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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year

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"CHECK YOUR HEAD" WILL ASTONISH EACH AND EVERY CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FAN."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a press kit and/or promo record advert for American alternative hip-hop group the BEASTIE BOYS then upcoming 3rd studio album, "Check Your Head," jointly released under the Capitol Records/Grand Royal labels in spring 1992.

OVERVIEW: ""Check Your Head," the new record from rap's most innovative trio, will be released April 13th. The follow-up to the BEASTIE BOYS acknowledged masterpiece "Paul's Boutique," "Check Your Head" will astonish each and every contemporary music fan. First off, group members Mike D., MCA, and Ad-Rock have returned to their musical roots -- 70% of the album's music, a stunning array of styles including Funkadelicized fuzz bass riffs, slinky guitar-propelled reggae, and straight-up hardcore punk, is played by the Beasties, seamlessly blended with off-the-wall sampled tidbits. Looping their own dusted-out riffs, the Beastie Boys have taken sampling to its logical conclusion. The self-produced Check Your Head's exploitation of new and old music sources could well be the most radical to date.

"Apart from three diverse instrumentals ("Pow," "Groove Holmes," and "In 3's") that make up the 20 song set, the group gets on the mic to flaunt superior rhyming skills, frantic scratching, and the fattest keyboards this side of Jimmy Smith. Such old-school flavored jams as "Pass The Mic," "Finger Lickin'," and "What'cha Want" shred in an entirely new way, suggesting some unexplored netherland between The Minutemen and Spoonie G; "Time For Livin'," a hardcore punk tune harkening back to the group's Lower End Side origins, sounds as fresh as the Boys' whisper-sung vocals on "Mark On The Bus," the rootsy "Lighten Up," and the acid-soaked "Something's Got To Give." Keep an eye out for the obligatory Biz Markie cameo, "The Biz vs. The Nuge." Each song on Check Your Head speaks volumes. Loudly."

-- "CHECK YOUR HEAD" album press kit, Capitol/Grand Royal Records, January 1992

Source: www.hiphopnostalgia.com/2017/01/beastie-boys-check-your-head-press-kit.html.

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curedcollection · 6 years

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Beastie Boys "Check your Head" tee from '92. Size large, fits closer to a medium. Available at the Cured Collection store. Dm for inquiries. . . . #beastieboys #checkyourhead #winterland #polo #polosport #champion #vintagechampion #championreverseweave #reverseweave #providencecollege #vintage #vintagetees #vintagepolo #vintagepolosport #vintagepvd #tommyhilfiger #supreme #supremeforsale #bandtees #raptees #pvd #providence #ri (at Westminster Arcade)

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deltondemarestarts · 7 years

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Good times rocking this one, the first cats and dogs mural myself and @patrickkanemcgregor completed was a Cl Smooth and Pete Rock translation, this time wanted to include a third member to the squad. Check your head came out in 92, and I was pumped to collaborate on another anthropomorphic translation of a classic cover. @djmusaworldwide big up for everything. #illustration #art #arte #denver #denverart #deltondemarest #coldcrush #bouguereau #boug #catsanddogs #oneshot #oilpainting #mtn94 #mtnhardcore #dog #cat #mouse #beastieboys #checkyourhead #checkyourself #ripboug #ripmca #adrock #miked #catsanddogs2 (at Cold Crush)

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