LABEL:Capitol
VINYL RELEASE DATE:7/14/2009
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1994
VARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP

Beasties Boys fourth full-length is a wildly self-referential, stock-taking account of the Brooklyn trios career to that point. The sprawling LP takes a culture-jamming approach where sample-driven, smart-alecky old-school hip-hop ricochets off a mix of soul-jazz instrumentals and hard-knuckled micro-freakouts nodding to their primordial hardcore-punk era. It likewise atomizes the Beasties frat days in favor of compassionate lyricism (Sure Shot) while taking the trio to new fuzzed-out heights via the immortal Sabotage.