Customer Reviews
A TIMELESS AND AGELESS CLASSIC! - By: Mr. J. L. Jumpp, 01 Dec 2007 
What more needs to be said about what is probably one of the top five, perhaps top three rap albums of all time. It's just packed to bursting point with beats & ryhmes that are as "FRESH" today as they were twenty odd years ago. If you have any respect for classic old school rap you have to own this album!
wow - By: cam, 17 Mar 2006 getting older but never tired, this album of 13 tracks has nearly 13 styles on it displaying a range of sounds & rhythms. this album still makes me laugh & remains one of my all time favourites. if you don't own it, then buy it today. if only to hear 'she's crafty". thanks beastie boys.
Still awsome but showing signs of ageing - By: KBF, 22 Aug 2005 
Although this was the first Beastie Boys recording I really listened to, I only heard it for the first timein 2003. I was born the year after this recording was made & it beggars belief that a band like this could ever last until the present day.
Initially, I was put off by the whiney-nazel voices I was hearing, but the Beastie Boys is as much about just listening (or deciphering) the lyrics as it is about the music. The offbeat lyrics remind me a little of Beck, just because they can be so random at times but still with a direction within the songs.
This album has obviously remained popular due to the infamous 'Fight for Your Right' song, but is actually so much more. try to get the CD + DVD version available on amazon (keep searching, it's quite far back!) so you can check out the ill videos for 'No Sleep til Brooklyn', 'She's Crafty' & 'Fight for Your Right'. As I saidin the summary, the album is finally starting to show signs of ageing, but the power of nostalgia just keeps bringing me back for more. Enjoy.
Still licensed still brass monkeyed - By: , 02 Apr 2005 I remember buying this on vinyl when i was 16. Run DMC & Public Enemy were mashing things up when this hit my record deck.
My stepdad banned me from playing itin the house, due to all the media crap when they arrivedin the uk with Run DMC. when they were out shopping Friday night though the whole street was rocking to tracks like Brass Monkey, No Sleep till Brooklyn & paul Revere. Inspiring stuff this album & even though they were dismissed as a joke band they are more hip hop today than many of these so called "gangsters" Retro- yes but if you heard it the first time around you are still going to want to blow it up full watts. Grab your vw signs & your tins of bud, Cus im out on my little horsey named Paul Revere, me an my horsey & a quart of beer........
Raw and Nasty, as it should be - By: trust me, I'm not a doctor, 13 Jan 2004 To say that this was a defining albumin the history of rap would be an understatement. I remember buying the original vinyl LP as a 16 year old, putting it on the turntable & being completely blown away. The mix of metal, funk & heavy drum tracks throughout was very original & coupled with them being one of the only white rappers around made them stand out from the crowd. Tracks such as the new style, hold it now hit it, she's crafty & no sleep till Brooklyn come to epitomise exactly what the boys were about. OK, they were not good rappers like say Snoop or Eminem are but that was not what they were about. Remember they were white, Jewish, middleclass boys who were out to joke & fantasise about being babe magnets & living the life of a hardcore gansta. Although I remain a fan of the group, this hardcore, tonguein cheek hip hop album definitly remains my all time favourite. Buy this & LLCoolJ's I can't live without my radio album & you will have 2 of the most raw & basic hip hop albums of all time. One thing is for sure, VolksWagen's will never be the same again.
