Beastie Boys · 1989 · 1980s · Entry 165 of 272
Paul's Boutique
The sample-collage masterpiece. Killed commercially on release, vindicated forever after. The Dust Brothers' finest hour.
Pitchfork
Read review →A landmark in the art of sampling, a reinvention of a group heading for a gimmicky dead-end, and a harbinger of the postmodern identity that would define the decades that followed.
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