• Adam Yauch (MCA)
• Mike Diamond (Mike D)
• Adam Horvitz (King Ad-Rock)
• (father is playwright Israel Horovitz)
• video footage (vhs/ntsc) Ad-Rock shopping on Valentine's Day)
• acted in film _Roadside Prophets_ (vhs/ntsc) along with John Doe of X
• acted in film _Lost Angels_

• Money Mark (Mark Ramos Nishita)
• Eric Bobo
• DJ Hurricane
• AWOL Amery Smith
• (original Suicidal Tendencies drummer)
• Mixmaster Mike
• member of Invisbl Skratch Piklz

Releases:
 

• _Cookie Puss_
• _Cookie Puss_ MP3
• _Licensed To Ill_ 12" (gatefold) on Def Jam (1986)
• video footage (vhs/ntsc) of License To Ill tour on VH1: The Year 1987
• _Rhymin & Stealin_ MP3
• guitar riff sampled from _Sweat Leaf_ MP3 by Black Sabbath off of _Master Of Reality_ 12" (1971)
• kick drum sampled off of _When The Levee Breaks_ MP3 (192k)  by Led Zeppelin off of _IV_ (1971)

• _New Style_ MP3 (192k)
• "the new style" sampled in track _Monster Dub_ MP3 by Tino off of _Under The Influence_ MixCD by DJ Spooky on Six Degrees
  • also sampled in _Basic Beat_ MP3 (160k) by Tino mixed with _Dynamite Fresh_ MP3 (160k) by Meat Beat Manifesto off of _Adbusters: Live Without Dead Time_ MixCD by DJ Spooky
• descending drum roll and "kick it!" sampled in _Let's Go Get Stoned_ MP3 (vK) off of _40 Oz. To Freedom_ (1992)
• _She's Crafty_ MP3
• guitar riff from _The Ocean_ MP3 by Led Zeppelin off of _Houses Of The Holy_ 12"   on Atlantic (1973)
 
• _Posse In Effect_ MP3 (192k)
• _Slow Ride_ MP3 (192k)
• sampled in track _Voodoo People (Chemical Brothers Mix)_ by The Prodigy
• _Girls_ MP3
• _(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)_ MP3
• video (vhs/ntsc)(mpg)(45megs)
• memeflow: _Party For Your Right To Fight_ MP3 by Public Enemy
• _No Sleep Till Brooklyn_ MP3 (192k)
• guitar solo by Kerry King of Slayer (labelmates at the time c/o of Def Jam)
• video (mpg)(47.5megs)

• _Paul Revere_ MP3
• _Hold It Now, Hit It_ MP3
• sample from _Take Me To The Mardi Gras_ MP3 by Bob James off of _Two_ (1975)
• original by Paul Simon
• also sampled heavily in _Peter Piper_ MP3 by Run DMC
• sample from _Funky Stuff_ MP3 by Kool & The Gang off of _Wild And Peaceful_ (1973)

• _Brass Monkey_ MP3
• _Slow And Low_ MP3
• _Time To Get Ill_ MP3 (192k)
• _live at Nassau_ MP3
• sample: from _Dyn-O-Mite_ by Jimmie Walker off of _Dyn-O-Mite_ (1975)
• sample: theme MP3 from the tv show _Mr. Ed_
 

• _Paul's Boutique_ 

 

• NOTE: Paul's Boutique never existed. The street corner in the picture is Ludlow and Rivington and it's in Manhattan, not Brooklyn. The Paul's Boutique sign is just hanging off of Lee's Sportswear.
• _To All The Girls_ MP3 (192k)
• sample: From Idris Muhammed - _Loran's Dance_ MP3 (192k) off of _Power Of Soul_ 12" on Kudu (1974), keyboards by Bob James

• _Shake Your Rump_ MP3
• samples:
• beat is Harvey Scales -  _Dancing Room Only_ MP3 (160k) off of _Hotfoot: A Funque Dizco Opera_ on Casablanca (1977)
• "Shake Your Rump-ah" - from _Unity_ MP3  by James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa
• Mostly taken from the _Car Wash_ MP3 soundtrack by Rose Royce on Casablanca (1976)
• "It's the Joint" - from _That's The Joint_ MP3 by Funky 4+1
• Bong hit
• scratch heard under "the most packinest", "your belief, chief" and at the end - _Could You Be Loved_ MP3 by Bob Marley off of _Uprising_ (1980)

 
• "Hoo-ha! Got them all in check." - _8th Wonder_ MP3 by The Sugarhill Gang

• owl/horn sound; "can you feel it?" -  _Jazzy Sensation_ MP3 by Afrika Bambaataa
• Ronnie Laws - _Tell Me Something Good_ off of _Pressure Sensitive_
• The open & main drum roll is from _Funky Snakefoot_ MP3 by Alphonze Mouzon off of _Funky Snakefoot_ 12" on Blue Note (1973)
• Additional beats from _Super Mellow_ by Paul Humphrey from the album _The Drum Suite_
• the sound similar to a straw being pulled through a soft drink lid is an African percussian instrument known as a "cuica"
• the disco call is either from Foxy's _Get Off_ MP3 off of _Get Off_ 12" on Tk (1978)  or _Let's All Chant_ MP3 by Michael Zager Band (1978)
• After the chorus phrase "Shake Your Rump-a" there is a drum break with synth. The first two run-throughs, right before the rap starts again, the concluding drum fill is from _Good Time Bad Times_ MP3 by Led Zeppelin.
• _One for the Treble (Fresh)_ MP3 by Davy DMX. Following the line: "And when I say stupid I mean cupid" you hear "Fresh" from the song cut in (and then the line: "I'm not James at 15...")

