabotage, a favorite of mine, but the majority of the album is so much filler.
Very surprised by my own rating.
When listening to an album, you want to be able to listen to it from start to finish. I found myself skipping halfway through most songs. I will note, one of their better songs Sabotage is on this album, so it’s not a full loss.
Nein, das ist nicht meine Musik.
Totally fine and bearable when they shut the fuck, high 2 low 3 Fav song: Futterman's Rule maybe
a lot of ...screaming? Highlight: Sabotage (second half)
Some classics but some absolutely unlistenable garbage.
The funk instrumentals were nice, the hip-hop songs (especially directly into the microphone) - not so much. Not exactly my thing, to be precise.
I’m not convinced that if sabotage hadn’t such a great video that there wouldn’t be as much attention on them. Something about them grates on me a little - don’t like the pseudo shouting rapping, and although I appreciate the blend between rap and more punk/rock instrumentation, just isn’t my thing.
Un peu trop boom boom
Dosta čudan album, ne sjeda mi, iako ima par dobrih trenutaka. Čudan mix žanrova a ništa konkretno. 2/5, 4/10
I kind of liked an instrumental track on this album, but I guess I'm just not into this kind of hip hop.
Sabotage is a jam, but a jam I’ll probably never put on myself. Some other cool songs on here but also a bunch of crap. It is kind of interesting to see all the variety on this record. Too long though.
1. zhot - 1.5 2. guy -0 3. freak - 1.5 4. Bobo - 0 5. Root - 1.5 6. Sabotage -2.5 7. Get - 1.5 8. Sabrosa -1 9. Update -1.5 10. Rule - 1 11. Hear - 1.5 12. Lament -1.5 13.flute - 2 14. Do - 0 15. Theme - 1.5 16. heart - 1.5 17. zcoop - 1.5 18. zhambala - 1 19. Vow - 1 20. Transitions- 1.5
20 songs is too many. Some I enjoyed but ultimately not my thing
why would I choose to listen to this? it's fine.
Well, I of course have heard a few Beastie Boys songs before this. My least favorite of the bunch was always Sabotage. Hearing the whole album this song is on makes it make much more sense. I did not enjoy this at all. Why so many instrumental tracks? Also, why do they feel the need to say their rapper names in every verse? I know who you are by now, Ad Rock. The song with Q-Tip was fine. I thought more favorably of the Beastie Boys an hour ago.
I've never been a fan of beastie boys idk it's a me problem
Pleasantly surprised a few times during this album.
Meh.
Nada con hip hop será mi regla. Si señor.
Not for me. Too much shouting.
Me ha gustado mucho Sabotage pero el resto no me ha llamado la atención aunque me gusta el estilo gamberro de este rap.
Thought I would enjoy this more, the rap songs were the best, punk rock songs sounded juvenile.
Jazz interludes were interesting but the rest doesn't work for me
Moro moro :D en kyl osaa yhtään sanoa tykkäsinkö vai vihasinko. Vokalistin ääni rupesi vituttamaan mut instrumentaaliset välibiisit oli erikoinen ratkaisu. Sabotage oli tuttu biisi tältä albumilta joka oli ihan hyvä. Pakko antaa vaan kaks tähtee ku punkki on paskaa :D
Ei se ihan lähteny lentoon. Instrumentaalit oli levyn paras anti.
Shambala on kova kurkkulaulubiisi. Itseasiassa jos koko levy olisi tehty kurkkulaululla, niin olis ehkä parempi.
Aika monotonista meininkiä, biisien vaihtumista ei oikein tahtonut edes huomata paria poikkeusta lukuunottamatta. Välillä tulee vähän Rage Against the Machine mieleen, niissä melkein levyn parhaat hetket. Ehkä taustamusana menisi, mutta enpä usko että tähän levyyn tulee enää koskaan palattua. Ei ihan pelkkä Sabotagen hauska musavideo nyt kyllä riitä. Oikeastaan vähän semmoista kamaa, niin melkein mikä tahansa biisi voisi mennä yksittäisenä kappaleena jonkun Ostos tv:n "Fairly good songs of the 90's" -levyn biisien joukossa Aquan Dr. Jonesin ja Santanan Smoothin välissä pienenä välipalana, mutta kyllä jo kaksi biisiä putkeen kuunneltuna alkoi olla vähän liikaa.
(2) i liked some of the instrumentals but wasn’t a massive fan on the whole
Again I think just not for me. I think as an album it’s more of a sonic vibe and experience than it is a cohesive collection of songs. Instrumentally I think there are some great moments, specifically Eugene’s Lament.
Sabotage is a banger but I surprisingly didn't like most of the other songs. I liked the instrumentals though.
Musically, I think this is relatively well constructed with a few interesting things going on. However, I don’t see any evidence of the finesse other reviewers seem to find in either the lyricism or the vocal delivery. It’s just … not very good.
Noisy noise
Standout Songs: Sabotage Alright Hear This
How did they convince people they were good
Det var bättre förr. Beastie Boys var också bättre förr.
Not for me.
Definitely not for me but I’ve heard worse.
look. i love the energy. i love the ideas. i love how its messy as hell. its just not for me
Nää uudenvuodenpuheet ei vaan kelpaa.
Joo. Ei nää edelleenkään kuulu mun kataloogiin vaikka uranuurtajia ovatkin olleet
Their fourth album. Hip Hop / Rock / Punk / Rap. It's a busy fucking album. Sabotage is a cool track, it also happens to have one of the best music videos of all time. Good production on the album. This is a solid album for sure. It's just that, for me, it had one stand out track and then a bunch of ... meh !
