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Beastie Boys ‘Ill Communication’ at 30!

Craig celebrates Beastie Boys’ seminal fourth album, ‘Ill Communication’, turning 30. And Jonathan Zwickel, author of ‘Beastie Boys: A Musical Biography’, drops by.

Craig celebrates Beastie Boys’ seminal fourth album, ‘Ill Communication’, turning 30. Jonathan Zwickel, author of ‘Beastie Boys: A Musical Biography’, drops by. And 6Music's own Deb Grant, Actor Doc Brown and Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers pick their favourite tracks from the album.

Craig also gets ready for the weekend with the Trunk of Funk and it is down to you to select our final track of the show for closing credits. To get involved, email us at craig@bbc.co.uk

3 hours

Music Played

  • Nilüfer Yanya

    Like I Say I Runaway

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Garbage

    Stupid Girl

    • MUSHROOM.
  • Mitski

    My Love Mine All Mine

    • Dead Oceans.
  • The Mysterines

    Sink Ya Teeth

    • Fiction.
  • Beastie Boys

    Root Down

  • Lava La Rue

    LOVEBITES

    • Dirty Hit.
  • Beth Gibbons

    Floating On A Moment (6 Music Session, 30 Apr 2024)

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Dear Prudence

    • Polydor.
  • Aphex Twin

    minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]

    • Syro.
    • Warp.
    • 001.
  • Aaliyah

    Try Again

    • Try Again.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Slam

    Positive Education

    • Soma Quality Recordings.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Another Star

    • Motown.
  • Hiatus Kaiyote

    Make Friends

    • Ninja Tune.
  • King Hannah

    Davey Says

    • City Slang.
  • Girls at Our Best!

    Getting Nowhere Fast

    • Pleasure.
    • Happy Birthday.
  • Nas & DJ Premier

    Define My Name

    • Mass Appeal.
  • Beastie Boys

    Shambala (Remastered 2009)

    • Ill Communication (Deluxe Edition/Remastered).
    • Capitol Records.
    • 18.
  • Beastie Boys

    Bodhisattva Vow (Remastered 2009)

    • Ill Communication (Deluxe Edition/Remastered).
    • Capitol Records.
    • 19.
  • mary in the junkyard

    marble arch

    • AMF.
  • Broadcast

    I Found The F

    • Warp Records.
  • Roy Davis Jr.

    Gabriel (feat. Peven Everett)

    • Large Records.
  • James Blake

    Thrown Around

    • CMYK.
  • Beastie Boys

    Get It Together

  • Caribou

    ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

    • City Slang.
  • Wunderhorse

    Midas

    • Communion.
  • Girl Scout

    I Just Needed You To Know

  • The Clash

    Clash City Rockers

    • The Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Amyl and the Sniffers

    U Should Not Be Doin That

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Beastie Boys

    Flute Loop

  • Sweet Suzi & The Blues Experience

    The Weight

    • Unbroken.
    • Nothing But The Blues.
  • Mestizo Beat

    She's A Rose

    • She's A Rose.
    • F Spot Records.
  • Betty Black

    Gypsy Heart

  • Willie J Healey

    The Apple

    • YALA!.
  • Shirley Ellis

    Soul Time

    • Demon.
  • Jungle

    Platoon

    • Jungle.
    • XL/Chess Club.
    • 4.
  • CMAT

    Aw, Shoot!

  • Bon Iver

    Re: Stacks

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.
  • Disclosure

    She's Gone, Dance On

    • Disorder.
  • Been Stellar

    Sweet

    • Dirty Hit.
  • Beastie Boys

    Sure Shot

    • Ill Communication.
    • Grand Royal.
  • Beastie Boys

    Sabotage

    • Grand Royal.

Broadcast

  • Fri 31 May 2024 13:00