BEASTIE BOYS Paul's Boutique 20th Anniversary LP NEW 180 GRAM VINYL + DOWNLOAD

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ARTIST: Beastie Boys
TITLE: Paul's Boutique 20th Anniversary Edition
FORMAT: LP (180 Gram)
LABEL: Capitol
CATALOG #: CAPITOL-509996-93300-18
RECORD CONDITION: NEW
JACKET CONDITION: NEW

DESCRIPTION: 

Twentieth Anniversary reissue of the Beastie Boys' second album, Paul's Boutique (1989), featuring "Hey Ladies" and "Shadrach." This edition contains an eight-panel foldout jacket and a download card for bonus audio commentary. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

"It's a considerable change from the hard rock of Licensed to Ill, shifting to layers of samples and beats so intertwined they move beyond psychedelic; it's a painting with sound. Paul's Boutique is a record that only could have been made in a specific time and place. Like the Rolling Stones in 1972, the Beastie Boys were in exile and pining for their home, so they made a love letter to downtown New York -- which they could not have done without the Dust Brothers, a Los Angeles-based production duo who helped redefine what sampling could be with this record. If ever a record could be used as incontrovertible proof that sampling is its own art form, it's Paul's Boutique. Snatches of familiar music are scattered throughout the record -- anything from Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly" and Sly Stone's "Loose Booty" to Loggins & Messina's "Your Mama Don't Dance" and the Ramones' "Suzy Is a Headbanger" -- but never once are they presented in lazy, predictable ways. the Dust Brothers and Beasties weave a crazy-quilt of samples, beats, loops, and tricks, which creates a hyper-surreal alternate reality -- a romanticized, funhouse reflection of New York where all pop music and culture exist on the same strata, feeding off each other, mocking each other, evolving into a wholly unique record, unlike anything that came before or after. Musically, few hip-hop records have ever been so rich; it's not just the recontextulations of familiar music via samples, it's the flow of each song and the album as a whole, culminating in the widescreen suite that closes the record. Lyrically, the Beasties have never been better -- not just because their jokes are razor-sharp, but because they construct full-bodied narratives and evocative portraits of characters and places. Few pop records offer this much to savor, and if Paul's Boutique only made a modest impact upon its initial release, over time its influence could be heard through pop and rap, yet no matter how its influence was felt, it stands alone as a record of stunning vision, maturity, and accomplishment. Plus, it's a hell of a lot of fun, no matter how many times you've heard it." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine & allmusic.com

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