Reel Raw Records

Three white kids from New York, a sardine can, and Mix Master Mike behind the decks for the first time — Adrock, MCA, and Mike D came back from a four-year break and threw twenty-two tracks of barely-related genius at the wall: boom-bap, electro, dub, lounge, Latin, punk, and one robot hook nobody saw coming.

Intergalactic. Body Movin'. Remote Control. Number one in fifteen countries the week it dropped. Two Grammys, three times platinum, and the rare hip-hoprecord that won Best Alternative Album without anyone arguing. Sprawling, weird, and somehow tighter than anything else in '98.

Original artwork. Heavyweight wax. The Beasties at their most fearless.