I am not a fan of rap and this album by the BBs seems to contain all the genres of music I hate. Hardcore punk? Jazz-Funk? Rapcore ? No, thank you. With so many songs on this album they all blurred into one big noise.
N word confirmed
As far as hip-hop goes, this is a fun album. Tough to the ears with so much shouting and longer than I'd prefer, but diverse and tasteful in motives and samples (espetially in the second half) enough to provide a good experience for a non hip hop fan. Best tracks: instrumental ones.
This is one of those albums where they made rap music that was just a bunch of words and the beat repeats forever in the background. I am not a huge fan of that, I think possibly because that slightly predates me, but instead I prefer the rap songs that have a more melodic vibe. Overall, not a bad album, but I am just not that excited about it.
While a great album for the Beastie Boys, it was a mediocre example of the hip hop scene at that time. Gang Starr’s Hard to Earn, Jeru the Damaja’s The Sun Rises in the East, and Organized Knofusion’s Stress are arguably better representations of mid-90s East Coast hip hop.
Also "Sabotage" natürlich n geiler Song, aber Himmel war der Rest von dem Album anstrengend zu hören. Alles der gleiche Einheitsbrei oder vollkommen chaotisch
Ich schreib 1:1 die gleiche Bewertung wie beim letzten Mal: Auch, wenn unpopular opinion, ich finde die haben zwar interessante Stimmen, aber der Flow und alle zusammen, klingt einfach wie gröhlen auf ner Party. Einige Lieder sind cool, aber ich finds einfach häufig nicht schön und anstrengend zu hören.
4/10
My concept of what Beastie Boys is was skewed. Was not expecting riff tracks. Sabotage is THE Beastie Boys song.
Q-Tip is the best part of this. the hardcore punk callbacks to their roots are cool. the jazz-funk is not. i don't really care for the Beastie Boys despite their importance, unfortunately deserves to be one of the 1001? probably not compared to their first two, which are also on the list
This is a tough one. I love the instrumentals on this album. There's so much variety. So many great beats and style switch-ups and catchy little bits. They use some very inventive samples and cool live instrument bits. It's all genuinely great. And kept me entertained for the full hour. But holy shit, i hate them as rappers. Their flow is like a woodpecker hammering my eardrum until there's nothing left but a bloody socket. Especially when they're trading off lines between the 3 of them... that shit is cursed. It's so fucking annoying. It feels like a lonely island sketch, in a bad way. I honestly think i'd rather listen to sandberg do his beastie boys impression than the real thing. Their flow is terrible and repetitive. I don't get it. I know they're known for being influential new york rappers, but honestly the tracks where they go in a rock direction and do more singing/shouting, are wayyyy better. The hardcore tracks on this are highlights. Even sabotage with it's sing-song rap style works so much better (and i am so sick of this song, but vocally it was a highlight). Anything that deviates from their horrible dated 90s rip rippety rap flow, is a welcome change to my ears. I honestly wish there was an instrumental version of this record. ORRRR i think a bunch of better rappers should take the instrumentals from this album and do something else with them. I think there is potential for a great rap record here... you just need to mute the beastie boys. But damn... they are good producers. They should be making beats for other rappers.... anyone other than themselves. It's honestly crazy that they are seen as great rappers. i don't get it. I know they started as a hardcore punk band... maybe they shoulda stuck to that lane. I think they're pretty good at it. But sadly that's not the universe we live in. Highlights: Tough Guy - hardcore track Sabotage - reluctantly it's good Sabrosa - cool instrumental The Update - a track with rapping i actually liked. It had a different slower vibe and flow. I enjoyed it. Reminded me of a ween track. Futterman's Rule - another cool instrumental Eugene's Lament - cool weird experimental string based instrumental Heart Attack Man - cool hardcore punk track - they're good at this style. it's abrasive but catchy. Shambala - i like the gregorian chant sample? Neat. Low-lights: Any track where they rapped a lot.
I like sabotage and nothing else about this album. Not my thing
Honestly, this sounds like a collection of B-sides dropped from other projects. No cohesion ordirection; jazz rap, funk, punk, psychedelic jams, chanting, 90s hip hop... The list goes on. None of it is particularly bad, but the song Sabotage isn't able to keep this whole album afloat. 2/5
Gee man I sure love instrumental tracks in my rap album. Legendary hits from this band but their albums ooze with filler.
License to kill is just a better album. Sabotage is a banger though
Time to go make some mashed potatoes.
Eu entendo que eles estavam querendo ser mais experimentais e buscar explorar influências mais amplas deles, mas a primeira metade do disco é bem mais coesa do que a segunda, além de ser um álbum muito longo. Eu também tenho uma dificuldade com essa coisa deles de buscarem essa imagem de "macho durão" sendo que são só uns malucos brancos que deram uma roupagem mais palatável do rap pra um público branco.
Never again
njae
sin inter´s para mi.
I understand the significance of this album. But this sounded quite messy these days, blend of old-school boombap and punk.
My boyfriend loves it - not my kind of thing but I can appreciate the vibe!
I love the two singles on this album, but the rest just doesn't do it for me.
Not my style
Felt less groundvreaking than the 84
1994 produced Emperor's genre-defining record "In the Nightside Eclipse", and yet here we are with another cheesy Beastie Boys album. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing
I like the instrumentation and many of the samples are interesting, but I really don't like the vocals at all. I've had to skip through some tracks. I like the instrumental tracks quite a lot though. Overall I would not listen to the album again.
Favorite track: Get it together. Overall score: 3,4/10
J - 2/5 Best Track - "Sabotage" F - 1/5
This is of my era but not a genre I've ever enjoyed. I thought the nostalgia factor might carry me through but this wasn't much fun to sit through.
Sabotage is a banger, but this genre has never been for me.
