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Title: What happened??
Review: This cd should have a colon in the title . . . To the 5 Boroughs: (Circa 1985).Ok, maybe that is overstating the case a bit, but this album sounds like it should have directly followed Paul's Boutique. Lacking any of the funk and real instrumentation of the amazing Check your Head and Ill Communication, this cd is a collection of raps over boring drum machine beats. Yep it's "old school" but not in a good way. Although some of the sounds are new and interesting, the raps sound like recycled 80s rap and/or previous Beastie Boys tunes.I'll keep giving this album a chance but I'm starting to think this is one of those albums where your first impression is dead on. If you really liked Paul's Boutique you may like this album (I'm not a huge Paul's Boutique fan but there are some real jems on that album and enough solid tracks to warrant keeping it around; 5 Boroughs lacks any true jems).What happend? Where's the funk? Where are the instruments?
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