Exploring the Sonic Cocktail of Beastie Boys' PAUL'S BOUTIQUE

The Beastie Boys have had quite the career. From being a scrappy hardcore band of "Egg Raid on Mojo", to hip hop pioneers of "Cooky Puss" to one of the biggest rap groups of all time on "Fight For Your Right to Party", "Sabotage" and "Intergalactic". But despite being seen as a flop on release, their most definitive statement remains 1989's Paul's Boutique with its stellar singles "Shake Your Rump", "Hey Ladies" and "Shadrach". A follow up to the world-conquering frat-tastic License to Ill, it joined De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising and A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory as the moment where hip hop chilled out, signalling the future rise of alternative hip hop. It made use of samples in a way that never had been heard before and never would again. But how did it all come together? How did they get away with sampling The Beatles? How did three Jewish kids from Brooklyn create one of the important albums in 80s Hip Hop? This is the story of Paul’s Boutique.
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00:00 Introduction
01:05 Before Paul's Boutique
05:24 Full Clout
08:46 Paul's Boutique
14:19 The Ending
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[@thevfxmancolorizationvfxex4051]

Can you please do a video on the history of Prog Rock?

[@RoweReviews]

After Dookie: The Evolution of Pop-Punk

[@ivysatana]

Please do one about the rock n roll frankenstein's monster that is The Cramps

[@timothybarnett1006]

Pop Will Eat Itself and their legacy

[@richardrobbin2225]

Thanks so much for doing this video! Needless to say stuck at home and you made my afternoon.

[@Gappasaurus]

All i can say is: "It's a trip, it's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it" 😎

[@billslocum9819]

TV weatherman Lloyd Lindsay Young is the most obscure sample on that album.

[@Gappasaurus]

@Bill Slocum Lol, truth 😄

[@evansolomon169]

Same. Lol

[@dub2536]

"Nostalgia....." : )

[@elreyabeja4539]

You know it's got clout to it

[@boydegg]

Like Miles Davis, I never get tired of listening to Paul's Boutique.

[@phillyblunt138]

Brian Boyd didn’t know Miles was a fan of Paul’s Boutique. You learn something knew every day

[@CrayzMark]

Word!

[@BartingOver14]

I have searched this thing about Miles Davis praising Paul's Boutique for a long time but unfortunately I'm unable to find any articles about it. Can you tell me where it came from?

[@PiLLbOt100]

I much prefer I'll Communication. Though, I can listen to Paul's Boutique quite often.

[@matthewhowell1279]

Brian Boyd that statement just makes me happy. I mean that’s awesome!

[@kennethliss6331]

I saw them 5 times in San Francisco. I'm 76 and they are my favorite band of all time. My favorite album of their is Paul's Boutique and it's my favorite album of all time. In 1990 I brought the cassette of that album to Greek islands and a snack bar, just up the hill from the beach played both sides of the album over and over, all day and very loud. European women were dancing with their tops off in the water and on the beach. American women don't take their tops off. It was such an amazing day. I live in Cambodia and just a month ago I bought a Beastie Boy poster by Frank Kozik with Bruce Lee on it from a show they did with Luscious Jackson in Prague. Outrageous poster. I miss them.

[@Spthomas47]

Hope you're still kickin, ol head. ✌🏼🤘🏼

[@michaelemonds]

Paul's Boutique is the Sgt. Pepper's of hip hop.

[@chriskennedy900]

Nah, pet sounds

[@slothDAMN]

@@chriskennedy900 It's better than both.

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

I think it makes sense to use Pet Sounds, because that was the LP that prompted the Beatles to make Sgt Peppers... So, Pauls Boutique is the Pet Sounds, of hip hop. ;-)

[@spinny2010]

litterally and figuratively.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Michael Emonds That distinction could also go to De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising.

[@ethanchouinard2533]

“The sounds of science” is my all time favorite. I never knew about the Beatle samples and it just made me love it even more!!!!!

[@jofhill1066]

Me too. My dad was a massive Beatles fan and I bet he’d have picked out those samples and told me. Like it even more now.

[@stephenjanusas2587]

Paul's Boutique was they're best album by far, "High Plain Drifter" is my fav track. I still find myself rapping that cut every now and then..

[@thetvbaby83]

One of my favs still! Classic!