The latest exhibit of Americans just trying a little to hard to prove how fun they are. The album had its moments so it's a high 2 but I did get bored
Sabotage is a five star track, one of the coolest guitar songs of the nineties. The rest of this is mehh to me.
Meh
2.5
Sabotage was familiar, not liked
Love the artwork - was interested to read more about the photographer and especially his Brooklyn Gangs photoshoot. Off the wiki: “Although Davidson had not heard the Beastie Boys' music and did not understand it once he did—he later recalled thinking it sounded like a "secret language" when they sent him a demo tape” I very much agree. I think it’s probably good I just don’t really like it - and the less rapping the better.
Not that great
They should have communicated what type of mid this album is.
Ich muss sagen, ich fand es ziemlich langweilig und eintönig.
Enjoyed this one more than Licensed to Ill -- enjoyed the music even if the vocals still isn't anything I'm interested in. 2.5 stars
I wouldn’t call myself a Beastie Boys fan, but I do have a lot of respect for them and they’ve obviously been very influential in the industry. I like their hits, but I didn’t recognize any of these songs when I scrolled through this. Overall, I’m completely indifferent to this album. It’s not bad, but I just have zero feelings either way about it and it didn’t elicit any emotions from me when I was listening to it. It is completely different from what I expected from a Beastie Bots album though. It was more eclectic and jazzy and it had more layers than most of their other songs. But not a single one was distinguishable from the other. I just… did not care about this the entire HOUR it was on. I wouldn’t listen to it again, but I wouldn’t turn it off.
God, I can’t stand the Beastie Boys. -Get it Together isn’t so bad, but I think it’s because someone else is on the track. -Sabrosa is funky, I dig it. I like the music on some of these tracks, but I can’t handle the vocals. This album ain’t for me. 2.5 Stars
Pretty mid, only liked the first song.
Bit of a disjointed album, don't hate it but not my thing, only really enjoyed sabotage.
ashamed to say I just don't get beastie boys. They've released some phenomenal tracks but their albums are such a slog to get through
Once upon a time I was a fan of the Beasties. I went hard for Licensed to Ill when it came out, and I stuck with them through Check Your Head. And then suddenly ... I was done. Chalk it up to the nasal delivery and overuse of vocal effects, the lingering echoes of their past juvenilia, and especially their commercial and cultural ubiquity as the '90s wore on. It felt like you couldn't get away from these guys for a while there. As for Ill Communication, I like the instrumentals, their sampling and mixing reflect skill, and it's always cool to hear Q-Tip and Biz Markee guest rap. I think I just really don't like them as rappers. IIRC we've so far had just three (?) hip hop releases on this list, and the Beastie Boys are worthy of two slots?
Okay now I know what the BB sound is all about. I think that was a goat in track 3 and, note to self, do not have any mashed potatoes at any pot luck dinners these guys might have.
2/5 Beastie Boys to have som good tracks, but unfortunatelly except Sabotage, they arent on this album.
I get that they're influential, but I just can't stand the screaming. The samples and beats are great though, would probably give it a 4 if it was an instrumental album.
“Eat a Scooby Snack and take a disco nap” makes me want to rate this a 5 Sounds like white RunDMC but they’re still using the N word? The 90’s man, what a time.
Hmm. This is good, but I think I'm starting to realize that I don't really like hip-hop. Sabotage is great, but that's because it's their most rock song. Am I old? Or not old enough? 2
Not my favorite album from them. 2/5
2.5
This is ok. It doesn't really do anything better or that much different from the other Beastie Boys albums on this list, although it does include one of the group's most well known songs, "Sabotage". Key tracks: Sure Shot Sabotage
I'm a big hiphop fan and some of the tracks here were good but overall it wasn't for me and just hard to get into.
Another generic HipHop album.
this shits cheesy
- Old school hip-hop, rock, and jazz - Beats are groovy - The fully instrumental songs are a nice addition/balance out the more raucous vocal ones - Can be jarring and obnoxious at times
Ok but not usually my style. Still was better than I thought initially. I recognized some of the songs.
Lots of variety that leaves me feeling mixed. I enjoyed the punk tracks on this more than anything else. Overall didn't change my opinion on these guys. 2.5/5
I do not like the Beastie Boys. This is the best album I've heard from them, however. Good beats, I just can't get past the annoying schoolboy rapping
Sure Shot is favorite song on this listen. BB has dialed in their white boy rap with rock roots sound and have definitely matured. I get why they'd want features on the album but when Q-Tip came on "Get It Together" it made me realize how grating the Beastie Boys are for a full album listen whereas your could listen to Q-Tip read the phonebook
It's not even that I dislike the style – more that I keep waiting for Andy and Jorma to pop up with their nautical-themed pashmina afghans...
Listen up y’all it’s a boring ass album with like one good track
Ill Communication feels like an album caught between wanting to be loose and wanting to be important, and never quite succeeding at either. There is energy here, sure, but it is scattered and unfocused, jumping from punk riffs to hip hop beats to instrumental detours without ever settling into a coherent identity. Instead of sounding adventurous, it often comes across as restless, like a band throwing ideas at the wall and assuming the attitude alone will hold it together. The biggest problem is how inconsistent and padded it feels. For every track that hints at something sharp or fun, there are several that feel half-finished or indulgent, especially the instrumental pieces that drain momentum rather than build atmosphere. The humour, once a strength, often lands flat here, stuck between juvenile jokes and self-aware irony, neither of which hits particularly hard. When the group leans into political or social commentary, it feels well intentioned but blunt, lacking the wit or bite needed to make it stick. What ultimately drags Ill Communication down is that it feels too pleased with its own chaos. There is no real flow, no emotional arc, and very little that lingers once it is over. It is not a disaster, and there are flashes of personality and groove that remind you why the Beastie Boys mattered, but flashes are not enough to carry an album this long. Two out of five feels right, not because it has nothing going for it, but because it never quite earns the attention it so loudly demands.
