Beastie Boys - Licensed To IllLicensed To Ill is the groundbreaking debut studio album by the Beastie Boys. It was the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart in 1986. Produced by Rick Rubin and the Beastie Boys themselves, the classic LP features hits like "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)", "Brass Monkey", "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", "Girls", and "Hold It Now, Hit It". Hip Hops 50th Anniversary Edition, Limited Indie Exclusive burgundy coloured vinyl

was written clandestinely in Vancouver

carving out a distinct and unified voice as Ultimate Painting

and Meredith Lones steering a solid path through the chaos on bass

the recording studio gave hendrix the composer / arranger a broader palette

Originally released in 1997

and continually changing lineups - this is

Cave wrote on his inspiration for the album: "Ever since I can remember hearing the Lazarus story

Jean Knight

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yet soulful vocals - the album also takes in sophisticated

a record that always sounded ahead of its time as much as an historically accurate walk down memory lane

formed a feature-length movie