The Beastie Boys have prereleased to the web a track from their new CD. It’s an anti-war song they thought should get out while it was still topical.

A for effort guys.

On the down side, it provides a little evidence for ye old saying ‘practice makes perfect’. The Boys haven’t got a lot of practice with war songs, and it comes off a little like a saturday-morning-kid’s-show-host-rap.

Now don’t get us wrong because we love america
But thats no reason to get hysterica

In a world gone mad it’s hard to think right
So much violence hate and spite

Come on guys, you’re pissed off and you write nasty rap songs. Let’s have a little pointed nastiness here. It would do us all some good. The track is not so much “cutting” or “biting” as “explaining”. But hey. It is appreciated.