What do you think they are hinting at?

[Kid Presentable]

Musically, whatever.

I think with the three of them doing Sabotage at shows, they either couldn't afford to pay the others to come out(unlikely) or they're making some noise alone on the new album ( at points, I know MM and Fredo are there) and want to vibe on that.

As dumb as it persists in sounding, something bluesy wouldn't be bad. Maybe 5 or so hip-hop songs. Or a double disc extravaganza. But yeah, the upright is there, so that's pretty much a good thing. I wouldn't mind something heavier than Sabrosa, though.

[Brother McDuff]

As far as recording goes, I'm sure Alfredo and Mike would come in and overdub last, after Mike and the Adam's have already thrown down their parts. Alfredo already said in an interview that he was to put work in on the new album. Plus I remember Mixmaster came into Hello Nasty after most of the groundwork was already done. So I wouldn't doubt that they're going to be an integral part of this project.

as far as shows go, I'm sure those guys (Al & MMM) have other gigs, whether personal or professional that they're wrapped up in when they're not touring with the boys. unless they're going on a whole tour or an entire string of dates with the beasties, they need to keep committed to other work in order to, you know, pay the bills. therefore they may not be available for every random show that the bboys decide to hit up.

[Kid Presentable]

That's no help to me cause I'm liquored up. I do want to say that I hope someday B-Free and B-Gee can live in harmonee some day.:( :( :(

[Brother McDuff]

P.S. I'm totally curious as to how a real Beasties album is going to sound without Mario producing. Not that TT5B wasn't a "real" album, persay, but it was kind of a brief detour from their typical sound. With the Beasties producing it now, shit's probly gonna sound hella different.

P.S.S. I wonder how much, if any production work Weiner's contributing and if he'll end up with a production credit in the end...

[Brother McDuff]

That's no help to me cause I'm liquored up.

well, that's your problem

[acamus]

I'm putting my bets on a straight-up jazz album.

[YoungRemy]

Glockenspiel!

[laurie_hammy]

Id love to hear another Heart Attack Man type song.

[balohna]

I hope it's nothing like we've ever heard before yet familiar. Kind of like PB, CYH, and HN. TT5B to an extent as well, mostly because the beats weren't really anything like they'd done before.

I'm hopping for more instrumentation, like maybe some jam tracks with vocals but not really rapping or singing. Along the lines of Lighten up, but heavier. I kind of get that feeling, but I have no basis for it at all.

[ggirlballa]

as long as they still do hip hop in this album i'm happy, then they can mix it up with whatever but i want to hear them rap

[Brother McDuff]

the best part about speculating about a new Beastie's album is that it's already a given that it'll be dope. whether it's something brand new or something similar to one of their previous albums, we already know that it's going to kick some major derriere. the only guarantee in music these days, for my money.

but then again, it's guaranteed fresh every time, so that should be no surprise...(y)

[Kid Presentable]

Or something like SpottieOttieDopaliscous.

[Chicka B]

Hmmm that's logical, somethin with instruments definatly and since they're interested in a russian punk band right?...I donno, but whatever it's gonna sound like, it'll be fuckin great I know it. Ahhh I'm gettin all tingly just thinkin of what it might sound like! :D

[pm0ney]

I'd want another straight up hip hop album, to be honest. They can still do live instruments with hip hop.

[dirtydan11]

not another straight up hip hop album, but they are :) doing rhyming with instuments!!!!, but there is also some brand new shit we never heard yet... gunna be their best album to date

[b i o n i c]

im hoping, not for jazz, not for hip hop, not punk but maybe a better blended mix



or just something completely new.


i have a feeling its going to take a while to categorize it whenever its done

[Laver1969]

I'm still hoping for a polka/salsa mix.

[Supertouch87]

I actually hope there's less than 30% of rap songs on the record. Im hankering for more jazz instrumentals, punk songs, rock songs, maybe even a country mike reappearance.

[Pootytang]

That upright bass had Ska written all over it.

[dirtydan11]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm i'm getting hungry

[Miho]

If that one MySpace blog was true, then it'll be another form of Check Your Head. The one I'm referring to is the claim that Mark Ramos-Nishita showed someone studio footage of the Beastie Boys jamming with their instruments on his laptop. Also, "Check Your Head part 2" was allegedly mentioned, according to the blog entry.

I'm excited for their next album. I'd like to hear a mix of punk rock, and rhyming mixed with instrumentation. I still want them to surprise me. That's what makes them the Beastie Boys -- their spontaneity.

