To the 5 Boroughs (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & Ska

To the 5 Boroughs (Vinyl 2xLP) Reggae & SkaMore than anything, To the 5 Boroughs is the Beasties valentine to the city where they, and rap, were born. It is a brash, passionate toast to what we lost on 9 11 (in the cover illustration, the Twin Towers are still standing) and what survives: in memory, on the ground. The raps are packed with local cuisine (Blimpies, Murrays Cheese Shop on Bleecker Street) and nostalgia (Yauch: Used to ride the D to beat the morning bell at Edward R. Murrow [High

Soft Effects EP (1996)

Funk beats

The record absent-mindedly skips genres the way children click TV channels

but it's an album that marks a turning point for the band and (more importantly) contains some stunning music

(every minute of every day is filled with observation and composition

I'd have thought they were hallucinating" says Arthur

but does serve as the strong foundation upon which their early 70's masterworks were built

on par with Duke Ellington in terms of orchestration

premature end

To coincide with the recent 20th Anniversary Edition of White Pony and the remix album Black Stallion

During the Beatles period I'd said to John

As Julien already worked on an upcoming reissue project with Pascal Rioux and Favorite Recordings (more details in 2015)