Licensed To Ill

This tour was the first concert I had ever seen love the clear vinyl

Brand new cd . Love this classic cd

Brings back memories My fav album from these guys

Awesome cd

I absolutely love this cd and it changed my life! it was one of the 2 first cds I bought when I got my first cd player. and this was back when cd players first came out. they were clunky things that you plugged into your existing stereo. they were well over a $100. License to Ill and Black Flag's Everything Went Black were the 2 cds I bought with a gift certificate. there were no gift cards back then. there were paper certificates. I was reading the 'Beastie Boys Book' in quarantine, and I went to play this cd and needless to say, it skipped just about on all the songs. it's been awhile since it's listened to it, so I came on to Amazon to immediately get a copy. when I first put it on to play, I was thrown back to high school, listening to it on cassette (it was later that I would get it on cd format) in my room with my 'boom box' so close to my ear so that my mom couldn't hear it. I would soon listen to all my music that way. they showed and taught me that I just had to open my mind and there was all types of music out there. I will be forever grateful.

Back in late '86 when this came out I was 14 and played the heck out of the LP. Feeling nostalgic lately for 1986 and 1987 been buying a small handful of the stuff in those pre-teen/early teen years on CD to save me the trouble of digging through tons of vinyl in my closet to hear em again. Was never a real rap/hip hop fan, but the first Beastie LP and some other artists of the genre between 1984 and 1987 I liked as a kid and bought some of their records. However, to be honest, hearing this album after decades and me being in my early 50's, I have to say aside from "Fight For Your Right", "No Sleep Still Brooklyn" and "Paul Revere/Hold It Now Hit It", i'm really not feelin it anymore as I was at 14. But it's great nostalgia. I will mention that the remaster disc I got dated 2000 was very good though. Not brick walled, loudness war or overmodulated like most remasters since the 2000's began. So that part was a nice surprise.

I loved this CD when it first came out and still love it today. I have most everything that the Beastie Boys have recorded, and I agree that much of what they did later is superior. For example, Hello Nasty is a much more diverse and impressive work. However, I think that it's a mistake comparing their initial work with their later work. Licensed to Ill was a huge rap breakthrough. Without CD's like Licensed to Ill, rap would not have broken into the mainstream, at least not then. The Beasties personify old school rap and many people were disappointed with their later work and wanted them to record more music like Licensed to Ill. While the raps and grooves seem a bit simplistic 16 years after its release, it still sounds great. "Fight for Your Right" was and is a classic party theme. I also love "Brass Monkey." What's amazing about this CD is how many of the songs became classics (Fight for your right, Brass Monkey, Paul Revere, Hold it now, Slow & Low). Throw on this CD and just enjoy it.

As a Gen-Xer of course I'm a fan of this album! Unfortunately, the case was cracked so I was scared to open it. The customer service I received to replace it, was excellent! I had a new, undamaged CD/case 2 days later.

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Genial excelente me viaje a mis tiempos de moso 😍😍

I bought this re issue because my original import copy was a bit worn, so I wanted a newer copy. EXCELLENT.

Oui y'a du groove dans cet opus (le deuxième?..), et même si le son de l'époque a pris un bon coup de vieux comparé à un "Paul's boutique", on est emporté par une collection de titres rap, rock, punk, très rentre-dedans et au flow énergique. Et vas-y que ça sample du Led Zep, et que Kerry King de Slayer vient ajouter son solo ébouriffé de gratte atomique, production Rick Rubin oblige... Ce disque est un énorme succès des années eighties, et ça se comprend. 16/20.