“The Beastie Boys' expanded reissue campaign rolls on. Here, the underrated follow-up to Check Your Head is built out with quality B-sides and remixes.”
“Topping the charts upon its release in 1994, Ill Communication found the Beasties out-cooling almost all other alt-rock acts. The New York trio mixed up hooky beat science, hardcore punk and cerebral but brassy rhymes — a sound they had trotted out on 1992’s Check Your Head but simply did better here. Jazz-funk instrumentals complement […]”
“"Why not a Beastie revolution?" proposed the B side of the Beastie Boys’ first 12 inch back in 1983; 11 years later, it has happened — it’s time to get ill in ’94. Since their comeback in 1992 with Check Your Head, the Beasties — Mike D (Mike Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch), Adrock (Adam Horovitz) […]”
