Beastie Boys’ Mike D announces debut solo album ‘Thank You’
"The way I describe the record is that musically it’s still pretty immature, and lyrically it’s a little bit more mature," the rap icon told NME, as he shares new single 'True Colors' Beastie Boys legend Mike D has announced details of his debut solo album ‘Thank You’ with new s
"The way I describe the record is that musically it’s still pretty immature, and lyrically it’s a little bit more mature," the rap icon told NME, as he shares new single 'True Colors'
Beastie Boys legend Mike D has announced details of his debut solo album ‘Thank You’ with new single ‘True Colors’.
The rap legend became the first of the trio to emerge with solo music since the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch in 2012 when he surprised fans last month with appearance on stage with his sons Davis and Skyler of indie-dance band Very Nice Person at Ojai Valley Women’s Club.
With his sons in backing band 5D, they soon played a couple of live solo shows in the US at some unusual locations where he debuted solo material before Mike D dropped his first single ‘Switch Up and later ‘ What We Got ‘.
A run of UK shows followed last week, kicking off with an intimate show at Kings Street Social Club in North Shields . Now, he’s shared that debut solo album ‘Thank You’ will arrive in August. Mixed by Derek ‘MixedByAli’ Ali and mastered by Nicolas de Porcel, the album was made at Diamond’s home studio after sessions with his sons the first of a cast of collaborators that would expand to include Carter Lang, Jared Solomon, Ging, Jason Lader, Eddie Ruscha, Tyran Donaldson and more.
“It’s been so much fun making this music with people I love and I have grown to really appreciate in our collaboration,” said Mike D. “And I just hope it’s fun for others and not overly serious, because let’s be real, I’m releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality.”
The album is said to have “a fluid, intuitive nature”, reflected in the artwork by visual collaborators Can Can Press, Thad Higa and Charles Deroyan.
Speaking to NME about creating his first music since Beastie Boys’ final album ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’ in 2011, Mike D explained why this was coming now and moving on from the passing of MA.
