Hello Nasty

Hello Nasty
Studio album by Beastie Boys
Released	July 14, 1998 (1998-07-14)
Recorded	1997–1998
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	67:28
Label	Capitol
Producer	Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato, Jr.
Professional reviews
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space. Allmusic [1] Entertainment Weekly (B+)[2] Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link (7.0/10) - Deluxe Edition[3] Robert Christgau (A)[4] Rolling Stone [5] Select [6] The Guardian [7] The New York Times (Mixed)[8]
Beastie Boys chronology
Ill Communication (1994) Hello Nasty (1998) To the 5 Boroughs (2004)

Hello Nasty is the fifth studio album by the Beastie Boys. It was released on July 14, 1998 via Capitol Records and sold 681,000 copies in its first week, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart. The album took home two awards at the 1999 Grammys, in the categories of Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Intergalactic".

Background

Hello Nasty was released on July 14, 1998—four years after the band's previous album, Ill Communication—and marked the addition of DMC champion Mix Master Mike to the group's line-up.^[1] "Song for Junior" features Miho Hatori on vocals, and "Dr. Lee, PhD" guest stars dub musician Lee Scratch Perry on both vocals and percussion. Hello Nasty also marked Eric Bobo's last appearance as percussionist in the band, as well as the last time the Beastie Boys worked with a co-producer.

The title for the album was allegedly inspired by the receptionist of their NY based publicity firm Nasty Little Man who would answer the phone with the greeting "Hello Nasty".

Critical reception

Hello Nasty received mostly positive reviews upon release. Caroline Sullivan writing for The Guardian Review awarded the album "Pop CD Of The Week" claiming that it "fills a gap created by the current profusion of serious rock bands like Radiohead; elbowing its way up front, [and letting] rip with adolescent vigour."^[7] She went on to summarize the record as "the perfect party soundtrack by the perfect party band."^[7] Although Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that the album's ending was "a little anticlimactic", he also saw Hello Nasty as a progressive step forward from the group's 1992 LP Check Your Head, and praised the input of the group's new recruit, Mixmaster Mike; "Hiring DJ Mixmaster Mike turned out to be a masterstroke; he and the Beasties created a sound that strongly recalls the spare electronic funk of the early '80s, but spiked with the samples and post-modern absurdist wit that have become their trademarks."^[1] In his B+ rated review for Entertainment Weekly, David Browne highlighted the album's multi-genre sound, along with the group's use of a wide range of musical styles, as its most engaging aspect;^[2]

Hello Nasty is a sonic smorgasbord in which the Beasties gorge themselves with reckless abandon. They dabble in lounge-pop kitsch (the loser put-down Song for the Man), make like a summit of Santana and Traffic (the Latin-flavored "Song for Junior"), and subtly incorporate a drum-and-bass shuffle into the mix ("Flowin' Prose"). The melange makes for a looser, more free-spirited record than their earlier albums; the music invites you in, rather than threatening to shut you out.

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Les Inrockuptibles	France	Best 50 Albums of the Year[9]	1998	44
Melody Maker	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year[10]	1998	2
Mixmag	United Kingdom	Best 10 Albums of the Year[11]	1998	5
Musikexpress	Germany	Best 50 Albums of the Year[12]	1998	22
Muzik	United Kingdom	Best 75 Albums of the Year[13]	1998	2
NME	United Kingdom	Best 50 Albums of the Year[14]	1998	2
Q	United Kingdom	Best Albums of the Year[15]	1998	*
Rocksound	France	Best 50 Albums of the Year[16]	1998	17
Rolling Stone	United States	Best 5 Albums of the Year[17] The Essential Recordings of the 90s[18]	1998 —	2 *
Select	United Kingdom	Best 30 Albums of the Year[19]	1998	13
SPIN	United States	Best 20 Albums of the Year[20]	1998	10
Technikart	France	Best 10 Albums of the Year[21]	1998	2
The Face	United Kingdom	Best 20 Albums of the Year[22]	1998	11
The Village Voice	United States	Albums of the Year Poll[23]	1998	9
Uncut	United Kingdom	Best 40 Albums of the Year[24]	1998	12

* denotes an unranked list.

• CMJ (1/6/03, p. 18) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time."

• The Source (9/98, p. 256) - "What underlies the Beastie sound, and ultimately their widespread appeal, is their obvious appreciation of other music....Mike's scratches add another layer to the album's mighty production."

• Rap Pages (11/98, p. 130) - 4 (out of 5) - "Hello Nasty continues their musical reign...Lyrically, they deliver their made-for-concert verses in perfect unison."

Track listing

"Super Disco Breakin'" – 2:07 "The Move" – 3:35 "Remote Control" – 2:58 "Song for the Man" – 3:13 "Just a Test" – 2:12 "Body Movin'" – 3:03 "Intergalactic" – 3:51 "Sneakin' Out the Hospital" – 2:45 "Putting Shame in Your Game" – 3:37 "Flowin' Prose" – 2:39 "And Me" – 2:52 "Three MC's and One DJ" – 2:50 "The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')" – 3:01 (Australian/European title is "Can't, Won't, Don't Stop") "Song for Junior" – 3:49 "I Don't Know" – 3:00 (with Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto) "The Negotiation Limerick File" – 2:46 "Electrify" – 2:22 "Picture This" – 2:25 (with Brooke Williams)[25][26] "Unite" – 3:31 "Dedication" – 2:32 "Dr. Lee, PhD" – 4:50 (with Lee "Scratch" Perry) "Instant Death" – 3:22 Japan bonus track "Slow and Low (Mixmaster Mike Version)" Tour Edition bonus disc Released in Australia, Europe and Taiwan. "Hail Sagan (Special K)" – 4:06 "Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)" – 5:34 "Intergalactic (Prisoners of Technology Remix)" – 5:46 "Peanut Butter & Jelly" – 2:16

