ON the new Beastie Boys album, the trio of evergreen New York MCs boast they have been doing this since 1983.
What other group can you think of who can boast nearly 30 years of output and still sound so fresh, so relevant, so alive? That wasn’t a rhetorical question. Go on... I challenge you.
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two comes after an eight-month delay to allow Adam Yauch to recover from throat cancer.
But don’t think for a second that a brush with mortality has resulted in an album of introspection. This is the Beastie Boys doing what they do best – rhyming hard about their love of New York, of hip hop and of damn good times.
The stand-out track, a collaboration with rap royalty Nas, claims there are too many rappers and not enough MCs.
If you understand that sentiment, you will be at home here; if you don’t then stick to The Black Eyed Peas.
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