[@henrywilkerson5681]

their*

[@travisyarbrough4033]

Great follow up to Paul Revere

[@jamesg6027]

A legitimate musical masterpiece. There isn’t anything that comes close to this in terms of creativity

[@davidellis5141]

Paul's Boutique sealed the deal on " sample " oriented rap. A classic album , often emulated , never bested. A work of art.

Sampled based hip hop not rap and they're not rappers they are MCs

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

@ ah yes, I too remember my first few years being a hardcore head. lol

@@mydogsnameislucy768 yes they're hardcore punk rock

[@maskof]

12:28 All these years and I didn't recognize that 'Sound of Science' opens with the loop of 'When I'm 64' . Brilliant!

[@maggiepowell7696]

Paul’s Boutique is a masterpiece. It takes you on a journey. I can’t pick a favourite song!

[@Disco_Breakin]

Sounds of science

[@n.a.mcintosh4697]

www.kexp.org/breakdown/paulsboutique/

[@robgesualdi206]

High Plains drifter

[@robgesualdi206]

Looking down the barrel of a gun. Too many bangers to pick 1

[@amyparra1881]

Maggie, it really is. It was an album that stood out in that era, which unfortunately didn't get the props that it truly deserves.

[@jasoncromwell4206]

"Looking down barrel of a gun, son of a gun getting paid getting rich." Yeah I loved Licensed, but I didn't know about this record until about 5 years afterward when a buddy of mine played it for me. Love this album every second is great.

[@datamyt3]

All of it

[@n.a.mcintosh4697]

son of a gun, son of a bitch, getting paid getting rich

[@n.a.mcintosh4697]

www.kexp.org/breakdown/paulsboutique/

[@hikerpunk2823]

Great album, great track. " Just looking for a fist to put your face in ".

[@natalyawoop4263]

That Mountain sample is insane

[@matafuko]

Check Your Head is my personal favourite, but the achievement of Paul's Boutique is undeniable.

[@roylatekajxam]

Agree

[@louis-patrickrancourt1565]

Me to, I recognize the sheer genius of PB, but my favorite is the rawness of the new genre they defined, mastered and killed after IC & HN, because no one could do it.

[@robgesualdi206]

Depends on my mood. It's really what I've listened to last lol. Literally 1A and 1B

[@quirkypurple]

It's worth saying that Fight For Your Right was a satire and a piss-take of the frat-boy but then they said those guys starting coming to the shows which wasn't the intention.

[@aufhebenx3662]

It was also a piss take on classic rock

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

I think that the Boys are fudging that bit of Beastie Lore... maybe they were being satirical, but I doubt that was at the forefront of their minds. It's really benign, that retconning, so it isn't a big issue. Time to listen to some Beastie Boys Bouillabaisse... Ah, yeah! Ah-eh-ah-eh-ah-eh-ah, ah yeah!

[@iPhown]

I don’t think it was satire. I think they hit gold and rode the wave. Maybe afterwards they decided it wasn’t cool and they couldn’t handle the fan base they had, but at the time I think they just went with it and it got too much for them. Anyway, artists are judged by the work they put out - if the satire wasn’t clear in the work, that was their misstep. And I say all this as someone who had this album at release when I was still in school - whether they meant satire, as a school kid I didn’t see or know that - had no internet and no access to interviews. I figured tracks like Girls and Paul Revere and the misogynistic elements were just fine... it wasn’t until a few years later I became embarrassed about that album.

[@aufhebenx3662]

@@iPhown www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136019762/the-fresh-air-interview-the-beastie-boys They state it was satire making fun of classic rock songs like smoking in the boys room and I wanna rock. It was Rick and def jam who saw the track as a potential hit and pushed it. In The interview with them they state it was always a riff on the culture since the beginning and considering they came directly from the punk/hardcore scene it makes sense given the role of punk was to whipe out classic rock culture. And maybe I was just a smart kid in grade 7 but from the first listen i could tell it was a piss take 🤷‍♂️

[@aufhebenx3662]

Hell even when the record dropped it was discussed on live tv with people reading the lyrics and jello from dead kennedies on the air stated "I dont see how anyone who hears these lyrics cannot tell its satire" The hip hop community at the time thought that the beastie were also satirizing their culture

[@panrick]

