Ice-T‘s grittiest album, but one with great variation lyrically as well as sonically. “Cos I’m the coldest motherf***** that you ever heard / Call me The Ice…or just The Iceberg” (The Iceberg) Top tracks: Shake Your Rump | Hey Ladies | Shadrach | B-Boy Bouillabaisse They were never afraid to reinvent themselves and stretch (and cross) genre boundaries, while at the same time keeping it real.Ī timeless masterpiece, Paul’s Boutique will forever be remembered as a classic album, in music, not just in Hip Hop. Now considered a landmark album in Hip Hop, it’s the ultimate example for what the Beastie Boys always stood for: creativity and innovation. Initially a commercial failure, Paul’s Boutique aged like fine wine and with it the appreciation for it.
Paul’s Boutique was completely different from Beastie Boys‘ much easier accessible and commercially super successful debut album Licensed To Ill, and not what a lot of fans of that album were expecting.
Was there ever an album, in any genre, that used sampling more brilliantly and creatively than Paul’s Boutique? This album truly is sampling heaven. “Now I rock a house party at the drop of a hat / I beat a biter down with an aluminum bat / a lot of people they be Jonesin’ just to hear me rock the mic / they’ll be staring at the radio / staying up all night” (Shake Your Rump)
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