ikr! i watched the video when it just came out and now i came back to read the comments, i'm actually surprised that there isn't any supremacist meme nor triggered fans
I know you are joking but for real I have a shirt with this album cover and people always tell me that “kamikaze was terrible” and it kills me more and kore each time it happens. It will surely do me in completely one day.
Paul’s Boutique has quickly become one of my favorite hip hop albums. The sampling is unreal, and the trio’s chemistry is impeccable. Anyone who’s a fan of hip hop or plunderphonics needs to hear it!
To anyone looking for it, there is a video on RU-vid that runs the full length of the album. The video I watched was posted by someone who if you email them and ask nicely will send you a Dropbox link with the MP3s.
Check Your Head is a masterpiece. Any album that boasts "Pass The Mic" and "So Whatcha Want" and "Gratitude" is next level.....Should have thrown a shout out to their 1995 punk EP Aglio e Olio which is a tasty little treat of NYC hardcore at its finest
Agreed, Check Your Head should be higher. “Stand Together” has what could pass as a Beefheart sample toward the end. This one is right behind Paul’s Boutique for me.
@@stevendalling6977 While not S-tier I love the George Martin soundtrack and Hey Bulldog is almost worth price of admission alone. Lowest tier for me would be "Beatles For Sale" as I forget that album exists half the time and prefer we just jump from "Hard Day's Night" to "Help" anyway.
am i the only one thinks the White Album is a 0/10 (i think its one of the worst albums ever). Not tryna start a fight with this just want to know if anyone else thinks this
Check Your Head needs to be way higher, even up there with Ill Communication. I'd argue it was massively influential to a whole new generation of hip-hop and punk bands, and would even go as far as to say that sonically it opened the flood gates for bands like RATM to thrive.
I think it's B tier, but if you look at this list jn order from top to bottom L to R, it comes in fifth, and I would definitely not guide a new listener to this album first, second, or even third.
I’ve been binging them HARD lately, and I was disappointed to see that he hadn’t made any videos about them really, barring the HSCP2 vid. This is impeccable timing
I was about 18 when check your head came out. Everyone loved it and it really united young fans of rock, hip hop, funk, and soul. I feel like there is zero filler on it.
When I was 10 I got an iPod nano for Christmas loaded with a bunch of my dads albums including the entire beastie boys discography at the time. I pretty much only listened to Beastie Boys and ignored everything else. What a fucking great group.
The only rating I would disagree with is Check Your Head. It belongs at least in B tier. Maybe it has a soft spot in my heart because I was 12 when it came out and was their first album I got when it actually dropped instead of afterwards.
I was in junior high when licensed to ill came out, and it made a huge splash that still gets put in soundtracks and gets referenced, and check your head came out when i was in high school and was everywhere when i got to college, and i do think there's a great argument to be said that it may be their most influential album, it redefined the boundaries of hip hop and the rock and pop scene. Check your head confounded classification as to what genre to label it and helped many understand that good music is good music regardless of genre, imo it opened up the minds of a lot of musicians that they could do whatever they wanted on an album and know that as long as it was authentic and was still their expression it could still be accepted and even more so help to show they weren't bound by a genre or specific sound but by their ability to communicate as an artist, and that varying things like a mixtape could actually be beneficial to the playability of a full album listen, it brought a whole new level of respect to hip hop and gave people who were into rap a new respect for instrumentation, and definitely contains essential bb tracks, especially gratitude imo may be their most important core message. Paul's boutique is one of the past hip hop albums ever and definitely pushed boundaries, and i wish i came across it when it came out, but alas, even as a major fan i didn't hear it till i got to college, it just wasn't supported, i recall seeing a tape of it in a store in the mall and going wow they had a second album, it must not be any good as nobody's talking about it, maybe I'll check it out later, because at that time it wasn't unusual for a rap group to only have really one good album, and even now many artists flop on their sophomore attempts, but as amazing as it is, idk how influential on music at large it is, like check your head, as you say opening up the door for other styles of bands and musical expression, and well ill communication while amazing, has a bit deeper go at straight up punk songs, that to me are skip worthy at times, I've never thought oh man i want to hear tough guy, or oh yeah here comes heart attack man, and while it now followed the mix format of check your head, it only solidified that and was no longer breaking ground with that, though it also has amazing songs, some that are often overlooked as well as the all to essential sabotage, which also had maybe their best video. But in many ways it was them as an established hip hop group, flaunting that and solidifying that cred by having a qtip feature, as they probably thought while making check your head that it was quite possibly the end of the road. I felt hello nasty dug back in and started playing with sound a lot more again and pushing boundaries and experimenting with new blood behind the wheels of steel and even more musicians adding little touches here and there, without a ton of care if the consumer knew who the artist was, because the bboy name was big enough, and i don't know how much people looking back understand how much it merged some of the worlds of electronic techno music into hip hop that hadn't really happened yet on any major level. 5 burroughs was one of the best hip hop albums at the time, but left fans confused at why it no longer was like a mix tape and considering the span between albums was a let down to when we get that bboy sound and i have certainly thrown it on random with the mix up, which again left many feeling wow maybe their instrumental jams were more significant sounding as a break and a bridge, a pallet cleanser, and then hot sauce which was fantastic and only has me constantly hoping somehow there's a part 1 waiting for sample clearance RIP yauch long live the music
@@BigSmiley0TV Great post. Thanks for sharing your insights. I agree that Check Your Head was groundbreaking as far as live instrumentation in Hip Hop. In fact, if had to put on a BB record right now I would honestly choose The In Sound from Way Out. Their instrumentals are gold, and some of the my favorite things they've done.
