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Ill Communication
By 1994 the Beasties had settled into their cultural role as the grand arbiters of cool, and Ill Communication is pretty much a catalog of coolness: live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, keyboards by analogue master Money Mark, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, MCA's cop-show metal number "Sabotage," and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes. But it's also a surprisingly mature record from a band that had, after all, been at it for 12 years already. The original jazz-funk instrumentals hold their own with the group's favorite sample sources. Their voices are modestly buried in the mix, and they've tempered their old snottiness with lyrical compassion: check out "Bodhisattva Vow," a salute to Buddhist spirituality. --Douglas Wolk
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Tracks| 1 | Sure Shot | | 2 | Tough Guy | | 3 | B-Boys Makin` With The Freak Freak | | 4 | Bobo On The Corner | | 5 | Root Down | | 6 | Sabotage | | 7 | Get It Together | | 8 | Sabrosa | | 9 | The Update | | 10 | Futterman`s Rule | | 11 | Alright Hear This | | 12 | Eugenes`s Lament | | 13 | Flute Loop | | 14 | Do It | | 15 | Ricki`s Theme | | 16 | Heart Attack Man | | 17 | The Scoop | | 18 | Shambala | | 19 | Bodhisattva Vow | | 20 | Transitions |
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