Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 Tracklist
Now, I know what you’re thinking. Where is Part 1? Well, it’s kind of a sad story.
Part 1 was originally going to be released in September 2009, but was delayed following a cancer diagnosis of Adam “MCA” Yauch and was eventually delayed indefinitely. The group decided to just release Part 2 on April 27, 2011. Sadly, a year after the album was released, MCA passed away due to his troubles with cancer, making it not just the final album to feature MCA, but also the final album by the Beastie Boys, announcing their break-up in June 2014 out of respect for MCA.
The album was released to critical acclaim. Production wise, the album has been compared to Hello Nasty, with its electronic, psychedelic, and big beat influenced sounds. The album has two credited features, Nas with “Too Many Rappers”, and Santigold with “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”.
To promote the release of the album, the group released a MCA-directed video titled Fight For Your Right Revisited, which featured the album’s lead single “Make Some Noise”. The video featured cameos from Will Ferrell, Jack Black, John C. Riley, Rainn Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, among plenty others.
“Hot Sauce Committee Part 2” Q&A
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If rapper MCA had not died, what was next for the Beastie Boys?
Mike D told Vulture in March 2018:
Full disclosure, the plan was always to put out Hot Sauce Committee Part One. You can file it under the category of ‘funny to us.’