@@Cars_and_Games a fantastic collection, and i love the experimental drinking wine, but perhaps because it was the only song i didn't have anywhere else, but honestly haven't put it on myself much as i always loved hearing the songs on their respective albums and didn't want to get them burned out for me by listening separately, but enjoy it definitely has a great mood served all on it's own, and will leave u with this one last thought, had a friend who was into all kinds of music, introduced me to tons of great music, les claypool and jethro tull to buju banton, and would spin house music all night while i would paint, great times, but as far as hip hop, more a dabbler in the rap world but of course loved bb, and once told me that he would often be able to pull him self out of depression by putting on check your head, and i guess literally check his head, and new when he was beyond blue and becoming actually clinically depressed when he put that on and it wouldn't rise him up outta the darkness, that is the power of great music, keep jamming and live out loud
OK but plenty of artists have distorted views on their own work's quality due to their personal attachment to the work. Kanye thinks 808s and Yeezus are both better than MBDTF (or at least he did in a 2013 interview). You could also go see the tweets tyler the creator made about which songs of his he thought were his best and which he though were his favorites and he himself admits that he thinks about it differently than his fanbase.
RE4VER I was mostly being facetious, and I think Ad-Rock was in the Beastie Boys book, too. One of the reasons he lists is it has the most tracks so you get the most music for your money, lol. Ultimately I think anyone could name Paul’s Boutique, Ill Communication, or Hello Nasty as the best and they’d have a solid argument for being right. I usually lean HN, though. It’s less important than Paul’s Boutique but a more enjoyable album and sounds less dated today.
It’s hard to see Check Your Head so low. Gratitude and So Watcha Want are my two favorite tracks by them. Never heard punk and rap blended in a better way.
it's the first album I ever bought... not just the first beastie boys album but the first one ever. So it has a very special place in my heart - but I totally agree that it has a lot of filler tracks and doesn't feel completely coherent.
I like check your head more than I'll communication, I feel like the second half of I'll communication is weak and they keep it going on check your head
@@creamcannon825 Classic case of me not paying attention, I just really love that piece of music and it just shows they just never gave up on their punk roots in the mid 90’s when they were at the height of their success.
To The 5 Boroughs may not be the most fun album out of their discography but it was definitely a product of the times. This is when the Beastie Boys turned into the Beastie Men rapping about the heartache and pain America was going through in a post 9/11 world. It may not be as rowdy as License, innovative as Paul’s, vibe-ie as Check & Hot Sauce, entertaining as ILL or creative and warm as Nasty... To The 5 has to be their most mature and personal work. I’d put this in my B-tier category!
Open letter to NYC is one of my favorite songs of all time because of its emotional power it brings onto me and it's beautiful description of the area and getting to point out places where my family is from.
To the 5 was one of the CDs my dad had in his car. I loved listening to it with him driving around because he would let me swear because it was “singing the lyrics.” Tons of nostalgia wrapped into 5 and to this day my father, my brothers and I quote it whenever we can.
Couldn't disagree more with your placement of Check Your Head. There is just so much to unpack with that album. You may feel it's bloated, but it's a completely refined Paul's Boutique. Many bangers, many funky chill tracks, many filler tracks to give you a break. Easily their best album.
I would debate that I don't think they were going for that type of vibe with Paul's, with check your head that's where they started the psychedelic stuff, also I'm personally not a fan of a lot of filler tracks it doesn't really give me a break just makes me bored
I agree. Paul's Boutique is incredible. It wasn't as immediately accessible as License to Ill, and I was a bit confused by it at first, but I got deeply into that album. Now everyone loves Paul's Boutique, but people who weren't fans back then can't imagine how badly it flopped. License to Ill had been HUGE, then PB came out and it was total crickets, like they no longer existed. And all the old mass market fans thought you were a loser if you were still a Beastie Boys fan. I didn't know anyone else who liked it, or at least who liked it openly. Of course that all changed when Check Your Head dropped in tandem with the grunge wave. And I have to disagree about filler. I love CYH from start to finish.
It was a real 180 from this total Frat Bro shit. I mean Sounds of Science and Johnny Ryall are risky choices because they have choruses that sound so gross at first. Eventually you come to love it, but it's an acquired taste. Lyrically too, it's hard to relate to. Like, Girls is very straightforward and speaks to people directly (even if it is at an Andrew Dice Clay sort of level), but you go from that to fucking Egg Man and it's a jump but OK, but there's a Bluegrass breakdown, and a random ad for a haberdashery. It's kinda like Nirvana not giving any fucks and putting out In Utero. Career wise it was a ballsy move.
The In Sound from Way Out is an instrumental compilation from the Beasties, with tracks off Check Your Head and Ill Communication, but I've always found it a really enjoyable listen in its own right.
I'd disagree with To The 5 Boroughs, mainly because it was the first album I owned lmao, my uncle got it for me when it came out and I loved it. Still got it on CD, still a banger, still B Tier. Fite me
Hello Nasty was one of the first albums I ever listened to all the way through, as it was the first CD I ever owned. In high school I ended up listening to it all the time because my stereo would only do radio or CDs. Absolutely great album. “I Don’t Know” is such a phenomenal song, as are, Instant Death” and “Remote Control. Love this vid Melon. Love you too.
I was 13 when 5 borroughs came out, didn’t know their old stuff yet so that was a new sound to me. Still my favorite beastie album to this day, unlocked a part of my rap mind and set the tone for a lot of stuff I liked and seek out to this day, nostalgia is a powerful thing
They bring their A-Game flow wise on that track, Ad-Rock's verse is probably my favourite from the Beastie's discography. Great Track and decent album imo.
I got put onto Beastie Boys a few years ago and listened Ill Communications back to back, which is now probably one of my favourite albums of all time. I was completely taken back by what they did with samples used on tracks, especially for their time. Never ventured too much into the rest of their discography, admittedly I've never even listened to a track off Pauls Boutique so excited to give a listen!
Hello Nasty is my personal favorite record, with Paul’s Boutique being a close second. I could listen to either endlessly and every track always feels fresh.
My opinion Licenced To Ill 7/10 Paul’s Boutique 10/10 Check your Head 9/10 Ill communication 9/10 Hello Nasty 9/10 To The 5 Borough 4/10 The Mix Up 6/10 Hot Sauce Commitee 8/10
@@yd856 No. also Licensed to Ill has become underrated. It’s varied, it’s fun, the productions good, the rapping is great and it’s very creative. 8/10 for me.
Hello Nasty all the way for me. It seems weird to have such vastly different songs as "Remote Control" and, say, "I Don't Know" on the same project, and yet it works. Must be the excellent track sequencing - the dynamic between the energetic highs and lows on this album are so engaging.
For me Ill Communication is the king, I think they hit the perfect sweet spot between experimentation and straight up rap. How they managed to meld in a buddhist mantra so seamlessly still baffles me, but it works so well. And it has aged really well whereas Licensed To sounds a bit chessy in parts. Paul also deserves to be up there, without a doubt. I would stick Check Your Head just below in the A category. Stellar but not Interstellar like Paul and Ill Communication.
S Tier: Hello Nasty Ill Communication Pauls Boutique Check Your Head Hot Sauce Committee pt. 2 A Tier: To the 5 Boroughs The Mix Up B Tier: License to Ill
wow, your list matches mine exactly, really fair evaluations all around, well done! Something really special was going on with that Paul's Boutique, the definitive 'dust brothers' expression. That later half of their catalog have albums spaced out so much, with they were more frequent with their releases when they were still relevant but I guess they didn't need to be but why not?
