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Artist:

The Beastie Boys

Song:

Sabotage

Album: 

Ill Communication

Year: 

1994
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In the mid-1980s, the idea of white middle-class Jewish rappers may have provoked laughter or outright disdain, but the Beastie Boys' albums and...
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Tiffany | MEMORY FROM 1994

Mix Tapes

LOCATION: Sunrise Surf Shop, JACKSONVILLE BEACH

YEAR: 1994

TAGS: rap

PUBLISHED: January 18, 2008

I am such a sissy. This is my rap memory. But when this album came out and was introduced to me by my friend Tony, I just thought this was so unbelievably cool. Edgy, controversial, and a little white girl like me could listen and feel like I was being fresh. (HA!)

I worked at the local surf shop and one of the nicer things our boss did for us was when he bought a good stereo, tape deck, and eventually a 5-disc cd changer for us to listen to music on throughout the store. Tony and I argued repeatedly about what was better, listening to the better quality sound of an entire cd, or an awesome mix tape. This was was before the idea of burning a cd with a variety of tracks was even imaginable. Tony made mix tapes for everyone, there was always a Beastie Boys track on there...always.

I dont't think either one of us ever won the argument. Honestly, Tony's probably right. There is nothing better than a good mix tape.

Ill Communication was a genius album in itself, another one of those in my opinion you listen to from start to finish, pieces just don't sound right. When this video came out on MTV I loved the guys dressed up as cops/detectives, in those silly suits, wigs, and mustaches. Hilarious.
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David said: Ah, such a great album. I think I discover something new with every listen. If only hip-hop was half as inventive now as in 1994. The Beastie Boys and Radiohead both remind me of artists who cannot be classified at all simply by their first album. (1/18/2008)

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papo500 said: beastie boys rule (2/10/2008)

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