
(PRE-ORDER) Doechii Alligator Bites Never Heal LP (hazel translucent vinyl)
Hip Hop, Contemporary R&B,
New In
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MGMT Congratulations 2LP
Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop,
199,00 lei
Capitol Records
509996 94239 18
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.
NEW / Released in 1998 / Reissue 2009
Tracklist:
A1 Super Disco Breakin'
A2 The Move
A3 Remote Control
A4 Song For The Man
A5 Just A Test
A6 Body Movin'
B1 Intergalactic
B2 Sneakin' Out The Hospital
B3 Putting Shame In Your Game
B4 Flowin' Prose
B5 And Me
B6 Three MC's And One DJ
C1 The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')
C2 Song For Junior
C3 I Don't Know
C4 The Negotiation Limerick File
C5 Electrify
D1 Picture This
D2 Unite
D3 Dedication
D4 Dr. Lee, PhD
D5 Instant Death
Hip Hop, Contemporary R&B,
Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop,