Music

Licensed to Ill 1986

By Beastie Boys

  • hip hop, rap rock, east coast hip hop, hip hop rap
  • 45 min
  • 13 tracks
  • Def Jam Recordings

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Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on November 15, 1986, by Def Jam and Columbia Records. The album became the first rap LP to top the Billboard 200 chart, and was the second rap album to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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