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Beastie Boys - Ill Communication: Deluxe Edition
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By 1994, the Beastie Boys were a lot closer to 30 than they were to 20, and it's not much of a stretch to interpret their fourth album as a growing-up phase of sorts. Where Check Your Head was a jam session turned venting process turned crossover success, Ill Communication is the album that let them infuse their turn towards sincerity with a renewed sense of playfulness, solidifying their transition from the gleefully exaggerated bad-boy anarchists of their first two albums to a trio of (slightly) more mature, trend-setting enthusiasts. It's as if they took stock in their history, realized they were past the point of having to prove anything, said what the hell, and decided to throw their whole repertoire into the album. Considering the record was assembled over a comparatively brief six-month span, it's an ideal, condensed snapshot of the Boys' genuine interests and cultural obsessions, whether they were spiritual (Buddhism), musical (late-60s/early-70s soul-jazz) or recreational (no less than three members of the 1993-94 Knicks get shout-outs). It's the Beasties at their most lifestyle-savvy, though they came across less like opportunistic youth marketers and more like the idiosyncratic hipsters they'd always been. (Remember, this was in 1994, before "hipster" was a pejorative.) Their lyrical personalities are a bit more distinct, too, even as they keep up their traditional mic-passing back-and-forth rapport: MCA's the pistol-smashing, anti-misogynist, spiritual one, who gets a couple of solo joints to mull over the decaying state of the world ("The Update") and espouse upon his Buddhism ("Bodhisattva Vow"). Mike D's the instigator of analog throwbacks ("I'm still listening to wax, I'm not using the CD"), working-class style ("I'm shopping at Sears 'cause I don't buy at the Gap") and b-boy golf chic ("Pass me an iron and I'll bust a chip shot/ Then you throw me off the green 'cause I'm strictly hip-hop"). And Ad-Rock's the irreverent name-dropper who compares himself to everyone from underground cartoonist Vaughn Bode to Moog pioneer Dick Hyman in the process of big-upping his microphone technique. But even amidst all the Gen-X cool-hunting and social-conscience soul-searching the Beasties were undertaking at the time, Ill Communication rings true because it stands as one of their most dedicated engagements with hip-hop culture. They're game as far as actual lyricism goes; even if they're a half-step behind the dizzying, rapid-fire linguistic free-for-all of Paul's Boutique, there's enough quotables and inspired moments of limber beat-riding in tracks like "Sure Shot", "Root Down", and "Do It" to hold up....full text |
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| Lifeinabungalo |
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I spent most of this past weekend blasting my favorite Beastie Boys record “Ill Communication” and I’m happy to report that it sounds as good today as it did when it first came out in The Beastie’s fourth proper release has been re-issued as a double CD deluxe edition with all the trimmings. But it’s the original green-colored tape that purchased at Crazy Rhythms in Montclair way back when that really gets the emotions running. I remember going through a mild hardcore rap phase, back when hardcore was considered a melding or rock and hip hop. Keep in mind, this was pre Limp Bizkit 1994, and I was grooving to Kid Rock’s “Polyfuse Method,” anything by Rage Against the Machine, and the “Judgment Night Soundtrack.”...full text |
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| Mog |
| In the same vein as the Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head remasters/deluxe editions, it appears that the Capitol is reissuing Ill Communication; no surprise really. No official announcement has been made yet (most likely to not overshadow the recent Check Your Head issue) but Amazon and CDUniverse are displaying a June 16th release date.Ill [...]...full text |
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