Biography

As the first white rap group of any importance, the Beastie Boys received the scorn of critics and strident hip-hop musicians, who accused them of cultural pirating. The exaggerated b-boy and frat-boy parodies of their unexpected 1986 hit debut album, [roviLink="MW"]Licensed to Ill, didn't help their cause. However, their 1989 Dust Brothers-produced follow-up, [roviLink="MW"]Paul's Boutique, was one of the first albums to predict the genre-bending, self-referential kaleidoscope of '90s pop. The Beasties refined their eclectic approach with 1992's [roviLink="MW"]Check Your Head, and within a few years, they were considered one of the most influential and ambitious groups of the '90s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• Alive

• Alright Hear This

• An Open Letter To Nyc

• B For My Name

• Body Movin'

• Brass Monkey

• Ch-check It Out

• Fight For Your Right

• Freaky Hijiki

• Get It Together

• Gratitude

• Groove Holmes

• Hey Ladies

• High Plains Drifter

• Intergalactic

• Lighten Up

• Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun

• Make Some Noise

• Namasté

• No Sleep Till Brooklyn

• Off The Grid

• Pass The Mic

• Paul Revere

• Pow

• Remote Control

• Root Down

• Sabotage

• Sabrosa

• Say It

• Shadrach

• Shake Your Rump

• She's On It

• Slow And Low

• Suco De Tangerina

• Sure Shot

• The Brouhaha

• The Negotiation Limerick File

• Three Mc's And One Dj

• Time To Build

• Too Many Rappers [new Reactionaries Version]

• Triple Trouble

Discography

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• Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2

  Capitol / Parlophone

  2011

• Check Your Head

  Capitol/EMI Records / Grand Royal

  1992

• Paul's Boutique

  Capitol

  1989

• Licensed to Ill

  Def Jam

  1986