Make Some Noise - the album starts with a sure fire-starter.

the synthy almost s

ounds 8-bit-ish. no surprises here as to why this song was chosen as the first s
ingle for the album. the lyrics and delivery are sharp as fuck. The beat is stra
ight-off old school. indeed. this is old-school hip-hop at its finest. the swirl
ing bass-line and the futuristic synth almost sounds like back from the good ol'
snoop dogg days. 4/5
Nonstop Disco Powerpack - this one starts with a shuffling juggly jungle beat an
d the bassline is pretty funky. there is a lot of reverb floating around all ove
r the track. there are a lot of effects used all around (especially synthy disto
rtion ones) and they seem to add to the track. I'd say it's a cool track. 3.5/5
Ok - I thought this song was pretty cross-over. obviously looking at the backgro
und from where Beastie Boys came from. They always had a very characteristic roc
k influence. It shows up on this track. It's got a lot of synth-thing to it. and
I guess it's present all over the album. this song has a lot of fun element to
it and I like that. 3/5
Too Many Rappers(ft. Nas) - This track is a beast. enough said. The swriling syn
ths and the hard drumming gives the song an awesome street-cred. The moment I sa
w this track on the tracklist I knew this was going to be a big one. The Beastie
Boys maybe getting old but they are in no way slowing down. Nas adding up to th
e joint makes this one of my favorite songs off the album. 5/5
Say It - This song is cold and aggressive. Lot of cuts, guitars, blaring, distor
tion. It's pretty loud. Once again a lot of synthy distortion effects. What's aw
esome-er than the almost liquid flow is the blaring effects at the back bring on
the extra tang to the flavor of the track. The sampling is epic. 3.5/5
The Bill Harper Collection - It's a short 30-second track. so I won't take this
into consideration.
Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win - This song has me really confused. It seems
to have mexican influences. It's weird to be frank. The only thing more surpris
ing than the weird mexican-spanish sounding vocals is that the rapping actually
seems to flow over all of it.It's probably more pop-friendly than the other song
s on the album. Nothing special except that it actually sounds more like a salsa
song than a rap song and it's got more of singing than rapping. 2/5
Long Burn The Fire - A more of a new-school influenced track. The organ sample i
mpresses me. It looks like it's straight out of a Doors song. The intro is Funk-
meets-the doors. totally. The good thing about most songs on this album is that
The Beastie Boys aren't really scared to experiment. The scratching is pretty do
pe and brings back the old-school vibe into the track. another track i'm going t
o be keeping in my playlist for a while. the spacey atmospherics and the booming
bass coupled with sharp delivery flows not to mention the awesome scratching ma
ke this track a cold-stone killer. 4.5/5
Funky Donkey - The idiophonic intro seems to remind me of Soulja Boy. This sound
s like a type of sequel to Brass Monkey. It's shorter than I expected. It's much
more disco-ish than I expected. Influences of hip-hop pioneer contemporaries li
ke Afrika Bambataa, Sugar Hill Gange etc. that started out at the same time as t
hese guys is evident. I don't really like the disco thing so didn't really like
this track a lot. 2.5/5
The Larry Routine - another short song. The beat and the rapping is pretty old-s
chool. 3/5
Tadlock's Glasses - I was looking forward to this song I don't know why. Maybe c
os the name of the song sounds cool. More techno-ish stuff on the beat. It's a c
omparatively slow song with heavily effected vocals but you gotta give it points
for being playful and experimental. Cutting edge stuff. 3.5/5
Lee Majors come again - Absolute mayhem ensues. You could easily mistake this so
ng for early punk. This song leaves me speechless. Didn't expect absolute punk f
rom the pioneers of old-school hip-hop. But once you go back deep into the histo
ry of this band. they did start out as a punk band. Very remniscent of Sex Pisto
ls, The Clash and other punk bands. Halfway into the song The electronic keyboar
d and scratching makes the song an absolute treat. There are guitar blares and h
eavy bass overtones all around. Wish there were more 'punk' bands like these. Si
gh. 4/5
Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament - It's a funky instrumental. I think you would
all agree if I said we'd had enough of instrumental tracks with the previously r
eleased all-instrumental album "The Mix-Up" but here The Beastie Boys are back w
ith another instrumental. It's a pretty good instrumental. I like the message it
seems to be preaching. This song is better than probably most songs off the Mix
-Up. It's very new-age and bluesy at some levels. Once again something very diff
erent from all their previous work. 4/5
Here's A Little Something For Ya - The odd-ringing cowbell is back to possess us
. The energy bounces off the record. something that is over-rated about most of
rap artists these days. The synthy swirling basslines surround most of the track
s on the album especially this one. Makes for an interesting listen. The good th
ing about a Beastie Boy album is you never know what the fuck is going to happen
in between the tracks and that's what i love about these guys. The flow of deli
very is pretty old-school and hard-knocking. Old school was never so dope. 3.5/5
Crazy Ass Shit - yeah. this really is some crazy ass shit. This songs remins me
of the good ol' days of Run DMC and Public Enemy. This is hip-hop that makes a s
tatement. Overloaded with samples, scratching and cuts. This track may be raw bu
t it definitely is punchy. Overall, a decent track. But the vocal delivery makes
the song better. Hell they even added a brass monkey sample in it to spice thin
gs up. 3/5
The Lisa Lisa/ Full Force Routine - This song has a trippy bass-line. In both th
e different parts. It's a short song. The combinations of spacey atmoshperics wi
th hard-hitting drums make it a delight. Wish this was longer. 4/5
Overall = 52/75 = 70% Listenable