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It’s time to ‘Shake Your Rump’ because the Beastie Boys have relaunched their site and released the 20th Anniversary Edition of 1989 classic Paul’s Boutique. You can stream it in its entirety as well as all of the music videos below (well except the Japanese exclusive “5-Piece Chicken Dinner”):

Physical copies won’t be out until February 10th but you can head over to the site and download an MP3 or FLAC version of the album. Preorders are available for all the different physical copy bundles, including a $129.99 “Commemorative Package” which comes with the CD, 180-gram vinyl, limited edition t-shirt, and a high-quality 8 x 1 foot poster. A bit steep in price, but the poster looks incredible.

Additionally, the full album commentary by the Beastie Boys themselves has been included on the site as a free download. No purchase necessary. Very interesting stuff about the album especially if you haven’t read the 33 1/3 book on Paul’s Boutique.

The remaster sounds great, the site is incredible, and I’m loving the split up “B-Boys Bouillabaisse” but where are the B-sides?

Also, be sure to check out this interview with the Beastie Boys with Ian from Topspin:

Beastie Boys talk Paul’s Boutique 20 Year Anniversary Reissue from ian rogers on Vimeo.

So will it be the ‘bankers of the first centennial’ or ‘cranes and dangles’?

-Evan Kaloudis

PS. Almost forgot. The Beasties are playing Bonnaroo!

Paul’s Boutique, a landmark album in hip-hop and sampling history. 20 years later, it still holds its ground. People have been saying for years that due to new copyright laws, Paul’s Boutique would never be able to remastered/re-release. Fortunately they were wrong.

Over at the Beastie Boys website is a splash page with the announcement of remaster along with a streaming remastered version of “And What You Give Is What You Get”, a Paul’s Boutique B-Side from An Exciting Evening At Home With Shadrach.

After digging deeper we discovered that a vinyl version will be available on January 27th and that a CD version will available on February 10th. Both versions feature restored artwork, bonus tracks (presumably the B-Sides), and a digital download code for track-by-track commentary from the Beastie Boys themselves. Oh and about “B-Boy Bouillabaisse”, they’ve split it into nine separate tracks. It doesn’t get better than that.

Hopefully this will tide you all over until then. Enjoy.

Beastie Boys – Hello Brooklyn (Remaster)

-Evan