• "get down!" from _Funky Stuff_ MP3 by Kool & The Gang off of _Wild & Peaceful_ on De Lite (1973) (instrumental remix _33% god_ MP3 (160k) only off of the _Love American Style_ 12")
• Rose Royce - _6'O Clock DJ_, _Born To Love You_ MP3 (192k) (beginning of this track used in bridge bass line right before "good god!"), _Yo Yo_ MP3 (main bubbly bass line) all from _Car Wash_ soundtrack (1976)
• references:
• "Got arrested at the Mardi Gras for jumping on a float" - The Mardi Gras is New Orleans, Louisiana's version of "carnival", which lasts three days.
• "Chillin' at the beach down at Club Med"  - international resort chain
• Pigpen - the original keyboardist/harmonica player/vocalist for the Grateful Dead
 
• "The Patty Duke Show, the wrench, and then I bust the tango" -  Patty Duke - popular hip-hop dance step during the mid-eighties, Patty Duke had her own TV show and played a young Hellen Keller in a film; tango - dance; wrench - dance
• "like Sam the butcher, bringing Alice the meat" - two characters from _The Brady Bunch_

• "like Fred Flintstone driving 'round with bald feet"  from the cartoon _The Flintstones_, who's car was powered by his 2 feet.
• "I'm Mike D & i'm back from the dead..." - A rumor going around during the hiatus between _Licensed to Ill_ and _Paul's Boutique_ was that Mike D had OD'd, been murdered, killed by Run-DMC, etc.
• _Johnny Ryall_ MP3
• samples:
• The wind noise heard in the beginning is from Pink Floyd's _One Of These Days_ MP3 off of _Meddle_

• Certain chimes in "Johnny Ryall" that were taken from the song _Military Cut-Scratch Mix_ MP3 by Grandwizard Theodore Kevie Kev Rockwell, which is on the _Wild Style_ soundtrack 12" on Animal (1983)"Who do you think you are?" - from _Mr. Big Stuff_ MP3 by Jean Knight off of _Mr. Big Stuff_ 12" on Stax (1971)
•  "Kick it!" - _Fight For Your Right (To Party)_ MP3 by Beastie Boys
• "That's right y'all his name is" - from the _A.J. Scratch_ MP3 by Kurtis Blow from _Ego Trip_ (1984)
• Many of the drum beats (most after the line "bottle after bottle he'll always drink more") are from _Momma Miss America_ MP3  by Paul McCartney off of _McCartney_ (1970)
 
• The "one, two, three, four" chants can also be heard in an Ofra Haza remix of _Galbi_ MP3 off of _Shaday_ (1988)
• Bass, and rhythm guitar and lead guitar samples from David Bromberg's _Sharon_ off of _Demon in Disguise_ (1972)
• _Magnificent Sanctuary Band_ MP3 by Donny Hathaway off of s/t 12" (1971)

• references:
• "On the bass was boots on the drums was checkers" - the "boots" refers to Bootsy Collins
• "Checkin' the night train" - _Night Train_ MP3 (160k) by James Brown (1961)
• "He claims that he wrote the Blue Suede Shoes" - _Blue Suede Shoes_ MP3 - song written and originally recorded by Carl Perkins, later by Elvis Presley MP3
• "He's even more over than the mayor Ed Koch" - former mayor of New York City
• "Donald Trump Donald Tramp living in the Men's Shelter"; Donald Trump real estate tycoon
• "Ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more" - from Bob Dylan's _Maggie's Farm_ MP3
• "Wonder Bread bag shoes and singing Helter Skelter";  It is a common pracitce among the homeless to wrap their feet in plastic bags

    to keep the moisture out; _Helter Skelter_ MP3 -  by The Beatles
• "Louis Vuitton with the Gucci guitar..." - Louis Vuitton is a fancy luggage store
• "Thunderbird is the word..." - Thunderbird is a cheap wine; _Surfin' Bird_ MP3 (192k) ("bird is the word") by The Trashmen
• _Egg Man_ MP3
• "We all dressed in black we snuck up around the back, We began to attack, the eggs did crack on Haze's back, Sam I am down with the program, Green eggs and ham Yosemite Sam, Come Halloween you know I come strapped, I throw it at a sucker K-pap"
• samples:
• bassline from _Superfly_ MP3 by Curtis Mayfield off of _Superfly_ soundtrack (1972)
 
• _Dyn-O-Mite_ by Jimmie Walker off of _Dyn-O-Mite_ (1975)
• The main beat throughout is from _Sport_ MP3 (160k) by Lightnin' Rod (w/ music from Kool & The Gang) off of _Hustler's Convention_ (1973)
• _You're Gonna Get Yours_ MP3 - song of same title by Public Enemy off of _Yo! Bum Rush The Show_ (1987)

 
• "Now they got me in a cell" - _Bring the Noise_ MP3 (224k) by Public Enemy which also includes "Get Off your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic
• _Dance To The Music_ MP3 by Sly & The Family Stone off of 12" of the same name on Legacy (1968) when MCA says "I'm on the move"
• _Drop It In The Slot_ MP3 (160k) by Tower Of Power off of _In The Slot_ (1975)
 
