I like License to Ill because it was the first hip hop album by them and the songs are just plain classic. I think Pauls Boutique outshines it though because the beats and the rhymes were worlds tighter. Taking the hiatus when they did was dangerous thing for the group but when they came back together they were tighter than ever. Even their follow up album Check Your Head didn't live up to the standard set by PB...in fact I feel Hello Nasty is the first album since that holds to the standard.