Were the Beastie Boys really important enough to have three albums on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums list? A good place to start is a conversation about their 1986 debut album, Licensed to Ill. Don't know anything about it? Well, we have you covered.

In this episode you will learn:

• the basic info about the album
• its critical and commercial reception
• why Rolling Stone thinks it's one of the greatest albums of all time

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