Joshua Stephenson is the winner of Find CD's September review competition
Congratulations to Joshua Stephenson for his excellent review of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by the Beastie Boys
A £50 Amazon voucher is on its way to him
Released in May 2011 the Beastie Boys predicted that this new album would take them in a "bizarre new direction" and Joshua's review illustrates just how true this is. Bizarre it may well be but as Joshua points out its fun. These guys are veterans, the band was formed in 1979, but this latest offering is a great sound and great fun and we say thank you to Joshua for reminding us.
Here is a short excerpt from Joshua's review.
The Beastie Boys have been going along time now, hell it's been 25 years since 'Licensed To Ill' hit stores, and in those intervening years the Beastie Boys carved themselves a niche in Hip-Hop that only they can fill. Now with the release of 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two', delayed following a cancer scare for MCA, the Beastie Boys have managed to prove their relevance to the 21st Century Hip-Hop scene whilst making an album that may be the most fun you'll have with a record all year.
Let's start off with the production on this record because it is insane. There is so much going on in each track that it can be hard to keep up, from deep, bass-y synthesizers to distortion ridden guitar lines, it is constantly mixing itself up. In one track the vocals could have heavy distortion and the guitars squealing around as in the fantastic 'Say It', and then in the next track you could have bizarre electronics buzzing around a crisp beat as in 'Here's A Little Something For Ya'. 'Hot Sauce Committee' really is an album you need to play through some high quality speakers so that you can get the full effect of every little bit of distortion, reverb and a strange fondness for the cowbell. It's like experiencing colour for the ears and is that trademark Beastie Boys sound that no other Hip-Hop group can pull off.
Our thanks also go to all of you who sent us reviews in September and remember to be in with a chance of winning a £50 Amazon voucher you must get your review to us by midnight 31st October. Good Luck.
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