With Paul’s Boutique, the Beastie Boys went from fun frat rap backed by rock riffs to thoughtfully crafted hip hop with artfully layered sampling. In my book, it’s still the greatest rap album ever.
“You be listening to my records, a number one sound.”
We’re trashing hotels like it’s going out of style.
Mike D: Your pops caught you smoking and he said, “No way!”
MCA: That hypocrite smokes two packs a day.
I’m going to post one Beastie Boys music video each day along with an MCA quote because I’m sentimental like that.
“I come out at night ‘cause I sleep all day.”
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Since age 13, I have been obsessively watching movies, ranking them in lists and writing reviews. Now, I'm a graduate student in UCLA’s Cinema and Media Studies program. I earned my bachelor's at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Although I write mostly for this Tumblr, my work has also been published in PopMatters, and I recently worked at the trade Variety for nine months.
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