BEASTIE BOYS - Ill Communication (Reissue) - 2LP - Black Vinyl

2LP - Black Vinyl 

By 1994 the Beastie Boys had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and 'Ill Communication' is pretty much a catalog of coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money Mark, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, MCA's cop-show metal number 'Sabotage', and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes.

But it's also a surprisingly mature record from a band that had, after all, been at it for 12 years already. The original jazz-funk instrumentals hold their own with the group's favourite sample sources. their voices are modestly buried in the mix, and they've tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: Check out 'Bodhisattva Vow', a salute to buddhist spirituality.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1        Sure Shot
A2        Tough Guy
A3        B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak
A4        Bobo On The Corner
A5        Root Down

Side B
B1        Sabotage
B2        Get It Together
B3        Sabrosa
B4        The Update
B5        Futterman's Rule

Side C
C1        Alright Hear This
C2        Eugene's Lament
C3        Flute Loop
C4        Do It
C5        Ricky's Theme

Side D
D1        Heart Attack Man
D2        The Scoop
D3        Shambala
D4        Bodhisattva Vow
D5        Transitions