Ei vieläkään oikein tipu beastie boys. Jos olis puolet lyhyempi, vois kolmosen antaa mut kakkoseen jää.
nah
It is indeed "Ill communication" if you keep on shouting to someone. When the beastie boys don't yell it is quite nice from time to time. So what would be the average of very deep lows and some good samples?
Doesn't appeal to me at all, 2 stars or D-.
Nöd so mis. Au kes highlight oder so. Immerhin de stil durezoge und soöppis wienes overarching konzept erchenbar.
I keep listening to them and keep not “getting” the Beastie Boys. Most of their stuff feels like really good novelty songs. Then there’s the great stuff, like Sabotage on this album, but even that feels a bit over the top.
2 sterne
I grew up around the Beastie Boys. I was a young kid watching them fight for their right to party in MTV. By the time I hit high school, everyone was listening to sabotage. And I still don’t get it. This album like their other album is not good. They have one or two good listens per album and the rest is a mess of painful garbage. I didn’t get it then and I don’t get it now. 2
Not for me
Not for me
Recorded music is now 100 years old. You can make a strong case that there are 1,000 acts that have recorded music over that time that every music lover should hear before they die. In that context, we have three albums (at least) from the Beastie Boys on this list?? Paul's Boutique belongs. It's mind-blowing. Licensed to Ill...OK...it's historically important and pretty great. But that's where their representation should end. This album is fine. A couple of great radio-classic hits; some latin-funk jams that are fun, though a pale reflection of the 70s recordings they are imitating. And it falls off from there (and goes on and on and on.) I like Check your Head better. But neither is among the 1,000 albums everyone should hear before they die.
No doubt completely missing the cultural significance of the Beastie Boys, but just not my bag.
Sabotage absolut. Q-Tip jättebra. Resten absolut inte i en hel skiva.
Känner som efter förra albumet av BB. Det blir för mycket att lyssna på, så bra är det inte. Kul att sätta på en låt en gång på en fest kanske (tror jag sa nåt liknande sist). Men att ha i lurarna, ett helt album att aktivt lyssna på. Nope.
Nej, jag orkar inte riktigt med detta (precis som sist). Sabotage är bra dock.
It was ok. I liked the instrumental songs with no lyrics quite a lot. I didn't listen to the album fully but i didn't really vibe with it. The lyrics were often uninteligable and loud and screamy.
Not my vibe tbh but it seemed ok. Some good songs
It's alright.
Sabotage rips and overall kinda meh, did enjoy some of the funky/jazz moments but didn't really stick with me. More like a 2.5
The kids liked it, for me too rough and unmusical
Never heard the album before & actually enjoyed it tbh. Have to listen to more of them.
Oh my god it’s a mirage the beastie boys have never been good
About twize as large as an album should be. This might have been influencial, but SHOULD it have been? I'm not sure.
Niet echt de vibes
The album is 20 tracks long. It contains a handful of bangers, a couple songs that are just punk noise and a more-than-comfortable amount of pretentious instrumental tracks. I do enjoy the Beastie Boys in small serving sizes… they were driving me nuts by the end of the album! (maybe they were daring the listener to finish the album?!?) High 2 (saved from a 1 by that handful of bangers)
Interesting beat choices/instrumental stuff are the only thing holding the vocals and lyrics from leaping headfirst into a 1 star rating. Barely 2/5
buh. I have nothing with the Beastie Boys.
mid as fuck
"Sabotage" is good, but I can't tell you a single thing that happened in this album other than that and the Q-Tip song. Hard to get the Beastie Boys if you never grew up with them, I guess.
When the highlights are the cameos and the instrumentals...
Overrated east-coast twits with nary a decent nor useful thought between the lot. Smoke this rubbish, and pay the boys their money.
Groan, not for me. The best listen was Get it Together and it was Q Tips part not the actual group. Idk their vocals are just so nasally. Not my vibe
Totalement inconnu. Dans l'ensemble les morceaux sont plutôt variés. Individuellement chaque morceau est par contre souvent très répétitif et parait trééés long. Et je ne suis pas fan de ce type de chant. Quelques bonnes surprises (+1) : Tough Guy, Heart Attack Man : rock/punk dynamique et ... court Sabrosa : instrumental inattendu Futterman's Rule : instrumental Eugene's Lament : violon et ... instrumental Qui m'ont donné envie de continuer l'écoute, mais pas suffisamment pour dépasser 2/5.
1/20, 5%
A bit less loud and shouty, I enjoyed this a bit more than the previvous Beastie Boys albums. Still not my favourite, but a bit better.
Boh sì
I forgot to REVIEW THIS and what do you KNOW here these BOYS have slightly altered their FLOW but it's not ENOUGH to make me CARE wanted 3 stars? you're still NOT THERE music: hated. (⌐■_■)
It's just not my style, have really been trying to like beastie boys. But it just doesnt hit me
Not my genre, but some cool tracks here and there
My favourite song by Beastie Boys "Sabotage" is on this record. This, combined with how much I liked "License to Ill" meant I was looking forward to listening to this record. However, I was a bit dissapointed. It often felt like i was listening to a bunch of instrumental samples. None of the samples stood out as particularly interesting. The vocals range from rock to jazzy to hip hop and were ok but again nothing grabbed me. When "Sabotage" came on I was as hyped as ever. It really is a great song. The rest of the album I can leave behind though.
