Paul's Boutique Promotional Press Release

''Yo, Whassup with de Beasties??!!
What gives, they split to Rio or somp'un?''

Yeah, yeah, everyone's favorite B
(for Beastie) Boys have taken their
time getting the new vinyl out. But I am
here to tell you that the time has
come to quit yer jonesin'
cause...dum dum dum...IT'S HERE

So this new record oughta blow away any speculations and/or misconceptions surrounding the Beastie Boys. It's called Paul's Boutique, and it's coming out on Capitol Records -- the Beastie's brand new label. The LP is named after a men's store in Brooklyn whose low-tech radio ad -- phone number and all -- is sampled right into the LP.

The album should hit sometime around mid-July. The first 12'', featuring the Boys' upstanding anthem ''Hey Ladies,'' will drop June 3Oth. The sleeve picture for the 12'' was done in the King's kitchen (King Ad-Rock, that is) and features; his; dope interior design wizardry which crosses this nation's flag with -- what e1se -- three naked young women. The LP cover features a 360-degree shot of Ludlow street in fashionable Brooklyn, and we're told the accompanying packaging will be unlike anything that's been attempted or done beore. .(The vinyl edition wlll have extra-copious multi-panel artwork in its first print only. Hey collectors!)

''Yea, but who cares what it looks like. What about the tunes??!!''

Not only is Paul's Boutique harder than their hysterical historical multi-platinum Licensed to Ill outing, but it's ''deeper''. The reoord is a never ending flow of freaky, left-field samples (everyone from the Beatles to Mountain to a bunch of obscure '70s funk that one's ever thought about biting) that sucks you in and then spits you out, leaving you punch-drunk and frenzied. The Dust Brothers (Matt Dike, John King, and Mike Simpson) have outdone themselves on the production front, and have given the record an earthy home grown aura.

And the Boys themselves are in tip-top form. Check this: ''I got more rhymes than J.D. 'g got Salinger'' (from ''Shadrach'' ) . Taking you, the listener, on a psychedelic mind-trip, the Beasties declare, I got an open mind so why don't you all get inside'' (from the first single, ''Hey Ladies'' ) .

Paul's Boutique -- with its low down beats and combustable lyrics, this record is pure rope. Mike D raps ''if the press has their way then they're going to finish me'' (from ''Mike on the Mic'').