BEASTIE BOYS – Ill Communication (30th Anniversary Edition) – 3LP – Deluxe 180g Vinyl Set in Slipcase

3LP – Limited 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 180g Vinyl Set. Features lenticular cover art and includes a bonus LP with 12 bonus tracks (remixes, B-sides and rarities), all housed in a rigid slipcase.

By 1994 the Beastie Boys had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and ‘Ill Communication‘ is pretty much a catalog of coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money Mark, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, MCA‘s cop-show metal number ‘Sabotage‘, and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes. But it’s also a surprisingly mature record from a band that had, after all, been at it for 12 years already. The original jazz-funk instrumentals hold their own with the group’s favourite sample sources. their voices are modestly buried in the mix, and they’ve tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: Check out ‘Bodhisattva Vow‘, a salute to buddhist spirituality.

Tracklist:

Disc: 1
Side A
1. Sure Shot
2. Tough Guy
3. B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak
4. Bobo On The Corner
5. Root Down

Side B
1. Sabotage
2. Get It Together
3. Sabrosa
4. The Update
5. Futterman’s Rule

Side C
1. Alright Hear This
2. Eugene’s Lament
3. Flute Loop
4. Do It)
5. Ricky’s Theme

Side D
1. Heart Attack Man
2. The Scoop
3. Shambala
4. Bodhisattva Vow
5. Transitions

Side E
1. Root Down (Free Zone Mix)
2. Resolution Time
3. Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix)
4. Dope Little Song
5. Sure Shot (European B-Boy Mix)
6. Heart Attack Man (Unplugged)

Side F
1. The Vibes
2. Atwater Basketball Association File No. 172-C
3. Heart Attack Man (Live)
4. The Maestro (Live)
5. Mullet Head
6. Sure Shot (European B-Boy Instrumental)