The Beastie Boys have said that despite naming their new album 'The Mix-Up', they did consider naming the long player after Beyonce Knowles. On the record's present title, the group's Mike D told Xfm: "It's a little too sensible almost huh? I was a big fan of the title 'Thick Like Beyonce's Leg' but that didn't make the final cut for some reason. Beyonce's very talented and beautiful and she's probably stronger than we are... We didn't want to have any problems with her."
On the style of the new album, which he's said before is a bit of a departure, he added: "If you know us, and you know our different albums, the influences will make sense. But it's a lot different from our last album, because we play all instruments on the whole album, it's not sampled. So there's a lot of different styles of music. It might seem kinda out there if you're not that up on what we're doing and have just casually checked out a little bit of this and this, but if you've followed our albums you're gonna be well prepared".