Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys

Pros: More fun than a barrel full of monkeys.
Cons: A little on the immature and misogynistic side.

At the beginning of 1987, when "Licensed To Ill" was topping the charts on its' way to becoming the biggest-selling rap album of all time (until Hammer broke the record-he still holds it), there was as much, if not more, attention paid to the skin color ...

Pros: Fun, loud, clever
Cons: Somewhat simple beats, especially when compared to future albums

Who would have thought that three white goofballs would someday be regarded as one of the greatest rap groups ever? Probably not anyone watching them open for Madonna in 1984 (and also not my college professor who went to school with "little Mikey ...

Pros: Fight For Your Right, No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn (among others)
Cons: Mediocre on the whole.

Who hasn’t heard the Beastie Boys? Anybody, Bueller?

The original bad white boys of rap, the B-Boys also were one of the first bands to hit it big in the rap industry. The New York threesome with the help of...

Pros: Fun lyrics, good blend of rap and rock.
Cons: Dated, not as good as what would follow.

Many hardcore Beastie Boys fans swear by Licensed To Ill as the band's masterpiece. However, I personally find it to be their weakest album, much in the same way I find Ten to be Pearl Jam's weakest album. I personally suspect that many of the people ...

Pros: The beats, the rhymes/singing.
Cons: Couple weak parts, but great.

Ahh, Beastie Boys. Ive first heard this guys on MTV, I don't remember how long ago it was though. I believe I was watching the video for Fight For Your Right, and I became a fan after that, I loved all their stuff that ive heard. I didnt buy their CD...

Pros: most of the songs
Cons: some of the last ones

being 16 means that this album is older than i am. I don't listen to Eminem or 50 cent but i hear their songs on the radio and on the TV and i think that they could use a little advice from the BeAsTiEs themselves....we all could. License to ill is...

Pros: Snotty, rebellious, politically uncorrect fun
Cons: Annoying references to the joys of drug use

The Beastie Boys, love 'em or hate 'em, is one of those bands that got white kids listening to rap. Run-DMC, naturally, was about the first act to "break through" to a white audience, and their work helped open the door for the Beasties. The...

Pros: Fast Rhymes, good beats, Best old skool rappers around!
Cons: hmm some songs sound alike...but not that much of a con!

Licensed to Ill is an appropriate title for an ass kickin cd! Ok I just got out my cd, and I'm listening to it as I write. Let me just say old skool Beastie Boys is the best! Girls, parties, beer is the main thought but it's sooooo classic! Ok here is a...

Pros: One of the most influential albums of all time.
Cons: Nothing.

There's really no point in me telling you how influential 1986's Licensed to Ill release from the Beastie Boys is. In fact, it almost gives me the shivers that teenagers were born when this album came out, all the kids who are into hip-hop and rapcore...

Pros: Pure Hip-Hop Perfection
Cons: absolutely none

The Beastie Boys' first major label album, Licensed To Ill, established this trio of Jewish guys from Brooklyn as some of the most innovative and progressive musicians the world of hip-hop has ever seen. I originally bought this album when I was in...

Pros: Great beat.
Cons: Could they say that in 1986?

You gotta fight, for your right, to party! The Beastie Boys defined late 80s hip-hop with this youthful, controversial CD. In an age where guys like Eminem are big hits with twelve-year-olds, this album is quite timid, but back in the late 80s,...

Pros: Some classic party tracks like "Brass Monkey" and "Girls"
Cons: Sounds dated and singular -- to me, anyway

Licensed to Ill is regarded as a classic by most, but to me it's just a pretty good, out-of-date album that serves as mere introduction to a hip-hop act that had a hell of a long way to go. I'd say Paul's Boutique, released three scant...

Pros: excellent album, must-have for fans of the Beastie Boys
Cons: none

Licensed to Ill pretty much made the Beastie Boys known. The album broke through to all kinds of people, people who still listen to them today. A few years ago the Beastie Boys won the Lifetime Achievement Award on MTV -- recognition that they...

Pros: THE most influential white rappers, bar none.
Cons: NO CONS. This album is a true slice of rap history

I have never been a huge fan of rap music, even going so far as to question its status as "music." Not that I am unfamiliar with rap; some I have found to be quite entertaining, such as Cypress Hill or this album from the Beasties. I remember in high sc ...

Pros: one of the most important, influential, and relevant rap/rock releases ever, broke rap music open to not only a white audience, but to white performers as well
Cons: songs tend to get old faster than your usual "anthems"

I have absolutely no idea why this whole rap/rock thing is considered new in the music industry, or that it's surprising it's successful. Run DMC did Walk This Way which started it all. Rage Against the Machine have put out 3 platinum albums....