Editing Hello Nasty (section)

==Background==
The album was released on July 14, 1998, just over four years after the previous Beastie Boys album, ''[[Ill Communication]]''. It marked the addition of [[DMC World DJ Championships|DMC champion]] [[Mix Master Mike]] to the group's line-up,<ref name="allmusic review"/> and was the last time the band worked with percussionist [[Eric "Bobo" Correa|Eric Bobo]] or a co-producer.<ref name="Rolling Stone Review"/> There are several guest vocalists on the album, including [[Miho Hatori]] of [[Cibo Matto]] on "I Don't Know", and Jamaican [[Dub music|dub]] musician [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] on "Dr. Lee, PhD".<ref name="Rolling Stone Review"/>

On the many musical styles on the album, Mike D said in 1998: "We spent so much time in the studio that we weren't in touch with the things that happened around us, not what's going on in the music scene and not what other people think about our music. We didn't even hear other opinions; we were rather reclusive. You know, there is nothing planned on the album, we didn't plan anything. All you hear are different sounds, sounds we experimented with, nothing else. Maybe that's our problem: we were so far removed from everything, it was like being underground, really underground, like in a hole in the ground."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/beastieboys_int.htm|title=Beastie Boys: The Brats are Back|publisher=NY Rock|author=Gabriella|date=August 1998|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-date=February 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204202410/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/beastieboys_int.htm|url-status=dead }}</ref>

The title of the album was allegedly inspired by the receptionist of the band's NY-based publicity firm Nasty Little Man, who would answer the phone with the greeting "Hello, Nasty."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedrop.fm/beastie-boys-album-hello-nasty-celebrates-15th-anniversary/|title=Beastie Boys' 'Hello Nasty' Album Celebrates 15th Anniversary|publisher=TheDrop.fm|first=Trent|last=Fitzgerald|date=July 14, 2013 |quote='Hello Nasty' — named after New York-based publicity firm Nasty Little Man for the way the receptionist answered the phone|access-date=January 31, 2014|archive-date=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225051140/http://thedrop.fm/beastie-boys-album-hello-nasty-celebrates-15th-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref>

There were CD, double-vinyl LP, [[MiniDisc]], and cassette tape releases of the album. One of the cassette formats was packaged for a limited run by BioBox in a small cardboard box, rather than a clear plastic case, in an attempt to distinguish the retail product and augment sales.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67 |page=67 |title=Alternative Boxes Blossom Anew |last=Olson |first=Catherine Applefeld |date=August 15, 1998 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=110 |number=33 |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503203750/https://books.google.com/books?id=EwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA67 |url-status=live }}</ref>