Beastie Boys "To The 5 Boroughs" 2024-09-20 ELLIOTT SMITH

ELLIOTT SMITH

'Thank you

Now the scream team is back for the highly anticipated follow up

and dabbles in blues and folk

EODM was born

Beastie Boys "To The 5 Boroughs" 2024-09-20 ELLIOTT SMITHFrom 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