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With their third album, the Beasties transformed themselves from smart-ass punks with hip-hop tones into a playful live funk band with some solid rhymes, assisted by the extraordinary keyboardist "Money" Mark Ramos Nishita. A couple of tracks look back to their old school rap roots, and they still deploy goofy samples like nobody's business, but they're mostly making their own grooves (including some instrumentals worthy of being sampled in their own right). Their universalist world-view results in some excellent, off-the-wall fusions--the metalloid bump that forms the funk pulse of "So What'cha Want", Sly Stone's "Time for Livin'" transformed into a hard-rock bomber--but the Beasties don't have to prove how clever they are any more, and they're stronger and more humane for it. --Douglas Wolk
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CLASSIC HIP HOP BEATZ FROM THE BOYS!!! This is one hip hop album for your collection, when it comes to old skool beatz and rock fused lyrics then there's no one better than the beastie boys. Dope!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
An amazingly eclectic collection of tunes that range from punk, hip hop, jazz and everything else thats good with music. It may sound like a mess at first, but with a few listens it becomes apparent how good an album this is. There is something for everybody, and its one of the few COMPLETELY original albums that you will ever hear. It's as funky as hell, yet it rocks like a violent beast. I have no idea what the Beasties were on when they created this masterpiece BUT I WANT SOME!!!!!!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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God, this CD is awesome. The first time I heard it, I thought it was awful. Then I heard "So What'cha Want" on a stereo in Camden Market three years later, and the full genius of 'Check Your Head' became apparent.
"Gratitude", "Time for Livin'" and "So What'cha Want" just totally rock, 100% full of punk attitude, while "Pow", "In 3's" and "Namasté" (which all made it onto the later chill-out BB bits-and-pieces album "The In Sound From Way Out") show how competent these guys had become, even in 1992.
Which isn't to say "Paul's Boutique", "Ill Communication" or "Hello Nasty" are lesser works - they're extremely accomplished too.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Let me put it simply: THIS IS THE BEST RECORD THE BEASTIES HAVE EVER DONE.
Unbeatable, unforgettable, unputdownable!
This is the bomb, buy this album right now and forever live knowing you bought one of the greatest albums of all time.
From the opening 'Jimmy James' (dedicated to Hendrix) to the closing mysterious and inventive 'Namasté', this album is a masterpiece.
The best tracks undoubtably are 'So What'cha Want', 'Gratitude' and 'Something's Got to Give', but all the songs are top notch.
I love the way the cover has the boys doing the See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil thing. Its the coolest album cover I've ever seen.
'So What'cha Want' is my second favourite Beastie Boys song (just behind 'Intergalactic'). Buy this album now.
Unbeatable, unforgettable, unputdownable!
This is the bomb, buy this album right now and forever live knowing you bought one of the greatest albums of all time.
From the opening 'Jimmy James' (dedicated to Hendrix) to the closing mysterious and inventive 'Namasté', this album is a masterpiece.
The best tracks undoubtably are 'So What'cha Want', 'Gratitude' and 'Something's Got to Give', but all the songs are top notch.
I love the way the cover has the boys doing the See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil thing. Its the coolest album cover I've ever seen.
'So What'cha Want' is my second favourite Beastie Boys song (just behind 'Intergalactic'). Buy this album now.
P.S. Please visit www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/egg for some great music. Keep rockin with the sure shot yall!
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Great album, pointless extras
Check Your Head was a stone cold classic the day it was released. The remaster is great. CD2 in all honesty is surplus to requirements, hence the 4 star rating.
Published 4 months ago by Dc
eclectic beastie boy jam
This album has everything in it punk, jazz, lounge music done cool with a hip-hop sensibility. Some of it is very witty, even just musically. A smorgasbord of creativity. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Robert Marsland
Classic LP - What's up with Netty's Girl?
A very good LP from the Beasties, a turning point in their career that opened up the future. "So What'ya want" is possibly the best track they have ever made. Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by N. Mcalister
beastie boys best
tunes baby yeah?
everyone raves about the debut of these cheeky chaps but the true beastie gems are "check you head" and "ill communication". Read more
everyone raves about the debut of these cheeky chaps but the true beastie gems are "check you head" and "ill communication". Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2008 by vincent brain
Takes Me Back
I haven't listened to this for years and it took me back to my teenage years.
It's unbelievable to think this CD was released nearly 14 years ago!! Read more
It's unbelievable to think this CD was released nearly 14 years ago!! Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2008 by S. Brady
THE KINGS OF COOL
Released back in 1992 this was the Beasties third album proper and showed a slight change in direction for the Brooklyn Trio. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2002 by "superfurrybloke"
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