Genre: Rap
Original Release: 3/28/1995
1. Rhymin & Stealin
4:08
2. The New Style
4:36
3. She's Crafty
3:35
4. Posse In Effect
2:27
5. Slow Ride
2:56
6. Girls
3:14
7. Fight For Your Right
3:28
8. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
4:07
9. Paul Revere
3:41
10. Hold It Now, Hit It
3:26
11. Brass Monkey
2:37
12. Slow And Low
3:38
13. Time To Get Ill
3:37
Perhaps Licensed to Ill was inevitable -- a white group blending rock and rap, giving them the first number one album in hip-hop history. But that reading of the album's history gives a short shrift to the Beastie Boys; producer Rick Rubin and his label, Def Jam; and this remarkable record, since mixing metal and hip-hop isn't necessarily an easy thing to do. Just sampling and scratching Sabbath and Zeppelin to hip-hop beats does not make for an automatically good record, though there is a visceral thrill to hearing those muscular riffs put into overdrive with scratching. But, much of that is due to the producing skills of Rick Rubin Read More
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