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More Bonus Songs Please

Original Leisure | 07/15/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"The Beastie Boys have been holding back the unreleased songs on their recent series of album reissues. I know there is a lot more unreleased material available from this time period that could have easily fit on disc 2 of this set. Where's the original version of "Intergalactic"? What about songs like "Dejembe", "The Hurricane Freestyle", "Triphammer", "Screaming at a Wall" or "Conga + Bass" from the old Sabotage VHS? Instead we get an underwhelming recording of the Beasties playing basketball... and I'm assuming this counts as one of the 2 unreleased songs that is promised on the album cover? I also have the Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head reissues and they are equally disappointing when it comes to the bonus songs, in fact the former has none. If you already own these albums I wouldn't waste your money on the reissues."