Aglio E Olio

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Beastie Boys

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This is a really good 11 minutes 8 seconds of music. It's short, to the point, and hits you in the head like Mark McGwire smashes a baseball. Remember this in not a hip hop album, it's a hardcore EP. Although it's not as good as say, Minor Threat or the "Damaged" days of Black Flag, it's still good hardcore music, better than almost anything that passes for punk these days (hey Green Day, Offspring, or any of you other Southern California "power pop" bands take a listen, you might learn something). If you don't like your music hard, buy another B-Boy album. But if you yearn for early 1980s hardcore music, this is worth the 4 bucks!

The Beastie Boys are definitely one of the most innovative groups in the business. However, Aglio E Olio doesn't express their true talents. Sure, they have come out with some nice little hard rocker songs such as "Time for Livin'," where they turn the bass and everything up to full blast. It has become a side trade mark for them, but it is not their cliche. To any Beastie Boys fan, they might as well pick this album up, just to say they have the album in their collection. However, it is not a true demonstration of their talents. If there was less rock and more hip hop, 40 additional minutes, record scratching, and slower tempo rapping, Aglio E Olio would be a success.