Thursday, February 01, 2007

Lisenced To Ill - The Beastie Boys

Licensed To Ill is one of the most important, influential, and relevant rap/rock releases ever, it opened rap music up to a rock audience and became the first Number One Hip Hop album in history

The New York threesome The Beastie Boys (Ad Rock, Mike D, and MCA) with the help of super-producer Rick Rubin revolutionized the industry with the 1986 release of Licensed to Ill on Def Jam.

The tongue in cheek Mock Rap lyrics combined with strong beats and samples and heavy guitar riffs provided the Boys with a place in Rock and Roll history.

We open the show with the most appropriate of beginnings, the Motorhead inspired "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" At 8 we play the ultimate adolescent anthem "Fight For Your Right". "Rhymin And Stealin" which samples Led Zeppelins "When The Levee Breaks" sees in 9 o'clock. We close the show at 10 with something funky "Brass Monkey"

Track listing
1. Rhymin' And Stealin'
2. New Style
3. She's Crafty
4. Posse In Effect
5. Slow Ride
6. Girls
7. Fight For Your Right
8. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
9. Paul Revere
10. Hold It Now, Hit It
11. Brass Monkey
12. Slow And Low
13. Time To Get Ill

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posted by Critical Junctions @ 10:00   1 Comments

1 Comments:

At 02 February 2007 19:11 , Anonymous the eternal journeyman said...

Yet another cracker of an album. I have a twelve inch record of FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT and on the B side is Time To Get Ill and another unreleased song. They have a unique, timeless sound which has never been matched. I mean who would forget the start of SABOTAGE (go on, you're singing it now aren't you)

 

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