Beastie Boys Music - New Hits LP

[cj hood]

money grab

[Micodin]

yeah it’s a money grab but i’ll buy it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i dig the album art. appreciate they put the Brooklyn Dust Music logo but i wish the Grand Royal logo was on it as well.

i wish it was a double album.

i just preordered mine at Target. here’s the link

https://www.target.com/p/beastie-boy...36?AFID=UMUSIC

[dave790]

Meh. If they’re gonna do this sort of thing, do it right. Why not just put out a full singles collection over 2 discs?

Obviously no selection will please everyone but Don’t Play No Game should be nowhere near a 20-track release. And if it’s the Fatboy Slim remix of Body Movin’ again, even the coloured vinyl won’t be bought by me!

Good to at least see LTI getting its due. Sad to see TT5B still being shat on - cheers Horovitz!

[cj hood]

Originally Posted by dave790

Meh. If they’re gonna do this sort of thing, do it right. Why not just put out a full singles collection over 2 discs?

Obviously no selection will please everyone but Don’t Play No Game should be nowhere near a 20-track release. And if it’s the Fatboy Slim remix of Body Movin’ again, even the coloured vinyl won’t be bought by me!

Good to at least see LTI getting its due. Sad to see TT5B still being shat on - cheers Horovitz!

this will build into something bigger....

[dust monkey]

Originally Posted by cj hood

this will build into something bigger....

no inside info but this is exactly what i was thinking as i was reading the comments. i feel like this is just the start.

[cj hood]

Originally Posted by dust monkey

no inside info but this is exactly what i was thinking as i was reading the comments. i feel like this is just the start.

ya they're back...

[pesto pizza]

The vinyl tracklisting made sense why they picked those 20 songs.
The CD listing should of been in the same order, but added triple trouble and an open letter to new york

[Monsieur Decuts]

Originally Posted by cj hood

ya they're back...

Part of the reason I jumped in here to post this was in hope that you'd fire off a couple replies like the ones in this thread showing some hope for light to continue to shine on the boys. I have lowered expectations for knock me out type surprises, but love that they find ways to stay fresh and serve up the cool

[ClarenceAlabama]

Originally Posted by dave790

Obviously no selection will please everyone but Don’t Play No Game should be nowhere near a 20-track release.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this. It's literally my least favorite song from their 30 year career. SMH.

[Micodin]

Originally Posted by ClarenceAlabama

I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought this. It's literally my least favorite song from their 30 year career. SMH.

have you heard TT5B yet lol? i kinda like the song. i’m not mad at it. it reminds me of something that would be on Hello Nasty and it’s kinda catchy.

[Jiberish]

Originally Posted by Micodin

have you heard TT5B yet lol? i kinda like the song. i’m not mad at it. it reminds me of something that would be on Hello Nasty and it’s kinda catchy.

I'm with you. It's totally catchy. When HSCPII first came out I remember saying to myself that the album sounded to me like it could have been the "lost" album between IC & HN.

I don't get the hate for that song.

[Extra Cheese]

Getting panned from all directions lol. They trying to fulfill contractual obligations or something lol? Fan base clamoring for unreleased vault stuff so the label decides instead to give us what we already have.

Maybe the vault stuff really sucks like Horovitz always seems to suggest

[tuc70021]

Originally Posted by Extra Cheese

Getting panned from all directions lol. They trying to fulfill contractual obligations or something lol? Fan base clamoring for unreleased vault stuff so the label decides instead to give us what we already have.

Maybe the vault stuff really sucks like Horovitz always seems to suggest

You're probably right that this has more to do with the label that the band, although that's just a guess. The label wants to make money, and Beastie Boys are no longer a band that can really produce a new album, so why not "cash in" on a new fan base?

It sucks, but business decisions are what labels care about. I mean, I'd love a deep cuts release too, but let's be real: the fan-base that would turn over $35 for a disk containing the original version of Intergalactic and a half hour of stoner jams from 1992 is probably 1% the size of the consumer base who will buy this compilation.

If it gets new fans to buy records, I'm all for it. Plus let's not be jaded everyone. Don't forget that we need to keep new fans purchasing records so that Adam can continue ordering Chinese food and watching judge shows for at least another 4 decades. It's the least we can do after all he's given us.

[dust monkey]

i'm good with money grab, wish i could grab some money this easy.

see link for colored vinyl, send to wife, ask her to use fancy target card, purchase, money given.

[Extra Cheese]

i was getting ready to post that this is no money grab cuz aint no one buying it. But SGH went gold so get that money i guess

[YoungRemy]

Purchasing that multi logo long sleeve shirt was the easier decision I made in a while

[Uru-Nitro]

Originally Posted by cj hood

money grab

It's fair to assume they want to sell records to the new listeners that may have discovered the band with the recent Book and the Story. I don't blame the label for that.

Me myself first bought Hello Nasty, then IC and then the Anthology, which made me want to buy all the rest of the albums.

I haven't bought SGH and if I ever buy this one it would be for the nice shirt, but I don't hate on those records. Unreleased material would be very appreciated though

[balohna]

The packaging is nice. Not sure if I care to buy it. SGH at least had a DVD with some videos that weren't on any other DVDs at the time. Back when that kind of thing mattered.

Kind of odd that TT5B only gets one song. It's not most people's favourite album, or mine, but Triple Trouble did okay back then. Probably deserves a spot on a "hits" record more than a bunch of other songs. And if this isn't meant to be a hits record it should probably dip into some of their hardcore stuff, instrumentals, etc. Gratitude isn't even on here. I'd probably include it over Jimmy James. But I guess it's a hard call to drop an actual hit or a hip-hop single and then include like... Sabrosa or Off The Grid.