Record Label: Time Bomb/Columbia
Genre: Hip Hop/Pop
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The Beastie Boys have been around for a quarter of a century (what a weird thought!), but only now have the clones come out. The latest is Iceland’s Quarashi, who do a surprisingly good job of imitating Beastie-style overlapping and battling vocals, record-scratching, tempo changes, and genre-hopping, and mixing in a bit of Cypress Hill heaviness. Some songs like “Mr. Jinx,” “Turfur,” and “Xeneizes” are downright brilliant, and as a whole, this album is very good. But as far as originality, let’s just say Quarashi has a song called “Copycat.”

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