It's funny, every time I read or watch something about Paul's Boutique it always says the same thing about the public's response upon its release. They say the album was released and the public didn't like it or didn't pay attention to it. But I've spoken to many people about this who were around back then, and we all remember it differently. My friends and I were all fans of Beastie Boys first album, and I never heard they released an album until they released Check Your Head. I rushed out and bought it, and loved it. Fantastic record. Soon after I found out that Check Your Head was not their second album, it was actually their third. So I went out and bought Pauls Boutique and instantly LOVED that album too. It was like both albums came out a few weeks apart from each other as far as my friends and I were concerned. I don't think it was the public that rejected Beastie Boys around the time of Pauls Boutique, I think the music press and their record label did not do their job of getting the word out. We had no idea Pauls Boutique existed.....funny thing is, in retrospect, that was probably the best thing for the Beastie Boys. They blew up in the 90s because for many people it was like they released two amazing albums at once....and then Ill Communication came out only 2 years later.

[@WilliamRMize]

No it was spring semester of my freshman year. Everyone on my floor had an alternative stoner eve out together playinv video games and smoking a ton of pot. Nack then they still had arcades. On the way back to the dorm my roomate said check ojt this new Beasty Boys and I was COMPLETELY blown away!!! I limed License to Ill but I LOVED and LOVE the Boutique!!! It actually inspired us to try and make our own Psychedelic hip hop Punck Rock album. It was bad but we had fun. Haha

[@BlenKingzly]

UncleOwen no, the critical press and college radio ate it up, it was actually capitol records who dropped the ball, you can find interviews on yt where the b-boys talk abt how the label president who signed them got fired, and his replacement wanted to put more focus on promoting a Donnie Osmond record that was released around the same time. Had PB come out on a label that had a better hip hop or urban promotions dept., I believe it would’ve received the success it deserved. 3 feet and nation of millions, (both albums which were very similar in production style) came out the year before, and still make the top 10 of many musicians’ and critics all-time albums. the heads knew abt PB in it’s time, but thanks to capitol, mainstream USA didn’t ride the wave.

[@panrick]

SyzeOne what do you mean “no”? I was stating a personal experience of myself and many people I spoke to about it. And thanks for the history lesson but I read the book too. What is so weird about your comment is that you start it off by saying “no” as if i was wrong. But then you proceeded to essentially say what I said. That the record label dropped the ball. The only difference was that I was telling it from my point of view from my personal experience. I had no idea Paul’s Boutique came out.

[@panrick]

William R. Mize why are you saying “no”? I was telling a story about my personal experience. Your experience is going to be different than my experience. That doesn’t mean I’m wrong.

[@darrend.6918]

You guys are way off for one reason, you aren't looking at the bigger picture of what was going in in rap music outside of the Beasties. Pauls Boutique failed commercally for 2 main reasons, 1- Licensed to Ill blew up with a mainly white, suburban fan base who weren't typical inner city rap consumers. When Pauls Boutique wasnt a carbon copy of Licensed, that fan base abandoned it. (Happens to many groups of every genre). 2 - 8 mobths prior to Pauls Boutique, NWA released "Straight Outta Compton" and the rap consumer - as well as many of the old Licensed to Il fan base - gravitated to this new, ultra violent, cathartic music. Conscious groups like Public Enemy, BDP, De La Soul, X Clan struggled to sell units as everyone wanted gangsta rap. Tales of gangs and drive bys. I was in the clubs in NYC and we couldn't believe the love NWA was getting. It was the new shit and what was selling and it took over, and Pauls Boutique was too cerebral for this new genre. It was timing more than anything else. The album holds up because it was ahead of its time, but its commercal failure is easy to dossect as one who was there at the time. And if you look at the entire scope of whst was going on in rap music at the time. Capitol could've spent millions promoting it, it wouldn't have mattered, the consumers wanted gangsta shit, ask Dr Dre in his mansion about that, he'll telll you as well.

[@richardrobbin2225]

In my car's CD player for going on 3 weeks now. High Plains Drifter is my theme song.

[@insertcolorfulmetaphor8520]

Cuz I'mma high... (HIGH) Plains... (PLAINS) Drifter... (DRIFTER)

[@deathmetalandhiphop]

You should watch the movie

[@richardrobbin2225]

@@deathmetalandhiphop I did,1981 Got it on DVD a few years back. It's no Outlaw Josey Wales but HELL.😀👍

[@bmxpacman]

I reach behind the seat and snatched a Kool from the pack.

