History Music / PaulsBoutique

** "3-Minute Rule" namedrops ''Series/{{Dragnet}}'', ''Series/ThreesCompany'', ''Series/TheLittleRascals'', "Proud Mary", "Doo-wah Diddy", the poem "Roses are red, violets are blue", Music/BobDylan, ''Music/MothershipConnection'' by Music/{{Parliament}} and ''Literature/OnTheRoad'' by Creator/JackKerouac.

** "Shake Your Rump" references Sam and Alice from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' and actress Patty Duke.

* AlliterativeName: "A Year And A Day".

* BookEnds: The album's finale, "B-Boy Bouillabaisse", ends with a brief reprisal of the opening track, "To All the Girls".

** "To All The Girls" is 1.5 minutes long.
** "Ask For Janice" is 11 seconds long.

** The song "AWOL" was alluded to earlier on ''Music/LicensedToIll'' during the song "Rhymin' And Stealin'"

** "Egg Man" includes part of their similarly-themed, early HardcorePunk song "Egg Raid On Mojo" as RecycledLyrics - This time instead of Mojo, the victim of their egging is "Haze", this being a ShoutOut to Eric Haze, a graffiti artist and later graphic designer who worked with the group.

* NewSoundAlbum: This album proved that they were more than a one-hit wonder. It also showed a more mature side - as mature the band would ever get - with the track "To All The Girls", where they provide a homage to women without being as sexist and juvenile as on their previous record.

* PerpetualPoverty: "Johnny Ryall", about a real-life homeless New Yorker witht that name.

** "Hey Ladies" mention Coupe De Ville
--> ''Makin' love in the back of my Coupe De Ville''

* PunBasedTitle: "The Sounds Of Science" is a pun on "The Sound Of Silence" by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel. "Mike on the Mic" from "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" is another one.
* RecordProducer: The band themselves, along with The Dust Brothers and Mario Caldato, Jr.

** "Shake Your Rump" has a truckload of samples from Alphonse Mouzon's "Funky Snakefoot", Rose Royce's "Daddy Rich", "Born To Love You" and "Yo Yo", Harvey Scales' "Dancing Room Only", "That's The Joint" by Funky Four Plus One, Music/BobMarley's "Could You Be Loved" from ''Music/{{Uprising}}'', "8th Wonder" by Music/TheSugarhillGang, "Jazzy Sensation" by Music/AfrikaBambaataa, "Tell Me Something Good" by Ronnie Laws, "Supermellow" by Paul Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Shelly Manne & Louis Bellson, "Get Off" by Focy, "Holy Ghost" by the Bar-Kays, "Good Times Bad Times" from ''[[Music/LedZeppelin1969 Led Zeppelin I]]'', "No Matter What Sign You Are" by Music/DianaRoss and "Unity" by Music/JamesBrown and Music/AfrikaBambaataa.
** "Johnny Ryall" takes samples from "One Of These Days" by Music/PinkFloyd from ''Music/{{Meddle}}'', "Mr. Big Stuff" by Jean Knight, the Beastie Boys songs "Fight For Your Right" and "The New Style" from ''Music/LicensedToIll'', "AJ Scratch" by Music/KurtisBlow, "Momma Miss America" from Music/PaulMcCartney's ''Music/{{McCartney}}'', "Military Cut-Scratch Mix" by DJ Grand Wizard, "Sharon" by David Bromberg and "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" by Donny Hathaway.
** "Egg Man" samples "Superfly" by Music/CurtisMayfield, "You're Gonna Get Yours" and "Bring The Noise" from Music/PublicEnemy [[note]] Public Enemy sampled "Fight For Your Right" from ''Music/LicensedToIll'' on their song "Party For Your Right To Fight" on ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'', so the fact that the Beasties now sample "Bring the Noise" from that album is probably a good example of BookEnds. [[/note]], "Get Off Your Ass And Jam" by Music/{{Funkadelic}}, from ''Music/LetsTakeItToTheStage'' (1975), "Dance To The Music" by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone, "Drop It In The Slot" by Tower Of Power, "Pump It Up" from Music/ElvisCostello's ''Music/ThisYearsModel'', "I'm Ready" by The Commodores, "Sport" by Lightnin' Rod and excerpts from the soundtracks of ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', Creator/CheechAndChong's "Next Movie" and ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

