BEASTIE BOYS
ILL COMMUNICATION - CD

CAPITOL

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UPC: 724382859925
Label: CAPITOL
Format: CD
Release Date: May 31, 1994
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By 1994 the Beasties 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 favorite 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.

TRACK LIST:

1 Sure Shot 3:19

2 Tough Guy 0:57

3 B-Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak 3:36

4 Bobo On The Corner 1:13

5 Root Down 3:32

6 Sabotage 2:58

7 Get It Together 4:05

8 Sabrosa 3:29

9 The Update 3:15

10 Futterman's Rule 3:42

11 Alright Hear This 3:06

12 Eugene's Lament 2:12

13 Flute Loop 1:54

14 Do It 3:16

15 Ricky's Theme 3:43

16 Heart Attack Man 2:14

17 The Scoop 3:36

18 Shambala 3:40

19 Bodhisattva Vow 3:08

20 Transitions 2:31