FIRST TIME HEARING Beastie Boys - Paul Revere (REACTION!)

[@chrisdavidual]

A bunch of 15 year old kids in my buddies Ford Escort. Tearing up the streets in the middle of the night blasting Beastie Boys with a massive 15” sub in the hatchback. Gas was 89 cents a gallon, MTV was still playing music videos, and life was good.

[@travisj.1938]

Heck yeah man those were the days! And hatchbacks POUND 🔊🎶 like no other.

[@adrianhart367]

Ford escort totally underrated

[@77marioland]

@@adrianhart367 My buddy had an EXP, 2 seat escort, stick... fun car to drive.

[@kyndread71]

I pull up next, in my primer-colored 1979 Dodge Omni. Acid-wash Levis, rolled tight at the ankles. Vision Skatewear tshirt.

[@bobsylvester88]

You were a little too young to know this, but Budweiser was $3.00 a six pack. $12 dollars for a case. 😳

[@davecisneros5285]

That's 100%. I'm 53 and when this came out I was 16. Had 12" subs blasting this all day. There wasn't a kid in my HS who couldn't recite every word of every song on this album.

[@tubelance]

AND ON THE COOL CHECKIN !!!!!!

[@SWells679]

I was fresh outta Navy boot camp and this was buh-lasting down the barracks hallway! I remember it clearly. Def yo.

[@leahcimthgirw3163]

Mmmmmmm DROPPPPP​@@tubelance

[@yeetbot-_-1942]

Every word in the order each song is on the album

[@Kitestop]

I had 12s in my Mercury Lynx... when that beat would hit, it would feel like the entire car sucked in. Don't know how else to explain it. Reverse bass.

[@bluepunk182]

It's funny to me that young kids like this didn't realize that ALL of our music was better back then.

[@lexidecimal9941]

Exactly. Also, very little new stuff is actually unique and the young guns think they're the only ones that were ever cool or could be. Lol.

[@MathewWeaver73]

Truer words have never been spoken!!!

[@halfgingertweak]

Eh, there was also a lot of garbage back then, too, though. The true test of quality for music is how well it appeals to multiple different generations rather than just the one that produced it..

[@kmatsanka]

I was thinking the same thing. Is he aware of Guru, KRS-One, etc.

[@kevinlacombe3292]

Preach it

[@tngirlintx1195]

I’m a 54 year old White Woman and was 17 and a Senior in High when “Licensed to Ill” released. My friend group jammed CONSTANTLY to this Album. This brings back so many great memories and I still listen to Beastie Boys to this day.

[@goldenruletv7301]

GNR, The Cult, Beastie Boys. I'm 54 and we were lucky back then. Our parties were so lit.

[@miked4309]

@@goldenruletv7301 i saw the cult. we loved them even when the were southern death cult and death cult. they were kinda goth then. appetite and license to ill lyrics were prolly known by most of the kids in school for sure. Red Hot Chili Peppers "mothers milk" album was pretty epic. RHCP put on a free show at my college. that shit aint happening anymore.

[@goldenruletv7301]

@@miked4309 I never liked RHCP too much. I do like Flea's bass playing though. I saw Billy Idol do a free show and my God that was one of the best shows I've ever seen. That was when Billy started the late comeback after his motorcycle accident. Epic show.

[@travisj.1938]

Funny thing is I older I get the more I appreciate Beastie Boys. They were so ahead of their time its nuts

[@_Delta_P_]

Ahead*

[@datapusher-]

Pauls Boutique is a masterpiece and is the pinnacle of sampling. That record could never be recreated due to costs today. 2nd to none from start to finish.

[@IamKingReacts]

FACTS!

[@kwslife116]

Yes, love them more now.

[@IRgEEK]

Same. I was a Metal-Head during my High School 80s. I didn't listen a lot to them, but did respect them. We were jumping state lines to see as many bands as we could during that time and I wish I had gone to their show when I had the chance. I listen to them a lot now.

[@thrakkanuur]

Always puts a smile on my face when these young bucks' mind gets blown by some of our old heaters. Always a good time. Enjoy the journey little brother.

[@IamKingReacts]

Will Do😎

[@cmac7562]

48yrs old here from Ireland. Got bootleg beastie boys tapes from a mate when I was 14. Now my kids listen to them. Great to see a young man like yourself finding these for the first time. Good luck with your channel 🇮🇪

[@rickindurham]

48yrs old here from NC (easy coast US) I had a bootleg of this tape too lol

[@0lderSch00l]

52 from OR (west coast, US) my dad went out and bought this for me. He hated it, but he wanted his kids to love music so there you go. it found a nice place in my collection between Alice Cooper and Billy Joel

[@ajschroetlin2196]

Ahhh, tapes.😊

[@Billy-zv6gv]

@@0lderSch00l I'm 51, bought album on my own, cuz my Dad never would have. Your Dad ruled, and I bet you know that!

[@MahaliaMD73]

Hello! I went to UCD at Belfield the summer of ‘94. I still miss beautiful Ireland and want to take my daughter someday- half of our family (Riley) was from Ireland and Northern Ireland.

[@michaelshanequinn2757]

Beasties are top shelf ! Gen X best generation!

[@bicdaddy]

We had the best music, no doubt!

[@LCLand]

Yessss!

[@deanflores4837]

You God damn right we are !. GX!!!.

[@alphanerd7221]

We aren't the best generation. We are the coolest generation. There is a difference.

[@MahaliaMD73]

50 year old white girl/mom and I still know every damn word by heart! I was 12 when Licensed to Ill came out in 1986 and I listened to it on repeat on my boom box in my girly pink bedroom, sitting at my vanity- in Alabama! 😂 My best friend and I were obsessed with the B-Boys and wore that cassette tape out that whole year. Also, I had a huge crush on MCA, Adam Yauch; may he rest in peace. 🥹🙏🏻

[@RalphKeim]

I was introduced to the Beastie Boys back in 1986 from a black coworker. We used to talk about rap music like Whodini, Grandmaster Flash, and Dougie Fresh. He said you gotta check out these white rappers The Beastie Boys. He brought the cassette to work, I listened to it and got hooked. I believe the next day I was at the record shop getting the License To Ill record album which I still have 😀

[@mystikflame1122]

48 here and know EVERY damn word still!! It's so great when a group of us can get together and just belt this song out.

[@spanglerimagery]

Was 13, here .. and, after mom heard them, it was a no. So, hid it, and a few others,..

[@cherimontavon6735]

❤I'm with 50 and evey word

[@Evergreenprospectors]

46 and still play it on vinal all the time

[@croaker4747]

The Beastie Boys are legend. Glad younger people are figuring it out.

[@solvend]

ACTUAL DJs with ACTUAL turntables and vinyl

[@TheRealSweetcherryo]

This is one of my favorite albums of all time.... I am a 62 yr old grandmother...yep, we rode around listening to this 'cassette' when I was in my mid 20's....seems like yesterday.

[@PixelPro-4000]

This was their first rap album. It came out in 1986 and sold over 10 million copies. It was the first hip-hop album to go number one on the main Billboard charts. The beastie boys continued releasing albums through 2011.

[@curbowbass6124]

Technically, “Polly Wog Stew” was their first release. Released in November 1982.

[@TheJordanicas]

​@@curbowbass6124note he said, first RAP album.' Their albums before this were definitely more punk influenced.

[@curbowbass6124]

⁠​⁠@@TheJordanicasExactly! That’s why I said “Technically their first release…”. Didn’t say first “rap album”. Their first hip hop “song” was Cookie Puss that was based on a Prank Call to Carvel Ice Cream. Cheers!!!

[@clonexx]

Incredible album, and believe me, as a kid of 13 years old when this album dropped, I couldn’t believe it was 3 white Jewish boys from Brooklynn. It has a sound that was never heard before, it was unique and incredibly good. My first love was and always will be metal, but I’ve always had a soft spot for rap as well. Good rap, at least. I was listening to Ice T, NWA, Ghetto Boys, etc.

[@vickiejenkins-tripp5994]

Brass Monkey was our Mardi Gras theme song 😅

[@joshlcaudill]

this is what makes these reaction channels so enjoyable and popular: pretty much all of us have heard this song hundreds of times, but none of us can ever watch it for the first time again! We get to see someone else do it!

[@LCLand]

So true

[@clasmaster1471]

Yep 47 years old and I bumped the shit in the car all the time. Had to12 inch pile drivers in the truck with a couple punch 150 Amps for 6 x 9‘s to a 600 W Jensen of course had to cross over for the subs to pull all that high frequency out. I don’t feel old at all I would still go bump this and I have most of these CDs still for when it’s good it’s good! We’re all the same if people take the time to find out.

[@lo_fye]

I’m a nerdy white 46 year old computer programmer, and I bought that album on cassette when I was 10 years old. It’s still a great album, but so are many other BB albums. When I was 30 I saw them live and got a high five from MCA.

[@dwnhlldav]

I’m so grateful I got to see them live before it was too late. Saw them shortly after Hello Nasty came out.

[@poguemom3]

I had so many copies of this on cassette and CD because I kept misplacing them because I took it everywhere! 😂

[@carlparker8730]

Paul's Boutique is the Beastie Boys' sleeper album. I highly recommend you check that one out. That album pioneered the use of samples based solely on the sheer volume, and if I remember correctly they had a lot of legal trouble because of it. Totally worth it though, it's a classic. Particularly High Plains Drifter, I saw it described on Genius as the 'white boy version of Gimme the Loot' (I also recommend having the Genius page open while listening because it was a little before my time too and some of the references flew right over my head).

[@pinonnut]

Amen - beasties on steroids

[@DiZZoLabs]

Ha I just commented that to someone else.

[@velcromittens4502]

Another for High Plains Drifter, pure genius. But back in these days, you really should listen to an album from beginning to end. These really aren't one-off tracks. Some blend into others and you only really appreciate it listening in full with no breaks.

[@thomasjones4570]

Cant be a "sleeper album" if its popular. 2x Platinum album my man and is in the top 100 album lists from many sources.

[@TysonHymas]

My favorite album of theirs!

[@SadPuppySoup]

I'm 57 and still got 2 12' subs and 3000 watts in my car and I get a lot of looks from old and young, I drive a fast and furious type car with wing and wide body kit and have long hippie hair but listen to all kinds of music, if it's good it deserves to be blasted.

[@steveo2737]

This whole album is fire! I would blast this nonstop all night rolling the streets with my friends. Good reaction

[@brandondawson3782]

100% truth. I could loop this in my cars CD player for days.

[@machwerkapparel385]

Good luck with your Channel. 52 years old Dude from Germany also grow up with BB. Ill Communication is still in my top ten Albums of my life. ✊🏻☮️

[@ICTS22]

Crazy to see that a track almost 40 years old and still blowing minds. The first time I heard it the radio dj announced the song and I remember my friends at school talking about it so I quickly ran to the cassette recorder and managed to record the song as it played. (you kids don't know the struggle with music on demand lol). I don't remember buying the album so we must have been passing around bootleg cassettes. To this day I still don't own License To Ill but I can still recite every lyric. I have their second album Paul's Boutique on cassette, vinyl, CD, and mp3.

[@HasPotatoAim]

Man, that and the double cassette players so you could make your own tapes

[@NolanHolladay]

Dude kids these days have no idea what it was like recording tracks off the radio to make a mix tape And rhen later when cds came along - does anyone these days even have any idea what high speed dubbing was let alone what a game changer it was for making your own nix tape! ❤❤

[@stacyr.8585]

The struggle was real.

[@busterhymen6224]

I first heard Licensed to ill on new years eve in 1986. I was 9!

[@IamKingReacts]

Wow!