[dirtydan11]

oh so hungry now

[pshabi]

as long as they still do hip hop in this album i'm happy, then they can mix it up with whatever but i want to hear them rap
ditto

[pshabi]

im hoping, not for jazz, not for hip hop, not punk but maybe a better blended mix



or just something completely new.


i have a feeling its going to take a while to categorize it whenever its done
I just hope there are no rhymes like

"Gorgonzola, provolone....":o

[Brother McDuff]

I just hope there are no rhymes like

"Gorgonzola, provolone....":o


damn, that was one of my favorite lines on TT5B.

[balohna]

Everyone has some corny lines they love. For some reason I love Adrock's verse in Rhyme the Rhyme Well even though the whole thing is corny. It's good corny though, funny corny.

[Brother McDuff]

I just hope there are no rhymes like

"Gorgonzola, provolone....":o

if you really think about it, that's a pretty groundbreaking line. the first mc to ever drop the gorgonzola bomb on record. provolone may've been done, but Yauch done popped the gorgonzola cherry if you ask me.:D who else could get away with that? that's grounds for early induction into the r'n'r hall of fame in my book.

[synch]

I'd want another straight up hip hop album, to be honest. They can still do live instruments with hip hop.
That's very nice of you!

I wouldn't mind another album like ill communication and check your head, a nice little mix of everything. If I had to pick between all instrumental or all hip hop I'd pick all instrumental though.

[Justin]

I just want more live instrumentation. I'd also like adrock to get back to the sp12!

The Beastie Boys are to GREAT to be making beats "the cheap way" on the computer. I think Mario C said something to that effect as well.

[kleptomaniac]

i want it to be a complete surprise and be bedazzled by their musical charm..once again :D

this studio cam gets me pretty psyched for the next album though. it's like seeing the beastie boys in their natural environment haha (and doing what they do best!) so yes i have a good feeling about everything.



edit: i say i want it to be a surprise, because i know, no matter what, it will be! that's the fun part! :)

[roosta]

i really hope its not a punk/hardcore/rock album. as long as they keep the majority of it hip-hop ill be happy. and its all about making me happy.

what are we thinking...2008 release?

[kleptomaniac]

what are we thinking...2008 release?

i'm thinking next year...probably! hopefully so! *crosses fingers*

[martijn]

i really hope its not a punk/hardcore/rock album. as long as they keep the majority of it hip-hop ill be happy. and its all about making me happy.

what are we thinking...2008 release?

I hope it will be 100% hardcore/funk/rock, TT5B was 100% hip hop now it's time for the instruments

[balohna]

They'll do some hip-hop. They never don't. If it's not traditional style it will at least be something like The Maestro or Remote Control.

Next year I'm betting. We were hearing about them making new music like last year, what we're seeing on the webcam could very well be the end of the sessions.

[M.C. Guevera]

Man, I never thought I'd be yearning for another instrumental/hip-hop album again, but here I am. After listening to Hello Nasty, I originally thought, "Okay, their formula is getting stale." And I was happy that To The 5 Boroughs was a straight up hip-hop album. But in the past 2 years, with Check Your Head, Ill Communication, and Hello Nasty getting a ton more play on my iPod and CD player, and actually watching them do live performances with the instruments, I'm more open to the thought of another CYH-type album. So, I'm hoping for that.

[balohna]

I actually used to skip any non-rap/hardcore song back in the day but now I love the instrumentals. Futterman's Rule is pretty much my favourite song on IC, and In 3's is one of the best tracks on CYH. The only songs I don't absolutely love are the comedy pop songs (Netty's Girl, Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already), and even those are funny despite musically sucking, and some of the early hip-hop stuff isn't all that great. I even love Pollywog Stew and I remember the first time I popped in the Anthology and heard the first track I was like "WTF!?" and skipped it.

[Kid Presentable]

I wish somebody could link up those snaps in that Brazilian mag, specifically with 'Brr Stick em' written on that sheet of possible working names for whatever. It sort of lead me to believe there'll be some hip-hop on there. And even if Brr Stick Em has been released (sort of), it's one of the best tracks they've done recently. I'd love to hear what they decided to do to it.(y)

But I could be miles off. I believe some hip-hop will be present. The rest will remain a mystery.

[roosta]

Well..i mean, as long as hardcore/punk is kept to a minimum it'll be decent, they are really the only tracks i skip.

I wouldn't mind a return to more sample/instrument based heavier hip-hop...but yeah.....NEVER STOP RAPPIN' YET.

[Kid Presentable]

Well..i mean, as long as hardcore/punk is kept to a minimum it'll be decent, they are really the only tracks i skip.

