Ill Communication

No one needs to listen to this before they die. 59 minutes long and the only half decent track is Sabotage, which you will almost certainly hear before you die unless you completely avoid American TV and movies (understandable if you do)

I tried. I really did, got to Sabrosa and I couldn’t do it anymore. The Beastie Boys just aren’t for me and I couldn’t listen to them anymore. I’m sure this album is good to some people but not to me.

mid

It makes sense that Sabotage is the hit off this, because it's the only song that I could find a clear purpose in. It's also a good representation of the album as a whole, since, other than a few solid guitar riffs, it's just irritating. I like a lot of grunge. I like a lot of alt rock. I like a lot of rap. I can even find a place in my heart for some hardcore punk. But every single second of this record feels like punishment for the crime of searching for a sound outside the pop mainstream. It hates the idea that music can be pleasant. It's mad I even like music. It's construction equipment distorted to something approaching a beat. I don't even have anything to say about this lyrically, because I couldn't follow the lyrics with the sound of what I can only imagine is an electric guitar they found in a dumpster distorted to the point of being psychological torture interrupting me any time I try to really focus on a song.

Not great

not my vibe 1/5

Understand this was "ground breaking", but I still don't get it 30 years later. Just not my style

Another 1001 dud... trash trash trash SABOTAGE trash trash trash. You have to listen to this, it has 1 good song!!!

My whole brain just yelled NO NO NO NO NO for the duration of this album

No

Terribly boring!

no

Life's too short.

Nein, das hat mit Musik nichts zu tun.

HipHop, Rap, Punk, 1994 -> 1

I presume some people must've like this stuff. But I'm not one of them. It's not offensive per se, just has no particular music value. 1/5

THREE?! THREE FUCKING BEASTIE BOYS ALBUMS NOW?!!! First album I finally fully passed on, did not listen. FUCK THE BEASTIE BOYS.

So awful

Not sure what the point is... sure, some of the lyrics are reasonably clever and/or funny, but not in any significant way, especially by the standards of rap/hip-hop. The instrumentals, sampling etc are boring, repetitive and abrasive (again, not in a good way). The Update is somewhat charming for being so environmentalist, although perhaps I think that only because in 2024 we like to think of climate activism as something new, not something that has been going strong since the 50s/60s and the hippies and all that. The purely instrumental tracks are pleasant interludes, although a number of them verge into 70s porn/elevator music territory. Roots Down seemed to offer the only combination of a decent instrumental groove with engaging rap.

Crap

Not my real taste.

Not my thing

Why are there so many hip-hop albums in this list? Once you've heard one hip-hop album, you've heard them all - apart from the jazz samples on some of the tracks, "Sure Shot" and "Root Down" for example, this album sounds the same as any other hip-hop album.

Apparently I don't like white rap either.

Mi liked sabotage but that’s it

There's no way I like it. I guess if I understood the lyrics perfectly, it would be something else...

Just yuck, noise NOT music

I tried, I really did, but it just sounded like somebody aggressively yelling at me. It did not sound like music.

Liked one or two or their singles but other than that unaware of what Beastie Boys do so was looking forward to listening to this album. Huge disappointment. Sounded the same throughout or until half way through when I had to switch it off. Not my type of music at all. Do not like rap and this type sounds worse than those i would term as original rap artists. Just looked at the 1001 book and can see the Beastie album with the two singles I like is on the list so at least when this arrives in my mailbox I can give it more than 1 I did for this crap.

Beastie Boys: still yelling. Still have nothing to say. Just STFU already!

Another nope

Didn't do a thing for me.

Totally not my genre. I tried listening with an open mind, but the tracks were either too "head banging" or too electronic to engage me. Meh.

Not big on beastie boys punk

Sucked

First thought was: It is exhausting. Sometimes annoying. But I listened it till the end. And don't hated it all the way. However I did not enjoy either.

I grew up in this era, but definitely not my cup of tea.

I did not like it at all. It’s just not me.

