Just to be clear, when I joke about a lack of readers or whatever, it’s just poking fun at myself. I’m doing this project as a fun exercise in going through my own music. The presence or absence (mostly absence) of reader/listeners doesn’t change my desire to do it.
There, that should clear things up for both of you! Let’s listen to some tunes!
Beastie Boys, “Ricky’s Theme”
This song seems like a long, long ways from the snotty party rap of their first record. Always slow to make music, the mere two years between Check Your Head and Ill Communication turned out to be the shortest gap between records in their entire career. And, perhaps not surprisingly, the two records are probably the most similar of any two in their discography. I prefer the former record, both for being more groundbreaking but also more fun, but both are very strong.
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