Music CD - Beastie Boys: The Mix-Up

	Music CD: The Mix-Up Artist: Beastie Boys List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $7.97 Your Save: $ 11.01 ( 58% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks: 1. B For My Name 2. 14th St. Break 3. Suco De Tangerina 4. The Gala Event 5. Electric Worm 6. Freaky Hijiki 7. Off The Grid 8. The Rat Cage 9. The Melee 10. Dramastically Different 11. The Cousin Of Death 12. The Kangaroo Rat
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094639408528 Label: Capitol Manufacturer: Capitol Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Capitol Release Date: 2007-06-26 Studio: Capitol
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: All Instrumental, don't buy if you're a beginner Comment: As stated before, this album is made up 12 original instrumental songs, but I mean go listen to a Beethoven or Mozart record for instrumental music we want the Rapcore-style music that the Beastie Boys became famous for way back in the mid-1980's. This doesn't even sound like the Beastie Boys, either. It's got a very strong Funk/Reggae overtone. I give it a 2.5 . BUY THIS if you've been into the Beastie Boys since at least the 90's, and.or have a Beastie Boys collection, but if this will be your first Beastie Boys album, and/or you've just got into them, don't even bother. You'll question how people can like them. This is not the stuff that influenced Rage Against The Machine. However, if you're into the B.B.'s, I reccommend checking out: Rage Against The Machine Limp Bizkit Faith No More Customer Rating: Summary: Too Groovy for Words!!! Comment: I can't get enough of this album! I have listened to it over and over. I have been a huge fan of the Beastie Boys since back in the day and still love their last instrumental album, "The In Sound from Way Out." So, when I heard that they had put out another, I couldn't order it fast enough! A must have for anyone's collection. Customer Rating: Summary: groove Comment: nice and cool 60's? 70's kind of mood. very differnt from their other instrumental album titled in sounds from the way out. Customer Rating: Summary: people listen Comment: Okay i understand most of your idea, that its not the usual up beat hip hop album you all were hoping for, but in a different light this album is a art masterpeice. Its not only mixed well but its also mixed in a way were its very chill, calm, but also cool. Its a great album to just relax to and not have be in a rap mood. Customer Rating: Summary: The bad reviews are WRONG! Comment: Wow, I can't believe the number of people that don't "get" this CD nor do I understand why people insist on saying that music is bad just because it wasn't what they expected. Then there are the people that compare one thing to something else just because it has a few similarities. Maybe the Beasties weren't trying to sound like Medeski, Martin & Wood. Maybe they were just doing their own thing. Expanding on a sound and style they had already established if only hinted at on previous albums. And maybe you could write better music yourself right chief? I highly doubt it. This is a great album and a natural progression from a band that has long since earned the right to do whatever they want to do. I hope this becomes a trend and we see more instrumental releases from them. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Having long since shed their image as hip-hop's clown princes, the Beastie Boys now bring what feels like their emeritus recording, a celebratory instrumental memoir of all of the influences (except punk) that brought them to their secure place among hip-hop's fickle elite. The party opens with the aptly titled "B for My Name," its plodding bounce staking claim to the mid-tempo path the album treads almost throughout. "14th St. Break" picks up the pace, especially in the auxiliary percussion breakdown, complete with rally whistle. Then, beginning with "Suco de Tangerina," the album drops into a deep groove cut from dub- and dancehall-tinged ostinati that carry through a full third of its tracks. Among these, "The Gala Event" suffers from a lack of developmental motion that characterizes many of these tracks, but highlights still abound. "Off the Grid," for example, departs from the otherwise unbreakable chill and rips the proceedings wide open, blooming again and again in a series of pulsing riffs that celebrate the very institution of the instrumental groove. More than 20 years since Licensed to Ill took a long, irreverent piss into the mainstream, it seems you can still fight for your right to party. --Jason Kirk