1) Paul's Boutique: Best album hands down, it was their second album and pretty much followed the theme of heavy sampling [makes Kanye look like he's not trying, imagine songs composed from like 10 different songs]. This [and #2] is the only album from them I can listen to back to front. At first I wasn't found of it but ut just got cool over time. Best Song? B-Boy Bouillabaisse [12 minutes of 9 songs all with their own different sample types, one song used from this is Hello Brooklyn which Jay-Z sample for his song Hello Brooklyn 2.0] Album was released 2 months after my birth lol.
2) The Mix-Up: Another experimental album. This is their most recent album. Their first fully instrumental album [also grammy winning], which shows off the bands diversity. This album is just a cool mellow collection of jazz like beats, a version of this was planned to be used with vocals but later dropped [it probably would have spoilt it] I also find that for the past two seasons of Top Gear, they've been using songs from this album as background music. Best Song? hmmmm dunno they all sounded similar and flowed well into each other but I'd say Freaky Hijiki, the most mellowest song on the album.
3) Licensed To Ill: ok the name is quite cheesy but it was their first album. It sold like hot bread and the mass public loved it. It was produced by the great Rick Rubin who also did LL Cool J and Run DMC's first albums. The beats are clear the rhymes are bold [actually took that from a song on their album] Best Song? No Sleep Til Brooklyn, a good mix of rap and rock and roll [and a cool guitar track]
4) Hello Nasty: another weird named one. Album #5, this was similar to Licensed to Ill but more modern. It was the first album to feature the newest Beastie, Mix Master Mike [making his intro on Three MC's and One DJ]. This is the album that got me interested in them especially with Intergalactic [their most popular song by far] and also best song on the album.
5) Hot Sauce Committee Pt1: this album isn't even out yet and I've only heard one song, but this is filled with promises. This is their first album with songs featuring artist's outside the group [exception of some short appearances by Lee Scratch Perry and Biz Markie]. The first song off the album. Too Many Rappers [featuring Nas] pretty much brags about them rapping since 83 [quite funny wen u think bout it]. The beat is truly & uniquely Beastie [also the song already picked up a grammy nomination]. Other songs featuring Santigold [I'm excited for that one] are soon to be out.
6) To The 5 Boroughs: album #6, very NY based album [especially since this was their first album since 9/11] Some songs are protest songs while others are Intergalactic type. I can't really say I enjoyed all the songs on this album, but most are good. Best Song? Tie. Open Letter To NYC [their most mature song to date] Ch-Check It Out [winner of the most immature music video where everyone ends up fighting about stuff like getting an electrician stuck in ur ass]
8) Check Your Head: Album #3, pretty much an album where they did all the instruments themselves, using real instruments [and a bit of sampling] This was their first 100% independent album, pretty much an album they did for themselves. Best Song? So What'cha Want.
9) Ill Communication: Album #4, this produced one of my favourite Beasti songs, Sabotage, in fact this song was the highlight of this album, Sure Shot was another cool song with a mellowish type of beat.
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