We're back to a sampled music approach for this first album in six years from The Beastie Boys.

All Lifestyles' has slick production. It's funky, but doesn't indicate that any music has existed in Beastie Boys world since 1989. People used to savage bands for these kinds of things. Hence my example using a band commonly sat next to The Beastie Boys in the record shop racks! You know, The Beastie Boys may as well be Chuck Berry plugging away his 50s Rock And Roll in the mid-sixties, in the wake of The Beatles, and dozens of other new bands. Perhaps their time has been and gone? It's a bit silly of me saying that, because this isn't a bad album as such. Just in the same way 'MIU Album' by The Beach Boys wasn't a bad album as such. Yet, the very name 'Beach Boys' was so ridiculed when all the band were in their early 30s - that nobody cared what the hell The Beach Boys did. I don't want bands like The Beastie Boys rapping and doing the same old thing until they are grey. This record is new, but doesn't sound either new, or particularly strong compared to their past work. They are no longer original or clever. The bulk of this album is the sound of The Beastie Boys in cruise mode.