To The 5 Boroughs [PA] - Beastie Boys

...hip-hop influences, making an album to please both rock fans such as my husband, hardcore hip-hop fans, and people such as myself who can’t really make their mind up, but like a good dance whichever way. There were some people, including me, who thought Beastie Boys had lost it with ‘Hello Nasty’. The mix of classic tracks such as ‘Intergalactic’ and ‘3 MCs and one DJ’ was ruined for me by the inclusion of frankly bizarre tracks, whose names I can’t ...
...have taken about twenty years to record a new album, so the question on most fans lips is likely to be, is it actually any good? You’ll be pleased to know the answer is a definite yes, with a few provisos. By this, I mean your view is going to be dependant on what aspect of Beastie Boys you actually admire. If you lament the day when the three of them finally grew up and started reading the newspapers and getting a social conscience, then you’re ...

pesky33 07.12.2004 · Read full review
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...by a white act: Licensed To Ill. It's mixture of big beats, rock samples and very clever lyrical interplay between the three band members (MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock) ensured a winning, unique combination that would sell millions of records worldwide. The singles, released in 1987, from that album (Fight For Your Right To Party, No Sleep Til Brooklyn and She's Crafty) were catchy, heavy on the wit and guitar and made stealing VW badges from suburban ...
...a stolen election and 9/11 to do it but the Beastie Boys seem to have recaptured that old spirit on this new album - released last autumn, my favourite season - and it's to their credit that three men approaching 40 years old can still look and sound so fresh. To The 5 Boroughs features all the old trademarks of 1980s hip hop. There's scratching, crazy but soulful samples and the typical Beasties vocal interplay. First track and single, Ch Check ...

waynehorrigan 23.02.2005 · Read full review
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...album has resusitatded the thought to be ended career of the mighty beastie boys. They have always been great and invinsibaly original, and known as legends a long with Bob Marley ect.There new beats and rhyms are of the same quality as there music from a long long time ago whi8ch is very rare for such an old group. At this stage we would be expecting a best off but definitly not such a masterpeice.Yes... they still have it and this melange of twisted ...

tomyskate 30.06.2004 · Read full review
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