Licensed to Ill

20 Life-Changing albums (20 music items)

"This list is organized more by chronology than by druthers. It is my belief that musical taste and influence comes from that which has preceded it, "without this I would not have found that." The First two entries (this and Dare to be Stupid) were the first two albums that I ever bought with my own money in elementary school, the first wholly conscious musical decision I remember making. This Album or at least the motivations that prompted me to buy this album was the entryway to "Hip Hop" fo"

Overrated Albums (29 music items)

"the Beastie's follow up, "Paul's Boutique", is one of the best hip hop albums ever made, a testament to what is possible in the genre. This was just an 80's rap joke that got taken to seriously"

I was a preteen metalhead (62 music items)

"In 1986, all of my friends had this album & we'd listen to it frequently. I never owned it then mostly because I didn't feel the need to (and I didn't get around to having my own copy until the early 90s). Back then I liked it because it was funny and catchy, but what grabbed my attention even more were the hard rock/metal samples (though at the time I didn't realize they were samples), not to mention the guitar work of Kerry King. Thus the Beastie Boys were my introduction to hip-hop AND hard "

RS 500: Part 3 (100 music items)

""Recorded when the three New York rappers were barely out of high school, Licensed to Ill remains a revolutionary combination of hip-hop beats, metal riffs and some of the most exuberant, unapologetic smart-aleck rhymes ever made. No wonder it went on to become the best-selling rap album of the Eighties.""

Songs with Names in the Title (136 music items)

"~ Paul Revere"