** "The Sounds of Science" borrows samples from "Back In The USSR" (''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''), "When I'm 64", "Sgt. Peppers" (''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''), "The End" (''Music/AbbeyRoad'') by Music/TheBeatles, "Walk From Regio's" by Music/IsaacHayes from the soundtrack of ''Film/{{Shaft}}'', "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions, "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by Music/JamesBrown and "Don't Sniff Coke" by Pato Banton.
** "3 Minute Rule" samples "Brave & Strong" by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone from "There's A Riot Goin' On" and "Feel Good" by Fancy.

** "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" uses samples from "Time" from Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean, "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain, "Last Bongo In Belgium" by The Incredible Bongo Band.
** "Car Thief" samples "Rien Ne Va Plus", "I Bet You" by Music/{{Funkadelic}} from the album "Funkadelic" (1970), "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Music/{{Donovan}}, "Woodstock" by Max Yasgur and "Drop the Bomb" by Trouble Funk.
** "What Comes Around" includes samples from "Put On Train" by Gene Harris, "Moby Dick" from Music/LedZeppelin's ''Music/LedZeppelinII'', "It's Hot Tonight" by Music/AliceCooper.
** "Shadrach" samples "Do Your Dance" by Rose Royce, "Loose Booty" by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone, "Hot And Nasty" by Black Oak Arkansas, "Never Let 'Em Say" by Ballin' Jack, "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band, "That's the Join' by Funky Four Plus One, "Good To Go" by Trouble Funk, "Funky Drummer" by Music/JamesBrown, "Sugarhill Groove" by Music/TheSugarhillGang.
** "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" is brimful of samples, including "Burundi Black (Pt. 2)" by Burundi Black, "Here We Go" by Music/RunDMC, "Are You Experienced?" by Music/JimiHendrix from ''Music/AreYouExperienced'', "Change the Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy, "My Philosophy" by Boogie Down Productions, "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm [=McLaren=] & the World's Famous Supreme Team, "At The Fever" by Lovebug Starski, "Draw Your Brakes" by Scotty, "Stop That Train" by Keith & Tex, "Ebony Jam" by Tower of Power, "Who's That Lady?" by The Isley Brothers, "When the Levee Breaks" from Music/LedZeppelin's ''Music/LedZeppelinIV'', "High Power Rap" by Disco Dave And The Force Of The 5 MC's, "Folsom Prison Blues" by Music/JohnnyCash, "Breathe" from ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' by Music/PinkFloyd, "Into the Night" by Sweet, a 1979 Music/BobMarley interview, "Hey Pocky A-Way" by the Meters, "The Well's Gone Dry" by the Crusaders, "Ebony Jam" by Tower of Power, "Let The Music Take Your Mind" by Music/KoolAndTheGang, "Southern Comfort" by The Crusaders, "At the Fever" by Love Bug Starski, a weather forcast by Lloyd Lindsey Young, "Good Times" by Music/{{Chic}}, "Good to Go" by Trouble Funk

** "The Sounds Of Science" namedrops UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, Creator/BenjaminFranklin, "E.M.D. squared" which references UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's theory of relativity. "Rope-a-dope" references UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli 's boxing technique, conquistadore Ponce de Leon who sought the Fountain of Youth, the arcade game Robotron, ''ComicBook/CheechWizard'' and UsefulNotes/GalileoGalilei.

** "Hey Ladies" references baseball player Sadaharu Oh, ''Literature/TomThumb'', Tom Cushman (a member of the band Brooklyn), Chuck Woolery presenter of the dating show ''Series/LoveConnection'', ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'', ''Series/JamesAtFifteen'', ''Series/CharlesInCharge'', Creator/VincentVanGogh and Timothy Leary's slogan "Tune in, turn on, drop out".

