Review: Beastie Boys

Review: Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys 'The Mix Up': Aidin Vaziri | Until now the Beastie Boys mainly used their instrumental chops as a way of catching their breath between ludicrous raps about living large and saving Tibet. But on their latest album it seems that Mike D, MCA and Adrock have finally run out of things to say, so they've chucked out the samples and rhymes and have devoted the whole thing to showing off their modicum of talent for re-creating the grimy jazz-funk sound of '70s porn soundtracks. While listening to the wah-wah guitars, loping grooves and slipshod sitar flourishes on tracks such as "The Gala Event" and "14th St. Break," all you can do is wonder why "The Mix-Up" doesn't come packaged with a lava lamp.