[@dongately2817]

NA McIntosh - thank you for that

[@fortylove68]

I'm a hip hop head. Cant think of a more cohesive record beginning to end, and back again. Masterpiece.

[@n.a.mcintosh4697]

www.kexp.org/breakdown/paulsboutique/

[@technicalcucumber]

High Plains Drifter by far my fav on this album.

[@MichaelLevineHair]

Same. And that Eagles drum sample is so perfect

[@christopherlee3203]

I love High Plains Drifter myself. That's another great sample from The Eagles. From"Those Shoes".

[@christopherlee3203]

What would it Cost to make today????? 50 million?? 250k at the time and things have drastically changed since 89

[@jimsteele2072]

Car Thief

[@katsomeday1]

I bought that album on cassette in a gas station on a road trip and until that car met its demise it was on regular rotation. "Johnny Ryall" just clicked for me.

[@adamwhite2329]

Was it the orange cassette? I bought that bad boy the week it came out, then handed it off to my best friend as soon as I got the CD.

[@matt_matt_matt6775]

Johnny Ryall had a platinum voice.

[@dapper189]

Johnny Ryall. That twangy guitar sample in the chorus hits the spot.

[@roysabo5319]

He’s the leader of the homeless!

[@ivysatana]

I need one of these videos on The Cramps

[@malignantsparrow5892]

THIS

[@somerando4354]

They're the kind of band that can change your life!

[@johnbruner8440]

@@somerando4354 they did mine. I grew up in late 70's and thought music was dead. A younger friend of mine popped in a cassette of "License to Ill" & my life changed. Felt 7 years younger instantly.

[@flipnap2112]

the band the cramps?

[@flipnap2112]

@0000 that's what I thought. ill ask lux about it. I communicate with the dead

[@mrnegronis]

I wish they talked more about "Hey Ladies." The samples used on it and so forth.

[@dallasskinner6885]

Love it so much, it's the name of my business. Hey Ladies! Get Funky

[@theskolcup]

There's more to it than they'll never know

[@rotagbhd]

Needs more cowbell. @@dallasskinner6885

[@1976trav]

Beastie since 1987 til I die.I was lucky enough to see them live.

[@bobtwichew3103]

I've seen them live 10 times. RIP Adam Yauch.

[@commercialrealestatecoach]

Beasties' first 4 albums were all near-perfection with every song so likable. Hello Nasty & those that followed had some fresh tracks but also some bombs.

[@claudiogallucci563]

Totally agree I only bought the first 4 albums

[@dakota.7617]

Still a good ratio of good to bad tho. Great career

[@cactaceous]

Hello Nasty is one of their 4 back to back classics. Starting with Paul’s Boutique. After they came back from the extended hiatus after Hello Nasty, 6 long years, they had lost a step but still had the skills to pay the bills. Lucky to have seen them live twice. They were there in middle, high school, college and post. The formative years of my life soundtrack by 3 kids from my city that made music for us stoned out skaters who loved hip hop punk and comedy.

[@EmptyGoat]

What's perhaps most impressive is that the album will engage you on every level. You just want to bounce your head, check. You want to analyze song structure, check. You want interesting lyrics and flows, check. And it continues to engage on subsequent listens.

[@lordfizzz]

Man diving into this album in different decades of my life has been amazing. I still rate Paul's boutique in my top 5. Being a young punk and hearing pieces of my mom and dads boomer rock chopped up and rapped over was magic

[@GaetanoCozza]

This album changed my life. It was my 14th birthday present, february 1990. I had asked for Run DMC, but my mom bought Paul's Boutique LP instead, probably the shop ran out of Raising Hell. Still listen to it, in my top five since then and forever ❤

[@docgonzales]

Great documenting! Paul's Boutique might be the only new release that i heard where I knew I was listening to the future. Ironically enough i was just so glad to hear organic drumming after 10 years of thin programmed drums, programmed by people who weren't drummers, samples were a much needed time machine

[@mistressmozart]

Beastie Boys are one of my all time favourite groups. Paul's Boutique is a masterpiece!

[@deetotheski9642]

the zenith of sample based hip hop. always loved how they sneaked floyds' "time" into looking down the barrel of a gun, being a personal fave. dj funktual does a great breakdown of shake your rump. regardless of genre, one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@yeetkunedo]

I mean this with no hyperbole: Paul’s Boutique is my favorite album of all time.

