Luscious Jackson: Natural Ingredients [GRAND ROYAL]

Why you'll love it

Luscious Jackson's debut album back on vinyl, the record that made the New York band the jewel of the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label. "Citysong" and "Deep Shag" are on it, and it reached number 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.

This edition

• Reissue of the 1994 debut album
• Twelve tracks across two sides, from "City Song" to "LP Retreat"

About the album

Luscious Jackson came together in New York in the early 90s, with Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, Vivian Trimble and drummer Kate Schellenbach (an early Beastie Boy), and they were the first band signed to the Beasties' Grand Royal label. Natural Ingredients, their 1994 debut, mixes downtown cool with hip hop beats, funk bass and breezy, half-spoken vocals.

"City Song" opens with a strut, "Deep Shag" and "Energy Sucker" groove, and "Pelé Merengue" and "Rock Freak" show just how many directions they could pull at once. It reached number 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and became a cult favourite among anyone who'd ever bought a record because of a Beastie Boys endorsement. Thirty years on, it's still the coolest thing in any room it's played in, and it knows it.

Tracklist

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Out September 18, 2026 on Grand Royal (cat# 7421895), a reissue of the 1994 album.