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Hello Nasty (1998)

Where the lyrics of Hello Nasty take you, and where it was really made.

The title allegedly came from the receptionist at the band's publicity firm, who answered the phone with the greeting "Hello, Nasty."

Key places

Recorded at RPM Studios, New York (1998)

Recording site RPM Studios — RPM Studios in New York is listed as a recording location for the album. The listing gives the studio but no recording date. The same studio is also listed for mixing. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at G-Son Studios, Los Angeles (1998)

Recording site G-Son Studios — G-Son Studios in Los Angeles is listed as a recording location for the album. The listing gives the studio's city but no recording date. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording location listed in New York City (1998)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Oscilloscope Laboratories is listed as a recording location in New York City. The point is set at the city center, so it does not show the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Hello Nasty: fifth studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys
• Released 6 July 1998 in Europe and 14 July 1998 in the United States
• Issued by Grand Royal and Capitol Records
• Sold 681,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
• Covers many styles, from electronic pastiche and dub to Latin-flavored tracks and ballads

Background

• Released just over four years after the previous album, Ill Communication
• Marks the addition of DMC champion Mix Master Mike to the line-up
• Last time the band worked with percussionist Eric Bobo or with a co-producer
• Guest vocalists include Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto on "I Don't Know"
• Jamaican dub musician Lee "Scratch" Perry sings on "Dr. Lee, PhD"
• Mike D said the band spent so much time in the studio that it lost touch with the music scene
• Mike D said nothing was planned on the album and the sounds came from experiments
• Title allegedly taken from the greeting used by the receptionist at the band's NY publicity firm

Recording

• Listed recording studios include RPM Studios and G-Son Studios
• Oscilloscope Laboratories in New York City is also listed as a recording location
• Several tracks, such as "Intergalactic", were built from many samples

Cover

• Photography by Michael Lavine
• Art direction by Cey Adams and design by Bill McMullen
• Released as CD, double-vinyl LP, MiniDisc and cassette

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• The Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop group formed in New York City in 1981.
• They began as a hardcore punk band, having previously been members of the Young Aborigines.
• Adam Yauch replaced the departing bassist Jeremy Shatan, and the band took the name Beastie Boys.
• The 1983 single "Cooky Puss" won local success and marked their full move into hip-hop.

Members

• The main line-up was Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums).
• Yauch also directed many of the group's music videos under the alias Nathanial Hörnblowér.

Career

• Their debut album Licensed to Ill (1986) was the first rap album to top the Billboard 200.
• Paul's Boutique (1989) was made with the Dust Brothers and was a commercial failure but gained critical acclaim.
• Check Your Head (1992) and Ill Communication (1994) found mainstream success.
• Hello Nasty (1998) and To the 5 Boroughs (2004) followed, and the instrumental album The Mix-Up came in 2007.
• Their final album was Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (2011).
• The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, becoming the third rap group so honored.
• Yauch died of parotid cancer in 2012, and the group disbanded.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Pitchfork's Evan Rytlewski called the album a revisionist love letter to '80s hip-hop built from repurposed trappings of that era
• The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan named it the "Pop CD of the Week" and called it a perfect party soundtrack
• Select's John Harris praised the lyrics as fantastically off-beam as ever while noting that the group had broadened its musical vistas
• AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine found the ending a little anticlimactic but saw the album as a progressive step from Check Your Head
• Erlewine also praised new member Mix Master Mike as a masterstroke for the group's sound
• Entertainment Weekly's David Browne highlighted the multi-genre sound, from lounge-pop kitsch to Latin and drum-and-bass touches

Reappraisal

• In Beastie Boys Book (2018), Ad-Rock said he felt Hello Nasty was the group's "best record"

Records

• Sold 681,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
• Won Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group (for "Intergalactic") at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards
• Certified triple platinum by the RIAA in the United States

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title was allegedly inspired by the receptionist of the band's NY-based publicity firm Nasty Little Man, who answered the phone with "Hello, Nasty."
• One cassette format was packaged for a limited run by BioBox in a small cardboard box rather than a clear plastic case, to set the retail product apart and boost sales.
• The album came in CD, double-vinyl LP, MiniDisc and cassette formats.
• Lee "Scratch" Perry sang and played percussion on "Dr. Lee, PhD".
• The 2004 album To the 5 Boroughs was expected to be the first fully produced by the band.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

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