To The 5 Boroughs [Clean, Enhanced]

Beastie Boys | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean, Enhanced
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00021LRWW
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,157 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLEAN BUT YOURE NOT MISSING ANYTHING, June 15, 2004

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Yellofury "yellofury" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To The 5 Boroughs (Audio CD)

I got this at walmart by accident
(...)
but after listening to the explicit version
you really arent missing out on anything
THIS ALBUM STILL ROCKS!!!!!

it melds the old skool hip hop of license to ill
with the mature sounds of hello nasty in a sweet new
mix
this is one of their best if not the best album
and it ranks up there with check your head and ill communication

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars They're talented, but semi-entertaining, July 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: To The 5 Boroughs (Audio CD)

"To the 5 Boroughs" is a great CD, don't get me wrong, but there's nothing new or freshly impressing. The whole time, the Beastie Boys' perfect rhymes flow over MixMaster Mike's skilled turntable old skool beats. "Check it Out" stands out on the album, so does "An Open Letter to NYC," but the rest seems to blend together. That's not a bad thing, though. The Beastie Boys have a way of pulling off stuff like that smoothly. Secondly, the album seems more like teh soundtrack to that new movie "Farenheit 9/11" at times. The boys bash George W. Bush and his decisions in probably 3-5 songs, slurring out that it's time for a re-election. I bought the clean version of this CD and after a few listens... there basically was no serious foul language. They say "F**K" like 3 times, they say "ass" once, "S**T" only pops up twice and there's a couple of "damn"s and "Hell"s. Otherwise, this CD isn't very "explicitive."

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the other reviews..., February 20, 2005

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R. Cleave "Bush is clueless" (Auckland, NZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To The 5 Boroughs (Audio CD)

I love this album. Yeah is a bit edgy and its not a hip-pop laced album, if you want to listen to that type of music listen to P Diddy. You need to respect the Beasties for progressing their sound, and whoever said the rhymes aren't tight needs their ears Ch-checked Out. If you listen to the album several times the tracks slowly build on ya until you can't live without them and aren't they the type of tracks you keep listening to for years?

Sure, I didn't end up loving every track but you definitely get your money's worth with this album. My favourites include:

Ch-Check It Out, Right Right Now Now, Triple Trouble, That's It That's All, All Lifestyles, Shazam! and The Brouhaha.

My final point is to drive home that you should give this album a couple of plays to let the genius sink in.