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2* Aside from being a longtime favorite by fans, ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' is also a moment of awesome in itself for the band as well as the Dust Brothers, who produced the record. It cements {{Sampling}} as an art form unto itself, with bits from all corners of pop culture all over the record, and one of the last big achievements for it before the legal system put a damper on the whole thing.
3* The band always felt uncomfortable with their frat boy antics in the ''Music/LicensedToIll'' era and denounced them when they could. The late MCA went a step further and wrote these feelings into "Sure Shot". That's integrity.
4-->"I want to say a little something that's long overdue\
5The disrespect to women has got to be through\
6To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends\
7I want to offer my love and respect to the end"
8** In the ''Beastie Boys Story'' documentary, they mention how interviewers on the press cycle for ''Beastie Boys Book'' frequently brought up that stanza, an anecdote that ellicits cheers from the audience.
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