While this never actually came to fruition in real life, a mashup album featuring the Hip Hop of the Beastie Boys and the electronic brilliance of French duo Daft Punk has started circulating in cyber space—and for good reason.
A producer who goes by the name of Coins made the Daft Science project in 2014, but it is going viral now after the Daft Punk Reddit page shared it. Daft Science boasts eight remixes of popular Beastie songs set to Daft Punk production, including “Alive/Intergalactic,” “Root Down,” “Pass The Mic,” “No Sleep Til Brooklyn,” and “Check It Out,” which is mashed-up with the 1997 Daft Punk classic, “Around The World.” Considering MCA is no longer with us, it’s a clever tribute to one of the best Hip Hop acts to ever walk the Earth. Listen in full above.