The Day in Pop Digest for 4/07/11

You heard the preview, now spend a few minutes with the full first single from Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, “Make Some Noise”: nice raps on a Check Your Head-era keyboard-trio funk track, Beastie Boys in shape, welcome back.

It’s just 30 seconds of Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’s “Make Some Noise,” but sometimes 30 seconds is enough to identify the form to which a band is returning, particularly when said band has so many forms. To that end: behold some raps that may or may not reference Prosecco, flame throwers, and casinos: Bea...

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