Beastie Boys Book

I was looking at Licensed to Ill on Wikipedia and noticed that the highest it reached on the Billboard top 200 was #1.
Then I noticed that the highest it ever reached on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums was #2.

I thought the top 200 was all inclusive, so how could it have been #1 on that chart but only ever #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart?

Anyway, its not intuitive that 3 Jewish kids would have an Album that is #2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
Its crazy world, someone ought to sell tickets. I'd buy one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensed_to_Ill

I assume I don't know how these charts work or are measured.

They were produced by one of the greatest hip hop producers that ever lived - Rick Ruben. He and Simmons started DefJam Records.

Timing was also perfect. Suburban kids were starting to find hip hop, and enter the Beastie Boys with their Zepplin/Classic rock infused hip hop
And Paul Revere....reversing the 808 track to get that vvvvomp vomp vvommp sound.