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I'm about to go to Kruger Park South Africa, and this will be the perfect soundrack, beasties all around and in my ears. Kidding apart, I'm a huge estimator of the Beasties, gonne see them live in 14 days time in a Gala event, and I think this album confirms their creativity and their originality. I'm listening to it right now, I give it 5 stars.


Rating: 5 out of 5

I've always been an appreciator of the Beastie Boys since those goofy days of Licensed to Ill. They are a progressive act, developing themsleves and their sound as the last 20 odd years (gulp) of recording has gone by. But, without wishing to state the obvious, they have remained popular because of their hip hop/rap talent and, in turn, their original interpretation of it. A wholly instrumental long player is going to be that..........a LONG player. Don't get me wrong, as individual tracks the material is definately worth a listen. It takes me back to their chilled out sessions for Check Your Head which was probably the bands creative peak (with Paul's Boutique of course). I'm no musical history expert but if you want a sound comparison I'd say this is somewhere between Cafe Bleu era Style Council and Hamilton Bohannon. Stand out tracks on first listen are B For My Name, Off the Grid and The Cousin of Death but as with any Beastie album, it's likely to florish on further listening. Don't get me wrong, it'll be a great CD for listening to whilst driving or for relaxing to throughout the summer but I gotta admit, I miss the words. Still spitting hot fire but perhaps consuming too many fumes.

Rating: 3 out of 5

First off, this aint your avearge Beasties LP. No rapping from Ad Rock, MCA or Mike D, but plenty of chillin' instrumentals. If you liked "The In Sounds From Way Out", then you're sure to dig this collection of chilled out grooooooves. Almost trip-hop in places, with hints of dub, soul and pretty much any other pigeon-hole catagory you can think of, this is an album to come down to. If you're looking for a right-to-party to fight for - this is a long way off but, if you fancy something a little different to kick back to look no further. I'm lovin' it. relax, give it a couple of listens and it'll be on at the very end of all your part sessions.

Rating: 4 out of 5

First off, this aint your avearge Beasties LP. No rapping from Ad Rock, MCA or Mike D, but plenty of chillin' instrumentals. If you liked "The In Sounds From Way Out", then you're sure to dig this collection of chilled out grooooooves. Almost trip-hop in places, with hints of dub, soul and pretty much any other pigeon-hole catagory you can think of, this is an album to come down to. If you're looking for a right-to-party to fight for - this is a long way off but, if you fancy something a little different to kick back to look no further. I'm lovin' it. relax, give it a couple of listens and it'll be on at the very end of all your part sessions.

Rating: 4 out of 5

Firstly, for any spelling/grammar pedants, the title I chose for this review is not a typo, but a useage of the title of a track from this album.

Now we have got that out of the way, I was given this album as a completely random gift. I am not really into The Beastie Boys but this is just an instrumental album.

The instrumentals are very similar to what you'd expect from The Beasties, just obviously you're able to really hear them better as that's all there is to listen to.

I can easily imagine this being played in a cool bar in Hoxton or somewhere. It's a very solid album and also very chilled and relaxed and relaxing. Each track flows effortlessly into the next and it's a pleasure to listen to and unwind to.

Rating: 4 out of 5