"If it's gonna be THAT kind of party...I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes!" Good news first. The remaster for Ill Communication rocks in all the right ways. Good sound, packaging, all that stuff. It took me well over two weeks to take this first disk out of my car, brings back memories from my 1st year of college where I was at the height of my Beastie nerdiness. The hip-hop tracks are every bit as good as Check Your Head and I think I like the instrumental stuff a bit more.
You probably have most of the b-sides but the acoustic version of Heart Attack Man is worth the cost of the 2nd disk. The commentary has some good stories about Biz Markie, the origins of Futterman's Rule, and Mike D's ever expanding vocabulary. This is it for me and the remasters unless they do License to Ill.
And the not so good news. You'd think an album with song titles like Prom Zombie would be right up my alley. Stellastarr's last album, Harmonies For The Haunted, was a big step in the right direction. It took everything they did right from the first album and did it bigger and better.This time around, Civilized just feels like the songwriting was either rushed or just second-guessed in an attempt to try and sound more like a straight up rock record. I end up getting bored and skipping to the next track after about a minute or so of each song. I guess I was hoping for Harmonies Pt. II and I didn't get it. Not bad but not all that good either, which sucks cause I love me some Stellastarr. Maybe next time....
- Coop
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