Very cool.

I personally prefer "Check your heads" ,but I have to bow down to the general consensus amongst hardcore fans who says this is the one

HappyHarryHardOn: I personally prefer "Check your heads" ,but I have to bow down to the general consensus amongst hardcore fans who says this is the one

and the thing is, with all the samples, you really couldn't make this album today.

Not only do I think it's the Beasties' best album, but it's one of my all time favorite albums, period.

Woke up in the morning, peculiar feeling
Looked up and saw egg dripping from the ceiling

I still think License to Ill is their best album, but Paul's Boutique is my homer fanboi album of theirs.

Paul's Boutique is their best record, but Licensed has the best beats.

EgggggMannnnn!

There's more to me than you'll ever know, And I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh.

kronicfeld: License to Ill is their best album

HappyHarryHardOn: I personally prefer "Check your heads"

RagingLeonard: Paul's Boutique is their best record

I'm taking my Ill Communication and I'm going home!
*sob*

I saw them on the "Check Your Head" tour and was happy that many cuts from "Pauls Boutique" got a lot of love.


/it really is the best!
//looking down the barrel of a gun

hillbillypharmacist: I'm taking my Ill Communication and I'm going home!

Phone is ringin, ohmahgawd

You gotta fight... for your right......

C'mon.. they were jokes then, and they are jokes now.

And still getting away with it.

Awesome.

and noboby ever talks about THIS little hardcore gem: 8 songs, 11 mins. no filler

I'm ashamed to say that after literally 13 years of being a Beastie Boys fan, one preferring Ill Communication and Check Your Head and the like, this last year I finally pulled out Paul's Boutique and really gave it the headphones treatment.

The sheer genius of that record is astounding.

fun, and absolutely true fact: That tour was one one where Mike D had taken to dropping LSD straight in the eye. Let's see... what on earth could cause a band to suddenly start putting out bad ass works of genius....?

I will actually have to go and buy a CD.

/HEY LADIES!

"Paul's Boutique" is one of the very, very few albums, by anyone, that I can listen to all the way through without skipping a track.



\Get the hell away from that barbecue!

hillbillypharmacist: kronicfeld: License to Ill is their best album

HappyHarryHardOn: I personally prefer "Check your heads"

RagingLeonard: Paul's Boutique is their best record

I'm taking my Ill Communication and I'm going home!
*sob*

Ill Communication probably has their best songs, but it's got some crap in there too. Paul's Boutique is the best start to finish.

/if I had a penny for my thoughts, I'd be a millionaire

HappyHarryHardOn: I personally prefer "Check your heads" ,but I have to bow down to the general consensus amongst hardcore fans who says this is the one

100% agree. Really, though, I love them all.

/got more hits than Sadaharu Oh

Awwww HELLS YES! I've been wanting a remaster of this album for ages. I found the CD release to be a bit... I dunno, flat? Great album, so I'm definitely looking forward to a bit of digital remastering. :D

"Expanding our horizons and expanding the parameters
expanding the rhymes of sucka MC amateurs"

HappyHarryHardOn: and noboby ever talks about THIS little hardcore gem: 8 songs, 11 mins. no filler

THIS!

I actually like Hello Nasty better. The problem is they haven't been able to top it. It seriously is their best record. Paul's is about equal to it, though the last song on Paul's drags halfway through. Plus on Paul's MCA is still rapping about being a badass gangster for some songs, which was always a minus.

I for one have been waiting for this for a year and a day
(check that link and the home page if youre a fan of the album.)

Nabb1: Not only do I think it's the Beasties' best album, but it's one of my all time favorite albums, period.
Agreed.

And since it has not been mentioned yet, I'll point out that hello nasty is also a great album. it took some time to grow on me, but its on par with the rest.

Also currently enjoying the mix up.

/and got over on your girlie cuz you know she never says no
//so there

smoking and drinking on a tuesday night!

I really liked hello nasty. Mix master Mike scratching the beat in "three mcs and one dj" was great.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl:
fun, and absolutely true fact: That tour was one one where Mike D had taken to dropping LSD straight in the eye. Let's see... what on earth could cause a band to suddenly start putting out bad ass works of genius....?

Let's not jump off the deep end here. The Dust Brothers are one of the biggest reasons this album is so astounding.

