| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00094639408528 | | Release Date: 6/26/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204736736 | | Item#: M3MWJT | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26050 | Format:  CD |
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(P) (C) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc. and Beastie Boys. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws.
(C) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc. and Beastie Boys
| The Mix-Up is all-instrumental, digging into the familiar organ-heavy lounge funk of Check Your Head and Ill Communication. Yet it's poignant, because the Beasties play their old grooves like they realize how bad people miss them and how high their stock remains despite so many years away.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Adam Horovitz (guitar); Money Mark (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, Farfisa); Adam Yauch (upright bass); Mike Diamond (drums); Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (percussion). | | Additional personnel: Adam Horovitz (guitars); Mark Nishita (Clavinet); Adam Yauch (bass guitar); Michael Diamond (drums); Alfredo Ortiz (percussion). | | Recording information: Oscilloscope Laboratories. | | Illustrator: Bill McMullen. | | With six highly celebrated official hip-hop albums under their belts, Adam Horowitz, Adam Yauch, and Michael Diamond have little left to prove to rap fans, except perhaps that they can still rock their instruments like they once did. With this in mind, THE MIX-UP brings listeners a full-length, jazz-funk jam-band exercise in a similar vein to the 1996 release, THE IN-SOUND FROM WAY-OUT, or the instrumental cuts on ILL COMMUNICATION. | | None of the Beasties go anywhere near the mic on THE MIX-UP (except for the odd whistle), but thankfully, and as the thorough tracklist proves positive, all three can still hold their own in a jam session. Most cuts rely on a Hammond organ groove and funky wah-guitar, with "4th Street Break" and "The Rat Cage" proving especially tight. True students of the post-modern pilfer approach to music-making that they are, one can even hear traces of Lips Inc.'s "Funky Town" creeping into the Beastie's guitar riffs of "Freaky Hijiki." |
Producer: Beastie Boys |
Engineer: Jon Weiner; Jon Weiner; Beastie Boys |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up - CD Review By: Michael Cartwright - Cinema Blend CD Reviews Published on: 6/25/2007 1:34 AM | | Before The Mix-Up kicks off, you hear one of the Beasties exclaim "I feel naked!" And well, without any of the trio's trademark rhymes or subtle samples, one might start to think this album could, very well, feel naked. Not to worry though, the disc appears fully dressed in its unique brand of organ-soaked funk. (The Beasties employed the help of Alfredo Ortiz and Money Mark on the keys.) Hardcore fans of funk will likely find themselves bored and unimpressed throughout the album, but others will surely take to the relative freshness of the NYC group's efforts. ...read the full review |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/26/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 94085 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 42m : 25s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00094639408528 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Uncut (p.96)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE MIX-UP is the best record collection ever thoroughly digested and re-imagined by a bunch of guys in love with sound."Rolling Stone 6 of 10
The Beasties could have knocked out all twelve jams in a lazy weekend in 1992, 2007 or anywhere in between, and the album isn't meant too seriously; Mike D still drums like Meg White's dad. But it's definitely fun to play loud on a sunny afternoon, especially the conga groove of "The Melee," the "See Emily Play"-style psychedelia of "14th St. Break," the stoner fuzak drones of "The Kangaroo Rat" and "Off the Grid." I was surprised to find the rest of the songs were not simply titled "Weedbreak, I-VIII." And despite the Beasties' New York roots, there's no punk or post-punk; if they've heard LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, CSS or any of the young funkateers they keep inspiring all over the world, you can't tell from The Mix-Up. Hopefully, this is only a warm-up for their next big move. - Rob Sheffield
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