• Violin samples at end: _Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds_ by The Beatles off of _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_ (1967).
• The movies _Jaws_ and _Psycho_, the last harmonica clip comes from the intro of the movie
• scream after "Come Halloween" is either Drew Barrymore from _E.T._ or the character Newt from _Aliens_ 
• references:
• "Comes from a chicken, not a bunny, dummy" - Cadbury Easter Egg commercials always portrayed a clucking rabbit laying

their candy eggs.
• "I'm going through science like Dolemite"; _Dolemite_ - Blaxploitation movie directed by D'Urville Martin (1975)

• "Bust a Travis Bickle when I feel that I'm getting pushed " - _Taxi Driver_ - Martin Scorsese film starring Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle
• "Sam I am down with the program/Green Eggs and Ham Yosemite Sam - Dr. Seuss; Bugs Bunny nemesis
• "Hit the Rastaman he said Bloodclot" - a Jamaican term of "exasperation"
• "Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg"  Humpty Dumpty - Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme
• Between the lyrics "Sometimes hard-boiled, sometimes runny" & "Comes from a chicken not a bunny, dummy" you can hear Ad-Rock yell "RAY!" So you get Runny Ray from Run-DMC's posse. In the film _Tougher than Leather_, the plot revolves around the murder of Runny Ray.
• "Egg Man Egg Man We all dressed in black we snuck up around the back/We began to attack the eggs did crack on Haze's back" -  Eric Haze is a  New York grafitti artist.  He also did the lettering for _Check Your Head_ LP cover, as well as hiw own clothing line available at X-Large. These two lines also are almost directly ripped  from the Beastie Boys song, _Egg Raid on Mojo_ MP3.    The original lyrics are:  "We all dressed in black, we snuck up around the back/We began to attack, the eggs did crack on Mojo's back"

 
• _High Plains Drifter_ MP3 (160k)
• samples:
• Mainly from _Those Shoes_ MP3 (160k) by The Eagles off of _The Long Run_ (1979)
 
• "Outta the car, longhair" - _Your Momma Don't Dance_ MP3 by Loggins & Messina off of s/t 12" (1972)
• "Suzy is a Headbanger" - Ramones song _Suzy Is A Headbanger_ MP3 (160k) off of _Leave Home_ 12" (1978)

• Moaning is from _Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)_ MP3 by the Fatback Band off of _Raising Hell_ 12" on Polydor (1976)
• Baseline is from a ZZ Top song
• references:
• "Fear and loathing across the country listening to my 8 track" - book _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_ by Hunter S. Thompson (1971)
• "Spend another night at the Motel 6 - "Motel 6
• "(and then I) Concoct a black and tan in my brandy snifter" - Black and Tan - a popular mixture of beers, usually a stout like Guinness and an ale such as Bass
• "I'm a kleptomaniac K-Mart shoplifter" K-mart (now bankrupt)
• "I feel like Steve McQueen a former movie star/Look in my rearview mirror seen a police car" -  Steve McQueen - actor in the film _The Getaway_ (1972)
• "Bust a Travis Bickle when I feel that I'm getting pushed" Travis Bickel - From _Taxi Driver_ played by Robert Deniro
• "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry on the run from Dirty Harry" - _Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry_ - a 1974 film with Peter Fonda; _Dirty Harry_ -  film (1971) and character made famous by Clint Eastwood
• "Took the bailiff's wallet and went straight to O.T.B./I had a good feeling easy come easy go" -  OTB - Off Track Betting - All the comforts of horse race wagering without having to go to the track.

 
• "Phony paper passing at Nix Check Cashing" -  A small chain of check cashing locations in Long Beach, CA
• _High Plains Drifter_ was a Western starring Clint Eastwood
• "Threw me in the tank with the drunk called Otis" - a drunk character from the Andy Griffith show
• "Ballantine quarts with the puzzle on the cap" - Ballantine is a brand of beer.  Under the cap are little picture puzzles that spell out phrases.
• "Reached behind the seat and grabbed a Kool from the pack" - KOOL- brand of cigarettes - the logo for this brand depicts Vesica Piscis

• "Houdini'd out the cuffs I kicked the screw in the knee" - Harry Houdini - escape artist in early part of 20th century
• "I bet on one horse to win and another to show...that nag came in" from The Band's _Up On Cripple Creek_ MP3 off of s/t 12" (1969), actual lyrics are "She bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show, the odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one, and when that nag to win came around the track, sure enough she had won."
• "Check my rear view mirror check the gold tooth display",  - reference to a line in track _I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide_ MP3 (160k) by  ZZ Top off of _Deguello_ 12" (1979) - original lyrics:  "With my New York brim and my gold tooth displayed; Nobody give me trouble cause they know I got it made. "
• "Takin' care of business at 7-11" - possibly a reference to _Takin' Care Of Business_ by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• _The Sounds Of Science_ MP3 (320k)
• samples:
• The sounds at the beginning is from the small toy in a can that would make a "mmmoooooooooo" sound each time it was turned upside down.
• Jet flying overhead from The Beatles _Back in the U.S.S.R._ MP3 off the _White Album_ 12"x2
• The occasional beeps and bass lines during the first half of the song is from Issac Hayes' _Walk From Regio's_ MP3 on the _Shaft_ soundtrack (1971)
• "Right up in your face and dis' you" - _My Philosophy_ MP3 (160k) by Boogie Down Productions off of _By All Means Necessary_ 12" on Jive/Novus (1988)

