
21 April 1992 · 35 YEARS
Check Your Head
Beastie Boys
Moving away from earlier provocations, the group embraced live instrumentation at their private G-Son Studios in Los Angeles. This pivot allowed the trio to combine their crate-digging history with a rough, garage-style intensity that felt both loose and purposeful.
As a document of the early nineties alternative music scene, the record successfully dissolves borders between genres. Elements of hip-hop, punk, and jazz-funk converge in a project that marks their evolution into a legitimate funk-rock powerhouse.