"Ill Communication" captures the Beasties doing what they do best - pretty much everything. From hip-hop to punk to mellow instrumentals, they perform a diverse range of songs with great skill and musicianship.
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and Ill Communication is pretty much a catalogueof coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money...
Ill Communication -
By 1994 the Beasties had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool,
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andIll Communicationis pretty much a catalogueof coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money M...
ILL COMMUNICATION
The Beastie Boys: Mike Ad-Rock Horovitz (vocals, guitar); Adam MCA Yauch (vocals, acoustic
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bass, electric bass); Mike Mike D Diamond (vocals, drums).Additional personnel: Q-Tip, Biz Markie (rap vocals); Eugene Gore (violin); Money Mark Nishita (keyboar...
Advantages: 20 brilliant tracks Disadvantages: It's so hard to put its brilliance into words!
"Ill Communication" captures the Beasties doing what they do best - pretty much everything. From hip-hop to punk to mellow instrumentals, they perform a diverse range of songs with great skill and musicianship.
Old school rappers will find this album right up their street. Highlights include the mind-bogglingly good "Get It Together" (featuring Q-Tip and Biz Markie) and "Do It". The vocal interplay between Adrock, MCA and Mike D shines throughout ... ...the propulsive "Sabotage" and "Heart Attack Man". I even enjoyed the funky instrumentals on "Sabrosa" and "Futterman's Rule".
On the downside, well, there isn't one really. The cultural references in the trio's rapping are American, naturally, so the audience this side of the Atlantic might not get some of the lyrics straight away.
The raw energy and freshness of these tracks haven't diminished at all since the album's release in 1994. The tongue-in-cheek ...
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18.07.2000
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Advantages: Cool music Disadvantages: Not everyones taste!
...makes for a varied and interesting listen. The two main title tracks from this Album are Sure shot and Ill Communication. They were both released as singles and and had cracking Videos!!! Sureshot was filmed like a 70's cop show and was absolutely superb. It won several awards too. ...
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Album Notes: The Beastie Boys: Mike "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar); Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, acoustic bass, electric bass); Mike "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums).
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.54) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Sure Shot
2.: Tough Guy
3.: B Boys Makin' With The Freak Freak
4.: Bobo On The Corner
5.: Root Down
6.: Sabotage
7.: Get It Together
8.: Sabrosa
9.: Update
10.: Futterman's Rule
11.: Alright Hear This
12.: Eugene's Lament
13.: Flute Loop
14.: Do It
15.: Ricky's Theme
16.: Heart Attackman
17.: Scoop
18.: Shamballa
19.: Bodhisattva Vow
20.: Transition
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