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  Licensed to Ill
Licensed to Ill is a hip hop album by The Beastie Boys, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).
It was the first rap album to become popular among mainstream audiences, as well as the first full-length by a white hip hop group.
Licensed to Ill was the first hip hop LP to top Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
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 LICENSED TO ILL
Huome had to wrap up the licensing deals for the remaining tracks in about 10 days so that Romero could record the mix and the label could begin promoting it within the crucial six-to-eight-week window before the release date.
The twist was that the track's artist had licensed it to another label before Subliminal, and that label in turn licensed it to a third label.
Should a track be licensed, his cut is 15 percent of the up-front fee and 15 percent of the royalties.
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 Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Licensed to Ill, like Cooky Puss and the underrated Rock Hard EP before it, were indeed both impressively ahead of their time, and rudimentary to the extreme.
Licensed to Ill is given a lot of credit for predating the whole rap-rock thing of the 90s.
Licensed to Ill demonstrated that you could be "groundbreaking" and "important," and still have no goals beyond getting drunk before 6th period.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/b/beastie-boys/licensed-to-ill.shtml   (855 words)

  
 Licensed to Ill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Licensed to Ill is the debut hip hop album by the Beastie Boys, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music).
It was the first rap album to become popular among mainstream audiences, as well as the first major full-length by a white hip hop group.
Kerry King of Slayer made an appearance on the album playing lead guitar on "No Sleep Till Brooklyn", and appeared in the video, which is a spoof of heavy metal music.
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 Beastie Boys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band recorded Licensed to Ill in 1986 and released the album at the end of the year.
The album was released in 1989 by Capitol Records and failed to match the sales of Licensed to Ill, reaching #14 on the Billboard 200 and #10 on the Billboard RandB charts.
Ill Communication, released in 1994, saw the Beastie Boys' return to the top of the charts when the album peaked at #2 on the RandB/ hip hop album chart.
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 Amazon.ca: Licensed To Ill: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The joke of Licensed to Ill's cover--that the Beasties could crash their jet into the side of a mountain and keep on tickin'--serves as a good metaphor for a career that even some of their 1986 admirers thought might be over after the one-time-only shock of this full-length debut.
The prevailing opinion at the time was that "Licensed To Ill" was one of the most obnoxious releases in the history of music.
But make no mistake, "License to Ill" is rude, obnoxious, and sometimes offensive by today's PC standards, but if you can take it with a grain of salt, it's also fun to listen to.
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 Licensed to ill
It would be very kind of you and your colleagues to leave the driver's license issue alone.
But when the information is required, such as on a driver's license, I find it intrusive when it's used for marketing purposes.
When I hear tales of the banking industry sharing customer information with anyone willing to pay the price, it sickens me. I can see the day when marketers will be put in the same unsavory category as lawyers and used-car salesmen, and I would hate to see that come about.
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 Beastie Boys :: Licensed to Ill :: Def Jam Recordings
"Licensed to Ill" may have started out as little more than a joke, but it went on to change the face of rap music forever and solidified the Beasties' place in history early on.
Landing on the scene way back in 1986, "Licensed to Ill" was preceded by huge amounts of hype.
Seriously, if you're listening to "Licensed to Ill" up to this point and you aren't at LEAST nodding your head (let alone fully wilin' out...), you, my friend, are a stone-faced, cold-hearted villain.
www.rapreviews.com /archive/BTTL_licensed.html   (1026 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife > Fly Life by Tricia Romano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The cops parked outside the venue, and then another flotilla of police checked the permits—a one-night beer-and-wine license and a $2.5 million insurance policy.
While the party's organizers were only using a separate exit and entrance for crowd control, Mulleedy says that in the event of an emergency, there were at least 10 roll-up garage doors from which patrons could leave.
They got handed a summons to appear in court January 14 for violating the cabaret law, which requires that venues be licensed for dancing.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0250/flylife.php   (683 words)

  
 Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Perhaps Licensed to Ill [+] was inevitable -- a white group blending rock and rap, giving them the first number one album in hip-hop history.
There is a sense of genuine discovery, of creating new music, that remains years later, after countless plays, countless misinterpretations, countless rip-off acts, even countless apologies from the Beasties, who seemed guilty by how intoxicating the sound of it is, how it makes beer-soaked hedonism sound like the apogee of human experience.
And maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but in either case, Licensed to Ill [+] reigns tall among the greatest records of its time.
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 Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For much of the mid-'80s, the Beastie Boys were considered as macho clowns, and while their ambitious, Dust Brothers-produced second album, Paul's Boutique, dismissed that theory, it was ignored by both the public and the press at the time.
An amalgam of street beats, metal riffs, b-boy jokes, and satire, Licensed to Ill was interpreted as a mindless, obnoxious party record by many critics and conservative action groups, but that didn't stop the album from becoming the fastest-selling debut in Columbia Records' history, moving over 750,000 copies in its first six weeks.
In fact, Licensed to Ill became the biggest-selling rap album of the '80s, which generated much criticism from certain hip-hop fans who believed that the Beasties were merely cultural pirates.
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 Licensed to Ill - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Licensed to Ill - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Licensed to Ill contains research on
Licensed to Ill, Track listing, Personnel, Charting positions, 1986 albums, Beastie Boys albums and Debut albums.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Licensed_to_Ill   (311 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Licensed To Ill - The Beastie Boys at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The original bad white boys of rap, the B-Boys also were one of the first bands to hit it big in the rap industry.
The New York threesome with the help of super-producer Rick Rubin revolutionized the industry with the 1986 release of Licensed to Ill on Def Jam.
Licensed to Ill is one of those albums you can just drop in the stereo and let ride.
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 licensed to ill. (under construction)
and yeah i'ma be confined the whole of next week, thats a bitch, but at least i'll be getting my pay.
anyway just hope you'll be alright, you know i cant say i'll miss ya cause my ego's too big for that, but yeah i guess i will.
so this is it mofos and mofo-ettes, dont miss me too much, you know i'll be back wit a bang.
www.ya-heard.blogspot.com   (4506 words)

