Hard Harry412 is glad the Beasties took a few years before they released this one. It is clear that they took their time on it and it shows because this album has a number of totally classic songs on here!
'Remote Control', 'Body Movin', 'Intergalatic', and 'Three MCs and one DJ' are sweet!
The Beasties style does seem to change once again here though. Gone are the hardcore punk songs of their last few albums (at least I don't remember hearing any), and also the distorted mics that they sometimes used (most prominently on 'Ill Communication'). Those mics made their songs sound totally grungey! They were cool! I am kind of sad that stuff is not on here.
However with a new DJ they seem to harken back to their 'Pauls Boutique' days with tons of samples and lots of dance-able tracks as well.
As far as breaking new ground it actually sounds like the Beasties are singing on some of the songs! What the heck! Frankly they are not very good and need to stick to rapping, and hey I have been listening to the B-boys since the '80s and like them so this is serious advice not a put down!!
Also some of the new non-rap/ non-hip-hop songs don't really seem to fit on here. Like they have a couple of psychedelic songs where the Beasties don't even sing and have guest performers and frankly listening to that sort of thing doesn't really make it seem like a B-boys album.
Overall though this album is great, heck I don't think the B-boys have released a bad album and the fact they indulged in a little experimentation is alright.
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