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Win An ILL COMMUNICATION Prize Pack!
HipHopDX has teamed up with the Beastie Boys to give one lucky person the chance to win an ILL COMMUNICATION Prize Pack!
Grand Prize:
(1) Standard Double Vinyl
2 pieces of 180 gram Vinyl featuring the deluxe remastered album (20
tracks total)
(1) Ecopack Double CD
(1) Two-disc CD set - complete remastered album and 12 bonus tracks and
rarities (32 tracks total)
BEASTIE BOYS
ILL COMMUNICATION REMASTERED
Debuting at #1 upon its May1994 release, Beastie Boys' fourth album would quickly become an unstoppable force of nature, pervading every aspect of pop culture and public consciousness. Its charge to the top of the charts was led by "Sabotage" and its legendary Spike Jonze/Nathanial Hornblower helmed tribute to '70s TV police dramas, as ROLLING STONE dubbed Ill Communication 1994's "soundtrack for summer."
Crowds and critics alike were equally and instantly floored by hip hop highlights like the opening "Sure Shot," the classic Jimmy Smith homage "Root Down" and the Q-Tip collaboration "Get It Together," as a VIBE (RIP) cover story--the magazine's first on a white artist—hailed Beastie Boys as "perhaps the most consistently innovative musicians to emerge out of hip hop." It was a claim that Ill Communication would justify for years to come, as everything from the household name hits to instrumental favorites "Sabrosa" and "Ricky's Theme" to hardcore punk workouts "Tough Guy" and "Heart Attack Man" remain B Boys staples to this day.
And back then as now, Ill Communication's impact and momentum showed no signs of abating. 1995 saw Beastie Boys instantly sell out the Quadrophonic Joystick Tour, marking the band's return to arena-headlining status. They continued to circle the globe as the record went multi-platinum, finally taking a break after the historic first Tibetan Freedom Concert drew 100,000 attendees over two days at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in June 1996.
To purchase the album [Click Here]
For more information [Click Here]
Grand Prize:
(1) Standard Double Vinyl
2 pieces of 180 gram Vinyl featuring the deluxe remastered album (20
tracks total)
(1) Ecopack Double CD
(1) Two-disc CD set - complete remastered album and 12 bonus tracks and
rarities (32 tracks total)
BEASTIE BOYS
ILL COMMUNICATION REMASTERED
Debuting at #1 upon its May1994 release, Beastie Boys' fourth album would quickly become an unstoppable force of nature, pervading every aspect of pop culture and public consciousness. Its charge to the top of the charts was led by "Sabotage" and its legendary Spike Jonze/Nathanial Hornblower helmed tribute to '70s TV police dramas, as ROLLING STONE dubbed Ill Communication 1994's "soundtrack for summer."
Crowds and critics alike were equally and instantly floored by hip hop highlights like the opening "Sure Shot," the classic Jimmy Smith homage "Root Down" and the Q-Tip collaboration "Get It Together," as a VIBE (RIP) cover story--the magazine's first on a white artist—hailed Beastie Boys as "perhaps the most consistently innovative musicians to emerge out of hip hop." It was a claim that Ill Communication would justify for years to come, as everything from the household name hits to instrumental favorites "Sabrosa" and "Ricky's Theme" to hardcore punk workouts "Tough Guy" and "Heart Attack Man" remain B Boys staples to this day.
And back then as now, Ill Communication's impact and momentum showed no signs of abating. 1995 saw Beastie Boys instantly sell out the Quadrophonic Joystick Tour, marking the band's return to arena-headlining status. They continued to circle the globe as the record went multi-platinum, finally taking a break after the historic first Tibetan Freedom Concert drew 100,000 attendees over two days at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in June 1996.
To purchase the album [Click Here]
For more information [Click Here]
Deadline: 2009-08-28
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