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Beastie Boys ~ Love American Style EP
Made in the U.S.A. 1989 Original, 1st pressing.
Capitol Records - V-15483 Vinyl is VG+ to VG++, visible marks and some minor, faint scratches. Vinyl plays VG++ except A-1 intro before the music plays VG+ to VG++.
Cover is VG to VG+, mostly VG+, corner-bends and wear; right-side edge has wear and indentations. Includes shirnk and custom sticker.
Labels have some faint spindle-marks and minor manufacturer imperfections.
Out of Print.

As the first white rap group of any importance, received the scorn of critics and strident hip-hop musicians, both of whom accused them of cultural pirating, especially since they began as a hardcore punk group in 1981. But weren't pirating -- instead, they treated rap as part of a post-punk musical underground, where the D.I.Y. aesthetics of hip-hop and punk weren't that far apart. Of course, the exaggerated b-boy and frat-boy parodies of their unexpected hit debut album, , didn't help their cause. For much of the mid-'80s, were considered macho clowns, and while they dismissed that theory with the ambitious, -produced second album, , it was ignored by both the public and the press at the time. In retrospect, was one of the first albums to predict the genre-bending, self-referential pop kaleidoscope of '90s pop. refined their eclectic approach with 1992's , where they played their own instruments. brought back to the top of the charts, and within a few years, they were considered one of the most influential and ambitious groups of the '90s, cultivating a musical community not only through their music, but with their record label, Grand Royal, and their magazine of the same name.

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