Okay, so which is next?

[Lorentzson]

First i got "Hello Nasty", now i recently purchased "Ill Communication" and it was sweet as hell.

Now im wondering, what next?

[beastiegirrl101]

you NEED Paul's Boutique and Licence to Ill

[dave790]

Check yopur Head would be closer to those records, but god thetre's no point in comparing or choosing Beasties records over each other. They're all fucking ace (y)

[abcdefz]

Paul's Boutique, Hello Nasty, and Check Your Head are the three essential Beastie records to date. (y)

[Kid Presentable]

You need to buy Deltron 3030.

[Chicka B]

Well, if you liked Ill Communication then you will definatly like Check Your Head. (y)

[abcdefz]

Well, if you liked Ill Communication then you will definatly like Check Your Head. (y)


Oh, heck yeah. Ill Communication is good stuff, but... it could almost be leftovers from the CYH sessions.

[Jmoney77]

CHECK YOUR HEAD, is all i need to say

[ggirlballa]

crazy drunken teens: Licensed to Ill

moving to L.A: Paul's Boutique

jammin for hours : Check Your Head

matured and political: to the 5 boroughs

:cool:

[M.C. Guevera]

If I were to make a "How To Become A Beastie Boys Fan" book, the first thing I would write is, "Get Paul's Boutique".

[Justin]

I think Pauls Boutique should be the last record to listen to if your a new fan. You will have a much more appreciation for it, than if you listened to it first because no other album is like it.


I wish live at pjs and alright hear this could have been on the same record, but if i had to choose CYH or IC, id say BUY CHECK YOUR HEAD!

Check your head is my favorate album, I loved the concerts back in 92 over the others, plus CEY done his best work with the logo's at this time.

During check your head its like the beasties are saying "here it is, we had fun making it, fuck you if you dont like it"

[vickista]

you NEED Paul's Boutique and Licence to Ill


yeop 1 of those 2 or check ur head

[abcdefz]

If I were to make a "How To Become A Beastie Boys Fan" book, the first thing I would write is, "Get Paul's Boutique".


That's how it haoppened for me. When LTI came out, I thought there were a few good songs on it steamrollered by total obnoxiousness. Part of that, I imagine, was also because of their public persona, which you wouldn't want to get locked in a room with. And it was huge, it was everywhere, and all the assholes had it cranked up at every fucking party you went to, and ultimately, someone else's home wound up getting trashed and, whatever people think, that's really no fun. It was just so obnoxious. So, during the hiatus, they went off my radar, then the second album came out and tanked and it was like, "Thank God THAT'S over."

And then a year or so later, a guy I worked with at a record store insisted Paul's Boutique was really good, and I should listen to it. We had a used copy, so I threw it on, and it was a revelation. It was dizzying and funky and honestly funny -- not horselaugh funny, but witty funny -- and a production masterpiece. I couldn't believe it was the same guys. I bought that and played it over and over and it became one of my two favorite workout records to blast in the morning while I lifted. Wake up, smoke some pot, throw on Paul's Boutique, and lift -- that was many, many a morning.

I waited and finally Check Your Head came out. I bought it the day it was released and threw it on, and now they'd brought the DIY aesthetic into the fold -- jazz/funk/rock/groove/rap. Two masterpieces -- a few years apart, but still. Great stuff.

Ill Communication was fine, it had some good stuff. But then Hello Nasty was just new brilliance. It's like a more focused Sandista!, and their first album since Paul's Boutique that's really like a musical journey. There are all kinds of styles on there, but the way that it's sequenced is perfect, and by the time you get there, "Instant Death" is pretty chilling.

Great stuff. Whatever else happens, these guys have had a great, great run. (y)

[Lorentzson]

Damnit people! :) Money doesnt grow on trees.
Oh well, maybe ill just have to buy em all, starting with either "Check your head" or "Licensed to Ill" or "Pauls Boutique" or...
Hmm, this didnt help me at all :o

[abcdefz]

Read this. (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE57F18D249A97320C5903C40CCB269A329D94E FB87126E495AD1A926499E0C74E80BA695C9AEFB76AB7BAFFF 28E85B0FD9CEE95CFEDA764C40&sql=10:8st67ue0h0jf) :)

[TAL]

Hey a-z, I smiled at how you stopped before TT5B.

[MC Boulangerie]

crazy drunken teens: Licensed to Ill

moving to L.A: Paul's Boutique

jammin for hours : Check Your Head

matured and political: to the 5 boroughs

:cool:
Completely exact (y)

[abcdefz]

Hey a-z, I smiled at how you stopped before TT5B.

