Beastie Boys
As the first white rap group of any importance, the Beastie Boys received the scorn of critics and strident hip-hop musicians, both of whom accused them of cultural pirating, especially since they began as a hardcore punk group in 1981. But the Beasties weren't pirating -- instead, they treated rap as part of a post-punk musical underground, where the Do It Yourself aesthetics of hip-hop and punk weren't that far apart. Of course, the exaggerated b-boy and frat-boy parodies of their unexpected hit debut album, Licensed to Ill, didn't help their cause...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! 180-gram vinyl. The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique has been 24 bit digitally re-mastered for the 1st time, overseen personally by the band to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release. The original vinyl artwork has been faithfully restored. It also includes a free digital download for a track-by-track commentary by the band discussing each song over the music - Paul's Boutique "The Director's Cut" bonus audio. Such was the power [ read more ]
LP $25.98
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VINYL FORMAT. Vinyl reissue of one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. Period.
LP $36.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Beastie Boys' Check Your Head 24 bit digitally remastered for the first time, overseen by the band. 180 gram 2xLP gatefold vinyl set. "Check Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness, but that was only partially due to the album itself -- much of its initial success was due to the cult audience that Paul's Boutique cultivated in the years since its initial flop release, a group of fans whose minds were so thoroughly blow [ read more ]
LP $25.98
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After a six-year hiatus, the Beastie Boys finally return with "To the 5 Boroughs" -- their first album since 1998's "Hello Nasty." MCA, AdRock, and Mike D spent the past two years working on the album, and it's the first produced entirely by the boys themselves. "To the 5 Boroughs" is a salute to New York, full of old-school hip-hop beats and political anger. From the block-party rockers "Ch-Check It Out" and "Triple Trouble," to the politically charged "Time To Build," and straight-up tribute "An Open Lett [ read more ]
CD $17.99
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Oooh, what's Yauch been doing all year? He certainly hasn't been lazing about. He's been sitting in an editing bay piecing together nearly every ounce of video footage ever shot during a Beastie Boys video shoot into what is by far the most complete collection of Beastie Boys videos ever assembled, likely the very best music DVD ever concepted, and quite possibly the third greatest DVD ever released. The DVD Anthology is available everywhere NOW.What's in it? Fair question. Over 100 video angles and [ read more ]
2xDVD $26.99
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VINYL FORMAT. On 180 gram vinyl! Digitally remastered for the first time ever, overseen by the band themselves. Contains the hit song "Sabotage." About the album: "The best moments of Ill Communication rank with the best music the Beasties have ever made, as well as the best pop music of the '90s... The first half overflows with brilliant, imaginative variations on their aesthetic: the assured groove of "Sure Shot," the warped rap of "B-Boys Makin' With the Freak Freak," the relentless di [ read more ]
2xLP $25.98
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Insound Staff Pick - 2009! The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique has been 24 bit digitally re-mastered for the 1st time, overseen personally by the band to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release. The original vinyl artwork has been faithfully restored in this 8 panel eco-friendly limited edition CD with fold-out poster. It also includes a free digital download for a track-by-track commentary by the band discussing each song over the music - Paul's Boutique "The Director's Cut" bonus [ read more ]
CD $17.99
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VINYL FORMAT. The Mix-Up is Beastie Boys' first-ever full album of all-new instrumental material. The follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs, The Mix-Up features Diamond, Horovitz and Yauch back on drums, guitar and bass, with able assistance from Keyboard Money Mark and percussionist Alfredo Ortiz, on 12 brand new wordless, sample-less, scratchless originals. Sure to please fans of the instrumental cuts from Check Your Head and Ill Communication and the cult hit compilatio [ read more ]
LP $15.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Limited edition picture disc version of the Beastie Boy's classic Licensed to Ill. About the album: "...there is the overpowering loudness of the record - operating from the axis of where metal, punk, and rap meet, there never has been a record this heavy and nimble, drunk on its own power yet giddy with what they're getting away with. There is a sense of genuine discovery, of creating new music, that remains years later, after countless plays, countless misinterpretations, [ read more ]
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VINYL FORMAT. An early Beastie Boys EP. Four tracks of total goodness including the title track, "Hold It Now Hit It," "Brass Monkey" and "Posse in Effect."
12" $6.99
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VINYL FORMAT. This super-deluxe package is available at this special, low price ONLY at Insound! An ultra-deluxe four LP vinyl version of Check Your Head, featuring the deluxe remastered album and the four original 12" singles (36 tracks total), all pressed on high-quality 180gram vinyl and packaged in a fabric-wrapped hardcover coffee table book case. This bundle also includes the special book edition of the Sounds of Science.
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Beastie Boys' Check Your Head 24 bit digitally remastered for the first time, overseen by the band. The CD configuration includes a bonus disc of b-sides and rarities - also remastered. The original artwork has been faithfully restored in this 8 panel eco-friendly 2 CD set with fold-out poster/lyric sheet. "Check Your Head brought the Beastie Boys crashing back into the charts and into public consciousness, but that was only partially due to the album itself -- much of its initial success was [ read more ]
2xCD $18.99
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