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“Hello Nasty”, the Beastie Boys’ fifth album, is a head-spinning listen loaded with analogue synthesizers, old drum machines, call-and-response vocals, freestyle rhyming, futuristic sound effects, and virtuoso turntable scratching. The Beasties had long been notorious for their dense, multi-layered explosions, but “Hello Nasty” was their first record to build on the multi-ethnic junk-culture breakthrough of “Check Your Head”, instead of merely replicating it. Hiring DJ Mix Master 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 postmodern absurdist wit that have become their trademarks.
Tracklist: Super Disco Breakin’ / The Move / Remote Control / Song For The Man / Just A Test / Body Movin’ / Intergalactic / Sneakin’ Out The Hospital / Putting Shame In Your Game / Flowin’ Prose / And Me / Three MC’s And One DJ / The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin’) / Song For Junior / I Don’t Know / The Negotiation Limerick File / Electrify / Picture This / Unite / Dedication / Dr. Lee, PhD / Instant Death
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