I wouldn't mind a return to more sample/instrument based heavier hip-hop...but yeah.....NEVER STOP RAPPIN' YET.
I love the rapping, but I want an album that I play the first time, and go "What just happened?" and have to play again instantly. Ill Communication had that going on, it bounced around a little more than Check Your Head. The skipping is pretty awesome in and of itself.

[Junker]

I hope they surprise us (in a good way like CYH or HN) again. With lots of live instrumentals. (y)

[Junker]

Well..i mean, as long as hardcore/punk is kept to a minimum it'll be decent, they are really the only tracks i skip.

I wouldn't mind a return to more sample/instrument based heavier hip-hop...but yeah.....NEVER STOP RAPPIN' YET.

Oh roosta...their punk stuff is so unique man. Dont skip'em.

[camo]

I'd love to hear a more diverse hip hop sound coming from them working with various producers. I'm not exactly talking 'massive hip-pop' type producers, but you know something that shines like a massive golden egg.

It would be nice to get that party feeling from them again. I only get those vibes from LTI and PB and a bit of HN. A real good time layered hip hop album that I can bust a move to.

[Kid Presentable]

I'd love to hear a more diverse hip hop sound coming from them working with various producers. I'm not exactly talking 'massive hip-pop' type producers, but you know something that shines like a massive golden egg.

It would be nice to get that party feeling from them again. I only get those vibes from LTI and PB and a bit of HN. A real good time layered hip hop album that I can bust a move to.
NO outside producers.

[camo]

NO outside producers.

why not?

[balohna]

Because there's never been outside producers. The Beastie Boys work best, it would seem, when they're involved in a track's conception and work on it as it evolves into a working song.

[camo]

Because there's never been outside producers. The Beastie Boys work best, it would seem, when they're involved in a track's conception and work on it as it evolves into a working song.

change is good

[balohna]

well for me personally I like them better as musicians than MC's. Now not that they aren't great MC's, I just like hearing a Beastie Boys album and knowing that most of it was done by the Beastie Boys. LTI and PB are notable exceptions to this, but even with PB they were "co-producers."

[kleptomaniac]

If the Beastie Boys are planning to include "Brrr Stick 'Em" on the new album, they might want to reconsider. The Fat Boys tune is being used in a new car commercial. The general population is going to think the Beastie Boys were inspired by a car commercial.

I wish I could remember what car it was advertising. Has anyone else seen it?

i know which one ya mean but my memory sucks and i can't remember what kind of car :/

i wasn't even paying attention, i just heard it and was like 'oh cool'
but i'm fairly certain the general public wouldn't leap to those kinds of conclusions (lb)

[jennyb]

That upright bass had Ska written all over it.

Naw dude, straight up rockabilly! Think... rev horton heat, tiger army... heheheee that'd be weird.

No I think in typical beastie boy fashion whatever they're working on will be unclassifiable and blow us away. Unclassifiable, is that a word? Did I spell it right? Man I wish this thing had a spell check.

[kleptomaniac]

'unclassifiable' is indeed a word :D


i would classify the beasties under "unclassifiable" if that makes any sense (y)

[ggirlballa]

: excited :

[Brother McDuff]

NO outside producers.

having outside producers would be no different than having the Dust Brothers, Rick Rubin, or Mario C on the project. the boys'd undoubtedly still be just as hands-on as they have been in the past. too many hip-hop fans have eluded to the concept that all of the music is made by the producer and all of the lyrics by the so-called artist, wherein that's often not the case. especially in the case of the beasties who often receive equal production credit as their collaborators. they're students of the "old-school" (not the "hip-hop" use of the term) style of songwriting where the production workload is a team effort between them and the producer.

[Kid Presentable]

having outside producers would be no different than having the Dust Brothers, Rick Rubin, or Mario C on the project. the boys'd undoubtedly still be just as hands-on as they have been in the past. too many hip-hop fans have eluded to the concept that all of the music is made by the producer and all of the lyrics by the so-called artist, wherein that's often not the case. especially in the case of the beasties who often receive equal production credit as their collaborators. they're students of the "old-school" (not the "hip-hop" use of the term) style of songwriting where the production workload is a team effort between them and the producer.
It's not needed. Mario mixed and pushed them. He was a friend, not a 'producer'. It's not going to happen again.

[Kid Presentable]

Anyway, I caught the clips on Youtube of Mike drumming, and Adrock playing Guitar, and they look pumped. Like it's on some shit, seriously.

