Beastie Boys - TO THE 5 BOROUGHS

[PHOBiA]

Not feeling it :mad:

Hello Nasty is one of my all time fave commercial albums. The 1st half of this CD I thought I was listening to some Beasties Boys from the 80s, second half sounded a little better.

I guess they must have copped flack with Hello Nasty as it sounded a lot more mature then oldsckool BB .. this one really sounds like they've gone back to their roots. Maybe it will grow on me..

[kenny.trafik]

Sounds like Some Old Bullshit!! :p Sorry, BAD Beastie Boys joke.
Haven't heard it yet but am keen for a listen! All reports I've heard so far have been very similar to yours Phobia. Oh well, COME ON KAZAA ... search, search, search!! :)

[ZD]

whay ive heard sounds like Ill Communication and Checck Your Head era stuff. I haven't heard anything that sounds like Hello Nasty yet. The old school flava is the shit..sorry, but Hello Nasty was good but it doesn't compare for me. Must be because i grew up listening to Ill Communication and Check Your Head in high school. thats where all the damage is done! but I'm really glad they haven't lost their knack for making head nodders :)

[BIGFATTWAT]

the first single check it out is just disgraceful lets hope the rest of the album is not like that rubbish, if so they should retire :0

[TC1000]

Yeah alot of hype over here about it. I kinda lost interest after Ill Commmunication.
:sleepy:

[Willz]

ch-ch-check it out

[whitegoose]

I agree - that first single is fucking shit... same old beastie boys shit that I'm sure everyone is quite bored of. They use the same rhyming patterns for every fucking line in every verse :crazy:

But I've heard a couple of tracks on JJJ that I thought were relatively 'un-beastie boys-ish' and quite cool.

[HI8US]

C-check it out .. is possibly the worst track on the album !!!!!

Definately a return to the Check Your Head styles ... they still pull out some classic rhymes !!! .. and the beats are solid as always !!!

But their nasally distinct voices to tend to sound the same after a while .. I am enjoying it now , maybe not in another month or two though ??:confused:

[hitmonlee]

i really like it, yeah their rapping is a bit sameish, but i really enjoy the beats.
fave tracks so far: it takes time to build and that's it that's all

not loving the copy protection stopping every track at the 9 second mark :mad:

[outremont]

it's sad that a load of people are hopping on the beasties re-ignited bandwagon now. kids are rapping 'ch-check it out' in the streets and all of a sudden they're big time beastie fans. i don't like them, i just can't get into high pitched white rappers. having said i dig a couple of their tunes, (the tune with the video when mix master mike walks down into the basement with the rocket pack on) and of course intergalactic planetary. anyway./

edit : cool name for an album though.

[Madpup]

Originally posted by Trouble on TS
it's sad that a load of people are hopping on the beasties re-ignited bandwagon now. kids are rapping 'ch-check it out' in the streets and all of a sudden they're big time beastie fans. i don't like them, i just can't get into high pitched white rappers. having said i dig a couple of their tunes, (the tune with the video when mix master mike walks down into the basement with the rocket pack on) and of course intergalactic planetary. anyway./

edit : cool name for an album though.

So what it wrong with that? Many kids will discover great music that beasties made over the years which cant be a bad thing.

[splinter]

Well I just think it's a great album...and now it's time for my two cents, with Kent Brockman

[TC1000]

Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White, New York you make it happen

:music:

After a thorough listen, I think it's the best Beastie's LP since Check Your Head.

[hitmonlee]

// LIVE AT THE WIRELESS - BEASTIE BOYS - Monday, 19 July at 8.00pm
triple j has scoured the globe for another special live set from places afar.
THE BEASTIE BOYS, recorded live in Amsterdam in June 2004. This lively set features songs from the new album TO THE FIVE BOROUGHS, plus all the Beasties classics. Not to be missed!

[doorselfin]

Time for my 2cents, I like the album but it won't still be being played in about 3 months.
The Beasties have used the same words/rhymes and..well i agree. it sounds samey. I like some tracks, get bored with others. Good but lacking a spark. 6/10.

piss-take beasties rhyme:
we're still using some old rhyme scheme
now here's one talking and here's all 3 (group shout)

[Gibbon]

This has grown on me