• "I do not sniff the coke, I only smoke the sensamilla" - Pato Banton's _Never Give In_ MP3 (96k) (1987)
• The oboe track you hear at the beginning is a sample of The Beatles _When I'm 64_ MP3 from _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_ (1967)

• The violin and other orchestral tuning you hear in the middle (I believe when AdRock says "Rope-a dope...") is a sample of the intro to The Beatles _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band_ MP3 from _SPLHCB_ (1967)
• The crowd noise in the break is from the beginning of _SPLHCB_
• The Beatles, _The End_ MP3  off of _Abbey Road_ (1969) is scratched throughout the song.  It is also the guitar track at the end.
• The drum track underneath the guitar sample is a sample of the Beatles _Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)_ MP3 from SPLHCB (1967)
• James Brown's, _Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved_ MP3 off of _Revolution Of The Mind_ 12" on Polydor (1971), when MCA says "that's right my name's Yauch"

• references:
• "Pegs through my hands and one through my feet" - Jesus
• "Shea Stadium the radium E M D squared" - Shea Stadium - Home of NY Mets; Radium is a radioactive, metallic element with an atomic number of 88, which is around the time some of these songs were written, 1988-1989; "EMD" is a company that handles the distribution of several record companies among them being Capitol Records, the label for which this album was recorded; The "squared" makes a play on the Albert Einstein equation "e = mc2
• "Got kicked out of the Palladium you think that I cared" - Palladium - popular nightclub in New York, concert venue in Los Angeles
• "The fountain of youth not Robotron" - Ponce de Leon, Fountain of Youth - he explored Florida looking for it; _Robotron_ -1980's video game, third in the _Defender_ series by Williams
• "Ben Franklin with the kite getting over with the key" - Ben Franklin
• "Naugels, Isaac Newton, Scientific E.Z." - Sir Isaac Newton, "naguals" were spiritual/scientific leaders of an ancient Mexican culture known as the Toltecs, researched by Carlos Castenada. Someone named "E.Z. Mike" is featured at the end of the _Shake your Rump_ video.
• "Had to get up to get the Jimmy protector" - another term for a condom
• "Rock my Adidas never rock Fila" - sneaker companies
• "Cheech wizard in a snow blizzard"; Cheech Wizard - Character created by cartoonist Vaughn Bode
• "Like bumping around the town like when you're driving a Range Rover" - Range Rovers - sport utility vehicle
• "Ben Franklin with the kite gettin' over with the key" - a reference to his famous experiment which established the first link between lightning and electricity

 
• "Rope-A-Dope" - Muhammed Ali's infamous boxing strategy, which consisted of giving your opponent the opposite of what you lead him to believe he is about to receive
• "dropping science like Galileo dropped the orange" - Italian astronomer born in Pisa in the 16th century, who dropped objects from heights to prove that all objects fall at the same rate regarless of weight, disproving the prevailing theory that heavier objects fall faster.
• "Order the quarter deluxe why don't you wake up" - a limited time sandwich at McDonald's
• "My mind is kinda flowing like an oil projector" - an oil projector is a lighting effect, producing fluid colored blobs, used mainly in the '60s for psychedelic rock shows and movies
• _3-Minute Rule_ MP3
• samples:
• Ping Pong game
• First and last beats from Sly and the Family Stone, _Brave & Strong_ MP3 (160k)  off of  _There's A Riot Goin' On_ (1971)

• Drum beats from _Take The Money And Run_ MP3 (160k) by Steve Miller Band off of _Fly Like An Eagle_ 12" (1976)
• references:
• "Stay up all night go to sleep watching Dragnet" - _Dragnet_, TV show and pulp-movie
• "I'm so rope they call me Mr. Roper" - Mr. Roper - name of the gambling addicted American fighter played by John Saxon in the martial arts movie, _Enter The Dragon_  (also the landlord in _Three's Company_)
• "On the mic I score just like the Yankees" - New York Yankees
• "Get over on Ms. Crabtree like my main man Spanky" - Miss Crabtree and Spanky - characters in Little Rascals - Mrs. Crabtree was an

elementary teacher at the school that Spanky and the gang attended.
• "Proud Mary keeps on turning rolling like a Ring Ding" - song by the name of _Proud Mary_ MP3 (160k) by Creedence Clearwater Revival off of _Bayou Country_ 12" on Fantasy (1969)

• "Doo wa diddy bust with the pre-roll" from track _Do Wah Diddy_ MP3 by Manfred Mann off of s/t 12" on Ascot (1964) - track  was released by two groups in 1964, the     relatively unknown Exciter's girl-group version followed by te  one-everyone-has-heard by Manfred Mann. Original lyrics are:  "There she was just a-walkin' down the street Singin' do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
• "I'm just chillin' like Bob Dylan" -  Bob Dylan -  folk singer
• _Mothership Connection (Star Child)_ MP3 (192k) (song and album by Parliament on Casablanca (1976)
• "You be driving around Hollywood, yo, sorry charlie" - a line from Starkist tuna commercial
• "While I'm reading On the Road by my man Jack Kerouac" - _On the Road_ by Jack Kerouac the beat writer, his best known book
• "Are you experienced, little girl?" - _Are you Experienced_ MP3 (256k) by Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
• "You got your 8 by 10 your agent your Harley" - Harley Davidson Motorcycle
• "customs jail me over an herb seed" - refers to an incident in 1988 when the US customs arrested a man at the Mexican border for posessing three marijuana seeds
• "Cause you know why a you see H..." If you take the last five words of this line pronounced phonetically, Why=y, a=a, you=u, see=c, h=h = Y+A+U+C+H
• _Hey Ladies_ MP3
• video (mpg)(8.9megs)
• samples:

