You probally wouldn't expect much from The Beastie Boys after releasing Paul's Boutique. After all, it pretty much was a king of sampling, and there's no real way to top that album, especially since sampling wasn't going too well after the album being released. So instead of panicking, The Beastie Boys decided to employ their own beats more, and add some of their early rock influence, and live funk courtesy of keyboards. It works, extremely well. Whether Mike D (that's my guess, since he usually played drums) or a sample was backing the beat, I can't help but feel this may be the most organic rap album as far as beats, always heavy, funky, great. Oh, and there's the percussion too. They still sample, but it's not very dominated with samples like Paul's Boutique. Plenty of other stuff, but have a listen for yourself.They really isn't a bad song on here, nearly all of them rule in different ways. Lighten Up Groove Holmes and Namaste are laid back funk tracks, some of them rock, like Time For Livin'. They still rap and shout over some of the coolest beats made in a rap album, but yeah, there's a lot of variety. There's really not much else to say but to check it out. There's plenty of stuff that would take foerver to describe like this, and I don't feel like doing a track listing because it would be just redundant. Still though, Beastie Boy listeners can't pass this one up. Seriously. Not much else to say anyway.9.5/10
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