Aglio e Olio

Aglio e Olio

While touring behind <i>Hello Nasty</i>, the Beasties regularly busted out hardcore songs by the likes of Agnostic Front, Minor Threat, and Reagan Youth--along with their own take on Billy Joel's "Big Shot." The move came as no surprise to anyone familiar with this EP, on which the B-Boys collaborated with AWOL and returned to the hardcore roots documented on <i>Some Old Bullshit</i>. At eight tracks in just over 11 minutes, this hardly qualifies as <i>extended</i> play. There are better hardcore albums out there, and there are better Beastie Boys discs, but fans will still enjoy <i>Aglio e Olio</i>. <i>--Randy Silver</i>