Rank the B-Boys albums

Sgran · 04-25-2011, 04:29 PM

Choose the best Beastie Boys album. Feel free to rank them in a post, but I'm interested in your favorite. Mine is Check Your Head.

Pumpy Tudors · 04-25-2011, 04:38 PM

sorry thought this was the backstreet boys thread

RedHawk00 · 04-25-2011, 05:57 PM

Paul's Boutique for several reason's, but mostly because it was my first "Parental Advisory" tape. Thanks to my cool uncle & aunt for giving it to me at Christmas with the "shhhhhh don't tell your mom & dad we got this for you!"

Toddzilla · 04-25-2011, 06:14 PM

Paul's Boutique is one of the most important hip-hop albums - shit, one of the most important albums period - ever to be released. It broke all kinds of ground in terms of sampling, how music and sounds are layered, used, and interpreted, and it still stands up today. IMO it's one of the top 10 albums of all time across any era or genre.

MacroGuru · 04-25-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Paul's Boutique is one of the most important hip-hop albums - shit, one of the most important albums period - ever to be released. It broke all kinds of ground in terms of sampling, how music and sounds are layered, used, and interpreted, and it still stands up today. IMO it's one of the top 10 albums of all time across any era or genre.

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JediKooter · 04-26-2011, 11:09 AM

License to Ill will always be the best to me due to more of on sentimental attachment than Paul's Boutique. Paul's Boutique kicks ass on its own though.

Ranking:
1. License to Ill
2. Paul's Boutique
3. Hello Nasty
4. Ill Communication
5. Check Your Head

King of New York · 04-26-2011, 11:19 AM

I'm going to go with Paul's Boutique for all the reasons cited above--it was groundbreaking. I actually think that Ill Communication is the most consistent B-Boys album, the one where it all came together, so it is a close second.

Super Ugly · 04-26-2011, 01:50 PM

Check Your Head. For whatever reason, I just never got into Paul's Boutique. Maybe I should give it another go.

Sun Tzu · 04-26-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

sorry thought this was the backstreet boys thread

this

Sgran · 04-26-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Ugly

Check Your Head. For whatever reason, I just never got into Paul's Boutique. Maybe I should give it another go.

See, you're like me. I've met a few other people who love Check Your Head, but don't care for Paul's Boutique, which is generally the B-Boys lover's album. Licensed to Ill IMO is the sentimental favorite because it was the first rap album white teenagers could feel some kind of bond towards. Check Your Head, in my paradigm, is the music-lover's B-Boys album. Sure, we like the funny rhymes in Heart Attack Man, but Professor Booty stands up to any hip-hop song ever made because of the music. The writing on Paul's Boutique is unbelievably tight, but it almost works better as beat poetry than music. Ill Communication is also a solid musical album that feels like Check Your Head part 2.

Anyways, it seems that sentimentality and poetry have defeated music at FOFC. I suppose that counts for something.

Sgran · 04-26-2011, 05:45 PM

By the way, who voted for Hello Nasty and why?

Draft Dodger · 04-26-2011, 09:23 PM

what's wrong with Hello Nasty? I think all the BB albums are kind of hit and miss. Each one has 2 or 3 great songs and...other stuff.

I'd probably rank them
Ill Communication
Paul's Boutique
Hello Nasty
To the 5 Boroughs
License to Ill

the one that I really love is The In Sound from Way Out, which has a bunch of instrumental stuff from Ill Communication and Check Your Head. Big fan of that one.

TexasT · 04-26-2011, 10:46 PM

Damn, I thought this meant Beach Boys.

M GO BLUE!!! · 04-26-2011, 11:49 PM

License. The only one I owned.

I did have the 12" of "Cookie Puss" though.

Neon_Chaos · 04-26-2011, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

sorry thought this was the backstreet boys thread

+ 1

Sgran · 04-27-2011, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

what's wrong with Hello Nasty?

Personally, I never got into it, but I can't say I gave it much of a listen. I was
just curious because I've never met anyone that was too high on it.

View Poll Results: What is your favorite Beastie Boys album?
Licensed to Ill - 1986	14	43.75%
Paul's Boutique - 1989	11	34.38%
Check Your Head - 1992	4	12.50%
Ill Communication - 1994	2	6.25%
Hello Nasty - 1998	1	3.13%
To the 5 Boroughs - 2004	0	0%
The Mix-Up - 2007	0	0%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

04-25-2011, 04:38 PM	#2
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	sorry thought this was the backstreet boys thread __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

04-26-2011, 11:09 AM	#6
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	License to Ill will always be the best to me due to more of on sentimental attachment than Paul's Boutique. Paul's Boutique kicks ass on its own though. Ranking: 1. License to Ill 2. Paul's Boutique 3. Hello Nasty 4. Ill Communication 5. Check Your Head __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

04-26-2011, 11:19 AM	#7
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	I'm going to go with Paul's Boutique for all the reasons cited above--it was groundbreaking. I actually think that Ill Communication is the most consistent B-Boys album, the one where it all came together, so it is a close second. __________________ Input A No Input

04-26-2011, 05:45 PM	#11
Sgran High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Budapest	By the way, who voted for Hello Nasty and why? __________________ What the hell is Mike Brown diagramming for them during timeouts? Is he like the guy from "Memento" or something? Guys, I just thought of something … what if we ran a high screen for LeBron?

04-25-2011, 05:57 PM	#3
RedHawk00 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2007	Paul's Boutique for several reason's, but mostly because it was my first "Parental Advisory" tape. Thanks to my cool uncle & aunt for giving it to me at Christmas with the "shhhhhh don't tell your mom & dad we got this for you!"

04-25-2011, 06:14 PM	#4
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Paul's Boutique is one of the most important hip-hop albums - shit, one of the most important albums period - ever to be released. It broke all kinds of ground in terms of sampling, how music and sounds are layered, used, and interpreted, and it still stands up today. IMO it's one of the top 10 albums of all time across any era or genre.

04-26-2011, 01:50 PM	#8
Super Ugly High School JV Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Look behind you	Check Your Head. For whatever reason, I just never got into Paul's Boutique. Maybe I should give it another go.

04-26-2011, 09:23 PM	#12
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	what's wrong with Hello Nasty? I think all the BB albums are kind of hit and miss. Each one has 2 or 3 great songs and...other stuff. I'd probably rank them Ill Communication Paul's Boutique Hello Nasty To the 5 Boroughs License to Ill the one that I really love is The In Sound from Way Out, which has a bunch of instrumental stuff from Ill Communication and Check Your Head. Big fan of that one. __________________ Mile High Hockey

04-26-2011, 10:46 PM	#13
TexasT Mascot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seguin, Texas	Damn, I thought this meant Beach Boys.

04-26-2011, 11:49 PM	#14
M GO BLUE!!! Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005	License. The only one I owned. I did have the 12" of "Cookie Puss" though.

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