Hello Nasty is like the bubbling of galactic sulphurous springs, the hissing of a Sega computer game, the slurping and pounding of the best Hendrix backward loops. Add to that a cavalcade of Latin percussion, Calliope keyboards, and exotic samples (Stravinsky, Stephen Sondheim, Jazz Crusaders, Rachmaninoff) and you have one of the most creative and sparkling hip-hop albums to date. Not to mention funny lyrics like "I'm the king of Boggle / There is none higher / I get 11 points off the word quagmire".
And to paraphrase critic guru Robert Christgau, Paul's Boutique may have been the band's Pet Sounds, but Hello Nasty is the Beastie Boys' Sgt. Pepper's. --Jon Wiederhorn
The #1 album was digitally remastered for the first time in 2009 and the remastered edition contains the revised original album and a bonus disc with 7 previously unreleased tracks as well as other remixes and rarities. The titles on the bonus disc are of course also remastered.