Customer Reviews
You Couldn't Ask For More (For a 1 disk best-of) - By: Steven Morrison, 27 Mar 2008 
Here we have the definative collection of the best (white) hip-hop band ever & probablyin the top 5 of any race along with Wu, Public Enemy & Run DMC.
This is what I would say is probably the coolest best-of I've heardin years, that is chock full of songs that you would instanly recognise & some you probably didn't know were by the Beasties'!
It starts off with 'So What You Want' a rocky rap tune that is one of my favourate songs by this group that instantly shows them as innovators of the game with no fear as they tear through any beat.
The interesting thing I found about this album is you could listen to most of it & not be able to tell when it was recorded because they all still sound fresh as they did when they were first released.
From the 20 songs my fave songs that I would particularly recommend are -
So What You Want
Shake Your Rump
Intergalactic
Sabotage
An Open Letter To NYC
So allin all I would highly recommend if you are a fan of any genre of music because when something is this diverse & innovative, it is hard to not like + ITS THE BEASTIES!
Buy it now, love it forever.
Hope this has been helpful for you, have a good 1!
beastie boys are pure solid gold.. - By: brewski99, 22 Feb 2007 
fantastic albulm, pure solid gold as the title suggests..
a must for all beastie & old school hip hop fans.
best track has to be the awesome "an open letter letter to new york"...this is one of the beastie's newer contempory stuff & is about post 9/11.....as i say AWESOME.
the only minus bit is that they could of included more cuts from their best selling albulm to date, from 1986: licensed to ill.
other than that though a top drawer classic hip hop greatest hits albulm from one of the early new york pioneers...
respect.
alright - By: YoungB, 08 Jul 2006 This is a good old school album, but with modern beats.
Beastie boys are capable rappers & on this are some good songs, brass monkey being the best.
The sound quality leaves a lot to be desired, but it really is an essentialin any rap fans collection.
Most illingest B-Boys - By: Alex, 03 Jun 2006 In order for Capitol to allow the Beasties to press forward with their soon to be released (in the UK) concert movie, Awesome; I Shot That, they requested the bands MCA to compile a 15-track greatest hits collectionin the run up to Xmas 2005.
But never mind the fact that this is a blatent record company idea. And never mind the fact that 1999's excellent Anthology (with most the hits, rarities, b-sides, & other songs the Beasties themsleves like & chose) already exists...if you're new to the boys or just a casual fan, this is absolutely perfect.
Every track really is solid gold, & each album is represented fairly, albeit obviously. So there's the early frat boy rocker anthems of Fight For Your Right & No Sleep Til Brooklyn, still sounding gloriously mega 20 years on, to the recent offerings including 98's Intergalactic (a UK best single chart-wise for the boys) & even more recently the Beasties comeback single Ch-Check It Out.
For a band who,in all honesty, offer so much on the individual records, taking the biggest singles over 20 years is always going to resultin a decent collection. Sure Shot, perhaps a career highlight, is just absolutely perfect hip hop, as is 95's old school Jimmy Smith sampling Root Down. See Brass Monkey, a hip hop classic, slide along side later works such as the excellent Pass the Mic, or 2004's heavier toned An Open Letter to NYC.
The whole 15 track collection is littered with classic, classic Beastie Boys, old & new. It's no fair representation of all their work over the years, & the various styles they've incorporatedin their music, but it's a collection of singles any rap group would die for. And I say rap, I use itin the credible sense. Today's artists at the top of the pile, say the Eminems or 50 Cents of this world, could never match the work here.
Superb.
Solid Gold - By: David Turner, 16 Nov 2005 This is an absolute must for any Beastie Boys fan, one disc documenting their music over the last two decades or so, from Fight For Your Right to Ch-check It Out, with only one important omissionin my opinion (3 Mc's & 1 DJ). Listen out for the very political, but also excellent "An open Letter To NYC". These guys have truly stood the test of time...Outstanding