Dull
Some good parts and ideas, but this is all over the place, and lacks cohesion. This is way too long for what feels like throwing things to a wall and see if it sticks.
So today I learned I am not a Beastie Boys mega fan. I like their singles and radio releases but as a whole album...it's not my favorite. I must rate this 2 stars. My child of the 90's card has been revoked and is being returned to the appropriate authorities via snail mail.
There is just something in the voices of the boys that pushes me away. Not much of a fan, but they don't deserve 1 star.
I was surprised by some moments in the album where I enjoyed the samples, but overall the eclecticism of sound and rapping came off more chaotic to me and felt like a cacophony of songs. It could have a lot better with major editing because I do like the pink sound, rap and the jazzier samples coming together at points. On B Boys Makin’ with the Freak Freak: “Mike D with the vinyl with the grooves so rare, and the rhymes that we’re kicking are doo doo” - self awareness?
Didn't like them a few days ago. My opinion hasn't changed. Rap is NOT music.
Eh
Least annoying Beastie Boys album. Please let this be the last one.
Has it's moments but mostly redundant. Both the album and its inclusion in the list
some really abrasive songs and some actually somewhat interesting ones I recommend watching the Beastie Boys documentary. I saw it with my dad two years or so back when it came out and it was pretty interesting
after the album ended, cypress hil started playing and i was much happier with them instead
Ill but not as ill as license to ill or Paul's Boutique best song: Probably sabotage but I've heard it too much to appreciate it. worst song: Eugene's Lament
Мне не понравилось. Sabotage -- норм, иногда притаптывал в ритм, но в остальном ор в ушах я не практикую.
En su cuarto disco lo neoyorquinos siguen mezclando con acierto las rimas de su rap con una música poderosa en la que aparece el rock y, sobre todo, su actitud netamente punk. En el disco destaca una de sus canciones emblemáticas, "Sabotage". Pero también hay que tener en cuenta el tema que abre el disco a ritmo de groove, "Sure Shot", el rap intenso de "B-Boys Makin' With the Freak Freak", el funk rapero de "Root Down" y esa mezcla de rap con algo parecido a música folk de la mano del sonido de una flauta titulada, precisamente, "Flute Loop".
I like the hip-hop and funk aspects of this album, but some of the rap and punk aren't great. The whole album feels kind of muddy to me, with something nice catching my ear maybe once every song or two. Futterman's Rule was great, Sabotage was great, Ricky's Theme was great. Overall kinda reminds me of Gorillaz with how the album is all over the place genre-wise. IDK... I like some of the songs, but I really dislike the chaotic makeup of the album as a whole. Let's put this one in the 2.5 range. Rounding down to 2 to send a message.
Mycket bättre än gårdagens album. Utan sången låter det som att det kunde varit rock bitvis. 2 / 5
• Vi började med Licensed To Ill, nu har vi Ill Communication. Tycker om omslaget, finns nån komedi över det hela. Verkar som kommunikationen är att beställa mat i en drive thru • Beastie Boys känns nästan bra nu jämfört med allt vi varit igenom • Lite annorlunda från det andra, mer instrument och grejer • Lite rockigare • Lite mycket instrumentala låtar • Lite för långt Betyg: Bättre än deras andra tror jag, men pågick kanske lite för länge => 2/5
Some good
Got interesting around the lament song, interesting music but do not like the vocals
I was never a huge Basties fan. This is ok. Nothing special though
With the exception of the instrumentals, which honestly were highlights, and Sabotage, which mostly speaks for itself, this was like 50 minutes of the same sounding song.
Beastie Boys namen door hun eerste twee albums al vroeg een bijzondere plek in het Amerikaanse hip hop canon in. De eerste release zag de groep bruggen slaan tussen rap en rock, op een schaal die nog niet eerder vertoond was. Het tweede album dook daarentegen dieper de true roots van hip hop in, en de complexe instrumentals op 'Paul's Boutique' betraden nieuw terrein voor sample-based muziek. Deze positie werd dus gekenmerkt door enerzijds de superieure affiniteit met klassieke elementen van hip hop, en anderzijds juist telkens de drang om die tradities te verwerpen en andere culturen en genres te omarmen. Beastie Boys waren experimental/industrial hip hop avant la lettre. Het waren daarnaast simpelweg excentriekelingen in het speelveld der MC's en DJ's; drie witte New Yorkers van joodse origine, met een achtergrond in hardcore punk, what else is there to say? Een carrière waarin telkens naar een balans werd gezocht tussen het conventionele hip hop ethos en de input van thema's, geluiden, samenwerkingen en productiewijzen die meer pasten bij de cultuur waarin ze zelf opgroeiden, leverde een rijke en gevarieerde discografie op. Dit album zag de trend van klassieke samplemethodes naar live instrumentaties doorgezet worden, wat de bizarre mix van punk, jazz, funk en Indiase volksmuziek tot gevolg had. De opener 'Sure Shot' is een fucking powerhouse die de ingenieuze productiestijl van Paul's Boutique volgt, maar tegelijkertijd ook mixt met de aanstekelijke energie van hun debuutalbum. Het grappige is ook dat de vocalen van de groep nog geen haar volwassener klinken dan op hun debuut bijna 10 jaar eerder. Dit is echter ook direct één van de valkuilen van de Beastie Boys wat mij betreft. Of het nummer nou zo hard rockt als 'Sabotage', of zo mellow is als een 'Flute Loop', de hype vocals staan altijd op standje 10. Ondanks dat je drie MC's hebt is de variatie miniem, wat voor een full-length album een probleem kan zijn, zo ook bij 'Ill Communication'. Het album leest als een experimenteel fusion album, met als grote inspirator Miles Davis in de 70s. Van 'Bobo on the Corner', als een knipoog naar het grandioze Miles album 'On the Corner', tot de Chicano jazz-funk van 'Sabrosa'. Instrumentals als deze lijmen de sublieme singles aan elkaar. Ondanks dat ik wel iets meer ''hip hop'' had willen horen, zorgden deze passages er wel voor dat de overload aan baldadige tieners-energie van de drie heren hier en daar werd doorbroken. 