[Brother McDuff]

It's not needed. Mario mixed and pushed them. He was a friend, not a 'producer'. It's not going to happen again.


then I guess the beasties we're just being "friendly" by giving him production credit for over three albums worth of songs. I never realized you couldn't actually be friends with your producer. i guess it's just one or the other.

all of my snottiness aside, though, Mario was in fact a producer and friend.

when I mentioned Mario's name before, alongside other previous producers, I wasn't implying that he'd ever be on board again, I was simply using him as an example of how bringing in an outside (being not one of the bboys) producer does not pose a threat to the quality or aesthetic of the beasties' work ethic, or the result for that matter. though I'm confident they don't need, nor plan on enlisting one now or in the future, it isn't to say that their final product or merit would suffer if they did.

P.S. That youtube vid of horovitz on guitar is fuckin' hilarious. looks like a 13 year old alone in his bedroom jammin out in front of a mirror.

[SR Cranks]

Just a quick word on Mario C. When I met the Beastie's way back in 92 before one of their shows and they were walking around with Money Mark & Mario. They introduced Mario to me as "the genius behind the Beastie Boys." So I'm sure that Mario had quite a bit of input on their records. And personally, I think you can tell that Mario didn't have a hand in TT5B, cuz it's very minimalistic and doesn't really have the sound (layers, serious fx, switching beats throughout the songs) that CYH, IC and HN have. I for one, would love the Beastie Boys to get Mario involved again, or the Dust Brothers. I'd also love to hear Rick Rubin & The Chemical Brothers remix some of their tracks.

[Kid Presentable]

then I guess the beasties we're just being "friendly" by giving him production credit for over three albums worth of songs. I never realized you couldn't actually be friends with your producer. i guess it's just one or the other.

all of my snottiness aside, though, Mario was in fact a producer and friend.

when I mentioned Mario's name before, alongside other previous producers, I wasn't implying that he'd ever be on board again, I was simply using him as an example of how bringing in an outside (being not one of the bboys) producer does not pose a threat to the quality or aesthetic of the beasties' work ethic, or the result for that matter. though I'm confident they don't need, nor plan on enlisting one now or in the future, it isn't to say that their final product or merit would suffer if they did.

P.S. That youtube vid of horovitz on guitar is fuckin' hilarious. looks like a 13 year old alone in his bedroom jammin out in front of a mirror.
Yeah, you are being a dick about this. I'm just saying that Mario is/was close to them. I don't see anybody else ever being on the same wavelength.

Sourpuss.

[Brother McDuff]

Yeah, you are being a dick about this. I'm just saying that Mario is/was close to them. I don't see anybody else ever being on the same wavelength.

Sourpuss.


whoa nelly, turn it down a couple notches. wasn't lookin to come off as a jerk. i suppose my sarcasm in the beginning wasn't as obvious as i'd hoped. not trying to butt heads, kid p, honestly. when you said mario was "a friend", not producer, i assumed you meant only simply "a friend" and nothing more, on a musical tip. ultimately, i agree with you, given your latest response.

...and no, I'm not being a dick about this, just honest. a dick would personally attack you, i was just stating my opinion (in a little too sarcastic a manner, apparently. no hard feelings).

[@water]

I'm putting my bets on a straight-up jazz album.
I think that's pretty obviousily what they are doing. I mean the suits is the first give-away.
It's either jazz or some type of lounge music (think Richard Cheese without the profanity and bad cover songs). You could see them going in that direction on the latest "tour" thingy.

And also, jazz/lounge is one of the few genres (sp?) they haven't explored. But they do have a great deal of inflounces from it.
I'm totally serious with this.

[laurie_hammy]

Id love an Ill Communication type album. Punk/Hardcore and of course mostly Hip Hop cause thats the SiKest shit they do for sure.

[ggirlballa]

and of course mostly Hip Hop cause thats the SiKest shit they do for sure.

yes some rap please(y)

[Kid Presentable]

whoa nelly, turn it down a couple notches. wasn't lookin to come off as a jerk. i suppose my sarcasm in the beginning wasn't as obvious as i'd hoped. not trying to butt heads, kid p, honestly. when you said mario was "a friend", not producer, i assumed you meant only simply "a friend" and nothing more, on a musical tip. ultimately, i agree with you, given your latest response.

...and no, I'm not being a dick about this, just honest. a dick would personally attack you, i was just stating my opinion (in a little too sarcastic a manner, apparently. no hard feelings).
I won't take umbrage, yo. (y)

[BroomHead]

More Sp1200, more samples, more instruments, less computer programs and I'm happy.
Basically if they approach all these new songs like Pass the Mic (where you have live instruments looped, and samples) then this record will be amazing. More Mario C too please.