[@NiallFernie]

I was 15 when this album came out, took me in a new musical direction I can tell you. Like you said I am over 50 but even now when some young guys park up beside me at the supermarket, I can still pull some tunes out that make them roll down their windows and nod and smile. Olden is not always golden, but this is!

[@michaelnicholas2417]

And, don't lie. You've heard this before. I can tell

[@DiZZoLabs]

Pauls Boutique still gets played often. My personal favorite.

[@nadrojfan]

Seeing them live was crazy. Real instruments. Their DJ was off the hook. Beastie Boys was a perfect name. They were beasts on stage!

[@kylonmagnus4587]

I'm 47 years old, and first heard this when I was in 5th grade - I convinced my mom to buy the cassette tape from walmart. Still holds up!!

[@shawnbates1804]

Same here Fifth grade in gilroy

[@tricky2055]

Same!

[@HammerWrench]

5th grade, too, getting the bootleg cause we were poor!

[@glb5053]

Same here, dude.

[@waynepolkey2876]

fun fact: the beat is Paid in full in reverse. Eric B & rakims paid in full beat backwards

[@ICTS22]

Now that I did not know. The "Paid In Full" Coldcut dance remix is one of the sickest songs ever. It was a huge song in the late 80's early rave scene. The vibe was unbelievable with the dj dropped that song.

[@Jayizzo007]

The beat...if you didn't notice is backwards! While they were playing around with the 808 drum machine...Yauch aka. MCA thought it would be a good idea to play the beat on reverse. And boom! It became a masterpiece! And broke ground on something that hadn't been done before with beats.

[@vr4stringslinger]

I've heard they also ran the reel to reel tape around chair legs to stretch it out and elongate the sound. Emphasis on "heard".

[@satabwilder2041]

One of the many reasons the Beastie Boys are geniuses

[@mendodsoregonbackroads6632]

I was going to mention the backwards 808s but you beat me to it. Didn’t know about stretching the tape to make it slower.

[@markherring3513]

I believe that was an old school move that produces did...pink floyd did it on their dark side of the moon album. I think they used a mic stand for the stretch.@@vr4stringslinger

[@elizandrobailon6459]

Dont for get the set of twin tecknik turntables with a sv 12 mixer

[@Steve-fc4bo]

License to ill was such a great album. I wore out my tape on Paul Revere, Brass Monkey, No sleep till Brooklyn, You Gotta Fight, She's Crafty.... The whole album slapped

[@amyspaulding3397]

Hi, 50 year old genxer here. I saw the Beastie Boys on MTV, then bought the cassette. I used to listen to it on the boom box in the kitchen while watching dishes. I've been a fan since License to Ill, and I still am a fan. You should listen to Paul's Boutique from beginning to end. It's amazing. You're super cute, and I'm really happy you're enjoying the music of my generation. There is so much more where that came from.

[@moflow99]

When this album dropped, the first single off it was "Fight for your right to party" I was listening to an alternative college station and the DJ played this song... when it was over he was losing his mind... then he played it again. To this day, i have never heard a DJ play the same song twice in a row... and that says something.

[@mistymichelle9957]

I had this entire album memorized by the time I was 7 years old. My older brother brought it home & I stole it as often as possible. Great reaction, bruv. I can't wait for you to dive deeper.

[@p.b.7218]

Your reaction was the same as ours 37 years ago 🥰 I was 13 when I first heard this jawn. Thanks for the memories

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Beastie Boys were so unique and great. I'm a rock fan, but love the Beastie Boys especially this album. It's was all over the place when I was in school.

[@gary_payton]

40 years later and the Wiffle Ball Bat line still makes me 😊. To this day one of the top 5 greatest live shows I have ever witnessed.

[@poguemom3]

Same! My sisters and I still randomly sing that line! 😂

[@normal1972]

It came out my freshman year of high school and blew everybody away. I even used a part of this song in my English class as an example of rhyme in song. Lol. Beastie Boys are legends and have been pioneers since they dropped.

