Annual Rock & Roll Hall Nominee debate

Sigh. Nothing of what boots just posted is true, but I'll leave it to others to get specific. And I'm keeping it civil, boots, so don't you dare try to say otherwise.

 

If you say so, it must be true then.
OK, you win.

 

I don't care much for them either.

 

The band recorded Licensed to Ill in 1986 and released the album at the end of the year. It was a smash success, becoming the best selling rap album of the 1980s and the first rap album to go #1 on the Billboard album chart, where it stayed for five weeks. It also reached #2 on the Urban album charts. It was Columbia Records' fastest selling debut record to date and sold over five million copies. The first single from the album, "Fight for Your Right," reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video (directed by Ric Menello) became an MTV staple.

The group matured with their second album, Paul's Boutique, produced by the Dust Brothers and Matt Dike. Recorded in 1988, this extremely sample-heavy opus is still considered one of the strongest works by the Beasties. It is also considered a landmark in hip hop recordings due to its intricate use of multi-layering[5] and large array of samples.
The Album was released in 1989 by Capitol Records, after the falling out between the Boys and Def Jam. It failed to match the sales of Licensed to Ill, reaching #14 on the Billboard 200 and #10 on the Billboard R&B charts. The lead single, "Hey Ladies", reached #36 on the Billboard 100 and #10 on the R&B charts. Rolling Stone would describe the album as "the Pet Sounds/Dark Side of the Moon of hip hop." Paul's Boutique would eventually sell a million albums, despite the initially weak commercial reception.

Check Your Head was released in 1992 and went double platinum in the U.S., reaching a peak of #10 on the Billboard 200. The single "So What'cha Want" reached #93 on the Billboard 100 and made both the urban and modern rock charts while the album's first single "Pass the Mic" became a hit in dance clubs. The album also introduced a more experimental direction, with funk and jazz inspired songs including "Lighten Up" and "Something's Got To Give". Hardcore punk even made its reappearance with "Time For Livin'".

Ill Communication, released in 1994, saw the Beastie Boys' return to the top of the charts when the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 & peaked at #2 on the R&B/ hip hop album chart. The single "Sabotage" (sample (help·info)) became a hit on the modern rock charts and the music video, directed by Spike Jonze, received extensive play on MTV. "Get It Together" reached Top 10 of the Billboard dance charts and also became an urban hit while "Sure Shot" was a dance hit. Some Old Bullshit, featuring the band's early independent material, made #50 on the Billboard independent charts.

The Beastie Boys won two Grammy Awards in 1999, receiving the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for Hello Nasty as well as the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Intergalactic". This was the first, and as of 2005, the only time that a band has won awards in both rap and alternative categories.

To The 5 Boroughs was released worldwide on June 15, 2004. It was the first album the Beastie Boys produced themselves and reached #1 on the Billboard album charts, #2 in the UK and Australia, and #3 in Germany. The first single from the album, "Ch-Check It Out", reached #1 in Canada and the US Modern Rock Tracks, #2 on the world internet download charts, and #3 on a composite world modern rock chart.

Now say you were wrong, you imbecile.

 

Pick out the high-ranking singles and albums, take out the awards -- because many believe rock critics are full of shit -- and you may have something.

 

I generally ignore you because you have a way of calling people names. But I'm going to answer your post with this: the Beastie Boys did exactly what Elvis did. They patterened their act off black performers and made a lot of money doing it.
You liked their "rap" more power to you. I didn't and I'm not alone. If they were so great, as you say, why did they not get air play on black hip hop stations? That means that they didn't have cross over appeal.
Like I said, you have a tendacy to call people names too often. You need to cool it.

 

Hey, I don't care much for the Beastie Boys either. But they are hardly flash in the pan wannabees either.
And Boots, you chide Zeke for name calling after you call the Beastie Boys "wiggers"?
Connect the dots on what's wrong with that statement by you.

 

Look, I said I'd put them in. I can see they've changed the face of music in a way that some people like.

Just think the wolfpack might find better battles.

 

Boots never passed that part of 1st grade. Instead he called the teacher a wigger and threatened to report him to HR if he kept pressuring him to connect the dots.

 

Of course, maybe the wolfpack likes this battle.

 

We are hungry like the wolf... wait... different pack. Sorry.

 

You said no crossover hits. They were all over the hip hop charts, as well as the dance charts, the pop charts, etc.

You said only one hit. They had plenty of hits. Including two number one albums.

You said flickered out. They got more popular as they went along.

You are factually incorrect. No one is asking you to like the Beastie Boys. I am asking you to get your facts right -- especially if you're going to act like you know about something -- and to admit when you are wrong.