monkeydriven

New album today!! For those that got it, what are your thoughts? I've only given it a couple spins so far....I like it initially....kinda old school...

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Derwood

I'm picking it up later today. It's only $9.99 at Best Buy.

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X_cody_X

I got a copy sent over from a friend in the UK last week and I've been enjoying it every single day. Definitely worth the money in my opinion.

World's King

FUCKIN' BADASS.


More then makes up for the 6 year wait. The beats are new and original... amazing. The rhymes are on the mark. Nothing wrong with it. Nothing at all. I'm just in...

*drool*

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Derwood

My favorite album of the Boys is "Check Your Head", so I'm disappointed that this is 15 tracks of just hip-hop. Plus everything is produced, meaning no live instruments anywhere.

That said, there are some good tracks. "Ch-Ch-Check it Out", "Oh, Word!" and "Shazzam" are my favs on the first listen. I'm sure the rest will grow on me, but it mostly sounds like the hip-hop portions of "Hello Nasty".

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choskins

Six years? Has it been that long since their last album?

Jeff

I like it a lot so far. Beastie Boys can do no wrong.

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World's King

Yep... Hello Nasty came out in '98. The Sounds of Science was out in 99. But that doesn't count.

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saut

I heard one of the songs on the new album on the radio a few months ago and was not very impressed... not sure what song it was, but I definitly remember the lyrics having a political message. Anyway, I'll have to sample the rest of the album and hope that it's better than what I've already heard.

monkeydriven

You probably heard 'In A World Gone Mad', it was their response to the Iraq War. That song isn't on the album....

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Derwood

Right, thank god. That song was awful.

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World's King

Did you pick it up? What you think?

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Derwood

Yeah, I posted my favorite songs further up this page.

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subz

I didn't like the album too much. A few good songs here and there, but seemed pretty bad to me.

saut

Phew. I'll have to investigate the rest of it in that case.

choskins

FYI, Rolling Stone gave the new album FIVE FREAKIN STARS!

God, it must be good. For comparison, Dylan has had 2 5-star albums.

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tuffrr

Picked it up a few days back and its good, its real good. Some of the sounds are pretty similar to their older stuff but there's nothing wrong with that!!!

Jadedfox

Yeah but Dylan sucks so what's your point?

--jaded

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choskins

Ummm, OK???

World's King

I'm dumb.

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Derwood

I've now listened thru about 4 or 5 times, and though i like it in general, i'd still rank it just 5th best out of their 6 studio albums:

1 - Check Your Head
2 - Paul's Boutique
3 - Hello Nasty
4 - Ill Communication
5 - To the 5 Boroughs
6 - License to Ill

But that's just one man's opinion

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Jeff

Man, License to Ill gets no respect. I love the shiat out of it.

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Derwood

Well SOMETHING has to be last. I don't hate that album at all, though one of the local Chicago radio stations plays the shit out of "Girls" for some reason, which has ruined that song for me

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Jim Kata

B-Boys fan since 87 ish. The new album grows on you. The more you listen, the better it gets.
Although one part makes me cringe. Adrock's opening verses in "Open Letter to NYC".

Charlatan

I haven't picked this one up yet but plan to... Paul's Boutique is never far from my ears...

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monkeydriven

For me:

Ill Communication
Paul's Boutique
Check Your Head
To the 5 Boroughs
License to Ill
Hello Nasty


Although 5 Boroughs could move up once I get used to it...

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World's King

Check Your Head
Ill Communication
To the 5 Boroughs
Paul's Boutique
Hello Nasty
License to Ill


Not even the Beastie Boys themselves like License to Ill.

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Jim Kata

1. Paul's Booty
2. Check Your Head
3. License to Ill
3. Ill Communication
4. Hello Nasty
5. To the 5 Boroughs

"DANCE SUCKA!"

notthebeachball

With the exception of the first single, the new album sounds like throw-away B-sides, plus their hardcore political stance ruins it for me... I guess I just prefer politics to stay out of music because the way I see it, music is transcendent and when you start talking about current events, you pigeon-hole yourself into an identifiable time and place... I don't like to be reminded of bad people. places, events when I'm listening to music (esp. Bush, Iraq etc... I'd rather forget all the shit from the past 3 years) I'm not saying music has to be happy, (I love everything from the The Cure to the Pumpkins to the Counting Crows to Chopin for god's sake) but hearing 40 year-old white rappers deliver painfully bad rhymes about politics is sort of embarrassing. I understand and appreciate the fact that the Beasties come up with their own beats, but they're too old school to be considered foreward progress. That Rolling Stone 5 star review is bullshit.

KWSN

True, but as a certain site that I'll probably get flamed for liking once said, the music on License to Ill was made by people who didn't give a fuck... and at that time America DESPERATELY needed to learn how not to give a fuck.

The new album gives too much of a fuck.

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World's King

I don't understand what you're saying KWSN.


License to Ill was just pop. It was made to sell records. And it has. Every album after has been made to make people happy and for the sake of music.

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Derwood

See, this is why "Check Your Head" is my favorite album:

Lyrically, it's "don't give a fuck", while musically it has the most integrity of any BB record

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coke babies

Paul's Boutique
TT5B
Ill Communication
Licensed to Ill
Hello Nasty
Check Your Head

Derwood

There are some new tracks that I really like now.

Triple Trouble is straight up "Paul's Boutique" with that bass line. Sweet!

I still love "Oh, Yeah". The synthesized robot voice introducing each MC before their verse is the best.

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scrooloose

Sounds like all there other music to me. It isnt bad but then need to change it up a little, and what is with all the political stuff. Oh well

Xepidemic

I heard that if you put this CD in your computer. it starts to install stuff without you knowing. some type of protection but it could also fuck things up.

just a warnin!

Redlemon

Entirely true. To avoid it, follow the directions in this link:
How-To Tuesday: Disable AutoRun on Windows! - Engadget

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