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Hello Nasty
Release Date: 1998 07 14
Label: Cat
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Hello Nasty, the Beastie Boys' fifth album, is a head-spinning listen loaded with analog synthesizers, old drum machines, call-and-response vocals, freestyle rhyming, futuristic sound effects, and virtuoso turntable scratching. The Beasties have long been notorious for their dense, multi-layered explosions, but Hello Nasty is their first record to build on the multi-ethnic junk culture breakthrough of Check Your Head, instead of merely replicating it. Moving from electro-funk breakdowns to Latin-soul jams to spacy pop, Hello Nasty covers as much ground as Check Your Head or Ill Communication, but the flow is natural, like Paul's Boutique, even if the finish is retro-stylized. Hiring DJ Mixmaster Mike (one of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz) turned out to be a masterstroke; he and the Beasties created a sound that strongly recalls the spare electronic funk of the early '80s, but spiked with the samples and post-modern absurdist wit that have become their trademarks. On the surface, the sonic collages of Hello Nasty don't appear as dense as Paul's Boutique, nor is there a single as grabbing as "Sabotage," but given time, little details emerge, and each song forms its own identity. A few stray from the course, and the ending is a little anticlimactic, but that doesn't erase the riches of Hello Nasty -- the old-school kick of "Super Disco Breakin'" and "The Move"; Adam Yauch's crooning on "I Don't Know"; Lee "Scratch" Perry's cameo; and the recurring video game samples, to name just a few. The sonic adventures alone make the album noteworthy, but what makes it remarkable is how it looks to the future by looking to the past. There's no question that Hello Nasty is saturated in old-school sounds and styles, but by reviving the future-shock rock of the early '80s, the Beasties have shrewdly set themselves up for the new millennium. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Super Disco Breakin'Beastie Boys2:07
2MoveBeastie Boys3:35
3Remote ControlBeastie Boys2:58
4Song for the ManBeastie Boys3:13
5Just a TestBeastie Boys2:12
6Body Movin'Caldato, Beastie Boys3:03
7IntergalacticBeastie Boys, Caldato3:51
8Sneakin' Out the HospitalBeastie Boys2:45
9Putting Shame in Your GameBeastie Boys3:37
10Flowin' ProseBeastie Boys2:39
11And MeBeastie Boys2:52
12Three MC's and One DJSchwartz, Beastie Boys, Fite2:50
13Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')Beastie Boys3:01
14Song for JuniorBeastie Boys, Money Mark, Bobo, Cunniff3:49
15I Don't KnowBeastie Boys3:00
16Negotiation Limerick FileBeastie Boys, Caldato2:46
17ElectrifyBeastie Boys, Caldato2:22
18Picture ThisWilliams, Beastie Boys2:25
19UniteBeastie Boys3:31
20DedicationBeastie Boys, Money Mark2:32
21Dr. Lee, PhDMoney Mark, Beastie Boys, Perry4:50
22Instant DeathBeastie Boys3:22

Other Releases:
Hello Nasty [Japan]
Release Date: 1998
Label: Import

Hello Nasty [Instrumentals]
Release Date: 1998

Hello Nasty [Bonus Disc]
Release Date: 1998
Label: Capitol Records

Hello Nasty [Australia]
Release Date: 1998
Label: EMI Music Distribution








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