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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0077779893829 Format: Explicit Lyrics Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol MPN: 98938 Number Of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 1992 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: April 21, 1992 Studio: Capitol Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: With their third album, the Beasties transformed themselves from smart-ass punks with a hip-hop jones into a playful live funk band with some solid rhymes, assisted by the extraordinary keyboardist Mark Ramos Nishita. A couple of tracks look back to their old school rap roots, and they still deploy goofy samples like nobody's business, but they're mostly making their own grooves (including some instrumentals worthy of being sampled in their own right). Their universalist world-view results in some excellent, off-the-wall fusions--the metalloid bump that forms the funk pulse of "So What'cha Want," Sly Stone's "Time for Livin'" transformed into a hard-rock bomber--but they don't have to prove how clever they are any more, and they're stronger and more humane for it. --Douglas Wolk Average Rating:
 Rating: - If only there was more music like thisYou probally wouldn't expect much from The Beastie Boys after releasing Paul's Boutique. After all, it pretty much was a king of sampling, and there's no real way to top that album, especially since sampling wasn't going too well after the album being released. So instead of panicking, The Beastie Boys decided to employ their own beats more, and add some of their early rock influence, and live funk courtesy of keyboards. It works, extremely well. Whether Mike D (that's my guess, ... Read More Rating: - One of the great hip/hop albums The Beastie Boys' third album, Check Your Head, would reverse their commercial fortunes that happened with their best release, Paul's Boutique. Although now revered as a milestone in hip/hop, Paul's Boutique's sales were disappointing at first because it was such a departure from their beloved yet sophomoric debut, Licensed to Ill. Paul's Boutique was a quantum leap forward in both its raps and samples and Check Your Head would expand their horizons further. Check Your Head is the album ... Read More Rating: - Still A FavoriteThis album was released when I was sixteen,I was already a big Beasties fan but this album simply blew me away.As original and awesome as Paul's Boutique is,this is the one I keep going back to.I have listened to this album literally hundreds of times and it still gets played often.It always cheers me up.One of the best ever. Rating: - FlawlessThere is not a single track on this cd which is not absolutely brilliant. It is a true masterpiece and listening to it always brings joy to my soul, even after listening to it literally hundreds of times over the years. Rating: - raw energyin my opinion, this album is their most energentic. After two albums of rappin' over beats, they finally dust off their instruments and jam out. At first, this was going to be just an instrumental/hardcore punk album, but good ol' Mario C convinced them to lay down some raps. This album really allows you to see the depth of the Beastie Boys. They've got some great hip-hop tracks (Pass The Mic, So What'cha Want, Stand Together), rock tracks (Gratitude, Time For Livin'), instrumentals (Something's Got To ... Read More |
