Beastie Boys ‘Paul’s Boutique’ 30th Anniversary

30th ANNIVERSARY OF HIP-HOP CLASSIC CELEBRATED WITH THE RELEASE OF 6 DIGITAL EPS FEATURING 21 RARE REMIXES AND B-SIDES

‘An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego,’ the ‘Love American Style EP,’ plus remixes of “Hey Ladies,” “Shadrach,” “Shake Your Rump” and “Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun”

“the Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop” – Rolling Stone

“Paul’s Boutique is a landmark in the art of sampling… a harbinger of the pop-culture obsessions and referential touchstones that would come to define the ensuing decades’ postmodern identity” – Pitchfork

 

Los Angeles, CA – July 19, 2019 – July 25th marks the 30th anniversary of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 landmark second album Paul’s Boutique. To celebrate, 21 rare remixes and B-sides will be released digitally for the first time over the course of a month-long celebration. The EPs An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego and the Love American Style EP will be released today, July 19th. Remixes of the singles “Hey Ladies” and “Shadrach” are available on July 26th and remix versions of “Shake Your Rump” and “Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun” will be released on August 2nd.

Recorded in Los Angeles with a sample-based Dust Brothers production that would be impossible in today’s legal/financial world, Paul’s Boutique, marked a giant creative leap forward for Adrock, Mike D and MCA. They finally had the freedom to write and record without outside input or interference, a creative path that would continue to grow and flourish throughout their career. Ranking high on lists including Pitchfork’s “Top 100 Albums of the 1980s,” Time Magazine’s “100 Greatest Albums of All TIME” and Rolling Stone’s “Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” Paul’s Boutique went on to sell over 2 million albums. 

While it took a few years longer than its predecessor to sell multiple millions, Paul’s Boutique is now considered an essential, genre-redefining hip-hop classic.

 

7/19:

An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego

  1. Shadrach
  2. Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix
  3. And What You Give Is What You Get
  4. Car Thief
  5. Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already
  6. Your Sister’s Def

Love American Style EP

  1. Shake Your Rump
  2. Hey Ladies
  3. 33% God
  4. Dis Yourself In ’89 (Just Do It) 

7/26:

Hey Ladies [Remixes]:

  1. Hey Ladies (DJ Strictnine & Paranorm Remix)
  2. Hey Ladies (Paul Nice Remix)
  3. Hey Ladies (Count Bass D Remix)
  4. Hey Ladies (Fred C Remix)
  5. Hey Ladies (Video Version)

Shadrach [Remixes]:

  1. Shadrach (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
  2. Shadrach (Mum’s The Word Remix)
  3. Shadrach (J Rawls Remix)
  4. Shadrach (Joey Chavez Remix)
  5. Shadrach (Live)

8/2:

Shake Your Rump [Remixes]:

  1. Shake Your Rump (Truly Odd & J-Rocc Remix)
  2. Shake Your Rump (Latch Brothers Remix)
  3. Shake Your Rump (Video Version)

Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun [Remixes]:

  1. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (OD Remix)
  2. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (DJ Cheapshot Remix)
  3. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (Dub Hackers Remix)
  4. Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun (DJ Moe Love Remix)