This Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the release of The Beastie Boys' sophomore album, Paul's Boutique. While the album was a relative commercial failure compared to the group's debut album, License to Ill, Paul's Boutique has garnered significant critical and industry acclaim, landing on various lists, not only of top hip hop albums of all-time, but across any genre. It was unique and innovative because it relied so heavily on sampling, which was not nearly as common back then as it is now. Paul's Boutique helped usher in the use of sampling in hip hop music. One of my favorite stories about the album is that, after The Beatles either sued or threatened to sue The Beastie Boys over the use of a few Beatles samples, Mike D's response was "What's cooler than getting sued by The Beatles?" Not getting sued by The Beatles, I would venture to say, but still a good response.
The whole album is good, although I don't think there were a lot of videos made, since there were only two singles released off the album, "Hey Ladies" and "Shadrach." I went with "Hey Ladies," since the video is kind of a precursor to some of the retro-inspired videos The Beastie Boys would release down the road. This one has a nice '70s theme. This was also the only song off of the album to make the charts, hitting #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the first ever song to crack the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot Rap Singles (#10) and Billboard Modern Rock Tracks (#18) charts.
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