Beatie Boys / Mix Up – CD

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Author: BEASTIE BOYS

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 26-06-2007

Details: Amazon.ca Having long since shed their image as hip-hop’s clown princes, the Beastie Boys now bring what feels like their emeritus recording, a celebratory instrumental memoir of all of the influences (except punk) that brought them to their secure place among hip-hop’s fickle elite. The party opens with the aptly titled « B for My Name, » its plodding bounce staking claim to the mid-tempo path the album treads almost throughout. « 14th St. Break » picks up the pace, especially in the auxiliary percussion breakdown, complete with rally whistle. Then, beginning with « Suco de Tangerina, » the album drops into a deep groove cut from dub- and dancehall-tinged ostinati that carry through a full third of its tracks. Among these, « The Gala Event » suffers from a lack of developmental motion that characterizes many of these tracks, but highlights still abound. « Off the Grid, » for example, departs from the otherwise unbreakable chill and rips the proceedings wide open, blooming again and again in a series of pulsing riffs that celebrate the very institution of the instrumental groove. More than 20 years since Licensed to Ill took a long, irreverent piss into the mainstream, it seems you can still fight for your right to party. –Jason Kirk

UPC: 094639408528

EAN: 0094639408528

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition:New