Nialler9 — Michael Bolton is now cool forever. The Lonely Island’s comedy album Turtleneck & Chain features Santigold, Snoop, Beck, Akon, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Justin Timberlake. Truthfully, this is the best thing on it. more info
Stereogum — The Lonely Island’s “After Party” riffs on R. Kelly’s peerless “Ignition (Remix)” and features guest hooks from Santigold about jerking off, among other things. Like “Attracted To Us,” the Snoop Dogg-guesting title track, and “We’... more info
DrownedInSound — The first quarter of 2011 brought plenty of tunes, news, and intrigue to keep our music-possessed souls at peace, but, as the busy music festival and tour-heavy summer looms, so do previews of a slew of LPs and post-release follow-ups. Great artists ... more info
The Hip Hop Chronicle — The wait is over, again: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, Beastie Boys’ long anticipated eighth album, will be released May 2. The album features guests Nas & Santigold. Lead single ‘Make Some Noise’ is out now. The Deluxe Digital album includes t... more info
Stereogum — The Lonely Island’s next single from Turtleneck & Chain is the satirical rap troupe’s second LP title track, roasting lifestyle attire and beverage choices while keenly framing these guys‘ costume ideas for Halloween 2011. Snoop Dogg drops in f... more info
Guardian Music — (Capitol/EMI)Not so long ago, it seemed as though the Beastie Boys might end up gently gentrifying away from frontline rapping. Well into their 40s, successful beyond their teenage punk rock dreams, they had families and interests to pursue other tha... more info
MVSW — Videos cirKus ~ “Medicine“ Lykke Li ~ “Sadness is a Blessing“ Esinchill ~ “Feel My Pain“ Tom Vek ~ “A Chore“ MP3s Beastie Boys ft. Santigold ~ “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”(mp3 via jump the turnstyle) *Hot Sauce Commit... more info
Guardian Music — (Capitol)Now in their fourth decade of working together, the Beasties' eighth studio album revisits their old-skool roots. The tracks urge us to Make Some Noise, threaten to "rock da house" and even suggest a "party on the left." However, their wit ... more info
Impose Magazine — We we're pretty excited when the first Death Grips track dropped, and this is pretty much more of the same raw-ass shit from the likes of Zach Hill & Company: Angry and aggro, anarchic and dead pan, pushing the instrumentals to new levels of grit... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the mood for your next fix of the Lonely Island? "Saturday Night Live’s" comedy trifecta of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone are back. And this time, they’ve got an even greater posse of pop stars entering their... more info