** "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" references hiphop DJ Chuck Chillout, Franchise/{{Rambo}}, Creator/BruceWillis and serial killer Son of Sam

** "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun" also references ''Literature/AClockworkOrange''.

** "Shadrach" namedrops ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', the Music/{{ACDC}} song "For Those About To Rock", the song "Amazing Grace", Al Barile (Society System Decontrol), ''Film/PutneySwope'', Franchise/{{Rambo}}, Creator/JDSalinger, Creator/CharlesDickens, UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman, Magazine/MadMagazine's mascot Alfred E. Neuman, televangelists Jimmy Swaggart [[note]] who is the first cousin of Music/JerryLeeLewis [[/note]] and Jerry Falwell and race car drive Mario Andretti.

** "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" references American footballer Dick Butkus, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and Big Daddy Kane's "On The Bugged Tip" [[note]] "Get on the mic ‘cause you know you eat chicken" [[/note]], ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', sniper Bernhard Goetz, rapper Special Ed, ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Music/JohnnyCash's "Folsom Prison Blues" [[note]] "I shot a man in ''Reno'' just to watch him die." [[/note]], Creator/CurtSiodmak's ''Literature/DonovansBrain'' [[note]] "Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." [[/note]], American footballer Hartthorne Wingo, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, painter Paul Cézanne and actor Raymond Burr (''Series/{{Ironside 1967}}'').

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Ask For Janice" is a woman talking. "Dropping Names" from "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" has the following quote from a Music/BobMarley interview from 1979:

* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** "Johnny Ryall" was inspired by a real-life homeless New Yorker with that name.
** "Egg Man" was inspired by the fact that the Beasties enjoyed throwing eggs at people during the recording of this album.
** "Car Thief" references the Beasties' official photographer Ricky Powell and their bodyguard Mookie Wilson.
--> ''And like Ricky always said, you've got to toke and pass''
--> ''Or Mookie's gonna kick your motherfucking ass''
--> ''(...) Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell''
** "Stop That Train" references George Drakoulias, who discovered the Beasties and recognized their talent.
--> ''I bought a hot dog - from Who? George Drakoulias''

-->--'''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "Paul's Boutique" on nr. 8 in his personal list of 25 Best {{Hiphop}} albums, published in ''Magazine/RollingStone'', 2006.

'''''Paul's Boutique''''' is a 1989 album by The Music/BeastieBoys, second in their catalog and the EvenBetterSequel to their already promising debut ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986), which had made the band synonymous with pubertal ''party boy music''. This image eventually hung like an albatross around their necks, mostly [[MisaimedFandom due to people who didn't get the satire]]. Perceiving their debut as an OldShame the Beastie Boys decided to make their next album [[GrowingTheBeard more mature]] and put the focus back on their musical skills. They even vetoed the idea of promoting the record, assured by the idea that their true fans would find it in the stores and appreciate the record on its own merits, alienating all the people who didn't look further than their ''frat house'' gimmick.

''Paul's Boutique'' became a SleeperHit, but eventually received a lot of praise, even from black hip-hop artists and Music/MilesDavis (!), who claimed he "never got tired from listening to it." The album is widely seen as the band's MagnumOpus and was included in both Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] at #156 and in 2006 in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list. Fan Favorites are "Hey Ladies" and "B-Boy Bouillabaisse".

** "The Sounds Of Science" namedrops UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, UsefulNotes/BenjaminFranklin, "E.M.D. squared" which references UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's theory of relativity. "Rope-a-dope" references UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli 's boxing technique, conquistadore Ponce de Leon who sought the Fountain of Youth, the arcade game Robotron, ''ComicBook/CheechWizard'' and UsefulNotes/GalileoGalilei.

** "High Plains Drifter" is a shout-out to ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter''. The line "fear and loathing 'cross the country" references ''Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''. "Bust a Travis Bickle" references the main character in ''Film/TaxiDriver'', while "a nice place to visit" is the title of ''Series/TwilightZone'' episode. "I feel like Creator/SteveMcQueen, a former movie star" (...) Film/DirtyMaryCrazyLarry, on the run from ''Film/DirtyHarry'' are film shout-outs. "Wherever I hang my hat's my home" is borrowed from Music/MarvinGaye's "Wherever I Lay My Hat" (1964). The "drunk named Otis" is a shout-out to Otis, the lovable drunk from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. ''Houdin'd out the cuffs'' is, of course, a verbalization of UsefulNotes/HarryHoudini.

