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Beastie Boys rapper is also playing clubs in L.A. and Brooklyn

Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horowitz and Michael 'Mike D' Diamond with New York City Council Member Christopher Marte at the unveiling of "Beastie Boys Square" (photo: Adam Gray / AFP via Getty Images).

More than a decade after Hot Sauce Committee Part Two marked the final studio release from the Beastie Boys, group member Mike D is officially back with his first solo music. The 60-year-old rapper/producer has dropped “Switch Up,” a loose, genre-blurring cut that emerged from casual home studio sessions with his sons Davis and Skyler Diamond and their band Very Nice Person.

According to a statement, what began as low-stakes experimentation evolved organically through a rotating cast of collaborators and recording locations, giving the song its freewheeling feel.…