[@patrickokane7219]

Favorite song has to be that long medley at the end and it fading out the same way the album starts off

[@Goatchild90]

B-boy Bouillabaisse

[@MichaelAaronRose]

Paul's Boutique is my favorite album of all time. Shadrach is probably my favorite song but it's not easy to choose.

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

Best album of all time. Never get tired of listening to it. Was lucky enough to see them live in 87, amazing.

[@jeremyellismusic]

As amazing as this album is, their live performances in the years after this with DJ Hurricane might have been even better. I remember seeing them at Lollapalooza in 94 and they were so good that the Smashing Pumpkins had much of the audience leave and some booing because the difference in stage presence was so stark. Kind of like if The Who decided to go after Hendrix, type thing. Bad idea. The three of them would cover the whole stage during every song, projecting to every part of the audience while performing meticulously planned out tracks to perfection. Truly phenomenal.

[@mikeroe73]

I saw them at Lolla in 94 as well. Possibly the greatest live show I've ever seen. The word play between the 3 will never be duplicated.

[@douglasmilton2805]

Hadn't listened to Paul's Boutique for...I don't even want to think how long. Now you send me back to it and oh how good it is. Sees off those Corona blues...Many thanks!

[@maxvilla5558]

Still have it on tape

[@gallopingtortoise8598]

Greatest Album of ALL Time ,, totally under appreciated in its day. Brings back so many memories , so many good times ... Never forget the first time i saw them at Danceteria ... I need a time machine

[@popeye089]

This album is so epic. My wife and I quote the songs all the time to each other and act out the pimp walk in public all time. You should do their album The In Sound from Way Out! and how they eventually started to incorporate live instruments into their work.. They stayed relevant by always evolving and growing while paving their own way.

[@n.a.mcintosh4697]

www.kexp.org/breakdown/paulsboutique/

[@natefunk406]

I LOVE sampled hip-hop, and this album is KING of sampled hip-hop.

[@bengibson9228]

Listening to MCA’s “A year and a day” gives me chills every damn time. So raw.

[@amyparra1881]

Nothing touches Beastie Boys album like Paul's Boutique. It's so very unique with dubs, samples, instrumental, and huge talent.

[@adroxorz]

Pauls Boutique is a seminal hip hop album, and one in my top 10 Albums of all time. High Plains Drifter is my fave followed closely by Car Thief... just a brilliant album. Side note: only found this channel last week and have watched nearly all of your content. Fantastic channel and really well researched and put together!

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

I was HEAVY into License To Ill, so when I finally got Paul's Boutique home, I was like, what is this CRAP! But holy shit it grew on me, and soon it was a STAPLE in the 5 disc CD changer! So good. Give it a listen bitches!!

[@BlenKingzly]

nation of millions, 3 feet, and paul's are EASILY the holy trifecta, and the penultimate blueprint of what could be achieved through arranging instrumentation with samples. with the exception of main source's "breaking atoms" or shadow's "entroducing", i cant really think of any body of work that surpasses the pure craftsmanship of those three records.

[@michaelemonds]

The best track has to be B-Boy Bouillabaisse.

[@erbefi]

Michael Emonds my fav part of Bouillabaisse is MCA’s “A year and a day” so hard and funky!! :D

[@diegogonzales9653]

I STAY AT HOME JUST LIKE A HERMIT

[@jerrybishop2115]

@@diegogonzales9653 i got the jammy but i dont got the permit!😎

[@castle4610]

@@jerrybishop2115 *jammy

[@castle4610]

@@erbefi Definitely underrated. MCA goes hard

[@johnstjohn6658]

I remember when the Dust Brothers used to have a Hip Hop/Rap show on KSPC. In the Empire - KSPC along with the Sunday shows on KUCR and KUOR are where we'd discover the newest Hip Hop/Rap songs. It would come on as we were headed to the clubs so we'd just tape the first half while getting dressed and then tape the rest while we were out and then edit our cassettes into a best-of mix tape. While not often recognized as such, the Dust Brothers are OGs of Hip Hop.

[@twan5555]

I just finished watching this for the fifth time. Just absolutely unreal; a mini-doc worthy of what is- IMO- the greatest album (not "Hip-Hop Album"- but ALBUM) OF ALL TIME. Dude- I fucking LOVE your stuff. Gonna Patreon you just for this- and am looking forward to Fugazi up next. You are one awesome Limey.