  
 ALA | August 2004: License to ILL
"Authorized Users who use remote access to access such Licensed Content must do so only from their personal/individual computers from home, and not from another location or institution, regardless of whether such institution is a subscribing institution itself, without the prior written permission of [firm name]."
"Our license with a certain publisher who will remain nameless requires that we ‘maintain base value’ regardless of what journals we remove from the agreement.
In other words, they will charge us the same amount of money next year as they did last year (plus inflation!) even if we are subscribing to fewer products.
www.ala.org /ala/alonline/inetlibrarian/inetlib2004/InternetAug04.htm   (690 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Licensed to Ill: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
'Licensed To Ill' with its do it yourself aesthetics of hip-hop and punk appealed to a mass audience making it the first rap album to reach no.1 in the USA.
It's hard to believe it was 16 years ago that 'Licenced To Ill' first burst onto the scenes and soon the Beastie Boys were in every paper in the country and there were even calls to ban them from coming to Britain on their first tour with Run DMC.
These scenes were to be repeated 15 year later with Eminem but i doubt that he will have the longevity of the Beasties.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000024JN   (1264 words)

  
 licensed to ill. (under construction)
i'll be around just gimme a holla when you need someone to laugh wit.
so yeah take care peoples, i'll be back..
i'll be having field camp next week from 22nd to one week later.
ya-heard.blogspot.com   (4506 words)

  
 Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sure there was rap and rock on albums before this, but this was the big splash right here.
"Licensed To Ill" was stupid, loud, fun, and totally awesome.
Time To Get Ill 5/10 lt;br /gt;this is a great cd.
www.nine-music.com /Licensed_to_Ill_B0000024JN.html   (318 words)

  
 Album review: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Beasties put out their first album, Licensed to Ill, in '86, but it was all joke, they weren't trying to be serious, they were having a good time.
Licensed to Ill didn't get much airplay until late '86 with the airing of "Fight for Your Right", and the Beasties got a huge audience.
Licensed to Ill climbed the urban charts hitting No. 1 for weeks and then dropping to No. 2.
www.geekstinkbreath.net /fan/albumreview/45   (579 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Licensed to Ill: Music: Beastie Boys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Licensed to Ill was a huge rap breakthrough.
Without CD's like Licensed to Ill, rap would not have broken into the mainstream, at least not then.
The Beasties personify old school rap and many people were disappointed with their later work and wanted them to record more music like Licensed to Ill.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000024JN?v=glance   (1225 words)

  
 Comments for Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill - WWW Music Database
This album shouldn't be forgotten due to the mainstream transition of the Beastie's.
Rhymin and stealin, beer drinkin', breath stinkin', sniffin' glue- this is the Beastie Boys I'll remember and listen to.
I think that Licensed to Ill is their best release.
www.roadkill.com /MDB/comments.phtml/963   (410 words)

  
 Beastie Boys: Licensed To Ill - All CDs $5.99 and Free Shipping at yourmusic.com
Perhaps "Licensed to Ill" was inevitable -- a white group blending rock and rap, giving them the first number one album in hip-hop history.
But that reading of the album's history gives a short shrift to the Beastie Boys; producer Rick Rubin and his label, Def Jam; and this remarkable record, since mixing metal and hip-hop isn't necessarily an easy thing to do.
And maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but in either case, "Licensed to Ill" reigns tall among the greatest records of its time.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Licensed To Ill - The Beastie Boys at Epinions.com
With the release of their 1986 debut LP Licensed To Ill, the Beastie Boys not only got millions of people rocking out to their party anthems, but they also brought hip-hop into white homes, showing that, like any music form, hip-hop was about more than color.
In terms of singles, Licensed To Ill is their most prolific, with about half the album becoming hits.
It may not be quite as striking as the other big hits, but it's still packed with a heavy beat, hilarious samples, and energetic rapping.
www.epinions.com /content_126961749636   (748 words)

  
 Linux Pipeline | Open Solaris: Licensed To Ill?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The process of selecting an open-source license for Solaris illustrates both of these forces at work.
Last month, Sun submitted a new license to the Open Source Initiative: the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), a variant of the Mozilla Public License.
Among some open-source developers, anything short of a GPL-type license might as well be a Microsoft EULA--and Sun is already in trouble with this bunch.
www.compliancepipeline.com /57702752   (756 words)

  
 On The Media- License to Ill
BOG GARFIELD: You know, the moment you mention this kind of accreditation, journalists go nuts and say whoa, this is veering awfully close to licensing of journalists.
Play devil's advocate for a moment please, and tell me why licensing is an idea that is so reflexively rejected by journalists.
GARY SCHWITZER: Well, licensing generally falls into a regime of being mandatory; you aren't allowed to do your job, unless you're licensed.
www.onthemedia.org /transcripts/transcripts_072905_ill.html   (735 words)

  
 Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys - Music Records Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Licensed To Ill - Beastie Boys : back to the roots of urban crossover
preface: the band tradition of the American "Beastie Boys" reaches back into the early eighties when they were more influenced by the Metal and hard core sound The album "licensed to ill" from the year 1986 became a big commercial suxxess and a long international career startet.
The Beastie Boys, love 'em or hate 'em, is one of those bands that got white kids listening to rap.
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