Blog: So Much Silence

I can't say I saw this collaboration ever coming: The Beastie Boys enlisted Nas for a new song off the forthcoming Hot Sauce Committee and they performed the track at Bonnaroo. I've never thought much of the Beasties as top-notch lyricists – seventeen years later and I still can't get over Mike D rhyming "commercial" with "commercial" on Pass the Mic – and bringing one of the great wordsmiths aboard in Nas probably further exposes their shortcomings. But, hey, I love the idea in theory. MCA does tip [...]