Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique downtempo And it's kind of transformed

And it's kind of transformed a little bit because there's some surf elements to some of the songs – it's not really surfy like Dick Dale but a lot of electric guitar

for the heart

A month after release in July 1991

“It’s kind of like writing a letter

It does not offer solutions to the world's great problems or suggest excitement over insolvency

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique downtempo And it's kind of transformedLP, 180g Capitol Records (2018) EU By the time Beastie Boys convened to record the follow up to their debut, Licensed To Ill, they'd painted themselves into a corner. That first album boasted rock hooks, hard raps and explosive singles that helped push the record to platinum status in no time flat. But MCA, Mike D and Ad Rock's send up of frat boy culture threatened to become a self sabotaging millstone. Three years later they'd left Def Jam, signed