Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill

About Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys Album

"Licensed to Ill" is the debut album by the Beastie Boys, released in 1986. It is the first rap LP to top the Billboard 200 chart. It also peaked at #2 on the Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart. It is Columbia Records' fastest selling debut record to date and sold over five million copies. Background Produced by Rick Rubin & Beastie Boys Kerry King of Slayer made an appearance on the album playing lead guitar on "No Sleep 'Till Brooklyn", and appeared in the music video, which is a parody of glam metal. The name of the song itself is a spoof on Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith album. King's appearance on the track came about because Rick Rubin was producing both bands simultaneously (Slayer's Reign in Blood was originally released on Def Jam). The full album cover, front to back, features a Boeing 727 — with "Beastie Boys" emblazoned on the tail — crashing head-on into the side of a mountain. The tail of the plane has the Def Jam logo and the legend '3MTA3' which spells 'EATME' when viewed in a mirror. The original title for this album was "Don't Be a Faggot" but Columbia Records flatly refused to release the album with this title and pressured Russell Simmons (their manager and label Def Jam head) into having the Beastie Boys to come up with another name. Adam Horovitz has since apologized for the band's earlier title. Music videos were made for the songs "Fight for Your Right", "No Sleep Til Brooklyn", "Hold It Now, Hit It", "Rhymin' and Stealin'" and "She's Crafty". Reception In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 2003, the album was ranked number 217 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century. Q magazine (9/94, p.123) - 4 Stars - "Licensed to Ill" remains the world's only punk rock rap album, arguably superior to Never Mind the Bollocks...knowing that apathy and slovenliness were just around the corner." Melody Maker (7/22/95, p.35) - Bloody Essential - "There's lots of self-reverential bragging, more tenuous rhymes than are usually permitted by law and, most importantly of all, an unshakably glorious celebration of being alive....A surprisingly enduring classic."

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Licensed to Ill (Beastie Boys) Album Songs

NoSong TitleTime
1.Rhymin' & Stealin' 4:08
2.The New Style 4:35
3.She's Crafty 3:35
4.Posse In Effect 2:26
5.Slow Ride 2:56
6.Girls 2:12
7.Fight For Your Right 3:28
8.No Sleep Till Brooklyn 4:06
9.Paul Revere 3:40
10.Hold It Now, Hit It 3:26
11.Brass Monkey 2:37
12.Slow And Low 3:38
13.Time To Get Ill 3:39

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- Beastie boy

Listen to Beastie Boys right now listen to the best wine fight for your right to party it’s awesome yeah get it now yes so awesome you wanna see it.

- Classic

A+

- Classic

Classic 💯

- Classic Album

Must listen to this. You won’t believe this is from the 80’s

- old

lol yuh

- Giving this 5 stars

To offset the morons giving it 1 star for “copying Eminem’s album cover.” How people can be so stupid, I’m not sure.

- Album cover

This was done and released in 1986 , it’s one of the Best Albums ever and no one ever saw it coming , so NO , cover was not stolen, and if it was flip it around!

- Dorks

To all dorks who think these guys stole eminem’s cover look at the years To all dorks who think kamikaze stole this cover it’s homage

- BRAAASSS MONKEY

THAT FUNKY MONKEY 🍆🤤

- ❤️

❤️

- SUCH A CLASSIC

Definitely one of the greatest rap albums of all time. And to all the kids who think Eminem stole the cover, 1988 came before 2018.

- Brass

Monkey RIP

- Copyright? Kamikaze

This is literally the other half of Eminem's album cover Kamikaze, smh.

- 3MTA3

Look at the album cover in a mirror and it says “EATME.” Also, get it right people! This album was released when Eminem was still a teenager. He was like 14 at the time. If anything, HE stole the design from the Beastie Boys. All in all, this is perhaps the best rap album of all time. -Your man kalahala

- Gather Around Kids, it's Time for a Music Lesson

Licensed to Ill is one of the best rap albums ever made, PERIOD. Released during a time N.W.A & Public Enemy were very hardcore & revolutionary, Beastie Boys showed that you can have so much fun with rap music instead of sending a message, or standing up for your city, race, or against the government. Licensed to Ill is a fun, amazing, inspriational, and a game changing album for rap & rock... making it easily one of the best albums of the 80s...... wow, all that to say Eminem was actually the one who borrowed the cover from Beastie Boys.... keep kids from embarassing themselves.

