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Ill Communication

Punk rock
Punk rock

Ill Communication is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of Miles Davis. Those roots explain a lot about how Ill Communication arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as My Love and Almost Home, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around Ill Communication, reaching back through Miles Davis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Ill Communication is the fourth studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on May 23, 1994, by Grand Royal and Capitol Records. Co-produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato, Jr., it is among the band's most varied releases, drawing from hip-hop, punk rock, jazz, and funk, and continues their trend away from sampling and towards live instruments, which began with their previous release, Check Your Head (1992). The album features musical contributions from Money Mark, Eric Bobo and Amery "AWOL" Smith, and vocal contributions from Q-Tip and Biz Markie. Beastie Boys were influenced by Miles Davis's jazz rock albums On the Corner (1972) and Agharta (1975) while recording Ill Communication.

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Ill Communication grew out of Miles Davis, shares an orbit with My Love and Almost Home. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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