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

What a GREAT way to go to school, listening to the Beastie Boys!!!!! We DID have it GOOD back in the day!!!!

[@chrysryce]

I'm a 49 year old Biology teacher and I was fully wiling out to the Beastie Boys from Licensed To Ill to Hello Nasty. One of the greatest 5 album runs in music history.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

I'm 49 years old and I can remember listening to this on tape in my room in the 6th grade when I was twelve. There was nothing like it and I played it low so my parents wouldn't know I had it. Years later in college, I remember an old Camaro I had with 2 12 inch subs playing this song. My girlfriend at the time would ask me to play the song that massaged her back and it was Paul Revere. The Bassline in this song with the right system sounds amazing! Great choice and thanks for the incredible nostalgia.

[@staceyp695]

Been watching you react to the Beastie Boys songs, first time commenting. I'm a 54 year old white lady and I was rockin' out to this music in high school! You wouldn't think it if you saw me out and about today. Our music back then was the best!! I love to watch you discovering our beats from back in the day.

[@css0076]

Jam the whole album man.....No sleep til Brooklyn.....License to Ill.......epic!!!

[@pauljackson358]

An amazing album from a time when truly incredible music was being created and no one thought about what color the artist was. Good times. Keep up the great work.

[@bgreen987]

Check out the entire Paul's Boutique album. You will not regret it.

[@riccochet704]

The entire album is straight fire. They were way ahead of their time when they released this. First hip hop album to hit #1 on the charts for like 6 months straight. Who knew 3 dudes from brooklyn, that started as a punk metal band, could make such a masterpiece.

[@tonydecker8]

Yeah there was a previous emimmeim ( my text fact spelled ), rap actually started late 70's early 80's

[@misty666ful]

I was in 6th grade and music was my life. This song would come on at Skateland all the cool kids, would drop whatever they were doing get on the rink to skate to this. The song Girls by these guys would also get everyone going. Oh the 80's were such an awesome time to be a kid!

[@j.m.s.5310]

02:47 in the right system will get your heart fluttering

[@jessbordeaux9845]

Music is definitely a time machine. I was 13 and I fell hard for rap. Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh on Ladi dadi was actually my 1st rap discovery, but right around Beasty Boys was when rap started getting really big.

[@maggietheutubedog]

89 was wild. Senseless war starting. Boot camp. Cherokee with 12” woofers. Beasties were an anthem for those times. Saw MCA walking in the north shore mall with his lovely wife once. Just tipped my hat in respect...

[@mamaflush9945]

Hey King, I'm glad you enjoyed listening to the Beastie Boys. This song is from their debut album which went Platinum. The whole album is ❤‍🔥The Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop/rap rock group from NYC and were formed in 1981. The group was composed of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar, programming) and later on came Kate Schellenbach on percussions. Here's another song from that same album, if interested. *"Beastie Boys Brass Monkey Music Video" (by the Channel: FiveStarzProductions)* --This funky groove with a catchy beat was actually a reference to an alcoholic drink of the same name, and left an indelible mark on music history. Great reaction I enjoyed rocking with you peace out~

[@vanny101]

1995ish… I took my son to see the beastie boys at the Great Western Forum…HIS FIRST CONCERT. He now travels all over the place to see bands and loves music. He still looks at me in my eyes and tells me that concert was still the best show he’s ever been to. It still gives me chills.

[@vailashayes5494]

I'm 47 and I was 12 when this dropped. I was on a state championship basketball team and we got in constant trouble for sneaking Paul Revere onto the PA system for pregame music. A 7th and 8th grade catholic school basketball team😂😂

[@LPCliftonMusic]

That beat you heard was the infamous 808 sound but it was played backwards. I’ve got to think they were the first to use it like that. I was in high school, late 90’s when I first heard it in my cousin’s truck. He had a nice little system with 2 Alpine 10’s. It hit pretty hard. There were some incredible producers and best makers from that era.

