- Audio CD (Dec 14 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B000002UUN
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (165 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#12,293 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #12 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Old School
- #59 in Music > Alternative Rock > Alternative Styles > Alternative Rap
- #59 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Experimental
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Track Listings
| 1. To All The Girls |
| 2. Shake Your Rump |
| 3. Johnny Ryall |
| 4. Egg Man |
| 5. High Plains Drifter |
| 6. The Sound Of Science |
| 7. 3-Minute Rule |
| 8. Hey Ladies |
| 9. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner |
| 10. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun |
| 11. Car Thief |
| 12. What Comes Around |
| 13. Shadrach |
| 14. Ask For Janice |
| 15. B-Boy Bouillabaisse |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
After the out-of-nowhere success of Licensed to Ill, the Beasties had to prove they were more than one-album wonders, and they hit it out of the park with this follow-up. The Boys' lyrics are a hysterical deluge of cultural allusion (Ponce De Leon, Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh, and Love Connection's Chuck Woolery all get name-dropped), compressed wordplay, and adenoidal snottiness, but the real stars are the Dust Brothers, whose production is a hip-hop landmark. Their music tracks sound like the history of rock and funk radio boiled down to a pure concentrate--monster jams built out of thousands of unexpected samples (Johnny Cash! The Sweet!). It's a killer party album, kinetic and dense, and it never slows down. --Douglas Wolk
Amazon.com essential recording
After the out-of-nowhere success of Licensed to Ill, the Beasties had to prove they were more than one-album wonders, and they hit it out of the park with this follow-up. The Boys' lyrics are a hysterical deluge of cultural allusion (Ponce De Leon, Sadaharu Oh, and Love Connection's Chuck Woolery all get name-dropped), compressed wordplay, and adenoidal snottiness, but the real stars are the Dust Brothers, whose production is a hip-hop landmark. Their music tracks sound like the history of rock and funk radio boiled down to a pure concentrate--monster jams built out of thousands of unexpected samples (Johnny Cash! The Sweet!). It's a killer party album, kinetic and dense, and it never slows down. --Douglas Wolk
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5.0 out of 5 stars
MAN THIS CD IS CRAZY,
By Nasud (Southern Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pauls Boutique (Audio CD)
These guys are amazing at scratching and mixing. This is like a huge hip-hop megamix in one CD. Expecially the last track, because it literally is a megamix. These guys have so much energy, in a good way. If you love hip-hop music, you have to pick this and Licensed to Ill up.
5.0 out of 5 stars
the album that kicked off the 70s revival,
By Mr-the-cat (the hinterlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pauls Boutique (Audio CD)
I first heard Paul's Boutique in 1988 after coming back from London. There, a 1970s fashion craze was sharing the stage with acid house, acid jazz, etc. The Beastie Boys were the first to put something out like this in the states. I love the city street scene on the cover, the dirty sound that smacks of vinyl records and 8 track tapes. Each track is dense with references to pop culture and samples and snippets from everywhere, I don't know how much of the sound is Beastie Boys and how much the Dust Brothers, but it all comes together. The snot nosed kid sound of Licensed to Ill is still here, looking for a piece of ass and a window to break. Hey Ladies is a fine example of the good natured fun, slightly malicious and politically incorrect. Likewise with Car Thief, but there is a kind of warped record sound that makes it all sound a bit ominous. In the lyrics, there are stirrings of deeper things to come such as A Year and a Day which are gonna lead into the Buddhist chanting and philosophizing in Check Your Head. Most of all it is funny as hell and has an excellent groove from start to finish. If you buy one Beastie Boys CD this is the one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
whose masterpiece?,
By Davy (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pauls Boutique (Audio CD)
the dust brothers? or the beasties?either way, it's the greatest rap album of all time, hands down. so take that, snoop. and not only is it the greatest rap album of all time, it's the prototype of beck's mid-90s masterpiece odelay. not bad for a couple whitey nerds from the big apple.
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