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Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings
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Positive: 59 out of 75
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Mixed: 8 out of 75
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Negative: 8 out of 75
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Aug 15, 2011Average record comparatively to earlier B-Boys' records, but still awesome. I do miss the instrumental work, but this is just pure Hip-hop record. A love letter of some sort to the city they love, New York City.
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Aug 10, 2011
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RG.Oct 26, 2007Very 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.
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ThorstenDApr 15, 2007I like this one very much. Cool, fresh, minimalistic.
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TonyDJun 19, 2006This album was definitely better than a 69. A 7, at the minimum.
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[Anonymous]Apr 21, 2005For what the old beastie boy albums used to be, this is less than average. Bring Back the old Beastie Boys!
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arnabmMar 29, 2005compared to hello nasty, this is a really lazily done album. they sound old and tired on this one. sorry boys.
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NathanJan 23, 2005Very disappointing. Everything up to and including Ill Communication was great. Hello Nasty was alright, but this is just boring. The B-Boys need to bring back those who helped make their previous albums so funky and innovative.
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TheDudeJan 12, 2005One 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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OzPettzNov 22, 2004Kicking lyrics right to your brain, when you hear this sound you'll be right as rain!
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CrankzahJWSep 29, 2004ch-check it out! it rocked my world. can do better tho.
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RobJSep 25, 2004This album is a phenominal compilation of oldschool and new school beastie style, and i love it, anyone who is liek oh their odl stuff it better, i think u are indenial that they can still make good music, however how can u not love the old stuff to :)
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JerzajSep 24, 2004
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HamishGSep 11, 2004
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andybAug 23, 2004the albium has 3 good songs. 1, 6, 14 overall the lyrics in these songs are very good, the rest of the albium is the tried and true hip hop, definatly more work could of been done for the druming and the sampling seemed very lazy like a weekends effort, save your money buy some house music
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PatrickCAug 19, 2004
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garenbAug 18, 2004wow this sucked
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jamesdAug 14, 2004Excellent.
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EricCAug 3, 2004Worst album to date. I'd take it back if I could. :(
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thtruufAug 1, 2004How often do YOU hit it? Add it up and it still won't be as monuMental as this! I don't 'hear' m&m up in my crawlspace~!
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VincentCJul 9, 2004Awesome
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ScottMJul 4, 2004
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JoeKJul 3, 2004This CD is full of tight beats and clever rhymes! I take issue with all the haters. Who cares about all their political views and how they found their way into the lyrics? They are not forced, and they flow into the overall feel of the album--hardcore positivity. They sound great and BBs are what hip hop is all about! Oh Word!
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BitBurnJun 27, 2004I like the "back-to-basic" idea but I still feel it could've been better.
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JimPonyJun 23, 2004
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RyanM.Jun 22, 2004
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JoseGJun 22, 2004A breath of fresh air in a stale genre.
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ChrisWJun 21, 2004
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HadesJun 20, 2004
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BarnyRJun 19, 2004
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Awards & Rankings
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BlenderThis formula wears thin over the 15 cuts here. [#27, p.137]
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New Musical Express (NME)Like Missy Elliott, the Beasties are reimagining hip-hop--what it was, what it is, what it can be. [12 Jun 2004, p.47]
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Q MagazineThe Beastie Boys have always been at their best when gleefully rhyming and stealing from a variety of sources--both musically and lyrically--and the self-imposed adherence to hip hop traditionalism here, and indeed musically on the album as a whole, rather subdues their famously free-form sonic palette. [Jul 2004, p.108]