[@revgurley]

Got to see them in 1992. When they started this song, they said, "Now...." and tossed the mic into the audience. We passed it around, as everyone knew the lyrics. The audience loved it, the band loved it. They were really incredible. RIP MCA First time I heard this was on a bus riding back from a high school football game (we cheerleaders rode with them). A player had License to Ill, and let me listen to the tape on my Walkman on the long, late-night drive home. I know every word of this song, and I'm now a gray-haired, female minister. Yup, the pastors had a youth, too! For a little background, read Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow. Explains the name of the horse. If you like this story-telling hiphop, find something by Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick. That is OLD SCHOOL rap, story-telling style."Children's Story" and "La Di Da Di" are both great.

[@keithtimothy8683]

44 yrs old and wild to me that these kids are just discovering 90’s music. But then I remember discovering 70’s music when was 14……..crazy

[@ICTS22]

Same. I got into Jimi Hendrix and Led Zepplin about a year after Licenses To Ill came out and I immediately recognized that they sampled a drumloop from a Led Zepplin song for their track "Rhymin' and Stealin." Without a doubt it was this sample that got me involved a lifetime of studying sampling, beatmaking and trainspotting.

[@jenneper]

I started listening to the Beastie Boys when they were still a punk garage band. You can definitely hear the punk influence in their music! I used to pop this album in my boom box and hitch hike to the parties on the weekend. It was a different time, for sure. Also, this is my favorite song as well. For 52, I still do an impressive Paul Revere..lol

[@Futureone]

The greatest producer from Def Jam that produced this is white. Ricky Rubin!

[@crematetheworld]

I've caught a few of your videos. I'm an old school cat that loves when folks get hip to the Beastie Boys. It warms my heart because I miss Adam and what might have been all the time. They will live forever. For those of us who were there for it all we will take it to our graves while passing it on to the next generations. We have MTV to thank regardless of what it became. These three (4) were very special. Nobody can deny, they are one of the greatest ever to do it. Any of it. I hope you enjoy the journey through their catalogue. If you haven't yet please look at their live work. React to the videos of them on Letterman. Sabotage...Ch-Check it out are a couple of my favorites but the way you know a band is really something is how well they throw down live and they did it as well as ANYONE. Ever. Keep up the great content and I'll keep watching.

[@davidholmes0416]

"Going Back to Cali" LL Cool J

[@HellenKillerProject]

Beastie Boys have sold 20 million records in the United States and had seven platinum-selling albums from 1986 to 2004. They are the biggest-selling rap group since Billboard began recording sales in 1991. In 2012, they became the third rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@bennyandthesets]

Run DMC yo! early 80's Tricky

[@Kidd_Cabbage18]

This album was so revolutionary. For this song, they used an 808 beat maker, which was pretty standard for the time and just reversed the beat. They also incorporated a lot of other genres into their music. They did star off as a punk band too. Rick Rubin was a pioneer producer, not only by producing the foundation of hip hop but being the bridge between hip hop and rock music

[@cheeto4493]

From what I heard the reverse beat was an accident. Someone threaded the tape backwards, they loved it and went with it.

[@stevecampbell5314]

I saw Beastie Boys and Run DMC on the Together Forever tour.

[@brianmiller1077]

I was a 17 year old white boy in Noth Dakota when this dropped .. It totally blew our minds. "Fight for your right (to party)" and the Run DMC/Aerosmith version of "Walk This Way" did a lot for mainstream acceptance of Rap. Looking back it's crazy how much they upped their game with "Paul's Boutique" which people really didn't get right away.

[@SA-bq1us]

Oh, the memories of me listening to Licensed to ill driving my 75 Bonneville to drivers ed...my teacher caught up with me in the parking lot and said are driving to driver ed ...yep

[@rickwelch8464]

I moved to Ft Lauderdale Fl at age 18 with a few bucks and a buddy. This came out right after I got there. This album start to finish means freedom for me. It makes me feel young as hell and gives me just a bit of what I used to have even if just for a second. This kind of stuff is why we are here. On this planet.

[@Billy-Florida]

I was a 16 when this came out. I remember cruising down the strip in Myrtle Beach, we had a car packed with guys and girls, and we were singing this. We all knew this song word for word. It's amazing how music can make you feel.

[@moebius21]

I was at a party in grade 7, and I (like a schmuck) stole this album on cassette from the girl's house. That was in 1987 and I may still have it ... And I apologized to her years later.

[@chrisparker7815]

Wait til you get your ears acquainted with Eric B and Rakim "Microphone Fiend".. and yes, we STILL BUMP this LOUD! Also, us 50yr Olds were 13-14 when this dropped on us..

[@AbeWiessman]

This came out when I was in high school. And yes, it still brings me back in time, and I love it! Yes, we were skipping school, and yes, the whole car was rattling. The rear view mirror vibrated so hard you couldn't see out of it 🤣 🔊 🔈 So many great songs from the Beastie Boys. Check out 3 MCs & 1 DJ, The New Style, or anyrhing from the License to Ill album. They weren't just white, they were goofy Jewish white boys! 😂😂😂❤ 3 MCs & 1 DJ video is a great example of how goofy (& authentic) these guys are. They are always having a good time, the talent just comes naturally.

[@markpiekaczpiekacz912]

They have a Library of music.

[@natelusk77]

The 90s were so rich with musical mastery that those of us experiencing it at the time thought it was normal... Practically every genre had a golden age in the 1990s, but only looking back on it did anyone realize what was happening. The 60s and 70s are regarded as the most influential musical decades, and that may be true. But the 1990s are where all of that influence hit its peak.

[@CelestBlack]

You do realize that this came out in 1986?

[@btackett2]

Love seeing younger people discovering music. This was the hottest album out there for a good long time. I was in 5th grade when I heard it the first time and we had a party at school and like half the class brought in the cassette lol

[@passmoj]

You have to spin Paul's Boutique. Their best album from start to finish!

[@rogeranderson5578]

High Plains Drifter!

[@realmaindrianpace]

57 year old white guy, and I look just like you think I do. But in the '80s, I was a teen, 19 when this album came out, and I was stomping it out the windows of my '64 Falcon in Phoenix for months on end. Cops even told me to cool it a couple of times. I still have the Falcon, still have the album... Excuse me...

[@chadwhite4236]

This is one of the best albums ever released!! There was nothing like it then and nothing since that equals it's uniqueness! This has always been my favorite BB song!!

[@chadwhite4236]

Btw, album was released 10 days before my 13th birthday. We definitely had the fire in regards to music back in the day!!

[@rogeranderson5578]

I graduated HS in 86 and most of my friends knew Licensed to ill from front to back!

[@joetallent7785]

94...2 woofers... not caring if the rapper was white, black, Mexican,... didn't care... good was good... we were rockin.... great time to be alive

[@brianherring8907]

Still convinced that Gen X had the best music ever

[@d4anzig]

I got to see this band when they played punk and yes i am old lol great reaction :)

[@HeavyMetalOne64]

The shit you youngins are listening to today pales in comparison to what my generation grew up with in the 80’s and 90’s

[@jamesmelton37]

We had the good $hit back in the 1900’s as y’all kids say! The Beastie Boys are STILL the $HIT today! RIP MCA

[@pepsimax6671]

The whole album is great.

[@iangoodsell]

“This makes me want to put on a hat and some baggy clothes” 😂 Thanks for bringing back some memories

[@rachaelthomas5840]

Everything the Beastie Boys have done is amazing!! There was a female in the group when they first started out. I think her name is Kate. Paul's Boutique is a great album to check out.

[@katiemurray5862]

Kate Schellenbach ❤️ She was in a band called Luscious Jackson as well ☺️

[@marviafrancis-robinson2560]

Not in the Beastie Boys. Their DJ was DJ Hurricane, before Mix Master Mike. Kate did not play any part of the Beastie Boys....Ad Rock joined when she left, the Punk Band and then they did Cookie Puss and the rest is History.

