180g 12 Vinyl Reissue of Long Out of Print 1995 EP!

Shortly afterIll Communication(1994), theBeastie Boysreleased theRoot DownEP(1995)featuring the original album version of Root Down offIll Communication, plus several remixes and live tracks from their 1995 European winter tour.Mixnoted that the title cut was based on a sweet Jimmy Smith groove, a tribute to the master of the Hammond organ andRolling Stonewrote that it was where the Beasties show their roots in this case, the strutting bass undertow, organ fills and wah-wah, chicken-scratch guitar of 70s blaxploitation-era funk.

1. Root Down (Free Zone Mix)
2. Time To Get Ill
3. Heart Attack Man
4. The Maestro
5. Sabrosa
6. Root Down (PP Balloon Mix)
7. Root Down (LP)
8. Flute Loop
9. Time For Livin
10. Somethings Got To Give