[@sixfootben4892]

Paul's boutique is one of those albums like nirvana unplugged that will never grow old

[@cremin13]

Egg Man is the ultimate tune off pauls boutique, followed closely by Shake Your Rump

[@lfrankow]

I bought Paul's Boutique the day it came out, on cassette. Played it a couple of times, then put it away for a year or two. Found it in the armrest storage area, when I was selling the car it was in. Played a couple of songs off it, and put it away again. Fast forward to almost 5 years after originally getting the cassette. Popped it in, because nothing else in the cassette carrier sounded good at the time. The tape didn't leave the car until it was worn out, and had to be replaced. Bought the 20th anniversary (with bonus commentary) from the Beastie Boys site when it was released. Looking back, I can honestly say it's one of the most inspired pieces of work as a whole, that has ever been. Just as profound as Dark Side of the Moon, or The Wall, or any other album of that type. It was an honor and a blessing to be able to see them in Auburn Hills when they were touring for Hello Nasty. The world lost something when MCA passed. That part of music history was over. It's kind of funny how you can tell stuff about people by the music they like. Paul's is one of those albums - if a person doesn't appreciate it, I tend to keep them at arm's distance until I get to know them better, to see if I can trust them.

[@ShortBusExpressions]

It's hilarious and gratifying to see people revisiting 'Paul's Boutique' 30 years on... the boys and I were onboard from day one in 1989. It was the quintessential soundtrack to our bong hit and acid fueled lives: Our Sergent Pepper. We even remarked that back then... there are so many many many layers to this album. A true masterpiece!

[@christopherlammert4405]

The lp is a foldout 360 panorama of that intersection where Paul's Boutique was made. (not a real store or commercial on the album) but I have spent many hours staring at that cover while singing along.

[@LastBastian]

Love this album. "Looking down the barrel of a gun" is my personal favorite Beastie song. 👍

[@SmokeTheHolyChalice]

The incredible progression of their lyrical skills, writing, and timing that took place between “License to Ill” and “Paul’s Boutique” is nothing short of astounding. The odds are slim; one person could make such a leap forward in talent, but to have all three achieve this feat is truly remarkable. To me, it can only be explained with three guys sharing one collective mind, so that they are three in body. Mentally, they share one hive mind that each of them occupies and taps into. They also were of one spirit as well. These reasons are why when MCA passed, Mike D and Ad-Rock couldn’t continue on in the same capacities knowing they were operating with a crucial third missing.

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

My Word the Boys were so baby faced and fresh. I feel like I'm getting old. Wait I am old. Lol Rip MCA

[@jasonmolinaro4520]

Paul’s boutique is artistic masterpiece that should be listened to front to back constantly. Two samples I still love “ yo they just got my little cousin essay”. & “ I’m a farmer” brilliant

[@daveconlin8342]

"I date women on tv with the help of Chuck Woolery"

[@bostonkeith1]

Dave Conlin the amount of one liners from that album is second to none

[@lfrankow]

I got words flowin' out just like the grand canyon

[@michaeldooley6804]

Got more Louie than Phillip Rizzuto

[@natefunk406]

Drive by eggings plaguing LA, "Yo, they just got my little cousin essay!"

[@rubenv101]

“Paul’s Boutique” continues to be one of my all time fave albums. I love it so much more than “Licensed To Ill”.

[@DeChaos137]

These guys soundtracked my life. Starting off punk, and forever retaining that attitude, but growing and experimenting and deciding who I would become. Pauls Boutique came out when we had a recording studio in our basement, making mixes with 3 boomboxes, doubling bits of weirdness back ontop of eachother. To this day, every time I hear that album, I hear something new. It's got a life of it's own, breathing... Im so honored to have been blessed with their sounds for so many years. Hats off, Many Thznks, Cheers and rip MCA.

[@Dninny1]

Favourite track is always changing. Currently it's 'looking down the barrel of a gun.' It is so hard hitting. Great video by the way, packed with info and great clips.

[@TheBandit13]

Masterpiece! Bought it the day it came out and was shocked! What the fuck I was listening to...... ? (I thought). My friends and I expected 4 track and drum loops, so we were like WTF. But, we soon began to figure it out, and to this day, I'm still learning and hearing new things all the time. I've listened to no other piece of music more than PB. It changed me. 🎤 RIP MCA

[@badshibari6707]

Paul's Boutique is incredible. Wish the era of sampling could be recreated today.

