Licensed To Ill

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.

Had this on cassette back when it was still kinda new- I got it for my birthday in 1987. I loved it then, and I love it more now that I have some sorta decent speakers to hear it through. Most of the songs on here sound really good with high-quality speakers except for Rhymin and Stealin, which uses a sampled drumbeat from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" (don't know how they got permission for that). I'm sure it's hard to coordinate rapping when 3 people are doing it, but they made it sound effortless. For the few of you out there who have never heard this album, there's an addictive mix of rap and rock on here that has always been respected by fans of both genres. 35 years later, and I still dig it!

This is such a classic album. My teenaged son is really into vinyl right now and he had to have this. When he received it, there were multiple scratches and it skipped. I asked for a replacement and it was here in two days! Excellent customer service and the replacement is in perfect condition. Will purchase from this seller again.

I'm a Beastie Boys fan, to be sure. I collected every last one of their albums before buying their debut. (I vaguely remembered it from childhood.) I decided to pick this up since it was only $5.00 and I needed to complete my collection. It's pretty rough. A couple catchy beats, but overall, nothing too memorable (except the radio hit, which I suppose is okay).IMO Beastie Boys became much more interesting once they started saying something of substance. They also improved on their ability to create atmosphere by only the second album. They are definitely a fun (and thoughtful) ride from there on out.But as for License to Ill, I could have done without it.

Great pressing/sound quality. For a group that is always a fun listen, this particular album is a riot! I will say at times it is a bit dated but we are talking released in the mid eighties. I also have to say by now Fight For Your Right might be my least favorite song on the record only because I've heard it everywhere for the past 35 years.

No sleep til this review is done. I’m mostly writing it for the Girls, and Paul Revere who wanted us to Fight for our right to party. It is the same as the original album with some 30 anniversary labeling. Get it, play it, and scratch it to your own beat.

BEASTIE BOYS still rock my world since the day I purchased this album in the eighties and I am 56 now not 26!One of my classic albums to place in my Bose and BLAST me to my past singing along to all those memorable songs!So catchy and they always make me grab my hair brush and pretend I am a member of the band!Yes! I will be rapping along with the Beastie Boys well into my years to come!And I still get ear worms after I have listened to their sound!So, JUST KICK IT!Still no sleep until Brooklyn with these boys!

C'mon....it's the Beastie Boys....on vinyl!!!! How can you go wrong? Record plays well and it's the heavier vinyl.

...Sure they matured, sure they did better stuff. But if like me you did your paperround to early Def Jame (Run DMC, LL Cool J and Beasties) then this is a lovely walk down memory lane.Ooooooooh remember the days when they wore VW signs, when they were banned from the UK for using salty language and being a little bit non establishment.... !!!! Fling on MTV now and see all the misogynistic lyrics and sexulisation of everything .... bit of a rant there...i digress ...anyway...

Look beyond Fight for your right and you'll find a fantastic debut album from 3 young New Yorkers who only got better and better as they went on.And that cover on vinyl, wow, just iconic.

Superb, classic Beastie Boys. This was the defining moment for me, with regards to my journey with this band. The best album imho.

Came out when I was 16- loved it even though I wasn't big into rap. Every song is a belter but it hasn't aged as well as Paul's Boutique which I consider to be their best album, just ahead of Ill Communication :-)

No album collection, whatever genre may dominate it, is complete without the punk-fused hip-hop of the Beastie Boys. Plays smoothly, arrived wrapped carefully. Highly recommended.