I'm not sure how many of you rate Paul's Boutique high on the Beastie Boys scale, but it's undoubtedly my favorite. Coming after their debut, Licensed to Ill, it was a surprise. Gone were the abundance of metal guitar chords that helped make the debut a crossover hit. They surprised everybody. They didn't wait a for a half dozen LPs before creating what some call their Sgt Pepper's. In place of the guitar-based training wheels (that were no doubt pushed by Rick Rubin who had also signed Slayer), were samples from soul, funk, jazz, reggae and , ehhh, a leetle rock (Mountain's "Mississippi Queen" makes an appearance). Paul's Boutique, along with De La Soul's debut and Public Enemy's debut were all a step forward for hip hop.
Back when the completely fiend-fueled website BeastieMixes.com (RIP) was still around there were all sorts of Beastie mixes being circulated. Straight, career spanning mixes, remixes, all sorts of shit. But I don't recall running across a mix utilizing the full songs (or at least a couple verses) of the songs that were sampled. This mix is a good one. It's important to note that most of the samples, and a large part of the music in general, on Paul's Boutique were collated, curated, nipped and tucked by the Dust Brothers. So, to be as realistic as possible, don't think of this mix as a Beastie Boys home playlist. It would be more accurate to think of a stoned out Dust Brothers record party.
Grandpa's Groove: Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique Samples, All Vinyl Live DJ Set - Raj Mahal (streaming) at Soul Strut To Download click on the tiny downward pointing arrow on the streaming widget, it's right under the cloud on the tiny Soundcloud logo.
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Grandpa's Groove... mix mp3 at Internet Archive Go to the other link above for the playlist.
Beastie Boys - BBoyBouillabaisse mp3 at Magnet The twelve minute closer of Pauls Boutique
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