:)

Yeah. I... it was all right, and I could kind of see what they were going for, which could've been very cool. But that album, for the most part, just kinda laid there for me. The disappointment factor was pretty steep, too.

You?

[TAL]

I haven't listened to it since the week it was released, I'm gonna make another try on the 2 year anniversary that's coming up soon.

[abcdefz]

Yup. I think I traded it in after about a week. :o

[camo]

matured and political: to the 5 boroughs

:cool:

matured and political? Political maybe, but mature(d) no! Have you seen the video to triple trouble?

[Junker]

matured and political? Political maybe, but mature(d) no! Have you seen the video to triple trouble?

LOL

[Jmoney77]

get them all at once

[kleptomaniac]

crazy drunken teens: Licensed to Ill

moving to L.A: Paul's Boutique

jammin for hours : Check Your Head

matured and political: to the 5 boroughs

:cool:

well said, denise (y)

if you were looking for only one now though...i'd say "paul's boutique" is the way to go. it's got a lil bit of everything ;)

[freetibet]

Aglio e Olio and The in sound from way out - what the Beasties are, besides being what they are!

[Space]

you gotta get Check you head next!


100% (y)

[Kid Presentable]

That's how it haoppened for me. When LTI came out, I thought there were a few good songs on it steamrollered by total obnoxiousness. Part of that, I imagine, was also because of their public persona, which you wouldn't want to get locked in a room with. And it was huge, it was everywhere, and all the assholes had it cranked up at every fucking party you went to, and ultimately, someone else's home wound up getting trashed and, whatever people think, that's really no fun. It was just so obnoxious. So, during the hiatus, they went off my radar, then the second album came out and tanked and it was like, "Thank God THAT'S over."

And then a year or so later, a guy I worked with at a record store insisted Paul's Boutique was really good, and I should listen to it. We had a used copy, so I threw it on, and it was a revelation. It was dizzying and funky and honestly funny -- not horselaugh funny, but witty funny -- and a production masterpiece. I couldn't believe it was the same guys. I bought that and played it over and over and it became one of my two favorite workout records to blast in the morning while I lifted. Wake up, smoke some pot, throw on Paul's Boutique, and lift -- that was many, many a morning.

I waited and finally Check Your Head came out. I bought it the day it was released and threw it on, and now they'd brought the DIY aesthetic into the fold -- jazz/funk/rock/groove/rap. Two masterpieces -- a few years apart, but still. Great stuff.

Ill Communication was fine, it had some good stuff. But then Hello Nasty was just new brilliance. It's like a more focused Sandista!, and their first album since Paul's Boutique that's really like a musical journey. There are all kinds of styles on there, but the way that it's sequenced is perfect, and by the time you get there, "Instant Death" is pretty chilling.

Great stuff. Whatever else happens, these guys have had a great, great run. (y)

Nice post.(y) (y)

[Odie]

I'd pick up sounds of science as a sampler and find out what you most like the sounds of and pick up the album it's on, mite be all on the same one. It's a good record any woo.

[ggirlballa]

crazy drunken teens: Licensed to Ill

moving to L.A: Paul's Boutique

jammin for hours : Check Your Head

matured and political: to the 5 boroughs

:cool:


oh shit i forgot about Hello Nasty which is one of my favorites.

so how wud i describe hello nasty? it's brilliant i can imagine adrock working on loops and just thinkin "wow this shit sounds cool" thats what i said after hearing it and to me its the album u can dance to the most, like body movin and doin the robot to intergalactic and pretend your a scratch dj to 3MC's & 1 DJ. i just really like this album:cool:

[steve-onpoint]

Oh, heck yeah. Ill Communication is good stuff, but... it could almost be leftovers from the CYH sessions.

I feel that da boys, with being on such a unique style and sound in the CYH sessions, created an even more focused sound with Ill Communication. Sonically, the albums are quite distinct from one another.

[ggirlballa]

my opinion is that Ill Communication is an album for people who r more rap fans than rock. i luv rap but not a big fan of rock and to me IC had more rap then CYH

[midzi]

I haven't listened to it since the week it was released, I'm gonna make another try on the 2 year anniversary that's coming up soon.

That must have been pretty traumatic experience. Usually when I buy a record and I don't like it at first, I give it few more listens.

When I bought TT5B I wasn't blown away by it and after almost two years nothing has changed. But I listen to it from time to time.