Number 94 - Beastie Boys 'Hello Nasty'

The Beastie Boys were my first introduction to alternative music. While the tracks 'Fight for your right' and 'No Sleep Til Brooklyn' were in the charts, 'License to Ill' wasn't exactly mainstream music. The Beastie Boys opened up to me a new genre - the doorway to Public Enemy, Ice T and Run DMC. Hello Nasty was a surprise for me. I really expected them to never do anything better than 'Ill Communication' and never even bothered to listen to this when it was released. One of my close friends bought it and before I knew it I was hooked. It was definitely a highlight of the music year that was 1998.
Stand out tracks include "Three MC's and One DJ" (the video live version is soooo sweet) and "Negotiation Limerick File".

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