-> ''Don't go anywhere without it. It's one of those records that you buy every time you're in a rental car. It's also one of those records that you thought sucked the day you bought it. You were mad because it sounded nothing like Music/LicensedToIll. Then a month later, you're like, "This is the best shit ever. "High Plains Drifter" is the best song ever made."''
--> '''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "Paul's Boutique" on nr. 8 in his personal list of 25 Best {{Hiphop}} albums, published in ''Magazine/RollingStone'', 2006.

-> ''The dirty secret in the rap community is that "Paul's Boutique" has the best beats.''
--> '''[[Music/PublicEnemy Chuck D.]]'''

** "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" references American footballer Dick Butkus, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and Big Daddy Kane's "On The Bugged Tip" [[note]] "Get on the mic ‘cause you know you eat chicken" [[/note]], ''Series/StarTrek'', sniper Bernhard Goetz, rapper Special Ed, ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Music/JohnnyCash's "Folsom Prison Blues" [[note]] "I shot a man in ''Reno'' just to watch him die." [[/note]], Creator/CurtSiodmak's ''Literature/DonovansBrain'' [[note]] "Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." [[/note]], American footballer Hartthorne Wingo, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, painter Paul Cézanne and actor Raymond Burr (''Series/{{Ironside}}'').

* MinisculeRocking: "5-Piece Chicken Dinner", 23 seconds long. The 1:29 "To All The Girls" and the 11 seconds long "Ask For Janice".
* MoodWhiplash: "5-Piece Chicken Dinner", 23 seconds of hooping, hollering, country fiddle and ''Film/{{Deliverance}}'' samples between hiphop songs.

* EpicRocking: The 12:33 "B-Boy Bouillabaisse".

''Paul's Boutique'' became a SleeperHit, but eventually received a lot of praise, even from black hip-hop artists and Music/MilesDavis (!), who claimed he "never got tired from listening to it." The album is widely seen as the band's MagnumOpus and was included in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list in 2006. Fan Favorites are "Hey Ladies" and "B-Boy Bouillabaisse".

!!!Side One

!!!Side Two

'''Paul's Boutique''' is a 1989 album by The Music/BeastieBoys, second in their catalogue and the EvenBetterSequel to their already promising debut ''Music/LicensedToIll'' (1986), which had made the band synonymous with puberal ''party boy music''. This image eventually hung like an albatross around their necks, mostly [[MisaimedFandom due to people who didn't get the satire]]. Perceiving their debut as an OldShame the Beastie Boys decided to make their next album [[GrowingTheBeard more mature]] and put the focus back on their musical skills. They even vetoed the idea of promoting the record, assured by the idea that their true fans would find it in the stores and appreciate the record on its own merits, alienating all the people who didn't look further than their ''frat house'' gimmick.

''Paul's Boutique'' became a SleeperHit, but eventually received a lot of praise, even from black hiphop artists and Music/MilesDavis (!), who claimed he "never got tired from listening to it." The album is widely seen as the band's MagnumOpus and was included in Magazine/TimeMagazine's ''TimeAllTime100Albums'' list in 2006. Fan Favorites are "Hey Ladies" and "B-Boy Bouillabaisse".

'''Tracklist'''

[[AC:Side One]]
# "To All The Girls" (1:29)

# "The Sounds Of Science" (3:11)

[[AC:Side Two]]

# "Looking Down the Barrel Of A Gun" (3:28)

# "Ask For Janice" (0:11)

** "Hey Ladies" samples "Party Time" by Music/KurtisBlow, "Ain't It Funky Now" and "Funky President" by Music/JamesBrown, "Breakdance - Electric Boogie" by the West Street Mob, "Foxy Lady" by Music/JimiHendrix from ''Music/AreYouExperienced'', "The Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet, "Machine Gun" by the Commodores, "Shake Your Pants" by Cameo, "Holy Ghost" by the Bar-Kays, "Jazzy Sensation" by Music/AfrikaBambaataa, "Jungle Boogie" by Music/KoolAndTheGang, "So Ruff, So Tuff" by Zapp & Rogger, "Dance Floor" by Zappa, "Come Let Me Love You" by Jeanette "Lady" Day, "Change the Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy, "Pumpin' It Up" by the P-Funk All Stars.

