About this song
"Flute Loop" is the 13th track on Beastie Boys' fourth full-length studio album, Ill Communication, released in 1994. The song was recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California and Tin Pan Alley in New York, and was produced and engineered by Mario C. It samples The Blues Project's "Flute Thing" and Richard Pryor's "I Spy Cops", and it was performed live in 146 known concerts, the first in London in 1994 and the last in Baltimore in 2009.
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Fun facts
- Samples “Flute Thing by The Blues Project” and “Dub Revolution (Part 1) by Lee "Scratch" Perry (Ft. The Upsetters)”.
- Written by John Klemmer, Mario Caldato Jr., Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock.
- Produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato Jr..
- Recorded at G-Son Studios.