Beasties Bring Marketing Heat for Ninth Album

Longtime rap group taps Web, online video to market latest album

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Crisis control pop quiz: What do you do when an abridged version of your forthcoming album gets leaked online? If you’re the Beastie Boys, the answer is simple: stream the whole friggin’ thing.

The Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is not due to be officially released until May 3, but when a version was leaked last week, the Beasties declined to get pissy and/or litigious. Instead, they issued a statement: “With great hubris, we are making the full explicit, aka filthy dirty nasty, version available for streaming on our site.

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