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To The 5 Boroughs - Beastie Boys
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71 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

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  • Summary: The B-Boys, who have moved back to New York from their temporary home of Los Angeles, return with their first album in six years and their second to utilize the beats of Mixmaster Mike. These 15 tracks are all self-produced by the band (a first) and recall the style of their earliest work.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Playlouder
    100
    Picking highlights from a release so well executed and downright ass-shaking is difficult.... 'To The 5 Boroughs' is a triumph.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Imagine "Hello Nasty" if it had entirely consisted of "Three MCs And One DJ" and you're close to understanding exactly how "To The 5 Boroughs" sounds.
  3. Neumu.net
    35
    Part of the fun of the Beastie Boys is knowing that they're fucking with the rhymes and you; another part is knowing that they give a fuck about what's happening in the world. Those two things don't always work well together, though, especially when they say something watered down and deliver it as though they don't buy it either.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 50
  3. Negative: 7 out of 50
  1. TheDude
    10
    One of the best hip-hop albums I own. This is my favorite Beastie Boys album to date. I think they are growing up, and speaking their mind.
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  2. [Anonymous]
    5
    For what the old beastie boy albums used to be, this is less than average. Bring Back the old Beastie Boys!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. RG.
    3
    Very disappointing. Cannot understand why the B-boys have decided to separate their hip-hop personae from their instrumental side - that combination is what made them so interesting, fresh and innovative over the past decade and a half (longer, really), and it's absence is exactly what's made the last 2 CD's so boring.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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