How three white Jews managed to bring rap further into the mainstream has always somewhat amazed me, but having listened to the Beastie Boys' iconic album, Licensed to Ill has put it into perspective. Going in, I knew it was the first hip hop album to top the Billboard charts in 1986, but I never thought it would be this good.
I have listened to the Boys before, but never an album in its entirety. I'm very glad I did. While each track sound very similar, it is a formula that works. Each track has the ability to make you say "Damn that is some flow" in between fits of laughter.
Other than your standards like Brass Monkey, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, and Fight for Your Right, I loved Paul Revere, a funny and hopefully entirely fictitious account of the bandmates committing a robbery.
Overall, I give it a 7/0. Every track is immensely enjoyable and the whole thing had a lot of replay value since its difficult to get all the lyrics the first time. But every track sounding the same can get a tad boring.
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