not sure where the “hot stamper” thing started but there was a streak in the late-oughts where we could all of a sudden get $250 for previously $8 copies of led zeppelin II from record-collecting dentists on harleys (depending on the etching in the dead wax) - so we did.
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Going back to the original post …
I listened to Licensed To Ill the other day for the first time in probably 30 years, and it hasn’t aged well. I loved this album when I was 15 but had outgrown it by the age of 17, and listening again I get why. It really is aimed at early teenage boys in their bedrooms, and overall is pretty unlistenable now.
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I think they became embarrassed about it themselves pretty quickly. Lucky they made such great stuff after…
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Brass Monkey still bangs.
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“Records that you loved at the time, but haven’t aged well” is a great idea for a thread.
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Definitely the best track on the album - helped by the Konk vibe!
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Hold It Now
The New Style
Paul Revere
and a couple of others are still great
The rest not so much.
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What’s the thing with Luke Una?
What do you mean?
Up thread, mentions of Luke Una
i can’t listen to them at all anymore. i’d gladly sit with their instrumental versions, but the sound of their voices and the super-predictable cadence - nope probably never need to hear that again.
i thought the first album was stupid and embarrassing, the second album was brilliant and made up for the first many times over, the third and fourth were amazing for their time (but quickly overplayed) and hello nasty and to the 5 boroughs were uninteresting at best.
i get that they matured and maybe even felt like they had to overcompensate for their earlier sins, but “alive” may be the corniest rap record ever made.
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They’ve got quite a few songs i like but i’m never sitting through a whole album in one go.
Great book though. Wouldn’t have thought to buy it but was gifted it for Christmas one year and really enjoyed it.
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100% aligned with you on this…I will add that for many of us the Beasties were sort of a gateway to more interesting music as they wore their influences on their sleeves. My wife also finds them annoying but we both enjoyed the Spike Jonze Beastie Boys Story…
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Yeah the book is fantastic, particularly the photos which really capture a band exploding with energy and attitude
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I still contend Paul’s Boutique is their best album. It’s the one I return to the most even after all these years. Was a brave move when everyone wanted Licensed to Ill 2 and they got nothing of the sort!
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The Audio Book is really good which you wouldnt expect without all the pictures
They do most but lots of guests for different chapters - I think Elvis Costello does the Liverpool gig one
This is very good & you get a feel for how well made Pauls Boutique was from all the samples
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I was going to mention the Rub & Tug remix of Open Letter ( over Macho City) but a quick listen proves it ruins Macho City
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They had a great 3 album run, PB, Check Your Head & Ill Communication, after that it was diminishing returns for me, don’t think their hearts were really in it anymore.
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Same trio
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I don’t really listen to much hip hop at all these days but it used to be a large percentage of my listening diet. I remember when Licensed To Ill came out, it became very cool to like. I hated pretty much everything about it, so middle class white winey voice style, rock influences etc. And then in the late 90’s when it also became cool to like the beasties, I could hear the improvements and nice sample work, but I always hated the winey/shouty style. Can’t stand Eminem’s voice either.
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