• Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was released on November 15, 1986, by Def Jam and Columbia Records...
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    transition to hip hop, and Schellenbach left. They toured with Madonna in 1985 and a year later released their debut album, Licensed to Ill (1986), the...
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    from 1987 Licensed to Ill VHS (Def Jam Recordings)". thewitzard.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 31, 2024. "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) |...
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    shift away from punk to hip hop. In 1986, the group's debut album Licensed to Ill was released on Def Jam Records and became a huge success. Though it...
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  • group Beastie Boys. It was a single released from their first album Licensed to Ill. It is also on the Beastie Boys' compilation album Solid Gold Hits...
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  • Paul's Boutique did not match the sales of the group's 1986 debut Licensed to Ill, and was promoted minimally by Capitol. However, despite its initial...
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    with Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986) Paul's Boutique (1989) Check Your Head (1992) Ill Communication (1994) Hello Nasty (1998) To the 5 Boroughs (2004)...
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    ceremonies were held to rename the Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights to Adam Yauch Park. with Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986) Paul's Boutique...
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    and "She's on It" (1985), before releasing their debut studio album, Licensed to Ill (1986). The album blended rock and rap, and featured intricate wordplay...
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    released their debut album, Licensed to Ill, "a head-banging party album that enjoyed multi-platinum sales". According to CNN, the album "essentially...
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  • critics and rappers alike. The artwork is an homage to Beastie Boys' debut album, Licensed to Ill (1986). Kamikaze received mixed reviews from critics...
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  • Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986). It was written by Adam Horovitz, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels...
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  • the 5 Boroughs, 2004) "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" – 3:29 (from Licensed to Ill, 1986) "Pass the Mic" – 4:16 (from Check Your Head, 1992)...
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    Beastie Boys' debut album Licensed to Ill. Rubin felt the track "No Sleep till Brooklyn" needed a guitar solo, so he called in King to lay down the part. King...
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  • arena rock and old-school hip hop, mainly inspired by Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and LL Cool J's Radio, while the production is more minimalist than...
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  • Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single from their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986). One of their best-known songs, it reached No. 7 on the Billboard...
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  • music video as the seventh and final single from their debut album Licensed to Ill. The song is the shortest on the album, lasting just over two minutes...
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  • Run-DMC – Raising Hell 1986: Slayer  – Reign in Blood 1986: Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill 1986: Original Concept – Can You Feel It? 1986: Junkyard Band  – "The...
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  • permission. Their desire to include the song was thwarted when AC/DC refused to grant clearance for the sample to be used. Mike D spoke to AC/DC's Malcolm Young...
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  • album Licensed to Ill, which was the first rap album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Hip hop's "golden age" (or "golden era") is a name given to a period...
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  • Beastie Boys, released as the first single from their debut album Licensed to Ill. It is also remixed on the album New York State of Mind. In 2008, it...
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  • their 1986 debut album Licensed to Ill and also produced by Rubin, and Naughty by Nature's "Feel Me Flow". Writing credits are given to Eminem, Rubin, Squier...
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  • Beastie Boys, released as the third single from their debut album Licensed to Ill, released on November 6, 1986. "Beastie Boys Album & Song Chart History"...
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  • influenced the gangsta rap genre with their 1986 album Licensed to Ill, with an early reference to being a "gangster" mentioned in the song "Slow Ride"...
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  • investigates the response of a linear, time-invariant system to an arbitrary input signal Licensed to Ill, the 1986 debut album by the Beastie Boys Lost Time Incident...
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  • where members of the band were denied entry to a club by a bouncer, later returning, dressed in black, to pelt the offender with eggs. Some of the lyrics...
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    contributing to Rick Rubin's credibility and repertoire as a record producer. Radio, along with Raising Hell (1986) and Licensed to Ill (1986), would...
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  • Boys gained their first number one albums, with The Joshua Tree, and Licensed to Ill. 1987 in music List of number-one albums (United States) List of best-selling...
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  • rated five mics in 2002: Run-D.M.C. – Run-D.M.C. Radio – LL Cool J Licensed to Ill – Beastie Boys Raising Hell – Run-D.M.C. Criminal Minded – Boogie Down...
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