Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics

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The Beastie Boys: Rock Hard/Party's Gettin' Rough/Beastie Groove/Instrumental [Def Jam EP, 1984]
With their boomy beats and big guitar, can these white boys rap the rap? "I can play the drums." "I can play guitar." "Not just B-boys we're real rock stars." Uh-oh. "Rock and roll rhythms are raunchy and raucous/I'm from Manhattan you're from Secaucus." Well, maybe. "I'm a man who needs no introduction/Got a big tool of reproduction." Very funny. B+