Capitol Us レコード& CD

Review: Is there any need to give an album of this stature the hype treatment? The Beastie Boys bowled into the 90s with one of their most monumental deliveries of their career on this, their third studio album. The second that crunchy break kicks in on 'Jimmy James' and Mixmaster Mike starts flaring on the decks, you know you're getting the absolute real deal. From the low down rap cuts to the instrumental psych outs, weirdo interludes and all out bombs, the Beasties showed the world what they were truly capable of. Do yourself a favour, cop a classic, given a true heavyweight reissue treatment across four big ol' slabs of wax with all the trimmings this record deserves.

Review: ***B-STOCK: inner Record sleeve split, records have very slight surface marks, product in working order***


Is there any need to give an album of this stature the hype treatment? The Beastie Boys bowled into the 90s with one of their most monumental deliveries of their career on this, their third studio album. The second that crunchy break kicks in on 'Jimmy James' and Mixmaster Mike starts flaring on the decks, you know you're getting the absolute real deal. From the low down rap cuts to the instrumental psych outs, weirdo interludes and all out bombs, the Beasties showed the world what they were truly capable of. Do yourself a favour, cop a classic, given a true heavyweight reissue treatment across four big ol' slabs of wax with all the trimmings this record deserves.

Review: A lesser-cited early EP by the Beastie Boys, 'Root Down' was one of the group's first forays into riding and fusing elements of jazz-punk. All the tracks on the EP are variations on the track of the same name, which hailed from the earlier 1994 album, Ill Communication. While the EP begins on a predictably Beastie hip-hop note, things take a sharp turn for the varied with 'Heart Attack Man', on which their hardcore punk origins are heard loud and clear, before all manner of live trip-hoppy funk goodness ensues with 'Sabrosa', not to mention the even weirder mashup 'Flute Loop'. Wild, sorely undersung stuff from the Boys!