• "Hey Ladies" sample is from  _Party Time?_ MP3 (160k) Kurtis Blow off of _Party Time?_ (1983)
• Mostly _Machine Gun_ MP3 by The Commodores off of _Machine Gun_ on Motown (1974)

• Guitar and synth under "All the ladies in the house...the ladies, the ladies" is from _Shake Your Pants_ MP3 by Cameo off of _Cameosis_ 12" on Casablanca (1980)
• "All the ladies in the house...the ladies, the ladies" - _Jazzy Sensation_ MP3 by Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy Five on Tommy Boy (1981)
• beat sample at the end just before segue into _Ask For Janice_ comes from _Lyrics Of Fury_ MP3 (160k) by Eric B and Rakim off of _Follow The Leader_ 12" on UNI (1988)

• _Hey DJ_ MP3 by World Famous Supreme Team on Famous Charisma (1984) at the very first "a... get funky" before the cowbell.
• "She's thinks she's the passionate one" - _Ballroom Blitz_ MP3 (192k) by Sweet off of _Desolation Boulevard_ (1974)
• "And when I say stupid I mean stupid fresh" - scratched sample from "Change le Beat" by B-side and Fab 5 Freddy (1982) - _Change le Beat/B-side_ MP3 (160k) by Fab 5 Freddy (1982)
• "Good God!" - _War_ MP3 by Edwin Starr off of _War And Peace_ on Motown (1970)
• "Funky!", "Damn!" and "Is it funky, brotha?" from _Funky President (People It's Bad)_ MP3 (192k) by James Brown off of _Reality_ on Polydor (1974)
• "ain't it funky now..." sampled from _Ain't It Funky Now_ by James Brown (1969)
• _Jungle Boogie_ MP3 by Kool And The Gang off of _Wild And Peaceful_ (1973)
• _So Ruff, So Tuff_ MP3 (192k) by Roger off of _The Many Facets Of Roger_ 12" (1981)
• In the video version: "Baby, Baby, Baby" is Deep Purple's _Hush_ MP3 off of _Shades Of Deep Purple_ 12" on Spitfire (1968)
• _Pumpin' It Up_ MP3 (192k) by the P-Funk All Stars off of _Urban Dancefloor Guerillas_ 12" on Uncle Jam (1983)

• references:
• "And I've got more hits than Saduhara Oh"  - Japanesebaseball player that has more home runs than anyone in baseball history, including Hank Aaron
• "Take my advice at any price a gorilla like..." - from Magilla Gorilla theme song MP3 (160k) (actual lyrics "a gorilla like Magilla is mighty nice")
• "Tom Thumb Tom Cushman or tom-foolery" - Tom Thumb was a tiny boy only a few inches tall in an old child's tale; Tom Cushman is a long-time friend of the Beastie Boys, having done some of the one-off side-projects with some of them, including Brooklyn and the Beat Brothers ( possibly in reference to Tom Cushman, nationally syndicated sportswriter.); Tom Foolery - acting in a foolish manner
• "Date women on T.V. with the help of Chuck Woolery" - Chuck Woolery - host of TV's _Love Connection_
• "I dropped my drawers and it was Welcome Back Kotter" - _Welcome Back Kotter_ tv show
• "I'm not James at 15 or Chachi in charge" - _James at 15_ - Lance Kerwin TV show from late 70s; Chachi in Charge - a reference to Scott Baio's character in _Happy Days_, and his show _Charles in Charge_
• "Tune in turn on to my tune that's live" - "Tune In Turn On Drop Out" - popular phrase in 60's by Dr. Timothy Leary

 
• "Vincent Van Gogh call and mail that ear" - Vincent Van Gogh - Famous painter, who mailed his severed ear to his girlfriend to show how much he loved her
• _5-Piece Chicken Dinner_ MP3
• sample: background music is _Shuckin' The Corn_ MP3 by Eric Weissberg, which appeard on the soundtrack for film _Deliverance_ (1972)
• _Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun_ MP3
• MP3 covered by Anthrax off of Japanese release of _Sound Of White Noise_ (1993)(track includes Beavis & Butthead appearance)
• samples:
• Main beat is _Last Bongo In Belgium_ MP3 (192k)  by the Jamaican Incredible Bongo Band on Pride (1973)
• Piano chord played in background throughout is from Pink Floyd's _Time_ off of _Dark Side of the Moon_ (1973)

• Drum beat is from _Put Your Hand In The Hand_ MP3 by Ocean off of _Put Your Hand In The Hand_ 12" on Kama Sutra (1971)
• Drum and guitar chord after "getting paid, getting rich" - _Mississippi Queen_ MP3 by Mountain off of _On Top_ (1974)
• Dave Sckilken - friend of the Beastie Boys (seen in the video)
• references:
• "He had more cuts than my man Chuck Chillout" - Influential old-school DJ who put out party records in the 1980's and has mixing credits on Public Enemy's _It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back_

 
• "Ultra Violence running through my head", "Like Clockwork Orange going off on the town" - alluding to _A Clockwork Orange_ (1971) , written by Anthony Burgess

