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Classic Album Review: Mix Master Mike | Anti-Theft Device

The Beasties' turntablist scrambles your brain as his sound shakes your booty.

This came out in 1998 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Invisibl Skratch Piklz turntablist Mix Master Mike is spinning the wheels of steel for the Beastie Boys these days. This majestic magnum opus shows why he deserves the gig.

Slicing and dicing like a Veg-O-matic and making cooler cuts than Vidal Sassoon, Mike stitches big phat beats, fleet-fingered scratching and samples from Joe Tex to Austin Powers into a psychedelic whirlwind of sound that scrambles your brain as it shakes your booty. Mix Master Mike’s real Anti-Theft Device is his mad skills: He’s so smooth nobody can rip off his act.