"The way I describe the record is that musically it’s still pretty immature, and lyrically it’s a little bit more mature," the rap icon told NME, as he shares new single 'True Colors'
The rap icon meets NME in a bingo hall up north to tell us about the battle for the grassroots, and being the first Beastie Boy to go solo after the death of Adam Yauch: "I had to learn how to feel all over again"
His first ever run of solo European shows will kick off next week at Kings Street Social Club in North Shields
The rap legend will be hitting the road following the release of recent single 'Switch Up'
It marks the first new music from any Beastie Boys member since their 2011 album ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part Two’
"It's happening. Shows. New music. Switch Up. Let’s Go”
He broke out renditions of ‘So What’cha Want’ and ‘Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun’
The limited edition version of the 2004 album comes with 11 bonus tracks
Including tracks by RAYE and Albert Hammond Jr
Pelle Almqvist tells NME about their "raw as fuck" new album "of 12 singles" 'The Hives Forever Forever The Hives', as well as playing with Arctic Monkeys, and working with QOTSA's Josh Homme and Beastie Boys' Mike D
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