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| 5.0 classic | MyRamona | September 9th 06 |
The Beastie Boys most blatant funk/hip-hop influenced album. Absolutely jam-packed with wah pedal guitar fills, clangy harmonics and rough distortion. the rhymes are phenomenal, especially in tracks such as 'Shadrach' and 'Egg Man'. An incredibly solid album with originality and style to match.
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| 4.5 superb | PunkMoon | March 2nd 13 |
Interviewer: Nathanael Hornblower, you've been working with the Beasties for the last three years. What can you tell us about their new record, "Paul's Boutique"? Nathanael Hornblower: Vell, I can tell you that it has been a remarkable experience. Ze boys have brought a whole new skill set to zis record. I have verked vith many artists, and none have impressed me like ze Beastie Boys have. Interviewer: Can you elaborate? Nathanael Hornblower: Zey are fragmented, allusive, aggressive, and inspired. Zey dredge all of musical history for samples (zey bite from John Williams, ze Beatles, and Idris Muhammad, for Gott's sake!), namedrop scientists, writers (after all, zey got more rhymes zan JDs got Salingers), and buy drinks from Orange Julius. Zis is a postmodern crisis of consciousness, a dick-measuring contest von by pop-culture knowledge, a rap battle fought vith a TV Guide in one hand and a syllabus in ze other. Fuck concepts, fuck tradition, zis is innovation. Interviewer: Well...um...we're certainly looking forward to it. Nathanael Hornblower: Yes, ve are looking forward to the release. I hope all ze Swiss girls come to ze party.
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| 3.5 great | Isley Browne | April 15th 19 |
Often considered their best album, for good reason. How does the universe make such cool shit like Paul's Boutique?
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| 3.5 great | TRMshadow | December 30th 11 |
An album from a different time. Don't get me wrong, it's awesome... just... the time difference between when this was made, and the time of life where this would be most influential (not to mention the supreme cultural change during the time) is just too large of a gap to be really enjoyable. Good luck to other listeners though... 3.6/5
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| 5.0 classic | Spliffhanger67 | September 27th 24 |
Edit to rating 2024-09-27: 4.5 > 5.0. Utter classic.
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| 4.5 superb | BillyBrill | December 8th 22 |
The sampling is just NUTS bro this is why I loved madvillainy the flow is just so funny to me still, but this bumps heavy
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| 4.5 superb | Introu1 | May 15th 22 |
So much better than that new Kendrick album for sure lmao 4,3/5
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| 4.5 superb | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 4.5 superb | MisterDoe | April 10th 21 |
In a near-perfect sophomore album, Beastie Boys prove you can make an impressive artistic statement, without taking yourself seriously.
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| 5.0 classic | VengeanceCactus | October 22nd 18 |
Clever use of samples, unbelievable interplay between MCs, and equal parts humor and badassery. Absolutely brilliant hip hop album.
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| 5.0 classic | twoscoopsofsun | January 8th 18 |
The production on this masterpiece is worth the price of admission alone. The boys' rhymes and flow mirror the production perfectly in its excellence. It's a goddamn masterpiece.
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| 5.0 classic | danielschauer | December 11th 17 |
This is the boys at their absolute best. Landmark album in the chronicles of classic hip hop.
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| 5.0 classic | SalteyBacon | February 26th 16 |
So many samples this Hip Hop album becomes something that dips in every genre. It's an album that breaths life in the genre, and I wish albums overall would have more originality like this. This album is a must for non-hip hop listeners.
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| 5.0 classic | lz41 | January 4th 16 |
When was the last time an album made you laugh out loud?
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| 4.5 superb | Macrozels | September 13th 15 |
One hell of a package with tons of urban originality and whatnot. Perhaps the most memorable/best hip hop album to me.
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| 5.0 classic | NewBallistics | August 29th 15 |
My mother's contribution to my insanity. She's probably the biggest and whitest Beastie Boy fan you'll meet. Anyways, I always throw this album on when I'm feeling down and need a pick-me-up. It's probably the funniest hip-hip album I've ever heard.
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| 5.0 classic | miketunneyiscool123 | October 12th 14 |
Perhaps hip hop's crowning achievement, though Eminem and Biggie Smalls would perfect technique and storytelling, no rap release was as bold or as influential as this one. Flawless craftsmanship from start to finish and stuffed with all the gags and hilarious commentary you could ever ask for.
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| 5.0 classic | BBoysInTheCut | August 29th 14 |
Not a lot to say that's not already been said, but I consider this to be the crowning achievement of the many-faceted genre that is hip-hop. Nobody before, or after, matched it, and nobody ever will. And the great thing is, even the Beasties didn't try to replicate it, they went off in a totally different direction after PB dropped to make Check Your Head. This is an album that exists in a different plane to the rest of hip-hop, and it was made by three white Jewish kids from New York. High Plains Drifter is probably my favourite hip-hop song ever, certainly top three. Hip-hop is a genre that lends itself especially to albums, however, not singles; the cohesive nature of this album put it echelons above the rest, you can tell what they were trying to do, and it's a proper album instead of an arbitrary collection of songs. If you've never heard this, you'll get to experience something which, sadly, I never will again, which is hearing this album for the first time, with no idea what to expect.
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| 5.0 classic | HolidayKirk | May 20th 13 |
Rumbling past concrete and bridges swiftly converted into homes, an outdoor Bronx candy store.
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| 5.0 classic | kong132 | January 31st 13 |
They match song samples with lyrics better than anyone else ever has.
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| 0.0 | livingisland | May 19th 12 |
It's a trip, it's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it!
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| 5.0 classic | dragonslater | February 18th 11 |
I was rocking beastie boys back in grade school, im now in high school and i still love it.
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