Ill Communication is Beastie Boys gold!
The Beasties were in top form on this album. This is the third of what critics have largely described as the Boys' 3 best albums. To recap, in 1989 Paul's Boutique came out. It was met initially with mixed reviews, but has become a watershed moment in hop/rock/crossover history. Chuck D from Public Enemy admitted that the BBs had the slickest beats at that time by far. They followed up with 1992s Check Your Head, which was a shift; gone were the cacophony of samples (supposedly all of Paul's Boutique was done with samples), replaced with more instrumental sounds. The Beasties showcased rap/punk/jazz, which carried over to 1994s ILL COMMUNICATION. The album takes the high bar set by the previous album and raises it just a bit more. The Beastie Boys were just so creative, so widely influenced, that if you bear down and listen closely to these albums a few times, you hear different nuances with every listen. You feel like they really put a lot of heart, sweat, and grit into every track. 'Sabrosa' is my absolute favorite track, it catches people off guard that it's the BBs all the time.
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