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Beastie Boys’ Mike D Drops Beat-Crazy Solo Hip-Hop Track ‘Switch Up’: Listen

The experimental song is the first new music from a member of the B-Boys since their final album, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and D's first-ever solo single.

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According to Billboard’s source item, Beastie Boys’ Mike D Drops Beat-Crazy Solo Hip-Hop Track ‘Switch Up’: Listen, The experimental song is the first new music from a member of the B-Boys since their final album, 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and D’s first-ever solo single.

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