I got the original on vinyl. It's always been my favourite.

Odelay's a better Dust Brothers album.

24 is my age 22 is my gauge

Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair
So I can climb up and get into your underwear

(listening to it right now)

:queues Twilight Zone music:

hillbillypharmacist:
I'm taking my Ill Communication and I'm going home!
*sob*

Aw, c'mon. Shake your rummpaah and be happy.

I'm like Sam the Butcher bringing Alice the meat.

And they have a new album due in May. Awesome.

One of the things you have to consider when talking about this album is to put it in the context of when it came out, no one had heard anything like it before and it completely dumbfounded those of us who expected more of the same like License To Ill from these guys.

It is literally one of the best examples ever of an album being ahead of it's time.

I'm still just trying to convince the ladies to get funky.

Worst. Music. Ever.

cRap is made by people who have NO musical talent and can't sing so they just talk the words really fast over other people's music, and -

Wait, they're white? Nevermind! BEASTIES FOREVER! NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN!

also, check out that Tone Loc album, Lōc-ed After Dark, the same guys worked on it as well, and there is some really good tracks on that album as well.

Constantly on
Ponce de León.

destitute college kid

If you are going to troll, at least try to point out something more subtle, like that MCA is a racist, or that Enimem is a much better rapper. Stuff like that.

mamoru: Awwww HELLS YES! I've been wanting a remaster of this album for ages. I found the CD release to be a bit... I dunno, flat? Great album, so I'm definitely looking forward to a bit of digital remastering.

I KNOW! I was hoping someone in here shared my views on that.. as much as I don't like today's "loudness wars" I find my copy of Paul's Boutique to be very very quiet.

Still their best album ever...

/Droppin' science like Galileo dropped an orange

I know a lot of def girls that'll do anything
A lot of parents like to think i'm a villain
I'm just chillin, like bob dylan.

god there was a period for years that whenever a certain group of friends got together, it was mandatory to play this album cover to cover. in fact i'll be seeing those farkers NYE.

poetry in motion...

here's a great resource about the samples and references that make up the album.

http://paulsboutique.info/ (new window)

It's a trip. It's got a funky beat. And you can bug out to it.

/Definitely their best album.

Good this is.

Love Paul's Boutique, but Check Your Head is the best Beasties album.

leftymcrighty: mamoru: Awwww HELLS YES! I've been wanting a remaster of this album for ages. I found the CD release to be a bit... I dunno, flat? Great album, so I'm definitely looking forward to a bit of digital remastering.

I KNOW! I was hoping someone in here shared my views on that.. as much as I don't like today's "loudness wars" I find my copy of Paul's Boutique to be very very quiet.

I think it's a very well-mixed album and I will be much saddened if the re-release gets all the dynamic range sucked away in favor of loudness. I like my kick toms to sound like they've been kicked.

/sat across from a man reading El Diario / riding the train downtown from el barrio

Hip Hop has never been the same since all the lawsuits shut down the free use of samples. I'm not going to get all "old man, get off my lawn" about it, as there is certainly some quality Hip Hop out there today, but we'll never again hear an album like Paul's Boutique (or De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, which is also sample-tastic)

Derwood: Hip Hop has never been the same since all the lawsuits shut down the free use of samples. I'm not going to get all "old man, get off my lawn" about it, as there is certainly some quality Hip Hop out there today, but we'll never again hear an album like Paul's Boutique (or De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, which is also sample-tastic)

I absolutely disagree. Check out Blockhead's productions or RJD2's stuff. Same vibe. Maybe not littered with tons of samples, but production-wise, there's still a hell of a lot of listen to.

Glitchwerks: Derwood: Hip Hop has never been the same since all the lawsuits shut down the free use of samples. I'm not going to get all "old man, get off my lawn" about it, as there is certainly some quality Hip Hop out there today, but we'll never again hear an album like Paul's Boutique (or De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, which is also sample-tastic)

I absolutely disagree. Check out Blockhead's productions or RJD2's stuff. Same vibe. Maybe not littered with tons of samples, but production-wise, there's still a hell of a lot of listen to.

As I said, I wasn't saying the new stuff isn't good or original. I was only saying that you can no longer find your favorite Beatles album and throw a drum beat on it (just ask Danger Mouse)