i'll iplayer it in a bit to minidisc

Ill Communication booming outta the Sharp for me too!!!

never got into them me Si, not now, not then, although i did like fight for your right to party lol

A supremely influential and mould breaking group imo...love em

But each to their own Az mate

i'm not knocking em Si, just that i was into house music at the time and did'nt really hear any beastie tracks only the one i mentioned

into them from the first time I heard them in 86

saw them many times

Pauls Boutique is a STAND out album that trandscends genres Lav

sounds good stuff Claret, i might have to youtube it and see what it's like.

i never even heard much electro until lately and it's really grown on me, always loved house

lav - its pretty much the album that brought about the "sample" laws

it's an exercise in how to use samples with finesse - and style

it's even slicker than 3 ft high and rising - and that LP is KILLER

so these guys was pioneers then, shame i missed out 1st time round.

is the 3 feet high and rising album de la soul

wouldn't say pioneer - more the zenith

The guys responsible for production already had most of the tunes ready (and where to be release merely as instrumentals) but the Beasties insisted they spit over them

Producers were the Dust Brothers - the US ones not the Chemical Brothers

They are just lavish soundscapes - and sound fresh today

3ft High was De La Soul - yes

Prince Paul was their producer for that LP - ex Stetsasonic

If you haven't already check out Public Enemy's 2nd and 3rd LP's - as these are just aural assaults of samples - with intelligent rhyming

and honourable mention to Eric B & Rakims 1st two records

Hip hop 89-91 was THE golden age of sampling

cheers for the info Claret much appreciated, will give these albums a whirl for sure

beastie boys mould breaking for sure .