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| 3.5 great | The Door Mouse | January 22nd 07 |
The Beastie Boys are really my first introduction to Hip-Hop. They are very fun and distribute parts perfectly to each member. The three things that I look for in a hip-hop album are lyrics, rhythm and beat. These guys do that flawlessly. One thing that I do dissaprove of is Girls. It is supposed to be funny and it doesn't fit any of the quotas that I mentioned before. Also, Ad Rock is in it the whole time. He is good but his voice is to whinney and annoying. But this album is very enjoyable.
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| 2.0 poor | BringMeABrick | December 11th 10 |
Uneven, cheesy, and too much yelling. The rhymes are simplistic and boring, and the beat for 'Girls' is one of the worst hip-hop beats I've ever heard.
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| 3.5 great | BillyBrill | April 19th 22 |
This is literally the funniest album ever looking back on it, only deserves a 3.5 but come on look at that funky monkey
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| 4.5 superb | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 0.0 | Nine | April 5th 19 |
Hey! Beastie Boys stole Eminem's Kamikaze album cove- oh...
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| 3.0 good | lz41 | April 18th 16 |
Once they had ramped up the manic spirit and hit a rich vein of samples - i.e., wider than Sabbath & Zeppelin - the Beastie Boys became world beaters. Their debut is a base in every sense of the word.
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| 4.0 excellent | Jared Floryan | November 7th 14 |
Is it all too cheesy? Yes, and you might want to remember that this was released in the 1980s. Is Licensed to Ill all the more better because of how cartoonishly simple the beats are, alongside how unyielding the samples are? Y-E-S. The Beastie Boys' debut album was certainly an entertaining release - one with charm and humor that both hardly wear thin.
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| 0.0 | LifeAsAChipmunk | July 11th 12 |
Okay so the beats are really basic, the songs are really simple and the lyrics are usually stupid. But fuck it, this is a helluvalot of fun and extremely catchy. Besides, I love me some genre-bending shit.
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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | May 4th 12 |
Sounds hopelessly dated for the most part, and I'm pretty sure everyone is really, really sick of about half the songs on this album - particularly tracks 7 and 8 - but who's kidding here? That's part of the charm, this album is legendary. The Beastie Boys' hilarious personas (actual personalities?) and rapping are what really makes this album good, but the abundance of obvious samples, old school beats, and even a Kerry King guest appearance help make this album great. Far from pretentious, good party music with depth.
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| 3.5 great | skippingboy123 | January 4th 11 |
Ryhim & Stealin- 7, The New Style- 8, She's Crafty- 7, Posse in Effect- 6, Slow Ride- 6, Girls- 7, Fight For Your Right- 10, No Sleep Til Brooklyn- 9, Paul Revere- 8, Hold It Now, Hit It- 8, Brass Monkey- 9, Slow and Low- 7, Time to Get Ill- 6, =7=3.5 (Too many decent songs overshadowed by Fight for Your Right and Brass Monkey)
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| 3.5 great | TRMshadow | December 22nd 10 |
To start things off, OS Hip-Hop has been by far the hardest genre for me to get into and I'm still struggling on this album. However, in spite of this; "Licensed to Ill" was a pretty enjoyable listen. The first 5 or so tracks were a bit lacking, but as soon as 'Fight for your Right' hit the album as a whole got a lot better. Tighter rhymes, better grooves, and overall a much more cohesive 2nd half. 3.6/5
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| 4.5 superb | gottalovett07 | December 21st 06 |
This album is a classic because of one thing: the Roland TR-808. The beats are all so simple and so catchy, and the backwards drums on "Paul Revere" are awesome.
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| 3.5 great | Mart0001 | October 2nd 06 |
One of the few Hip-Hop albums I really like. The lyrics are very funny, and almost every song is very catchy. My favorites on here: Girls, Fight For Your Right and No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn
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| 4.0 excellent | flea182 | March 1st 24 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | January 7th 24 |
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