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Product Identifiers

ProducerBeastie Boys, Mario Caldato, Jr.

Record LabelEMI Music Distribution

UPC0724349935228

eBay Product ID (ePID)5050205506

Product Key Features

EditionLimited Edition

LanguageEnglish

Era1990s

Run Time5098 Sec

FormatCD

Release Year1999

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock, Rap & Hip-Hop

StyleUnderground Rap

TypeAlbum

ArtistBeastie Boys

Release TitleHello Nasty [Australia]

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

DistributionMsi Music Distribution

Guest ArtistMiho Hatori, Money Mark, Jill Cunniff, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Joe Locke, Eric Bobo, Biz Markie, Mix Master Mike

Number of Tracks26

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, Australia

MixingFatboy Slim, Prisoners of Technology, Mix Master Mike

ReviewsIncluded in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...the collaboration that Black Flag and De La Soul might have made, mixing jaunty samples and esoteric beats with punk-guitar crunch....Hip-hop hasn't unleashed anything this fantastically dense since the heyday of De La and Public Enemy...", "...The chart-topping album finds the Beasties re-enhancing the three-way rhyme antics of their LICENSED TO ILL days using soulsonic electro-funk, cheeky bossa nova, Rachmaninoff loops and some death defying turntable moves...", "...a sonic smorgasbord in which the Beasties gorge themselves with reckless abandon...The melange makes for a looser, more free-spirited record than their earlier albums; the music invites you in, rather than threatening to shut you out..." - Rating: B+, Included in Mixmag's "Ten Best Albums of 98"-"...Electro-Tinged Beats and Whiney Rapping...", 7 (out of 10) - "...HELLO NASTY...is filled with so much money-makin' and disco-breakin' on and on till the breakadawn, you'd think we'd taken the way-back machine into the early Kangol era. Yet such recapping doesn't sound even faintly kitschy. More like a labor of love by three premillennial mensches laying their roots down: a B-boy Anthology of New York Folk Music...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Recorded back in New York and acknowledging that the most powerful tracks on ILL COMMUNICATION were the ones where they stepped up to the mic, it marked a partial return to basics...", 4 (out of 5) - "...HELLO NASTY continues their musical reign...Lyrically, they deliver their made-for-concert verses in perfect unison...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Beasties stir-fry all kinds of beats in their wok, from old-school hip-hop and head-checking punk to bossa nova and reggae...", Ranked #10 on Spin's List of "Top 20 Albums of '98.", Included in Cmj's List of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time", "...What underlies the Beastie sound, and ultimately their widespread appeal, is their obvious appreciation of other music....Mike's scratches add another layer to the album's mighty production..."

EngineerSimon Thornton, Mario Caldato, Jr., Suzanne Dyer, Steve Revitte

VocalsLucy Wagner, Miho Hatori, Jill Cunniff, Beastie Boys, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Brooke Williams, Biz Markie

KeyboardsMoney Mark

PercussionDuduka, Eric Bobo, Richard Siegler

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo