The Beasties started off as an obnoxious, 'in your face' hardcore punk band, but tired of the limitations imposed by the expectations of fans of that genre. The boys dropped a couple of members and gained another to slowly evolve into an obnoxious, 'in your face' hip hop group.
The Beasties kept the party vibe and anarchic spirit of punk while stretching their musical wings a bit more; mixing punk and metal riffs with turntables and rap. The more serious political sound that the band would move towards later on is not really here, but the sonic experimentalism is.
This went on to become one of the most commercially successful hip hop albums... I wish it could be said that it had nothing to do with a passively (or even actively) racist recording industry, but it's unlikely. To be fair though, this is a musically interesting album that is not undeserving of some success.
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