The Mix-Up

Adam Yauch, Mike D, and Adam Horovitz are joined by longtime keyboardist Money Mark and percussionist Alfredo Ortiz on their first all-instrumental non-compilation full-length.

Extended instrumental interludes play an important role in Beastie Boys concerts, letting fans relieve beer-engorged bladders without worrying about missing anything too exciting. The increasingly graying Boys cook up more in sounds from way out on The Mix-Up, delivering 12 greasy funk instrumentals saturated with…

The Beastie Boys have always flirted with instrumental music. Either to remind us that they aren’t just three white rappers from Brooklyn but pretty good musicians as well or to simply flesh out and give breathing space to their wordy rhymes on classic…

Check out our album review of Artist's The Mix Up on Rolling Stone.com.

<p>The original B-boys drop the mic and go instrumental again. Why?</p>

We can’t wait until some turntablist uses the album to drop the science.

<p>(Capitol)</p>