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The Beastie Boys’ new single, ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win,’ already had a nifty, Spike Jonze-directed video to its name — but the Beasties aren’t stopping there. The venerable rap trio has just released an EP that backs the song’s single edit (featuring an appearance by Santigold) with five remixes and an a cappella version that invites fans to add their own spin to the track.

I've been a huge fan of the Beastie Boys since I was a kid listening to License to Ill on my Walkman, yeah I said Walkman. Brass Monkey was my lullaby. I thought that the video for Sabotage was unbeatable, but with the help of Spike Jonze the Beastie Boys have done it with "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win."

The Beastie Boys’ new music video for ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win,’ the group’s single with Santigold, reunites the group director Spike Jonze (the man behind the lens of their acclaimed ‘Sabotage’ video) and features the Boys as action figures in stop-motion animation.