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Originally Posted by rubber soul
I get it. It's like when people tell me Abbey Road is better than Sgt. Pepper, both great albums, but come on. 
I guess it's just a matter of taste when it comes right down to it. Licensed To Ill is special because it was probably the first (and one of the very few) hip hop albums I ever bought. |
Fair enough - nostalgia is a powerful force. I don't mean to say that
Licensed to Ill isn't a good album - it is. But musically and lyrically it's just a lot more pedestrian. I will admit though that it produced more iconic songs. In '89, when
Paul's Boutique was released, most expected more rock-riff laden frat rap that would blow up on MTV, but that's not remotely what was delivered. Back then, I think the album was a flop commercially.