Beastie Boys Licensed To Ill Def Jam 1986 Gatefold Very Rare 1st Pressing

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Beastie Boys ?– Licensed To Ill Label: Def Jam Recordings ?– BFC 40238, Def Jam Recordings ?– C 40238, Columbia ?– BFC 40238, Columbia ?– C 40238 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1986 Genre: Hip Hop Style: Pop Rap Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Rhymin’ & Stealin’ 4:08 A2 The New Style 4:35 A3 She’s Crafty 3:36 A4 Posse In Effect 2:27 A5 Slow Ride 2:56 A6 Girls 2:14 A7 Fight For Your Right 3:28 B1 No Sleep Till Brooklyn Lead Guitar – Kerry King 4:07 B2 Paul Revere 3:42 B3 Hold It Now, Hit It 3:29 B4 Brass Monkey 2:38 B5 Slow And Low 3:37 B6 Time To Get Ill 3:37 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc. Copyright (c) – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Manufactured By – CBS Inc. Record Company – CBS Inc. Mastered At – Masterdisk Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA Credits Art Direction [Director] – Stephen Byram Co-producer – The Beastie Boys* Cover, Artwork – World B. Omés Engineer [Head] – Steve Ett Mastered By – Howie Weinberg Photography By [Gate Fold Photo] – Sunny Bak Producer – Rick Rubin Sleeve, Photography By [Sleeve Photo] – Ricky Powell (2) Written-By – A. Horovitz* (tracks: B2), Beastie Boys (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4, B6), D. McDaniels* (tracks: B2, B5), J. Simmons* (tracks: B2, B5), R. Rubin* This is the alternate US release with the catalog number "FC 40238" printed on the spine and a slightly different barcode. Barcode (Text): 0 7464-40238-1 Barcode (String): 07464402381 Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL 40238 Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL 40238 Other (Sleeve number): 40238 Matrix / Runout (Runout variant #2 side A hand-etched): GET OFF MY BICK BBB [arranged in a triangle] 45567-A AL-40238-1A G1 MASTERDISK C 3 SBMA 4 SBM o 3 [underneath] Matrix / Runout (Runout variant #2 side B hand-etched): SBMA 3 SBM03 CIAS [above] WATCH YOUR BACK ? 45567-B BL-40238-1A G4 Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was released on November 10, 1986 by Def Jam and Columbia Records. It was the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart. It is also one of Columbia Records' fastest-selling debut records to date and eventually sold over ten million copies in the United States. The full album cover, front to back, features a Boeing 727 — with "Beastie Boys" emblazoned on the tail — crashing head-on into the side of a mountain, appearing as an extinguished joint.[4] The tail of the plane has the Def Jam logo and the tail number "3MTA3" which spells "EATME" when viewed in a mirror.[4] The livery of the plane is based on that of American Airlines. The group originally wanted to title the album Don't Be a Faggot, but Columbia Records refused to release the album under this title – arguing that it was homophobic – and pressured Russell Simmons, the Beastie Boys' manager and head of Def Jam Recordings at the time, into forcing them to choose another name. Adam Horovitz has since apologized for the album's earlier title. The band then settled with Licensed to Ill, which is a pun on James Bond's Licence to Kill. Kerry King of Slayer made an appearance on the album playing lead guitar on "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" and appeared in the music video which is a parody of glam metal. The name of the song itself is a spoof on Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith album. King's appearance on the track came about because Rick Rubin was producing both bands simultaneously (Slayer's Reign in Blood was originally released a month earlier on Def Jam). In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.[17] It is the only album by a Jewish hip-hop act to receive 5 mics from The Source.[15] In 2003, the album was ranked number 217 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time[18] and in 2013 the magazine named it the best debut album of all time.[19] Vibe included it in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.[20] Q gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Licensed to Ill remains the world's only punk rock rap album, arguably superior to Never Mind the Bollocks…knowing that apathy and slovenliness were just around the corner."[21] Melody Maker gave the album a positive review, saying "There's lots of self-reverential bragging, more tenuous rhymes than are usually permitted by law and, most importantly of all, an unshakably glorious celebration of being alive.… A surprisingly enduring classic." In 2002, Pitchfork Media ranked the album at #41 in its list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s", despite their prior unflattering review of the album. In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at number 16 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at number 12 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" saying "Rife with layer upon layer of sampling, start-stop transitions, and aggressive beats, it helped transform the genre from a direct dialogue between MC and DJ into a piercing, multi-threaded narrative" and "helped set an exciting template for the future".Eminem said the album was one of his favorites of all time and said it changed hip hop. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.