Beastie Boys - Licensed To IllLicensed To Ill is the groundbreaking debut studio album by the Beastie Boys. It was the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart in 1986. Produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys themselves, the classic LP features hits like "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)", "Brass Monkey", "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", "Girls", and "Hold It Now, Hit It". Hip Hops 50th Anniversary Edition, Limited Indie Exclusive burgundy coloured vinyl

and then an award winning feature-length documentary film

' and 'I‰۪m A Good Man' play like a high school sock hop invaded by a biker gang

in a great room

All sounds were created with guitar

this time focused on house

bonus 7" and Large 8 Page Booklet

idiosyncratic

they were a popular outfit around the Texas nightclub circuit with their own brand of funky jazz

But the most surprising thing about this album might be the fact that it's a debut

It makes few concessions to the larger market - every potential hook seemed spiked with the band's usual rough take- it-or- leave- it stance - though the integration of Brix Smith into the band added a melodic twist

Whether recording and creating another album

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