'Sabotage' is een beestachtig nummer dat gemaakt is voor deze energie. De agressieve, instrumentele productie en hard hitting drums waren tekenend voor de genre bending nature van de Beastie Boys, en horen we vandaag de dag nog terug bij hip hop acts als Death Grips. En dan die overgang in de jazz rap van 'Get It Together' met Mr. Jazz Rap - Q Tip - himself. Het fascinerende hip hop wereldje dat deze groep voor zichzelf gecreëerd heeft tentoongesteld in twee nummers. Q-Tip levert een ijzersterke featuring op m'n persoonlijke favoriet van het album. Helaas vind ik dit ook een album waarin die briljante ingevingen van de B-Boys maar mondjesmaat terug te horen zijn. Het is een plaat die verrassend goed voortvloeit door de gave instrumentaties, met muziekstijlen die soms haaks op elkaar staan maar die door het genre hip hop succesvol bij elkaar worden gebracht. Echter had het genre hip hop wel wat dominanter mogen zijn, en luister ik veel liever naar een Paul's Boutique of een Hello Nasty. Dat zijn albums die overwegend werken vanuit een hip hop ethos, en vandaaruit met meer efficiëntie experimentele uitstapjes maken. Ill Communication slaagt er in om via de onconventionele weg een rap album neer te zetten, dat de klassieke normen en waarden opzij zet, maar het resultaat is wel dat er naast de singletjes gewoon te weinig memorabele momenten te vinden zijn die de Beastie Boys excentriek én tegelijkertijd ontzettend aanstekelijk maken. 6,5/10 Highlights: Sure Shot Sabotage Get It Together
Couldn’t be further from my style.
Sure Shot is one of their best. I get a bit bored with the samey rap tunes, jazzy numbers are alright.
Just didn’t go it for me!
I feel like Jake from b99 lol, not my type of music tho
Gelukkig is het maandag, zodat mijn humeur standaard ondergemiddeld is. Als ik dit album op een andere dag van de week zou hebben gekregen, zou dat een funest zijn geweest voor mijn vrolijke gemoedstoestand. Gedateerde oempa loempa drum and bass. 2/5.
Ik vind dit wel echt een heel stuk minder dan het andere album van ze. Misschien omdat ik hier nog niks van ken, maar mede daardoor zal het wel allemaal hetzelfde klinken. Verder erg rommelig. Gewoon niet heel best als je het mij vraagt.
this sure is the album that Has Sabotage On It
Hatte ich besser in Erinnerung. Schade.
Again with the punk..... I hate it. The Hip Hop tracks are great. However the punk tracks are just terrible!
Waaaay too long for someone who doesn’t like the genre that much. I enjoyed the experimental, jazz and punk hardcore-ish vibes on some tracks and, obviously, the absolute banger that turned out to be one of the most iconic songs of the 90s. [0141/1001]
Not my cup of tea
While I can see the significance of the album and find parts of it that are genius….it’s not an easy listen. In some cases it just sounds like a lot of noise. Sometimes you can hear some funk and some musicality. Sometimes it is almost unlistenable. You really have to be geared up to listen to this album. It’s not my cup of tea, but I’m sure there are plenty that love it and more power to them.
I’m just not a beasties guy.
Overall -I like that they include record player white noise -the blend of hip hop and jazz tempos are incredible -a bassists’ wet dream -the way if the vocals and instrumental were separated, they would go hard as their own songs -it’s very different but it’s kinda all the same type of different. For the most part, they did 3 styles and redid them 20 times -Critically, this is probably a 4, but it had no business being 20 songs, would give a 3 if it had under 15, but it just got tired after the first 14 songs Sure Shot -love the flute sounds intro -the tempo is perfect -Ooooo the delay vocals Tough Guys -a chaotic tempo B-Boys Makin -a bit jazzy, I like the mix of styles -giving just a hint of RHCP in the middle -the bass slaps Bobo in the corner -super jazzy love, I like - sounds like someone is tapping at the pick ups -another bass anthem -what type of electric guitar manipulation they are using I wonder -an organ ??? Sabatoge -oh hell yeah on the intro -I can’t place exactly what song it reminds of -love the guitar line in this -the electric sounds don’t do it for me Get it together -a little repetitive Sabrosa -oh FUCK yes on this guitar -I wonder if they were just fucking around and riffing The Update -OH THE PERCUSSION Futterman’s Rule -need to know the guitars and manipulations -another bass anthem -love the guitar line in this Alright hear this -another bass slapper Eugene’s Lament -a violin?? A guitar bow? -it’s giving psychological thriller Flute Loop -they love the flute so much Do it -not too different from everything else Ricky’s Theme -another riffing bit Heart Attack Man -oh that’s not where I thought this was going -kinda like Tough Guy The Scoop, Shambala -more of the same Bodhisatta -def middle eastern / south East Asian influence Transition -more of the same, interesting choice to close the album with
Why are they always just yelling. I feel like that’s what my mom thinks all rap music is and I understand why she hates rap. But also some songs I like I guess. And their interludes are decent vibes. Eh
Riffs not payed for Not for me
Listened to a few tracks, just not my thing. Very 90s.
Only songs I enjoyed was Sabotage and Transitions
Not my fave. Good beat but not my kind of music.
