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Beastie Boys

Ill Communication

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 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.

A1

Sure Shot

A2

Tough Guy

A3

B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak

A4

Bobo on the Corner

A5

Root Down

B1

Sabotage

B2

Get it Together

B3

Sabrosa

B4

The Update

B5

Futterman's Rule

C1

Alright Hear This

C2

Eugene's Lament

C3

Flute Loop

C4

Do It

C5

Ricky's Theme

D1

Heart Attack Man

D2

The Scoop

D3

Shambala

D4

Bodhisattva Vow

D5

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