No

I know this album rates quite highly, but I genuinely fdon't get the Beastie Boys. To me, all there albums are just an hour of people shouting.

no

Shit Rap/Noise, 0/10

The Beastie Boys are BACK If it ain't broke DON'T FIX Pushing THIRTY but still SHOUTING 'bout OUR DICKS

Sure shot is a bunch of pretentious noise. Tough guy is a bunch of pretentious noise. For once I wish Youtube would give me more ads. B-Boys making the freak freak or whatever is a stupid name and stupid song. The next few all sounded the same. I can't tell when the songs change. I heard Sabotage was going to be a "good one". It's stupid. Did I make a mistake joining this 1001 album thing? It's making me re-evaluate my life. This isn't adding any enrichment, it's making me want to kill my ears. WHY DOES THIS ALBUM HAVE 20 SONGS!? Ok this next one had someone singing that wasn't them and it was an improvement a bit. About halfway through now and I'm either becoming immune to the noise or it's considerably less noisy. YES after a while I dazed out and forgot I was listening and it went from track 12 to track 17 I am almost done this terrible start of a project. ...ok ugh.

Some elements of the music itself are very interesting but I can't stand the constant screaming.

eh

Not a fan. I feel like they’re screaming random words into the microphone. I liked Brass Monkey (different album, I know) when I was like 10. All the songs still sound just like that.

5 4 3 - Bobo on the Corner - Sabrosa - Futterman's Rule 2 - Sure Shot - Root Down - Sabotage - Eugene's Lament - Ricky's Theme - The Scoop - Shambala - Transitions 1 - Tough Guy - B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak - Get It Together - The Update - Alright Hear This - Flute Loop - Do It - Heart Attack Man - Bodhisattva Vow Another album I couldn't bring myself to listen to fully. Damn near fucked the whole album off but stayed with it out of pure sense of duty. As it was, the further down the tracklist I got, the less inclined I was to want to hear anymore. How hiphop or rap or whatever this shit is swept the planet I'll never understand. Didn't mind most of the instrumental tracks. One thing I liked about this album is the number of short tracks. One thing I disliked about this album is the number of tracks. 1001 Albums, seriously, I can't take much more of this shit. Send me something decent, for the love of christ. 2/10

Fucking hip-hop...

Nothing for me...

listened to 2 songs ... too much for me!

I did not enjoy this, at all.

Not a fan. Could not get through the album.

Ik kan niet tegen hun geschreeuw

Vind dit echt helemaal niks helaaaaas. Krijg het er echt van op mn zenuwen en er is niet echt een situatie waarin ik me kan voorstellen dat ik dit opzet.

There is some rap/hip-hop that I can enjoy if there is a musical hook to it. But every time the Beastie Boys find a musical aspect that I can get into, they open their mouths and..... I tried.

not for me.

Forgettable. In every sense.

Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: Not really, I don’t understand the theme or direction when you have like 35 minutes of filler with just amazing songs in between? Favourite song: Track 6 - Sabotage

Unfortunately, all this reminds me of are the 'tough' kids in middle school who would just scream out the lyrics to Beastie Boys songs like they were some kind of badass. It wasn't badass, it was cringe. This album isn't badass, it's cringe.

Not my type of music at all!

Thought it was a bit boring, skip listened to most of the tracks.

No. They shouldn't have done this.

No me gusta este tipo de musiy

Actually terrible. Went into this wanting to like it but just couldn't get through it. Just some lads destroying stacks of empty tin cans and shouting.

nenhuma música despertou minimamente meu interesse, tinha vontade de pular todas com poucos segundos

No es mi estilo el rap, y menos el rap de estos muchachos.

3 good tracks?

I couldn’t understand what they were saying most of the time and when I did I felt like they were just yelling the words at me. Not a fan of vocals. Not a hip hop album to get me pumped on a run

I hate it and everything about it. Any good beat is ruined by the "vocals." It's just so incoherent to me. Not a vibe.

I listened to the first half of each of the first five tracks. That was more than enough for the rest of my life.

Not my style at all. Could finish a single song

I get why The Beasties Boys should be on the list, but not this album. Licensed to Ill was the one. By this album it wasn't new anymore. Originally they were ground-breaking (though personally I'd have preferred it if they had just left the ground where it was) with sampling (including Led Zep riffs) and scratching etc. Swearing a lot in interviews and generally being badly behaved - standard teenager stuff which just screamed 'fake' to me at the time ("Mike D" turns out to be the son of a New York art dealer.. ffs). I hated hip hop and rap then and hate it even more now.

Didn't enjoy this one

Nope… really???

Ewwww

Too much shouting to truly be called sing. Have to admit this was a big skip for me. To use their lyrical words” I can’t stand it” Sabotage. Is there a 0 rating available?

Q

Rap rock is a no no

The album can not make me feel the music. It is not intresting to me.

great

Gorgeous