Search - Beastie Boys :: To The 5 Boroughs

They're talented, but semi-entertaining

07/02/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

""To the 5 Boroughs" is a great CD, don't get me wrong, but there's nothing new or freshly impressing. The whole time, the Beastie Boys' perfect rhymes flow over MixMaster Mike's skilled turntable old skool beats. "Check it Out" stands out on the album, so does "An Open Letter to NYC," but the rest seems to blend together. That's not a bad thing, though. The Beastie Boys have a way of pulling off stuff like that smoothly. Secondly, the album seems more like teh soundtrack to that new movie "Farenheit 9/11" at times. The boys bash George W. Bush and his decisions in probably 3-5 songs, slurring out that it's time for a re-election. I bought the clean version of this CD and after a few listens... there basically was no serious foul language. They say "F**K" like 3 times, they say "ass" once, "S**T" only pops up twice and there's a couple of "damn"s and "Hell"s. Otherwise, this CD isn't very "explicitive.""

CLEAN BUT YOURE NOT MISSING ANYTHING

Yellofury | Tampa, FL United States | 06/16/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I got this at walmart by accident
(...)
but after listening to the explicit version
you really arent missing out on anything
THIS ALBUM STILL ROCKS!!!!!it melds the old skool hip hop of license to ill
with the mature sounds of hello nasty in a sweet new
mix
this is one of their best if not the best album
and it ranks up there with check your head and ill communication"