The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique

Dan LeRoy

mar 2006 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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Derided as one-hit wonders, estranged from their original producer and record label, and in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles, the Beastie Boys were written off by most observers before even beginning to record their second album - an embarrassing commercial flop that should have ruined the group's career. But not only did "Paul's Boutique" eventually transformed the Beasties from a fratboy novelty to hiphop giants, its sample-happy, retro aesthetic changed popular culture forever.

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Dan LeRoy is the Director of Writing and Publishing at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, USA. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Village Voice, Esquire online, and Alternative Press. He is the author of The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique (Bloomsbury, 2006), The Greatest Music Never Sold (2007), For Whom the Cowbell Tolls (2014), and Liberty's Lions: The Catholic Revolutionaries Who Established America (2021).