Ill Communication fuses hip-hop with punk, funk, jazz and hard rock, in the vein of Check Your Head: the Beastie Boys again pick up the instruments themselves alongside samples and scratches. There is the explosive 'Sabotage', with its video parodying 1970s police series, next to 'Sure Shot', 'Root Down' and 'Get It Together'. Raw rap tracks alternate with instrumental funk and hardcore pieces and Buddhist-inspired lyrics by MCA. The trio's fourth studio album, originally released in 1994, entered the US album chart at number 1. This edition is an LP on black vinyl.