To The 5 Boroughs, Beastie Boys, Audio CD, downloads, mp3, books, bookstore, dvd, video store, posters.

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Opinion of a music fan from Los Angeles, CA

Bush lovers beware because this might not be the album for you. Let me get to the point, take some time out and go see F9/11 and then you'll realize how kindhearted the Beastie Boys really are. This is a remarkable album if you're just willing to give it a chance. This CD is the closest thing to "Licensed to Ill" that we're going to get. People, just treasure it and stop making such a fuss. It's all good stuff, food for the mind, body, and soul. I know you'll love it if you just keep an open mind. How could you not love the Beastie Boys? They're just so cool, calm, and refreshing. You don't want to be without "To the 5 Boroughs". It's an old schooler's delight. Come on in, join the fun, be a Beastie fan.

Editorial Review

The hiatus is back off, again, for the Beastie Boys, and music lovers will bob their heads with insuppressible glee. With its Nice & Smooth impersonations and shout outs to Brooklyn's Albee Square Mall, To the 5 Boroughs, their first album in six years, harkens the return of the trio to the city that made them who they are today. It's an up-tempo yet surprisingly homogenous assemblage of vintage electro-style party beats, and it's a strictly Beastie affair: the Boys co-wrote and produced each track themselves, which means that it sports none of the sonic fripperies and quirky collaborations that distinguished previous classics such as Paul's Boutique. Finally jelling after two years of on-again, off-again recording, To the 5 Boroughs will appeal to those fans old enough to remember the Licensed to Ill tour. Those old-schoolers are sure to appreciate the album's mostly off-the-cuff lyrics and minimal-to-the-extreme musical landscape--even if its stripped-down sound may leave others longing for the days when the Boys were California dreamin'.