Beastie Boys, What the Funk?!?

The latest MP3s to hit the blogs.

1. Beastie Boys, “The Rat Cage�
When we said the Beastie Boys should quit rapping after 2004’s disappointing To the 5 Boroughs, we didn’t mean they should record funk instrumentals. Very clever, guys. [Stereogum]

2. UNKLE feat. the Duke Spirit, “May Day�
The militant stomp of this leaked track from UNKLE’s upcoming War Stories bodes well for the album, if not for the song’s male antagonist who’s apparently due a beating from Duke Spirit front woman Liela Moss. [Get Weird Turn Pro]

3. The Go! Team, “Grip Like a Vice�
Like all the best tracks on the band’s acclaimed 2004 record Thunder, Lightning, Strike, this new one sounds like a seventies cop-show theme song crossed with Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It.� [Deaf Indie Elephants]

4. T-Pain feat. Kanye West and UGK, “Buy U a Drank�
Kanye one-ups T-Pain, offering to buy us an entire bar and opening the door for a possible remix of this remix by West’s financial adviser. [Idolator]

5. Sufjan Stevens, “Dr. Mr. Supercomputer�
This Illinois outtake is probably the closest Stevens will ever get to math rock. So enjoy it. [The Music Slut] —Lane Brown