senbei
11-30-2009, 07:24 PM
Just stumbled upon a review of HSC (http://www.evene.fr/musique/cd-albums/beastie-boys-hot-sauce-committee-26725.php)on a french website. There is an interview (http://www.evene.fr/musique/actualite/beastie-boys-hip-hop-hot-sauce-committee-part-1-diamond-yauch-2267.php) with the boys as well.
It's a bit too preachy, so it's definitely more a promotional "review", but it definitely sounds good :D
Here's my rough translation of the review:
It's been half a decade since we've heard the voices of the lively new-yorker trio. Since TT5B, a record full of tension and minimalism, we saw a neat instrumental album (TMU) and a few nice reissues. But we were starting to wonder if the three bad boys, ever since they've truly grown some gray hairs, were not getting a bit too old. Well, definitely not.
Instead, the craziness of HSC makes it almost their "Sergent Pepper", from ultra-saturated punk (Say It), vocal destroyed by an army of effects (Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and the excellent OK), indian percussions (Pop Your Balloon), a reggae cut as effective as it is surprising featuring Santigold (Dont play no game that I cant win), and, obviously, that good old hip-hop that the Beastie Boys master gracefully (B-Boys in the cut).
The production is dense, filled with ideas, each being very layered and needing multiple listens to get all its dimensions. Especially that the songs, as dense as they are, often clocks under 3 minutes. Saying that you won't get bored is an euphemism.
Pushing their texture explorations as far as PB and HN, the B-Boys rocks on all level like few can, be it on rock writing (Lee Majors Comes Again) as much as on electronic trickery, like the starting piece "Tadlock's Glasses", which sets the bar for the record. Testifying of this joyful synthesis between man and machine, 'Too Many Rappers', an effective collaboration with Nas leaves you finding maturity being the opposite of repeating yourself, mastering experimentation at every tries. The results is definitely captivating.
It's a bit too preachy, so it's definitely more a promotional "review", but it definitely sounds good :D
Here's my rough translation of the review:
It's been half a decade since we've heard the voices of the lively new-yorker trio. Since TT5B, a record full of tension and minimalism, we saw a neat instrumental album (TMU) and a few nice reissues. But we were starting to wonder if the three bad boys, ever since they've truly grown some gray hairs, were not getting a bit too old. Well, definitely not.
Instead, the craziness of HSC makes it almost their "Sergent Pepper", from ultra-saturated punk (Say It), vocal destroyed by an army of effects (Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and the excellent OK), indian percussions (Pop Your Balloon), a reggae cut as effective as it is surprising featuring Santigold (Dont play no game that I cant win), and, obviously, that good old hip-hop that the Beastie Boys master gracefully (B-Boys in the cut).
The production is dense, filled with ideas, each being very layered and needing multiple listens to get all its dimensions. Especially that the songs, as dense as they are, often clocks under 3 minutes. Saying that you won't get bored is an euphemism.
Pushing their texture explorations as far as PB and HN, the B-Boys rocks on all level like few can, be it on rock writing (Lee Majors Comes Again) as much as on electronic trickery, like the starting piece "Tadlock's Glasses", which sets the bar for the record. Testifying of this joyful synthesis between man and machine, 'Too Many Rappers', an effective collaboration with Nas leaves you finding maturity being the opposite of repeating yourself, mastering experimentation at every tries. The results is definitely captivating.