** The {{Blaxploitation}} classic ''Film/{{Dolemite}}'' is referenced in "B-Boy Bouillabaisse", as well as "What Comes Around" [[note]]“That rat-soup-eatin', insecure honky motherfucker!" "You no-business, born-insecure, jock-jawed motherfucker!” [[/note]]

** "Johnny Ryall" provides shout-outs to the 1978-1989 New York major Ed Koch, Music/BobDylan's "Maggie Farm" from ''Music/Highway61Revisited'' in the line "Cause he ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more". The line "there ain't a damn thing funny" is a nod to ''Music/TheMessage'' by Music/GrandmasterFlashAndTheFuriousFive. UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, "Helter Skelter" from Music/TheBeatles ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' and Music/ElvisPresley's "Blue Suede Shoes" are also referenced.

** "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" references American footballer Dick Butkus, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and Big Daddy Kane's "On The Bugged Tip" [[note]] "Get on the mic ‘cause you know you eat chicken" [[/note]], ''Series/StarTrek'', sniper Bernhard Goetz, rapper Special Ed, ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Music/JohnnyCash's "Folsom Prinson Blues" [[note]] "I shot a man in ''Reno'' just to watch him die." [[/note]], Creator/CurtSiodmak's ''Literature/DonovansBrain'' [[note]] "Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." [[/note]], American footballer Hartthorne Wingo, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, painter Paul Cézanne and actor Raymond Burr (''Series/{{Ironside}}'').

-> ''Don't go anywhere without it. It's one of those records that you buy every time you're in a rental car. It's also one of those records that you thought sucked the day you bought it. You were mad because it sounded nothing like Music/LicensedToIll. Then a month later, you're like, "This is the best shit ever. "High Plains Drifter" is the best song ever made."'
--> '''Creator/ChrisRock''', who placed "Paul's Boutique" on nr. 8 in his personal list of 25 Best {{Hiphop}} albums.

* NewSoundAlbum: This album proved that they were more than a one-hit wonder. It also showed a more mature side - as mature the band would ever get - with the track "To All The Girls", where they provide a homage to women without being as sexist and juvenile as one their previous record.

--> ''Got the girlies in the coupe, like the Colonel's got chickens'' [[note]] A reference to Colonel Saunders of Kentucky Fried Chicken [[/note]]

* RunningGag: There was a cheese surplus in New York, where the government handed out cheese to beggars and they would sell those back to the delis. This became a running gag with the Beasties, referring to "bum cheese".

--> ''(...) You got your finger on the trigger like the Son of Sam

** "What Comes Around" references ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'', Creator/GeraldoRivera and baseballer Phillip Rizzuto.

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Just Ask Anice" is a woman talking. "Dropping Names" from "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" has the following quote from a Music/BobMarley interview from 1979:

-> ''Don't go anywhere without it. It's one of those records that you buy every time you're in a rental car. It's also one of those records that you thought sucked the day you bought it. You were mad because it sounded nothing like ''Music/LicensedToIll''. Then a month later, you're like, "This is the best shit ever. High Plains Drifter is the best song ever made."'

** "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" references American footballer Dick Butkus, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and Big Daddy Kane's "On The Bugged Tip" [[note]] "Get on the mic ‘cause you know you eat chicken" [[/note]], ''Series/StarTrek'', sniper Bernhard Goetz, rapper Special Ed, ''Theatre/OnTheTown'', Music/JohnnyCash's "Folsom Prinson Blues" [[note]] "I shot a man in ''Reno'' just to watch him die." [[/note]], Creator/CurtSiodmak's ''Literature/DonovansBrain'' [[note]] "Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts." [[/note]], American footballer Hartthorne Wingo, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, painter Paul Cézanne and actor Raymond Burr (''{{Series/{{Ironside}}'').