Hello Nasty, the Beastie Boys' fifth album, is a head-spinning listen loaded with analog synthesizers, old drum machines, call-and-response vocals, freestyle rhyming, futuristic sound effects, and virtuoso turntable scratching. The Beasties have long been notorious for their dense, multi-layered explosions, but Hello Nasty is their first record to build on the multi-ethnic junk culture breakthrough of Check Your Head, instead of merely replicating it. Moving from electro-funk breakdowns to Latin-soul jams to spacy pop, Hello Nasty covers as much ground as Check Your Head or Ill Communication, but the flow is natural, like Paul's Boutique, even if the finish is retro-stylized. Hiring DJ Mixmaster Mike (one of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz) turned out to be a masterstroke; he and the Beasties created a sound that strongly recalls the spare electronic funk of the early '80s, but spiked with the samples and post-modern absurdist wit that have become their trademarks. On the surface, the sonic collages of Hello Nasty don't appear as dense as Paul's Boutique, nor is there a single as grabbing as "Sabotage," but given time, little details emerge, and each song forms its own identity. A few stray from the course, and the ending is a little anticlimactic, but that doesn't erase the riches of Hello Nasty -- the old-school kick of "Super Disco Breakin'" and "The Move"; Adam Yauch's crooning on "I Don't Know"; Lee "Scratch" Perry's cameo; and the recurring video game samples, to name just a few. The sonic adventures alone make the album noteworthy, but what makes it remarkable is how it looks to the future by looking to the past. There's no question that Hello Nasty is saturated in old-school sounds and styles, but by reviving the future-shock rock of the early '80s, the Beasties have shrewdly set themselves up for the new millennium.
If Hello Nasty seems less unusual than it did on its appearance in 1998, its inventiveness should not be overlooked.By the time the Beastie Boys came to release their fifth studio album, enough time had passed for a new release to be greeted with a reaction other than one focused on what the group would do next. Previously the story had been about transitions, from the frat-boy pranks of Licens...
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If Hello Nasty seems less unusual than it did on its appearance in 1998, its inventiveness should not be overlooked.By the time the Beastie Boys came to release their fifth studio album, enough time had passed for a new release to be greeted with a reaction other than one focused on what the group would do next. Previously the story had been about transitions, from the frat-boy pranks of Licens...
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the beastie boys rock. i just checked out their videos from the library!! yeah, i love the library. watching the beastie boys always make me smile and want to jump up and do a karate kick in the air. wish i had a posse to hang out with and dress in uniformed tracksuits with. i especially like the intergalactic video because they are wearing construction worker uniforms in tokyo!! awesome....
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The last installment of this year's deluxe, remastered, expanded and altogether awesome Beastie Boys catalogue reissues has been confirmed: The multi-platinum 1998 opus Hello Nasty will be given the 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format treatment featuring 21 bonus tracks and rarities, including 10 never before released items (tracks/skits). Pre-order/digital release has already ...
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MUSIC NEWS - No updates on their unfortunately delayed HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE Pt 1, album, but now, the final installment of this year's deluxe, remastered and expanded Beastie Boys catalogue reissues has been announced - their 1998 opus Hello Nasty will get a 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format release (featuring 21 bonus tracks and rarities, including 10 never before released items (tracks
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Beastie Boys have announced yet another reissue, this times its for their 1998 album, ‘Hello Nasty‘.The band recently released reissues of ‘Licensed to Ill‘, ‘Paul’s Boutique‘, ‘Check Your Head‘, and ‘Ill Communication‘.The forthcoming reissue, which is due out September 22, will be released as a digital download, double CD, double vinyl, and a limited collector’s vinyl pac
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The Beastie Boys will never get old. Here it is, 2008, among all sorts of different hip hop scenes and sounds, and the Beastie Boys early 90's work is as creative or more than most of today's. Cheers to the trio.
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BEASTIE BOYS HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART 1 OUT SEPTEMBER 15 ILL COMMUNICATION & HELLO NASTY TO COMPLETE DELUXE REISSUE SERIES INTIMATE AUGUST 6 CHICAGO SHOW TO PRECEDE LOLLAPALOOZA APPEARANCE SEPTEMBER 24 HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW SOLD OUT Summer Festival Domination Begun With Bonnaroo To Continue Through All Points West, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and more New York NY -- June 23, 2009 -- The
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Hip-Hop obsessed remixer Dave Wrangler has brought back to life one of my favorite Beastie Boys’ jams. “Body Movin’ (Dave Wrangler remix)” | downloadBeastie Boys...** This is a content summary only. Visit the website for downloads, videos, & more! **
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Another great Beastie Boys remaster. digital downloads are available now on their official site. Preorders are also being taken for the physical packages.Hello Nasty CD2 tracklisting:1. Description Of A Strange Man2. Dirt Dog (previously unreleased track)3. Intergalactic (Colleone & Webb Remix)4. Dr. Lee, PhD (Dub Mix)5. Switched On (previously unreleased track)6. Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim [...]
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| 1 Super Disco Breakin' |
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| 2 The Move |
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| 3 Remote Control |
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| 4 Song for the Man |
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| 5 Just a Test |
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| 6 Body Movin' |
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| 7 Intergalactic |
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| 8 Sneakin' Out the Hospital |
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| 9 Putting Shame in Your Game |
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| 10 Flowin' Prose |
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| 11 And Me |
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| 12 Three MC's and One DJ |
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| 13 The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin') |
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| 14 Song for Junior |
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| 15 I Don't Know |
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| 16 The Negotiation Limerick File |
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| 17 Electrify |
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| 18 Picture This |
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| 19 Unite |
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| 20 Dedication |
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| 21 Dr. Lee, PhD |
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| 22 Instant Death |
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