- 🤦🏾‍♂️

🤡🤡🤡🤡 who be saying they stole Eminem’s album cover

- NO SLEEP TILL BROOKLYN

This the best Beastie Boys album by far

- Classic album

Classic rap album

- Classic!

This is a must have for any collection. One of the best albums ever created, and most influential. Way ahead of it's time, never gets old!!!!

- ...

never listened to this album before, but this album was released in 1988. kamikaze was released in 2018. so for these people who say that the beastie boys stole eminem’s cover bruh

- Another Dimension Altogether

Beasties came fresh out the gate with mastery in their unique game; saw them live with Public Enemy! And BTW -- EMINEM did not "steal" this album cover design -- Em's album cover is a direct TRIBUTE to this Beastie Boys album, cover and he said so himself. It's called HOMAGE. Do some research before you spout off (as ever). ////

- Great album

Classic hip hop. To the idiots who say it’s Eminem’s album cover, this is from 1986. Kamikaze is from 2018. Think about it dorks...

- Yes

Hip hop and metal combined

- A license that will never be revoked

Albums like this Speak for themselves! In the forefront of Rap Of The 80’s like Run DMC, LL Cool J to name a few The Beastie Boys were and are a hip hop Leviathan! Rest In Peace Adam Yaucht!

- 🤡🤡🤡

Imagine being this mf dumb to think Eminem made the album cover go back and listen to your lil refrigerators or lil windex 😂

- crystal passed away d.o.d. belongs to frederick barenchi jr

crystal passed away d.o.d. belongs to frederick barenchi jr

- Back to the 80's an era that will never be matched in music EVER

100,000

- GOAT?

Actually, Pauls Boutique is the GOATI But we would not have Paul's Boutique if it were not for this album.

- Um

They literally stole Eminem’s kamikaze album cover

- Fye

Fye

- Classic

Every song is a classic!

- Awesome beasties

Awesome

- Beastie boys

This is an amazing band. Their songs are so creative. Love it.

- Gcfuid

Horrible

- Get this album. Now.

This is a hip hop essential. The breakout album from three kids out of Brooklyn. It's a-MA-zing. The sampling, the banter, the double entendres, all of it. Now, I love '60s pop, '70s southern rock, '80s new wave, '90s grunge, and even classical music. This album is a pure pleasure, and I will never apologize for it. If you don't have it, get it. That is all.

- Copyright

Kamikaze came out in 2018 do the math people so emenm stole the beastie boys cover

- Girls…

Just Ruined the whole album 🤪🤦🏼‍♂️

- Nah

Nope.Not mine thing to listen to

- YOU GOTTA FIGHT... 4 UR RIGHT...

TO PARRRRRRTYYYY!!!!

- Brings back memories

I do still love this song

- Love

Ive loves this song sense I was 6 and I still love the album so much

- I lost braincells

The Eminem cover came after the original album… Uh… Yeah.

- Classic

Album is a classic. Nuff said.

- Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill

Hello, there. This is my most favorite album by the Beastie Boys. It would be so nice if we had a Licensed to Ill 30th or 35th Anniversary album. That would be great. We need a 30th or 35th Anniversary Album of Licenced to Ill in your itunes catalog. Thanks, Jeremy

- Yas!

Love this album

- Never

Not music

- BRASS MONKEY

EEEEEE

- Uh...

Eminem stole from this classic, not the other way around... look at the date

- The best

This might be the best rock/rap album I've ever heard. It's so full of nostalgia mixed with just good lyrics timing rhyming and everything

- Somewhat of a classic

The beats are tight and the samples are perfect, BUT these guys can't stay on the beat when they're rapping! So it comes off sloppy, and it kills the overall song when these guys are so off!

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- Wow

Wow

- 1986

This is a grower. Easily worth the money.

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