Paul's Boutique

I really liked this album, because I thought it sounded like something I would listen to today, not just another 80's song. I feel like it was really different for the time because I think most people were either listening to hair metal or some rap like either Run DMC or like Grandmaster Flash and stuff like that but the Beastie Boys weren't your average rappers. They definitely put something new out there. It really did bother me that they ruined sampling music for everyone else intentionally. Like why ruin it for everyone else by doing it a bunch instead of just a little bit and letting other people enjoy sampling too? Oh well, I think it was a really cool mix of some old music with their new take on it. I think listening to the Beastie Boys for too long could get old  though because of the way they yell instead of singing. I don't think it's too bad when they are just straight rapping, but when they are trying to sing it sounds pretty weird. Specifically the songs I liked were "Shake Your Rump", "Hey Ladies", "Car Thief", "What Comes Around", and the medley song "B-Boy Bouillabaisse". Also another cool think that I liked about their album was that it all ran together so you didn't really know which song was which, but it got annoying when I liked the first part of a song and not the second part because then I couldn't say that I liked the whole song, when in reality, they were completely different.

"Shake Your Rump"

 

"Hey Ladies"



 

"B-Boy Bouillabaisse"