PAUL'S BOUTIQUE

BEASTIE BOYS

Genre: music4me > urban > hip hop

Format: CD Album

Catalogue Number: 7917432

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Description:
When The Beastie Boys hit platinum with their debut album, they were instantly labeled the Elvises of rap, accused of being just another bunch of white musicians stealing from black music. But what was overlooked was that the Beasties actually had some interesting ideas to take hip hop to new levels. While in the years to come other white rappers like Vanilla Ice and Jesse Jaymes would prove they were the true cultural thieves, the Beasties defended themselves by recording a seminal rap album, PAUL'S BOUTIQUE. The record was, in fact, so legit that it eroded their commercial appeal in middle America. PAUL'S BOUTIQUE is a sample-fest--a post-modern epic of cut and splice studio wizardry. Taking snippets of music from sources as disparate as Curtis Mayfield, The Beatles, B.D.P., The Ramones and The Jaws soundtrack (as well as countless others), they built songs out of the debris of modern culture. Over these mind-blowing tracks, they weaved tall tales, self-promotional proclamations and sheer non-sense into a singular vision of inspired lunacy. Besides Public Enemy, no one else was producing albums as complex as this. PAUL'S BOUTIQUE sounds two or three years ahead of its time, perhaps this is why the album was considered such a failure upon its release. Whatever the case, there really is no album that sounds quite like this one does; the Beasties returned to the top of the charts a few years later with CHECK YOUR HEAD, but they may never be able to top the originality and depth of their stunning sophomore effort.

Track Listing:

1.	To All The Girls
2.	Shake Your Rump
3.	Johnny Ryall
4.	Egg Man
5.	Hire Plains Drift...
6.	The Sounds Of Science
7.	3-Minute Rule
8.	Hey Ladies
9.	5-Piece Chicken Dinner
10.	Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun
11.	Car Thief
12.	What Comes Around
13.	Shadrach
14.	Ask For Janice
15.	Split Track