Name: Ill Communication
Brand: Beastie Boys

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

6942321

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r1856276]

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-04-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5099969423215

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Beastie Boys

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Back in stock. 180 gram double vinyl set faithfully restored and re-issued. By 1994 the Beasties 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.

Ill Communication

Music GB