[@katiemurray5862]

@@marviafrancis-robinson2560 she was with them from 1981-1984. She left because they went from punk to hip-hop. It wasn't her dynamic. But she was definitely with them. She was percussion.

[@noel-thatguykf5slk166]

Just turned 51 last week. Nice to see another generation enjoying the music of our generation. I remember being on the middle school bus and the entire bus singing along to this and "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn".

[@greasefire11]

Same age, and I remember that day one of my teammates brought this into the locker room and blasted it on his boom box. Mind-blowing

[@stevedaniels623]

🔥🔥🔥this came out when I was in grade 8. Bought the cassette for 7$. Played the shit out of it

[@QueenTubby37]

I’m 54, was 17 when this came out. Still have my vinyl copy. Still the greatest ! Love watching young people discover real analog music.

[@TGencC]

Beastie Boys have so many albums - you've got so much to dive into. Their videos are funny and creative, but actually distract a lot from the music itself. I'd seriously recommend doing a reaction on High Plains Drifter, Hey Ladies, or What cha' want. When you start to hear the way they weave and mesh their lyrics together seamlessly it's going to blow you away.

[@erikc3057]

50 years old here. Grew up with this album and Paul's Boutique. I could not stop grinning watching this young man discover this! I feel a like a proud parent (vicariously). When you're done with this, you should check out a documentary called "808." There's a piece in there from AD-Rock explaining how they got the sound for this song and others using the legendary Roland TR-808 drum machine. You have now been baptizied! 😎

[@familyheissinger5833]

I’m one of those 50 yr old dads who grew up this. The Beastie Boys came out when I was in 6th grade. My little white girls going to Catholic school know all these classic hip hop masters… De La Soul, Digital Underground, Public Enemy, Del, etc

[@corycatches9463]

I saw them live September 2 , 1998 n Atlanta right after intergalactic came out. Best concert of my life!!! When they did Paul Revere they got just the first line now........ Then the crowd save the whole song and they grooved along with us!!! GREAT Concert and licenced 2 ill the only CD I replaced when gone. PROFESSOR BOOTY!!! YOU'LL LOVE IT

[@brandondawson3782]

I remember cruising around with my friends with license to ill in the CD player...the 90s were great.

[@tate520]

Saw them in concert in 1987! My high school anthems lol

[@venj19d49]

I'm 52 and still rock my Beastie Boys shirt and bump their stuff. Dude, there is a whole world of amazing music out there. keep it coming and keep it real. This album came out when I was a freshman in high school. Awesome times, amazing music.

[@alanmoncus2331]

Dude, we had 40lb boom boxes on the playground (didn't even have driver license yet lmao 😂

[@IamKingReacts]

Dang 🔥😂

[@ICTS22]

@@IamKingReacts And cardboard boxes were basically a commodity back then 😂

[@michaelspeck8117]

The reverse base on this song would suck our subs in so hard they would blow apart.

[@RobinSueWho]

I cruised the socal highways in the 80s listening to Beastie Boys. I raised my 4 children listening to them. We had the best music in the 80s. One of my favorite BB songs is Brass Monkey & Intergalactic.

[@IamKingReacts]

I reacted to both of them in my beastie boys reaction playlist on my channel🔥

[@ryanbruce7646]

I'm 52 and from New Orleans and that year for Mardi Gras every single person was blasting this tape!

[@raymondpitcher7931]

If you like Paul Revere you should try no sleep till Brooklyn

[@AnotherAppleAddict]

If you have to tell people that you are super excited then you are not super excited

[@mcbrideb533]

Now you know why there is the rock n roll hall of fame brother 💪

[@anthonypasuco9692]

Review Paul's Boutique..one of the best albums ever produced

[@ryano2883]

I'm 41 and still go to rock concerts, still bounce around to spme Beastie Boys, etc. We don't all get boring when we're older. 😂