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Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 gets a release date

by Ciaran Thompson

Beastie Boys’ new album Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 will be released on April 18 in North America via Capitol Records, NME reports. The album was originally set to follow Pt. 1, but was delayed while member Adam Yauch, aka MCA, underwent cancer treatment. The 16 tracks set to appear on the first part are now included on Pt. 2 while Pt. 1 will still be released at a later date.

“I know it’s weird and confusing, but at least we can say unequivocally that Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 is coming out on time, which is more than I can say about Pt. 1, and really is all that matters in the end,” MCA said.

“We just kept working and working on various sequences for Pt. 2, and after a year and half of spending days on end in the sequencing room trying out every possible combination, it finally became clear that this was the only way to make it work. Strange but true, the final sequence for Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 works best with all its songs replaced by the 16 tracks we originally had lined up in pretty much the same order we had them in for Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1. So we’ve come full circle.”