• "Rapid fire louie like Rambo got bullets" - _Rambo_ - movie starring Sylvester Stallone
• "I'm a gonna die harder like my kid Bruce Willis" - _Die Hard_ - action movie starring Bruce Willis
• "Co-ordinating trim is my man Dave Scilken" - Childhood friend of Adam Horovitz who died of a drug overdose in 1991 (two years after  this recording). Scilken was also in The Young and the Useless with Horovitz prior to the Beastie Boys.  On the Licensed to Ill and Together Forever tours, Scilken earned the title of "trim co-ordinator".  His primary duties in this role was to procure females from the crowd and present them with backstage passes.
• "You got your finger on the trigger like the Son of Sam" - David Berkowitz was a NYC area serial killer in the late 1970's. He terrorized the city for 13 months before his capture, killing six people. The first nickname he acquired during his spree was given to him because of his weapon of choice, the ".44 caliber killer". Later, in letters to the police left at the scenes of his crimes, Berkowitz referred to himself as the "Son of Sam."
• "Fuzzy navel y'all making me see red" - a mixed drink of orange juice and peach schnapp
• _Car Thief_ MP3 (160k)
• samples:
• The main sample for Car Thief is from _Rien Ne Va Plus_ MP3 (vK) by Funk Factory off of s/t 12" on Atco (1976)
• Funkadelic - _I Bet You_ MP3off of s/t 12" on Westbound (1970)
• The drum right after "I'm a dusted old bummy Hurdy Gurdy Man" is from the Donovan Leitch song _Hurdy Gurdy Man_ MP3 from the album of the same title (1968) - A hurdy gurdy man is a type of street performer who plays a music box while a  monkey on a leash dances and performs tricks.
• Ione Skye is Donovan's daughter, whom Ad-Rock later married

• "I'm a farmer" bit is from the _Woodstock_ soundtrack (1970), the voice is of Max Yasgur
• references:
• "Had a 'caine filled Kool with my man Russ Rush" - Kool is a popular brand of menthol cigarettes; The "money hungry miser" and "Russ Rush" most likely refers to Russell "Rush" Simmons, owner of Def Jam Records and Rush Artist Management with whom the Beastie Boys had money squabbles that resulted in their leaving Def Jam after their first LP.
• "Five-O caught me now I'm going to the mountains" - meaning "the police" reference the 1970's television police drama _Hawaii Five-O_
• "The Godfather of Soul is in the Belly of the Beast" - refers to James Brown in jail
• "For smoking that dust at St. Anthony's Feast"  - Summer Festival in NYC
• "Space cake cookies I discover who I am" - hash cakes often eaten in the hash bars in Amsterdam
• "Like Ricky always said you've got to toke and pass" and "Your girl got dicked by Ricky Powell" - Ricky Powell, longtime friend and film maker who has documented the Beastie Boys' career on film and assisted in the direction of many of their videos.
• "Nose candy on the Bowie coke mirror" - David Bowie  as Ziggy Stardust
• "Mookies gonna kick your fuckin ass" - Mookie was head of security on the Licensed To Ill tour
• _What Comes Around_ MP3
• samples:
• Gene Harris and The Three Sounds - _Put On Train_ MP3 (192k) off s/t 12" on Verve (1962)
• Opening drum beat from Led Zeppelin's _Moby Dick_ MP3 off of _II_ (1969)
• Guitar is from Alice Cooper's _It's Hot Tonight_ MP3 (192k) off of _Lace And Whiskey_ (1977)
 
• references:
• "Why'd ya throw that chair at Geraldo Rivera, man?" - Geraldo was hit in nose by chair during brawl w/skinheads on his show
• "Insecure born in the junkyard with the junk" refers to the line "you insecure born junkyard motherfucker" in the movie _Dolemite_ (1975).
• "Got more Louie than Phil Rizzuto" - Phil Rizzuto - former shortstop and current announcer for NY Yankees, also did commercials on TV for "The Money Store"
• Doris the Finkasaurus - Character on the Flinstones cartoon, by Hanna-Barbera
• "Cause one man's ceiling is another man's floor" - _One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor_ MP3 (160k) is the title of a Paul Simon song from the album _There Goes Rhymin' Simon_
• "Why you wanna beat that brat with a bat" - _Beat On The Brat_ MP3 (160k) by The Ramones (1976). Actual Ramones lyric is "beat on the brat with a baseball bat."

• "With 3-inch cherry red press-on Lee nails" - stick-on nail extensions made by Lee
• "Rapunzel Rapunzel let down your hair" - German fairytale - let her incredibly long hair down so that her rescuer could climb the tower where she was imprisoned.
• _Shadrach_ MP3
• samples:
• _Do Your Dance_ MP3 by Rose Royce off of _In Full Bloom_ on Whitfield (1977) is the first you hear as the intro for the song, with the bass drum and clapping.