Special crossover episode - rating door Kiki Samen met Lars geluisterd in de auto. Mede dankzij het geluid van schreeuwen door een kapotte megafoon, een debiele kleuter op een blokfluit en andere vage schit dacht ik dat ik een koortsdroom had. Geen fan, veel nummers brachten mij in de stemming om een auto in elkaar te slaan met een honkbalknuppel. Om de een of andere vage reden vond Lars sommige nummers wel oké (...) dus gemiddelde van 2 sterren it is.
every song sounds the same and it eventually just becomes noise
Heavy on the instrumentals. I know they were revolutionary at the time but not something I feel holds up great.
Ok
Not a fan
never big fan
I have never really been a Beastie Boys fan so his was my first listen to the album. I am glad I did but still not a fan
Some songs were catchy but they got boring after some time, ended up being bland. Funny that the album tries multiple genres, songs transition fairly well. Overall rating slightly under 2 stars but it’s listenable enough.
Maybe I'm not a fan of the genre or the Beastie Boys but I found that it was a lot of 'yelling' and words that didn't make sense to me. Skipped about 1/2 of the songs. Only one song had a 'beat' that I enjoyed.
Not the best Beastie Boys album
2/5 nope
Not very good… I think I like more melodic and less shouty stuff. If I had more inner rage I think I would like it more. 3/10
3/10 - I can't stand his voice. I heard it when watching Wyatt's Callahan and my opinions on it after hearing this whole album has not changed. My favorite song by far is Futterman's Rule and Ricky's Theme wince the beat is good and he does not sing in it. Essentially the songs are good as long as the singer does not open their mouth.
I loved this album when it came out. But listening back I realised my taped copy of it missed off all of the generic punk / rock tunes they added on here, and that made it a much better listen. Hearing the whole album again made me realise what a mess this is. Yes, we know you used to be a punk band, but the hop hip stuff is much more playful, inventive and...fun. Half a good album, so 2.5 stars from me.
oh god, i wanted to like it cause it’s beastie boys and i thought i liked their other songs but by god, it was hard to stomach. being a tad hungover probably didn’t help. and i wanna give them a good score but i can’t, but i can’t give them lower than other people i’ve scored, i gotta be more brutal, sorry boys.
The Beastie Boys have a unique sound, so I'll give them credit there. But that being said, I'm not a fan of hip hop and the vocals are just downright whiney and annoying to my ears. Consequently, my favorite songs on this album are the ones that are instrumental and not lyrical, like Sabrosa. A lot of songs do sound the same on this album. But I do appreciate the fusion of flute, and the surprising upright bass appearances. The Beastie Boys are a recipe with the right ingredients but the wrong chef. Nothing is wrong with the elements (except the vocals), but the way everything is brought together just grates my ears. There are some good tracks here, just none of them involve anyone rapping or singing.
Ihan kiva kun on monipuolista, instrumentaalia funkahtavaa, punkahtavaa ja ysäriräppiä, mutta miten siitä saadaan näin puuduttava kokonaisuus? Tuntuu mittaansa pidemmältä. Sabotage on toki upee kappale.
Im not gonna lie, this is coming from a huge fan of Beastie Boys buttttttttt this album never clicked for me, already listened to it 3 times before and for my 4th, it still didn’t clicked. This album just bores me
too wild for me
There is Sabotage, an absolute killer. Then there’s some nice funky/jazzy instrumentals, where did they come from? Then there’s a collection of mashups between sample based hiphop, the jazz/funk from the instrumentals and the noise rock of Sabotage - not all of them sitting right with me. 2 stars? 3 stars? 2 stars.
this has ruined the beastie boys for me
I guess I'm not convinced this was super groundbreaking, and Sabotage stands so far above the other songs on this album imo
Much better than “Paul’s Boutique”but the screaming rap still gets on my nerves after two songs. One song in the car seems fine but a whole album gets annoying. I used to listen to “sabotage” in high school but now it seems average. However I do like they paying instruments and have a more jazzy feel. I do think they were an innovative group with some cool sounds, just not my thing especially in large doses.
Meh
I tried to listen to this in the wrong mindframe
Not my favorite, but I did enjoy the diversity.
This was not my favorite album. I will wait for License To Ill to come up in this list.
I am mixed in this album. I liked the rock elements but the vocal mixing on this album was just bad. There is literally no way to tell what they are saying on the majority of songs. Best song is get it together with q tip
Not a fan of the distored vocals but loved the drums throughout the entire album. Fun for its time but i was never a big Beastie Boys fan to begin with.
First hip hop album on the list. Heavily instrumental, chill funky vibe. Standouts are definitely the hits Sabotage and the opener Sure Shot. Great production, witty rhymes, and an overall cool style, not to mention a real punk antiestablishment anti-status quo edge, with a streak of juvenile humor running through the whole, the album feels thoroughly of its time without sounding dated. Lots to respect just didn’t find myself engaging on an emotional or intellectual level. Just sit-back-and-watch sorta affair.
The experimental rock elements get really good towards the end of the album. The rapping, unfortunately, is never good.
hard to understand, didn’t feel bored though
I can see how innovative it was at the time. Overall not really my thing, as most early rap isn't. but there are a few bangers
too repetitive, but honestly pretty cool sfx
C Sure Shot 2 Tough Guy* 2 B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak 1 Bobo On the Corner* 2 Root Down 3 Sabotage 5 Get It Together 3 Sabrosa 2 The Update 3 Futterman's Rule 2 Alright Hear This 2 Eugene's Lament 2 Flute Loop 2 Do It 2 Ricky's Theme 3 Heart Attack Man 2 The Scoop 3 Shambala 2 Bodhisattva Vow 2 Transitions 2 This was okay, definitely got better with more listens. However, it was pretty Meh at the end of the day. AWWWWWWWW.
not for me 2
I kinda don’t like the beastie boys I think
Not really a rap fan but thought a few of these songs were ok. Not surprisingly I liked the instrumentals most.
