Beastie Boys:
Paul’s Boutique: 20th Anniversary Ed.

By: Ron Hart I'll never forget the moment I first heard Paul's Boutique . It was the fall of 1989 and my first semester as a high school sophomore. After English class one day, one of my friends produced a red cassette tape and declared it to be the best hip-hop album he had ever heard. That red tape was Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys. "These are the same guys who did that stupid 'Fight For Your Right To Party' song?" I quipped skeptically right before I put my Walkman headphones on and...

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