 
• Sly & The Family Stone's _Loose Booty_ MP3 off of _Small Talk_ 12" (1974) comprises most of the song - "shadrach, meschach, abednego"; heya heya heya heya"; horns, bassline
• Sugar Hill Gang's, _Sugarhill Groove_ MP3
• "Never gonna let 'em say that I don't love you" - Ballin' Jack's _Never Let 'Em Say_ MP3 off of s/t 12" (1970)
• "Being very proud to be an MC" - _It's the Joint_ MP3 by Funky 4+1
• James Brown - _The Funky Drummer_ MP3 (1970) is the beat at the end
• Drums and bass from _Hot & Nasty_ MP3 by Black Oak Arkansas off of s/t 12" (1971)
• "Say What?" is sampled from Trouble Funk's _Good To Go_ MP3 (160k)

• references:
• Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - biblical characters
• "For those about to rock, we salute you" - AC/DC - _For Those About To Rock_ MP3 off of _For Those About To Rock, We Salute You_ 12" (1981)
• "I once was lost but now I'm found" - _Amazing Grace_ written by John Newton (1779)
• "Only twelve notes, a man can play..." - reference to Arnold Schoenberg's 12 note atonal scale.
• "And now we're gonna bust with the Putney Swope sequel" - Putney Swope a film by Robert Downey, Sr. (1969) about a black advertising executive
• "Got more suits that Jacoby & Meyers" - law firm
• "My year would be good just like Goodyear's tires" - automobile tires
• "So I'm out pickin' pockets at the Atlantic Antic" - annual street fair held in Brooklyn
• "Get even like Steven like pulling a Rambo" - "Now we are even, quoth Steven" from "Letters to Stella" by Jonathan Swift (1711); _Rambo_ - movie starring Sylvestor Stallone
• "Give to the poor and I always give thanks" - Robin Hood
• "Got more stories than J.D.'s got Salinger" - wrote _Catcher In The Rye_
• "I've got money like Charles Dickens" - author of _A Christmas Carol_ who was paid per word for his works.
• "Got the girlies in the Coupe like the Colonel's got the chicken" - The Cadillac Coupe de Ville; Colonel Sanders fast food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken, now called KFC
• "Always go out dapper like Harry S. Truman" - President of the US

"I'm madder than Mad's Alfred E. Newman" - Humor magazine, _Mad_.  Their mascot is Alfred E. Neuman, the red-haired, freckle-faced, "What, me worry?" kid.

• "Jerry Lee Swaggert or Jerry Lee Falwell" - reference to the fact that Jerry Lee Lewis and evangelist Jimmy Swaggert are cousins.
• Jimmy Swaggert, Jerry Falwell - televangelists

• "You love Mario Andretti cause he always drives his car well" - race car driver
• "We love the hot butter on the popcorn" is from _King Tim III (Personality Jock)_ MP3 by The Fatback Band off of _XII_ 12" on IMS (1979)
• "I think I'm starting to peak now Al" - In the liner notes of Paul's Boutique the printed lyrics state "I think I'm starting to peak now Al from S.S. Decontrol".  an 80's hardcore straight-edge band from Boston.

• "Who shall inherit the Earth? the meek shall" - from Matthew 5:5; "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth."
• _Ask For Janice_ MP3
• "...the best in men's clothing. Call Paul's Boutique and ask for Janice and the number is (718) 498-1043. That's Paul's Boutqie and they're in Brooklyn."
• sample from _Are You Experienced?_ MP3 by Jimi Hendrix Experience off of _Are You Experienced?_ (1967)
 
• _B-Boy Bouillabaisse_ MP3 (160k)
• samples:
• references:
• a. _59 Chrystie St._
• Drum beat from _The Jungle Line_ MP3  by Joni Mitchell off of _The Hissing Of Summer Lawns_ 12" on Asylum (1975)

• _Are You Experienced?_ MP3 by Jimi Hendrix Experience off of _Are You Experienced?_ (1967)
• "Aah yeah! aww aww aww aww, aww yeah" - _Here We Go_ by Run DMC
• "fr-fr-fr-Fresh!" - _Change le Beat/B-side_ MP3 (160k) by Fab 5 Freddy (1982)
• "Wick-Wick-Wack" - _My Philosophy_ MP3 (160k) by BDP off of _By All Means Necessary_ on Jive/Novus (1988)
• "You know it." from the track _Buffalo Gals_ MP3 on Malcolm McLaren & The World Famous Supreme Team's album _Duck Rock_ on Island (1983)
• Malcolm McLaren managed the Sex Pistols between 1976-1978
• _Rocket In The Pocket_ MP3 (160k) by Cerrone off of _Cerrone IV: The Golden Touch_ 12" on Cotillon (1978)
• According to Mike D: "The money [from the British Airways suit] enabled us to make the move for independence.  We got a floor in this Chinese sweatshop building on Chrystie Street." - Spin Magazine
• b. _Get On The Mic_
• The song alternates between a human beat box and a recorded one, called _Live At The Disco Fever_ MP3 by Lovebug Starski.
• "The king Ad-Whammy has never been limp Dick Butkus" - Dick Butkus was a linebacker for the Chicago Bears football team from 1965-1973.
• "His name's Mike D. not Fat Morton Jelly Roll" - Jelly Roll Morton was a jazz pianist of the 1920's
• "Go to the movies get the Rolos the cholos riding slow and low" - "Rolos" are a chocolate and caramel candy
• c. _Stop That Train_
• "Stop that train, I wanna get off" - From _Draw Your Brakes_ MP3 (160k) by Scotty, also on _The Harder They Come_ soundtrack.
• Bass drum, horns and chimes from _Save the World_ by All The People
• "It's 4:00 a.m. I've got the Dr. Hfuhruhurr Ale" - A cheap ale sold in 40s and quarts, available in the NYC area. Most likely play on the ale's name and the name of Steve Martin's character in the 1983 film _The Man With Two  Brains_
• "I got nothin' to lose, so I'm pissin' on the third rail" - the third rail being the one that supplied the car with electricity
• "Pulling a train like Captain Kirk" - Character made famous by William Shatner on the television series _Star Trek_
• "Caught a bullet in the lung from Bernie Goetz" - Contoversial vigilante who shot 4 youths in 1984 in a New York train station
• "The neck tortoise the Lees creased" - turtle neck and Lee's jeans
• "Hot cup of coffee and the donuts are Dunkin" - Donut bakery chain  "Dunkin' Donuts"
• "Friday night and Jamaica Queens funkin" - Jamaica, Queens is a neighborhood in Queens, New York.  refers to _Funkin' For Jamaica_ MP3 (192k) by Tom Browne off of _Love Appraoch_ on GRP (1979)
• "Over the loud speaker about the hard times" - from the song _Hard Times_ MP3 by Run-DMC off of s/t 12" on Profile
 
