Licensed to Ill
Occupation
Adam Yauch ( MCA) Michael Diamond (Mike D) Adam Horovitz (King Ad Rock )
Licensed to Ill is the debut album of hip- hop group the Beastie Boys. The album was produced by Rick Rubin.
The combination of hip hop beats and catchy guitar riffs became instantly platinum status. The album is considered as the most successful hip- hop album of the 80's and is still one of the milestones of the genre. It is the first pure hip-hop album, which reached # 1 in the U.S. Billboard charts. This position could hold five weeks the album. In the U.S. alone more than 8 million units have been sold to date. The Rolling Stone led Licensed to Ill in 2003 at No. 215 to its list of the 500 best albums of all time. 2013 was voted by Rolling Stone as the "best debut album of all time ". Licensed to Ill is also listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You.
From album five pieces were released as a single, including the song ( You Gotta ) Fight for Your Right ( To Party! ), Which represents one of the biggest hits of the band.
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Illustration
The front cover shows the fuselage of a Boeing 727 with a Beastie Boys logo and the lettering 3MTA3 ( Eat Me in mirror writing ) on the tail. Only on the back of the panel you can see the front of the machine, which is shattered on the ground.
The band photo in the booklet comes from photographer Ricky Powell.
MCA (Adam Yauch ) • Ad skirt (Adam Horovitz ) • Mike D ( Michael Diamond )
Licensed to Ill Paul's Boutique • • Check Your Head • Ill Communication • Hello Nasty • To the 5 Boroughs • The Mix -Up • Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Polly Wog Stew • Cooky Puss • Aglio e Olio Rock Hard • • Root Down
Some Old Bullshit • The In Sound From Way Out! • Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science • Solid Gold Hits
( You Gotta ) Fight for Your Right ( to Party! ) • Sabotage
- Album ( Hip- Hop )
- Album 1986
- Number-one album
- Multi-platinum album (United States)
- Beastie Boys