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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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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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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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garenbAug 18, 2004wow this sucked
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EricCAug 3, 2004Worst album to date. I'd take it back if I could. :(
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JamesMJun 16, 2004I am a A1 B-boys fan. This album has nothing in it to intrest any pre-"Hello Nasty" fan. I listened to it 3 times, read the lyrics and "Ch-Check it Out" is the only one that was even Ok (probably because I laughed at the Video). I waited six years for something that sounded like it was recorded at my house on the weekend. This review is all I can do to get my $10.00 back.
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chuckyoJun 16, 2004It sucks. I'm tired of rap in general. It's boring.
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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]