2009 Remastered Edition Bonus Disc "Description of a Strange Man" "Dirty Dog" "Intergalactic (Colleone & Webb Remix)" "Dr. Lee, PhD (Dub Mix)" "Switched On" "Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)" "Auntie Jackie Poom Poom Delicious" "Putting Shame in Your Game (Prunes Remix)" "Stink Bug" "Peanut Butter & Jelly" "Piano Jam" "Happy to Be in That Perfect Headspace" "The Negotiation Limerick File (The 41 Small Star Remix)" "The Drone" "20 Questions Version" "The Biz Grasshopper Experiment" "Hail Sagan (Special K)" "Body Movin' (Kut Masta Kurt Remix)" "Creepin'" "Learning Remote Control" "Oh My Goodness This Record's Incredible"

Samples

"Super Disco Breakin'"

• "Sucker MC's (Krush Groove 1)" by Run-D.M.C.
• "Is Manhattan in the House?" by Busy Bee

"The Move"

• "El Rey Y Yo" by Los Angeles Negros
• Excerpt from Bobbito's voice and Lord Sear's human beat box
• "Get Out of My Life Woman" by Iron Butterfly
• "Gula Matari" by Quincy Jones

"Just a Test"

• Excerpts from The Pair Extraordinare

"Body Movin'"

• "Oye Como Va" by Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers
• "Modern Dynamic Physical Fitness Activities by Ed Durlacher
• "Tomorrow's People - The Children of Today" by McDonald and Giles

"Intergalactic"

• "Prelude in C# Minor" by Les Baxter
• "Love Is Blue" by The Jazz Crusaders
• "The New Style" by the Beastie Boys
• "Hang on in There" by the Stovall Sisters

"Putting Shame in Your Game"

• "No Ice Cream Sound" by Johnny Osbourne
• "Whutcha Want?" by Nine
• "You're a Customer" by EPMD
• "Vapors" by Biz Markie
• "King of Rock" by Run-DMC
• "Rocket in the Pocket" (Live) by Cerrone

"Three MC's and One DJ"

• Adam Yauch's answering machine message
• "Rob Swift Versus Rhazel" by Rob Swift

"The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')"/"Can't, Won't, Don't Stop"

• "I've Gotta Keep Movin'" by Alex Bradford
• "Superrappin" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
• "Sure Shot" by Beastie Boys

"The Negotiation Limerick File"

• "Poor Old Trashman" by Barbara Lynn
• "In-Citement" by the Pair Extraordiare

"Electrify"

• "The Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky
• "Company" by Stephen Sondheim
• "Stakes Is High" by De La Soul

"Unite"

• "Roxanne, Roxanne" by UTFO

"Dr. Lee, PHD"

• "Dub Revolution" by Lee "Scratch" Perry

Personnel

According to Allmusic^[25]:

• Michael Lavine – photography
• Cey Adams – art direction
• Bill McMullen – design
• Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato Jr – production
• Mix Master Mike – DJ
• Money Mark – keyboards
• Biz Markie, Bobbito, Jill Cunniff, Miho Hatori, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Brooke Williams – vocals
• Lord Sear – human beatbox
• Eric Bobo, Duduka, Richard Siegler – percussion
• Nelson Keane Carse – trombone
• Joe Locke – vibraphone
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
• Steve Slagle – flute
• Paul Vercesi – alto sax
• Brian G. Wright – violin, viola
• Robert Perlman – beats
• Pat Shannahan – sample clearance
• Steve Revitte, Suzanne Dyer, Mario Caldato Jr – engineering
• Andy VanDette, Howie Weinberg – mastering

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
Billboard 200	1
Canadian Albums Chart	2
UK Albums Chart	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Intergalactic"	Australian ARIA Singles Chart	21
		Canadian Singles Chart	9
		US Billboard Hot 100	28
		Modern Rock Tracks	4
		Hot Dance Tracks	6
		Top 40 Mainstream	32
		Top 40 Rhythmic	37
	"Body Movin'"	Modern Rock Tracks	15
		Hot Dance Airplay	44
		Hot Dance Sales	25
1999		Australian ARIA Singles Chart	28
	"The Negotiation Limerick File"	Modern Rock Tracks	29
	"Remote Control/Three Mics & One DJ"	UK Singles Chart	21

Nasty Bits

Nasty Bits
EP by Beastie Boys
Released	1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Hip hop, alternative hip hop, old school hip hop, instrumental rock
Length	9:04
Label	Capitol
Producer	The Beastie Boys, Mario Caldato, Jr.
Beastie Boys chronology
Hello Nasty (1998) Nasty Bits (1998) The Sounds of Science (1999)

Nasty Bits is a promotional album by the Beastie Boys featuring three songs from Hello Nasty. The album was only released in Canada.^[27]

Track listing

1. "Super Disco Breakin" – 2:07
2. "Body Movin'" – 3:04
3. "Song for Junior" – 3:53

References

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25. ^ ^{a b} allmusic ((( Hello Nasty > Credits )))
26. ^ Beastiemania Song Spotlight: Picture This
27. ^ Beastiemania.com - Discography

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