Exhausting. However, I appreciate the variety this album offers - for example there are some funk samples. Also "Bodhisattva Vow" is quite surprising
This album showed the Beastie Boys expanding on the grittier sound they debuted on Check Ya Head, and while Ill Communication is, in a lot of ways, a better version of their previous effort, it still is absent of the charm that made their first two albums so special.
Entiendo por qué está en la lista, pero no tengo ganas de volver a escucharlo.
the instrumental tracks were fire but this is my third beastie album from this list and i’m soooooo over it. 🙄
Why did albums have to be so damn long? You could have cut out 20 minutes of this album and it would have stayed the same. It gets so repetitive after a while.
Never a fan.. and listening again does not change it
Beastie Boys are weird for me -- over the years I have always seen and appreciated why they were so influential and important in so many ways. Aggression, passion, style, and so much else makes them such an interesting musical act and important moment in the history of so many genres (rock, punk, hip hop, etc). A landmark band that really was so impactful and had so many iconic songs. And yet I just never really enjoyed their music. I have no idea why that is; on paper I should love it. I love hip hop, punk, rock, and all the genres that the Beastie Boys blend together. I *should* love it, yet I just don't like it and I just can't put my finger on why. I also can't really get past the vocal filters on most tracks. They're cool and work for a few hyper-aggressive songs that make it work well. But hearing it track for track makes it lose it's appeal. Like it wasn't necessary on the calmer cuts. And sometimes the vocal distortion was so heavy, it was damn near impossible to understand anything of what the lyrics are - prime examples are Flute Loop and Bodhisattva Vow. If I didn't read the lyrics to these songs as they were playing, I would not have understood a single word out of it. There were a few tracks on here that I thought were decent, but not a lot I'd listen to again for pleasure. In fact, the songs I like the most were the instrumental tracks (I'd probably only really listen to Ricky's Theme again for pleasure) Overall, the Beastie Boys occupy the same headspace for me as like The Beatles -- their influence is undeniable and I can absolutely see and respect why people consider their music to be so great and amazing. And while on paper I *should* enjoy what I am listening to, in practice I am just not. And that's okay; that doesn't diminish what made them good.
Not listening to allat cause idgaf about Beastie boys but the cover is booty cheeks 2/5
The second half of this one got weird, a handful of instrumental jam band-style tracks kind of out of nowhere.
I don't think I came across this at the right age to really appreciate this. The Beastie Boys impress me with their ambition but they also annoy me. A lot of amazing grooves, just too hard to grab onto anything. 2/5
pretty cap tbh. easy 2 (besides sabotage)
Not really changed my mind about the Beastie Boys.
Overall it was ok. Sabotage stood out and is probably the only song I would come back to. Shambala was cool as well. I don't think the overly hip-hop punk stuff is for me.
Niet echt voor mij, een beetje te veel. Wel leip hoeveel verschillende stijlen er worden gebruikt op dit album. Ik kan mij voorstellen dat dit veel invloed heeft gehad op hip-hop.
Wou altijd al een keer de beastie boys checken, maar dat ga ik vanaf nu niet meer doen
Vroeger vond ik beastie boys echt vet cool maar nu eigenlijk een beetje corny ofzo… hoe meer ik het luister hoe minder het me nu trekt
Hate the screeching vocals by one of them. The instrumentals and beats were nixe though. But the vocals make me want to not listen to it again.
Sure Shot, Sabotage, Do It, The Scoop, Bodhisattva Vow… and a shit load of whatever. As an album this is a disappointment - it’s like the bonus tracks you’d find on the 50-track 25th anniversary edition of a much better album.
not really my jam :/
Too shouty
The instrumentals were pretty good and entertaining, but I just find the vocals incredibly grating. They ruined the album for me.
De har gjort en handfull hits och denna hade väl ett par. Dock jobbigt att lyssna på i längden. Särskilt när man inte gillar genren.
not really my kind of thing
Managed to listen to the whole thing, which is usually impossible where this group is concerned. Better than I thought it would be, Sabotage getting the extra star.
not my thing
Didn’t listen to all of it but I listened to 7 songs and none of it seemed like it was for me
Alhoewel ik dit album beter vind dan Paul's boutique vind ik dit nog steeds niet leuk om te luisteren. Wel waardeer ik de creativiteit.
90's East Coast hiphop, met "Sabotage" als meest significante nummer op het album. Tracklist voelt diverser dan Paul's Boutique, maar gaat sneller vervelen en leunt wat meer naar "herrie om de herrie" muziek. leukste nummer: Do It Fotograaf die de cover art verleende snapte niks van de muziek van de Beastie Boys en zag het als een soort geheimzinnige codetaal.
p730. 1994. 2 stars. White frat-boy rap that hasn't aged well. Not my thing and goes on far too long for what it is, but well done of its kind and enough variety on it to make it worth listening to once.
I’ve never understood the acclaim the beastie boys get. I’ve listened to 3 of their albums and each one is as obnoxious as the last.
My second Beastie Boys album in two weeks. I'm not a fan, but I will say this one definitely shows some more musical maturity than Licensed to Ill. I enjoyed some of the instrumental numbers, but overall it's not for me. 2 stars.
2/5 Hip hop is not my genre. I only could stand the songs I know. The rest were obnoxious.
There’s a lot going on here. Funk, jazz, hip-hop, rap, punk. It’s a bit much. Sabotage is a great song. So is Sure Shot.
Eh.
no es mi estilo 6.5/10
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