Beastie Boys "To The 5 Boroughs" 2024-09-20 Louis Cole and Zack Fox

Louis Cole and Zack Fox

'Thank you

including seven recently written by Willie and Buddy Cannon

award-winning studio album – Southeastern (2013)

The Smile)

Beastie Boys "To The 5 Boroughs" 2024-09-20 Louis Cole and Zack FoxFrom its artwork down, To The 5 Boroughs is situated in the opposite of Hello Nastys intergalactic headspace: firmly rooted, the line drawing of the Twin Towers recalled not only a lost skyline, but a lost time and place when the hip hop aesthetic was stripped back; all you needed were a handful of DJs backed by a mix master on the ones and twos. In keeping it old school and not over complicating things, Beastie Boys made sure their message was loud