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Solid Gold Hits is quite possibly the most descriptive title ever. Almost 20 years of music condensed into a one-disc best of compilation—the quality is amazing. Features old classics like "Brass Monkey" and "No Sleep", right through to "Sabotage", "Body Movin" and "An Open Letter To NYC".
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Listening to this stocking-filling compilation of all the Beastie Boys' hit singles, you have to admire how far they've come.
Solid Gold Hits spans eighteen full years of musical chaos, during which the three skinny white boys from New York matured from macho party dudes into right-on hipster kings.
The greying freedom fighters have rhymed about everything from throwing eggs to the racial politics of their home town, creating classics with the explosive mayhem of "Intergalactic" and the disorienting scream-punk of "Sabotage".
Though 1999's The Sounds of Science double anthology was more representative - drawing on their often beautiful instrumentals and hardcore experiments - Solid Gold Hits is a lean and exhilarating introduction to NYC's finest in chart-busting hip-hop mode. --James Donohue
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By David Turner
Format:Audio CD
This is an absolute must for any Beastie Boys fan, one disc documenting their music over the last two decades or so, from Fight For Your Right to Ch-check It Out, with only one important omission in my opinion (3 Mc's and 1 DJ). Listen out for the very political, but also excellent "An open Letter To NYC". These guys have truly stood the test of time...Outstanding
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Here we have the definative collection of the best (white) hip-hop band ever and probably in the top 5 of any race along with Wu, Public Enemy and Run DMC.
This is what I would say is probably the coolest best-of I've heard in years, that is chock full of songs that you would instanly recognise and some you probably didn't know were by the Beasties'!
It starts off with 'So What You Want' a rocky rap tune that is one of my favourate songs by this group that instantly shows them as innovators of the game with no fear as they tear through any beat.
The interesting thing I found about this album is you could listen to most of it and not be able to tell when it was recorded because they all still sound fresh as they did when they were first released.
From the 20 songs my fave songs that I would particularly recommend are -
So What You Want
Shake Your Rump
Intergalactic
Sabotage
An Open Letter To NYC
So all in all I would highly recommend if you are a fan of any genre of music because when something is this diverse and innovative, it is hard to not like + ITS THE BEASTIES!
Buy it now, love it forever.
Hope this has been helpful for you, have a good 1!
This is what I would say is probably the coolest best-of I've heard in years, that is chock full of songs that you would instanly recognise and some you probably didn't know were by the Beasties'!
It starts off with 'So What You Want' a rocky rap tune that is one of my favourate songs by this group that instantly shows them as innovators of the game with no fear as they tear through any beat.
The interesting thing I found about this album is you could listen to most of it and not be able to tell when it was recorded because they all still sound fresh as they did when they were first released.
From the 20 songs my fave songs that I would particularly recommend are -
So What You Want
Shake Your Rump
Intergalactic
Sabotage
An Open Letter To NYC
So all in all I would highly recommend if you are a fan of any genre of music because when something is this diverse and innovative, it is hard to not like + ITS THE BEASTIES!
Buy it now, love it forever.
Hope this has been helpful for you, have a good 1!
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Amazing
Came on time and was exactly as described. Great CD to run to!!! All the classics all on 1 CD
Published 3 months ago by L Short
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Platinum Hits
Pure and Simple, one of the best albums I have ever purchased, tracking the whole of the Beastie Boys career. Perfection.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. R. Hadfield
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEASTIE BOY BOSS BEATS
EVERY SONG IS GREAT. ITS GOT BETTER BEATS AND SOUNDS THAN RAP MUSIC. THIS IS MORE BREAK / BEATS GOTTA STOP LISTENIN TO THIS IN THE VAN OR I MIGHT CRASH HA!
Published 5 months ago by John Connor
5.0 out of 5 stars
buy it, love it
this is the first Beastie Boys cd i've bought and i've really enjoyed. Will definately be getting more Beastie albums.
Published 11 months ago by Dave Grohl, rock n roll
4.0 out of 5 stars
an absolute must have now
With the sad recent death of one of the band, this is now a 'must have' for all the fans. Almost complete collection of their commercially successful tracks, far more up to date... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Red Rose
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Beastie Boys: Solid Gold Hits
If you like Beastie Boys, you like every track of this compilation. If you however feel that they are just recreating the same song again and again, this is not your record.
Published on 2 Aug 2010 by Tuukka Luukas
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