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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 | Eugene's Lamnet | | 13 | Flute Loop | | 14 | Do It | | 15 | Ricky's Theme | | 16 | Heart Attack Man | | 17 | The Scoop | | 18 | Shambala | | 19 | Bodhisattva Vow | | 20 | Transitions | | 21 | Root Down (Free Zone Mix) (Remixed By The Prunes) | | 22 | Resolution Time | | 23 | Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix) | | 24 | Dope Little Song | | 25 | Sure Shot (European B-Boy Mix) (Remixed By The Prunes) | | 26 | Heart Attack Man (Unplugged) - previously unreleased | | 27 | The Viibes | | 28 | Atwater Basketbal Association File No. 172-C | | 29 | Heart Attack Man (Live) | | 30 | The Maestro (Live) | | 31 | Mullet Head | | 32 | Sure Shot (European B-Boy Instrumental) (Remixed By The Prunes) |
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