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Roemello
11-13-01, 03:44 AM
The first rap entry in the review section. Actually, this one's more of a rap and rock combo. In either case, it's quite the fun album to listen to with guitar driven classics like "Fight For Your Right" (#7 on the charts) and "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" and the rap classics like "Paul Revere" and "Brass Monkey". And who could forget that cheesy, but somewhat funny little tune, "Girls" :)

Major faves off this one would be "No Sleep Til Brooklyn", "Fight For Your Right" and "She's Crafty". Overall...a fun album and a great one to get if you like 80's rap with a twist of rock.

Track list:

1. Rhymin & Stealin
2. The 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

Bogie
11-13-01, 09:41 AM
That was a great album Roem. Nice one.

Also spawned those mega cover versions:

No Sleep Til Bedtime - Morris Minor and The Majors
No Sleep Til Belfast - Stiff Little Fingers.
:D

wavemaster
11-13-01, 01:52 PM
Yeah...my first contact with 'real' guitars. ;)

Used to play it in my car all the way until the stereo had enough and ate the tape. :p

ironeagle1
12-09-01, 12:47 AM
This album kicked some major ass. The two best songs from that particular album was "Brass Monkey" and "Fight for Your Right to Party". I really liked this album very much. The album also defined the 1980s very much.

Trixter
12-09-01, 12:59 AM
This was the Beastie Boys best album until "Hello Nasty" in the 90's! I caught their act live in 1986, lost my voice, but had the one of the best times! My favorite tracks are :

Fight For Your Right
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Girls
She's Crafty

JS
12-31-01, 07:14 PM
I also have a cassette copy of Beastie Boys' Licensed To Ill.

My favorite songs from that album are:
Fight For Your Right
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
She's Crafty

Tinajo
1-01-02, 11:23 PM
Very cool album, Roem... "Brass Monkey" was my fave... and then "Fight For your Right to Party" is my 2nd choice... taught my nephew all of the words to it when he was only 2 years old... if you started a line, he could finish it! It was hilarious! He'd get so into it! I still tease him about it to this day.. (He's 17 now!)

Sal Collaziano
7-17-07, 10:50 AM
I love this album.. Party music to the fullest.. It sounds great with BIG speakers.. This is what rap used to be. Now it's all about violence.. What a change for the worse...