[@whistlerwade]

My younget stepsister bought me this album for my birthday in 1990. I was pistzoff because I didn't know what album it was and it didn't have fight for your right to party. One month later I realized I was a moron.

[@PhatLvis]

It changes: Favorite at first was Car Thief; then Sounds Of Science with the cleverly layered Beatles samples. Hey Ladies & SYR were sort of hits upon release (esp. Ladies) - on MTV & K-DAY radio in L.A. Then only die-hards stuck with the album through the '89 summer till it became an indelible favorite. Also, the 12-inch (and cassette) singles had great instrumental versions with extra bits - this becoming a Beasties staple and an art form unto itself.

[@iainmcclure416]

Love "Car Thief" - so funky and funny.

[@pitchforker3304]

Great documentary. Paul's Boutique is one of my favorite albums. At the time, I couldn't believe it was the Beastie Boys.

[@barkbustin]

My favorite Beastie Boys album. We played the shit out of it and I still do.

[@MonkyMonk729]

In my opinion, Check Your Head is their masterpiece. I know I'm in a tiny minority, but I'm more of a rock guy than a hip hop guy and I love that they rock out on actual instruments on much of Check Your Head.

[@richardrobbin2225]

Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun off Paul's Boutique is a good look at things to come with Check Your Head it rocks in the same vein.

[@RogueBoyScout]

Yeah, Check Your Head is the album I play way more often. I even had to buy the t-shirt when I saw it for sale.

[@MrGringissimo]

It's a close #2 in my book. Both blew my mind when I first heard them and for a long time after, but Paul's is just so unique.

[@andrewfoster883]

Totally agree. Paul's Boutique is great, but they really learned to play their instruments on Check. The grooves are amazing. The grooves have a hiphop feel but there's something much deeper in them also

[@slothDAMN]

@@andrewfoster883 Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication and Hello Nasty are all absolute classics, imo.

[@maxibaer]

A lot of great research and cratedigging went into the making of this video! thanks a lot! Much appreciated!

[@downeybill]

I felt this record was head and shoulders above other hip hop and rap and most pop of that time, I love bumping into people who saw the same thing. a brilliant psychedelic rap-fest.

[@xenos_n.]

Dude you always analyze fantastic music, love your channel! This is my favorite Beastie Boys, it's so damn good!

[@Scotty-P]

I'm on one of the; apparently, only 250,000 or so who bought Paul's Boutique in 1989 and I loved it from the get-go.

[@wookiedog]

Bought this record when it first came out and recently bought it again when i finally got me a turntable. Still one of the alltime classics

[@Jo8Nathan]

Yay, I always enjoy your videos, but as a massive Beastie Boys fan this get´s me way excited. Thanks for your great content, keeps me invested in my love of music and exploring new genres and ideas all the time!

[@Vpmatt]

I can't think of too many ageless and brilliant albums that are actually understood on release, that really do stand the test of time. They're usually far ahead of their time on release and take time to be understood and admired. The Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" springs to mind. "I guess I just wasn't made for these times."

[@kellysutherland-murray4118]

LOVED IT ❤️... Soooo glad I found this .. Paul's Boutique by far my absolute favourite of there's & up there as 1 of the all time CLASSICS , timeless...

[@sierratechnicaladvisorygroup]

1989... Public Enemy, Paul's Boutique, Married with Children, Living Colour, SNL's Toonces the Driving Cat, Yo MTV Raps, and if you had your ear down to the ground, Soundgarden & the whole Seattle/alt rock scene was bubbling up under the bloated excess of hair metal... And no smart phones. Gen X all the way. Peace out & word up!

[@awakeinsd]

1989 I was a sophomore in high school and was discovering what I liked, as opposed to watching/hearing what my dad and my friends were telling me to check out. You nailed the best of the best. I forgot about that shitty driving cat. So good.

[@toddhumphrey6310]

One of favorite recordings ever! Thanks for making this video.

[@kingfisheroutdoors4497]

When this album came out, I liked it a lot and played it while I was skateboarding. I didn't know any of this subterranean stuff. I recognized a small amount of sampling but not all of this stuff. I didnt even know that it did poorly. I was just jamming. I read something at the time that quoted the band members saying they just stayed up late every night smoking and listening to old records trying to see what to use next.

[@MrKingkorn69]

Sounds of Science is my jam and my fav hip hop record and fav band.

[@alternatesportshistory3605]

I remember as a kid seeing the "Hey Ladies" video on MTV and listening to the music...still remember being blown away by lyrics like "I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh" and the samples that seemed to come from everywhere. That whole record changes you, you don't see music the same way after.

[@jwall178]

Thank you for making this video - you're making quarantine much more bearable

[@Squatex1]

PB was literally the only thing I listened to that summer...Skateboarding, guitar and Pauls Boutique at my grandmothers house in Central Florida.

[@VivaSepulchre]

Wow. Thank you. This was an outstanding video

[@gregoryambres1897]

There was not the sort of "music appreciation" (for "popular" music) at that time as there is now (as evidenced by this video). The boys were just too ahead of their time with this one.

[@skyb8687]

Yup

[@thomrade]

Always happy to see a new Trash Theory, hope you're staying safe in lockdown!

[@sashajasper497]

I first listened to it when it came out in 1989 and have listened to a lot of music since and it remains my favourite album. thanks for the clip.

[@zroy9263]

I still remember when this album came out in the summer of 1989. It was a great time to be young. I was 23 years old (the same age as the cats in the Beastie Boys), and having the time of my life! I was living in LA and visiting my hometown in Brooklyn during that summer. The club scenes in both of these cities were off the fuckin' charts! Lots of drugs, liquor, mayhem, and broads. The music was incredibly funky. Especially the hip-hop. When I first heard the PAUL'S BOUTIQUE album, it went over my head. I was expecting something like their first album. This album was much more complex. The beats and grooves were infectious, however. And their rapping, delivery, and rhyming were also funky. This album was pure genius. Clever, rude, articulate, slick, humorous, witty, drug-induced, creative, misogynistic, gangster, violent, and quirky. The shit was incredible. It was all of it. My kid brother, an authority in hip-hop, ran out of his bedroom to tell me how funky the beats were, while I was bumpin' it! My Black street homies thought it was the lick! This album will always be one of my all-time favorites. The entire album is funky fresh out the box, but I would say my favorite track is: What comes around. Yo, that joint is so fuckin' FUNKY that the shit is stank! A quintessential BEASTIE BOYS track.

[@JustinLeeper]

I’ve read and watched a lot about Paul’s Boutique - one of my favorite albums - but I still really enjoyed this! Great video!

[@T.R.R.Jolkien]

my friend had this cassette in 1990 at spring break in South Padre Island, Texas. Everyone was listening to Shake your rump. We skated downtown late at night and the streets were ours...

[@chrisrussell9991]

well done, thank you for a great documentary!

[@nocturnalron69]

Thanks for making this.

[@GageM808]

this is top notch man really ive been listening to this album my entire life and i learned so much

[@cummywummy2896]

I'm a little younger. I found this CD for a dollar at a Goodwill and finally got why my mom always liked these guys. Me and my punk friends were bumping that shit all summer

[@quinnrollen]

Their greatest work! Thanks for posting!

[@trekgreenwood6743]

I think what makes Paul’s Boutique special is that if it were made in todays era, it would be absolutely impossible to release. We’re talking minimum 250 samples that we know of. That’s a lot of money and headaches for clearances and royalties that would have to occur in these times. But luckily it was released during the right time, just before the ending of the early Wild West days of sampling where almost anything went, and not much people took sampling legalities seriously. I’d argue though that once this album did drop, a lot of people wanted their royalties when sampled.

[@richarddeese1991]

Thanks. I remember that I read David Hiltbrand's review back in '89. I went out and got the cassette tape a couple of weeks later. WOW! It's one of the most amazing records I've ever heard - and I still love it. That old cassette is long gone at this point (mostly because I wore it out!), but Paul's Boutique is forever - all-time kick-ass jams! tavi.

[@acalthu]

I really enjoyed this piece. The Beastie Boys are quite possibly one of my favourite bands ever. The loss of MCA is still on the back of my mind, and the fact that we'll probably never hear new material from them ever again.

[@Jf2jf2jf2]

Finally an amazing video on this masterpiece

[@deannilvalli6579]

Another really well put together video, very informative video. Well done as always.

[@letitbeknown8126]

A true masterpiece!!!👍👍👍