Here’s my Honest Tier List: •S - Ill Communication, Paul’s Boutique. •A - Licensed to Ill. •B - Hello Nasty, Check Your Head. •C - Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, •D - The Mix-up, To the 5 Boroughs. •E - NA •F - NA
Their discography is insane S: Paul's Boutique, Licensed To Ill A: Hello Nasty, Ill Communication B: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Check Your Head C: The Mix-Up D: To the 5 Boroughs E: F:
Paul's Boutique is sososo good, it's a prolific and influential use of samples obviously. Hello Nasty is audio bliss. So many different sounds, textures, "imagery" and obviously so menacingly fun. Their book opens up a lot about their production timelines and techniques, you should really check it out.
I’ve fallen in love with the Beastie Boys over the last few months. I’ve never listened to a lot hip hop before, but their music has given me so much happiness.
My dad is a huge Beasties fan, and has seen then live 2 or 3 times. Paul's Boutique was always my favorite, a childhood staple for me that I grew up on. Ill Communication is a close personal second.
Wasnt studio but "Some old bullshit" first listen "Egg Raid on Mojo" really hits you with raw rap/punk vocals. I know they had different members in the band at that time also, but "Beastie Revolution" and "Cookie Puss" The album and stoner flow were perfect. They start genre hop and mix right out the gate.
Licensed to Ill, Paul’s boutique and Ill communication, all belong is the S tier. Being a huge Hip Hop Head, I found all 3 of those albums to be major influences on “what hip-hop could be” each one, upon their initial release had me scratching my head, then upon countless replays, I felt transformed and educated of musical possibilities. Sure Licensed to Ill is dated with songs like “girls” but the group matured and ill communication is the end result of that maturity. Sometimes I believe you have to actually live during an albums release to appreciate the impact fully. Meaning I was around for every release and can Confirm each albums impact on the culture of music. Not saying they weren’t influenced by their peers, just that on each of the fore-mentioned albums the Boys set a high standard to follow.
Paul’s Boutique is a classic. Such an amazing album. What’s odd about it is that you couldn’t get it unless you really looked for it when it came out. It wasn’t at most record stores. Unless you were heavy into the scene at the time most people slept on this album. Over time, as it became more available, it became recognized as the classic it is. But even I, who was a huge Beastie Boys fan, who had all their other albums, didn’t even hear it until 1999. Ten years! When I did hear it it blew me away. But it’s just so odd with how available music is these days to have not been able to get this album.
Every Beastie Boys album is in a league of its own, but I think Hello Nasty stands out the most in their discography as something leftfield. Even for the discography they have, although they reinvent everything they do, most of their work can be traced to something else. Hello Nasty is unlike any album that's ever come out ever imo
quick note about Hello Nasty. It was the first Beastie album programmed by Ad-Rock, solo. Beats, samples and everything else but the MixMasterMike scratching. All Adam H. It inspired him to put out his solo BS2000 album. Check it out if you like fuzz. Also, this is the point when the Beastie Boys became 2 Adams and 2 Mikes.
Honestly The New Style is one of the best intro songs and best songs of their discography. And Shadrach is a classic in the hip hop realm bc of the groovy bassline, classic drums, and as fantano mentioned the sampling on the song is placed really well.
I still listen to Paul's Boutique all the time. Car Thief is a criminally underrated track. And I love surprising people with 5 piece chicken dinner if they've never heard it before. Really good song to get people amped up. You have to sing along though ;)
Hello Nasty was part of the soundtrack to my highschool years and still would say it's my favorite, but paul's boutique is probably the best followed by Ill Communication. Ill Communication did introduce me to Q-Tip and this resulted in me listening to Tribe Called Quest constantly for a couple years
S: Pauls Boutique A: Ill Communication and the Root Down EP B: License to ill and Check your head C: The five boroughs and the Mix-up D: Hot Sauce Committee part 2
I am so glad my dad introduced me to them at age 6, am now 19 and love their stuff! My gf also bought me the Hello Nasty LP on vinyl for me last Christmas. Great vid, enjoyed!
I honestly don't know if we'll ever see that unless there's a 3 million sub special or something. He's going to work so hard on that only for everyone to hate him for not liking anything pre-DSOTM
@@nevadanate4957 he said he'll do it. if I recall correctly, it may happen this year (don't take my word on this); he did say he will be doing it anyways, so it will eventually come
Paul’s Boutique, Hello Nasty and Check Your Head are all S tier for me. Check Your Head is such a loose, fun and inventive record and C tier is way under rating it.
S Tier: Paul's Boutique, Ill Communication A Tier: To the 5 Boroughs, Hello Nasty, Check Your Head B Tier: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, License to Ill
I think a King Crimson tier list would be a great one to make. A very interesting and varied catalogue, with lots of classics. I would love love love to see that. CONSIDER IT MELON luv you
