Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:37:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 20:37

Great album. The Beasties had novelty act written all over them before this and I'm still amazed they reached the heights they did.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

RockyRaccoon — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:45:44 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 11/20/2015 19:45

Satie wrote:

the Beastie Boys...make intolerable music.

Every album of the day you break my heart a little more Satie 🙁

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

meccalecca — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:11:52 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/20/2015 19:11

Satie wrote:

I don't dislike the Beastie Boys because of racial politics. I dislike them because they suck and hurt my ears.

Just to be clear, I wasn't implying that you disliked them due to racial politics. That was only a response to Applerill's misguided post.

You're free to dislike whatever.

I will say that the Beastie Boys, like a lot of earlier hip hop has been overshadowed over time as the genre seemingly continues to get better. What they once did that sounded fresh doesn't really sound the same in the context of the present. I still love Paul's Boutique though.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Applerill — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:57:32 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:57

Satie wrote:

I don't dislike the Beastie Boys because of racial politics. I dislike them because they suck and hurt my ears.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:55:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:55

I don't dislike the Beastie Boys because of racial politics. I dislike them because they suck and hurt my ears.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

meccalecca — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:43:45 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:43

Surprised (but not really) by some of the haters. Paul's Boutique is a landmark release for hip hop. The Beasties may have been given opportunities darker skinned rappers never would have had, but they never squandered those opportunities, and never attempted to hijack the genre. And I'm not sure an appropriation argument can really be made. They were New Yorkers and hip hop originated in their world.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:27:26 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:27

"Music was very important to me growing up. Classic hip-hop like Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and especially the Beastie Boys were all I used to listen to for years, and It's a great thing they call it a hip-hop "beef" rather than a pork because otherwise these guys might never have started rapping, and my mom certainly wouldn't have let me listen"

-My friend during his Bar Mitzvah speech

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:21:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:21

Best album ever for driving around town stupid & giddy with a group of friends and all shouting the lyrics together. Tied with that first Femmes album. Lots of good times in cars with this one.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:17:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:17

Beastie Boys music videos > Beastie Boys music

album's ok though. Cool sampling all over but I don't fuck with the Beaties too often anymore

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:16:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:16

It's not shocking to make a non-rock album as a hip hop group.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Applerill — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:14:46 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:14

Satie wrote:

Limp Bizkit and the Beastie Boys have literally 0 overlap in sound besides that they both make intolerable music.

Ooh, I like that quote. You really are right, especially on this shockingly-non-rock album. I stand corrected (at least on the aesthetic similarity front).

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:12:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:12

Limp Bizkit and the Beastie Boys have literally 0 overlap in sound besides that they both make intolerable music.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Applerill — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:06:01 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/20/2015 18:06

Norman Bates wrote:

Asking the question is answering it.

....No, asking the question is making a stupid liberal hypocrisy joke. (I really don't have any social problem with them, even if it sometimes feels convenient to say I do)

Yeah, the Beasties are obviously super-important to the history of hip-hop, but they're vocal style is just nails on a chalkboard to me. Significant Other actually sounds a lot more like old-school hip-hop than Paul's Boutique does, with just the right amount of rock influence to mix things up.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Norman Bates — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:58:55 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 11/20/2015 15:58

Applerill wrote:

Would it be anti-Semetic for me to accuse this of appropriation (and then recommend early Limp Bizkit instead)? .

Asking the question is answering it.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Graeme2 — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 04:29:10 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 11/20/2015 09:29

Didnt pick this up until late 90s. I don't think it set the world on fire when it was released like other classic hop hop albums may have, even though it had good reviews at the time. People, including myself, maybe looked at them as old hat by then. Also everybody was into with either 3 feet high or Staight Outta Compton, or both. Just looked to see where NME had it in the end of year list. It's at 11 behind wonderstuff, Maria McKee and Neville brothers albums 🙄
Disintegration at 23.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

alelsupreme — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:39:16 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 11/20/2015 01:39

Ahh, back when rap artists could afford to shove 20 samples into every song.

Hectic fun. Shake Your Rump should be played at every party (how the hell have i not done so yet at pre-drinks smh) and the closing suite is 14 mins of straight gold.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Sometype — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:53:22 GMT

Author: Sometype

Posted: 11/19/2015 21:53

Best use of sampling in hip-hop i've heard. Also pretty innovative/progressive for its time.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

baystateoftheart — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:46:05 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/19/2015 21:46

Applerill wrote:

I just don't like the vocal style of the Beasties in general.

Very fair and somewhat agree. Paul's Boutique is not even my favorite 1989 NYC hip-hop record with white emcees. Would recommend instead:

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The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

Applerill — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:31:27 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 11/19/2015 21:31

baystateoftheart wrote:

Well, it would certainly be preposterous. This is a very fun record imo. It's not inherently anti-Semitic, but I suppose only you can judge whether the Beastie Boys' Jewishness is salient to your preference for Limp Bizkit.

Actually, now that I think about it, it almost certainly isn't. Maybe my apathy is because I've only listened to it on first/run 1989 CD instead of a remaster.

Edit: Listening to the remaster, and I think I just don't like the vocal style of the Beasties in general. It reminds me of how Weird Al made fun of them with thatb"Twister" song. It just sounds so buffoonish to me.

Re: Album of the day (#1816): Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

baystateoftheart — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:18:14 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 11/19/2015 21:18

Applerill wrote:

Would it be anti-Semetic for me to accuse this of appropriation (and then recommend early Limp Bizkit instead)? I actually don't have any social problems with the album, but I've always found it a bit boring. It obviously was really culturally important, but the results just don't feel fun enough for me.