Are you even serious thinking I could do that? As an aside, I have no desire to help increase i-tunes bottom line; HOWEVER, choose your favorite media site and actually buy the album. There is something wrong about just downloading music for free - the artists get some of the money you spend and you get their music and extras. So download this album and you also get the 30 minute version of Make Some Noise video.
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is either a return to or an homage to the early Beastie albums and is a reminder as to how Beasties can own the rap world basically whenever they choose to! It starts off with one the first releases and one of the highlights with Make Some Noise...Classic BB theme of challenging sucka MC's. They are dropping throwbacks to License to Ill all over this track culminating with the proclamation that we gotta "Party for the MFing Right to Fight!" Non-Stop Disco Power is the first of a few trance-like synth lines backed by Funky Drummer Space Rap. OK is next and one my favorites it is basically Robot Sex Music with the robots excited chorus of "Sex is going on in my head" - at least that's what I heard!??! Say It is a tour de force for Mixmaster Mike. He also goes off in Long Burn the Fire another strong lyrical song containing "the proof is in the pudding and the pudding's in my pants..I think you've heard me rap, now watch me dance." NOW WHAT, SON!!...errrr, sorry.
Other strong tracks follow with Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament. This song disarmed my hypothalmus with its sick, sedating, wah synth and high-hat pacing. Here's a Little Something is a dance anthem BBoy style harkening back to the To The 5 Boroughs album. Pop Your Balloon is a clever,fast-paced, nasty rap.."Built for speed like a Tour De France bike!" and "Aint no sunshine when Mike D's Gone!" Sprinkled throughout are a few short tracks that sound like vocal exercises for the boys - but they are entertaining and have great names like Funky Donkey!!
If you're a big fan, watch the 30 minute Make Some Noise video. I've seen it twice as it really fills in some of the gaps and answers a lot of questions from the short version that we were all thinking about. Weren't we? Anyone? OK, here is my stream of consciousness summary - A celeb walk-thru funfest with an acid trip, lots of 80's Drug Use and Will Ferrell cowbell outtakes. This video portrays a day in the life of BB immediately following the party depicted in the fight for your right video. It ends with....a Back to the Future Dance Off the dissolves into a urination Golden Shower battle involving Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black as the future Beastie Boys, peeing on Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen, and Danny McBride as the younger BBoys. Can't make that stuff up! Hilarious and a testament to the broad fan appeal of the Beasties.
Overall, five stars - a must have for fans and a definite BUY if you are cool. Let me know what you think about the review or the album.
Sad to say the only BB song I know is "You've got to fight for your right to party." That was back in high school. Good to see they're still going strong. Side note: Would it be right to say they are the Radio Head of Rap, i.e., "Thinking man's" rapper?
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