Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
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Artist: Beastie BoysEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-26
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- B For My Name
- 14th St. Break
- Suco De Tangerina
- The Gala Event
- Electric Worm
- Freaky Hijiki
- Off The Grid
- The Rat Cage
- The Melee
- Dramastically Different
- The Cousin Of Death
- The Kangaroo Rat
Free Music Notes for The Mix-Up
Free Music Review: EXCELLENT
Hit: 4 Stars
Who knew when we hear Licence To Ill in 1986 that the Beastie Boys, twenty years on, would be one of the hippist bands on planet Earth. It first became evident to me on 1998s Hello Nasty, but even then, I had no idea I was listening to the best jazz trio just right of Medeski, Martian and Wood.
Wonder the difference? Well, I did too, but on listening more to both, I found MMW put funk into their jazz, where the Beastie Boys do the reverse. And on Mix Up, the boys have a pretty diverse pallate, mixing the swing and funk of Jimmy Smith with the dissonence, at times, of Larry Young. They use all kinds of fuzz and treaments on the organ.
But this also sound modern, mixing this 1950s and 60s soul/jazz trio impulse with beats informed by Hip Hop. It may not be totally origional, but given the current state of music, the Beastie Boys have it going on more than 99% of the big names.
Excellent.
The Mix-Up Poster
The Mix-Up is Beastie Boys' first-ever full album of all-new instrumental material. The follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs, The Mix-Up features Diamond, Horovitz and Yauch back on drums, guitar and bass, with able assistance from Keyboard Money Mark and percussionist Alfredo Ortiz, on 12 brand new wordless, sample-less, scratchless originals. Sure to please fans of the instrumental cuts from Check Your Head and Ill Communication and the cult hit compilation album made up largely of those tracks, The In Sound From Way Out!, The Mix-Up finds NYC's favorite sons drawing on one of their arsenal's primary strengths and pushing it into bold new directions.
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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
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