Yes! My favorite album in the underground hip-hop scene. The only group I know that has gone mainstream and still stayed true to the game. The Beastie Boys!!!!!! Yay! Released in 2004, ‘To The Five Boroughs’, brought the best out from the three New Yorkers! Yet unlike there previous albums, the Beastie Boys have kinda gone political. Some of their songs have been used as a political waker to the younger generation. Some of there song have been on number one charts for a while. I an super excited to tell you, the viewer about it.
Once you put the album you notice there infectious and danceable music, with the song “Ch-Ch-Check It Out” the Beastie Boys haven’t missed a beat since there last album in the late 1990s. They waste no time in making fun of themselves and their strange love for Star Trek. They get right into the groove of the politcal scene with songs as “Right,Right, Now, Now” and “We Got The” urge for young voters to bring up their voices and vote, which just happens to be a pivitol moment for all voters this election year.
Here’s a clip of ‘Ch-Check It Out:’
I love the Beastie Boys, both old and new . I love how they tend to mix all kinds of music into their lyrics. The Lyrics tend to speak to everyone and anyone who would listen, it becomes poetry and sometimes people live by it. In some of their older albums, The Beastie Boys tend to rap about the normal stuff rappers would rap about, drinking, and women. Now they tend to use politics and yes, they still diss other rappers. I mean why try to step up to them… It’s the Beastie Boys!!!!!!!
So go out and grab “To the 5 Boroughs” It doesn’t matter if they came out before your born, or whether you were a fan from the very beginning.. This album will get your ‘body movin’….and fix yourself some “brass monkey” to get you in the mood….
Until Next Time…Stay Fly
Courtney A.