• "Sat across from a man readin El Diario" - Common name for a lot of Spanish daily newspapers, so it's exact reference is questionable, most likely a New York based paper when considered in context
• "Went from the station straight to Orange Julius" - "Orange Julius" is a chain of frozen orange juice stands owned by Dairy Queen
• "Bought a hot dog from my man George Drakoulias" - George Drakoulias is a record producer (The Cult and Black Crowes) who got his start at Def Jam in the 1980's, protoge of Rick Rubin
• d. _A Year And A Day_
• Begins with Tower of Power -  _Ebony Jam_ MP3 off of _In The Slot_ (1975)
• Isley Brothers - _Who's That Lady_ MP3
• _When The Levee Breaks_ MP3 by Led Zeppelin off of _IV_ (1971) - beat sped up
• "Mix the Bass Ale with the Guinness Stout" - a drink, otherwise known as a Black and Tan
• e. _Hello Brooklyn_
• "...just to watch him die" - Johnny Cash -  _Folsom Prison Blues_ MP3
• "Like a buffalo soldier I'm broader than Broadway" - _Buffalo Soldier_ MP3 reggae song by Bob Marley; _Here I Come (Broader Than Broadway)_ MP3 reggae song by Barrington Levy
• "Shot a man in Brooklyn..." part is from the classic blues song _Train Kept a Rollin_ MP3 off of _Breakin' Up The House_ 12" on Charly (1950) by legendary blues man Tiny Bradshaw. The original lyric is  "Shot a man in Reno . . ."
• "The Bronx is up & I'm Brooklyn Down" - lyrics from to the song _New York, New York_ (actual lyrics are "the Bronx is up and the Battery's down.")
• "Keep keepin' on, I don't care what they say" - a reference to the line "The only thing I knew how to do was keep on keepin' on" from _Tangled Up In Blue_ MP3 (96k) by Bob Dylan off of _Blood On The Tracks_ 12" (1975)
• f. _Dropping Names_
• Sweet - _Into The Night_ MP3 (224k) off of _Desolation Blvd_
• The quote at the end "If you explain to a musician he'll tell that he knows it but he just can't do it" is taken from an interview with Bob Marley
• The piano and drums before "He thrusts his fist..." is the Meters -  _Hey A-Pocky Way_ MP3 off of _Rejuvenation_ 12" on Sundazed (1974)
• The music right after the "He thrusts his fist..." is from the  _The Well's Gone Dry_ MP3 by The Crusaders off of _Southern Comfort_ (1974)

 
• _Ebony Jam_ by Tower of Power - guitar picking that slows down
• "He thrusts his fist against the post and still insists he sees a ghost" - popular tongue twister, also used to try to correct suttering problems, as used in Steven King's _It_  - Amidst the mists and coldest frosts/ With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts/ He thrusts his fists against the posts/ And still insists he sees the ghosts
• "Nicknamed Shamrock my name is not Shamus" - A shamrock is the common three-leaf clover and "Shamus" is a traditional Irish name.  As far as pop culture is concerned, take your pick.  There's the film _Shamus_ starring Burt Reynolds in 1973.  There's also the children's fantasy film from 1959 titled Shamus.
• g. _Lay It On Me_

• Kool and the Gang's - _Let The Music Take Your Mind_ MP3 (192k) off of s/t 12" on De Lite (1969)
• "My favorite New York Knick was Hawthorne Wingo" - Wingo played for the New York Knickerbockers and later the Harlem Wizards
• "You know that it said Napoleon Bonaparte" - Napaleon Bonaparte rose to the status of Emperor of France in 1799
• "Peepin' out the colors I be buggin' on Cezanne" - Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was a post-impressionist French painter
• "Cause I got more flavor than Fruit Striped Gum" - Flavorful, Beechnut chewing gum
• h. _Mike On The Mic_
• _At The Fever_ by LoveBug Starski is cut-up at the beginning and then allowed to play through to the end, providing for the whole track
• "It's a trip, it's got a funky beat, and I can bug out to it" - Lloyd Lindsey
• "Had too much to drink at the Red Lobster" - Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain
• "Ride around town like Raymond Burr" - Raymond Burr - played Ironside, a detective who used a wheelchair to "ride around town"
• i. _A.W.O.L_
• _Good Times_ MP3 by Chic off of _Risque_ 12" (1979)
• During the climax Trouble Funk -  _Good To Go_ MP3 (160k) is heard on the left channel
• _Loran's Dance_ (192k) by Idris Muhammad off of _Power Of Soul_ 12" on Kudu (1974)

• i. _A.W.O.L._
• Jazzy Jay - old skool New York DJ
• Bad Brains - influential hardcore punk band made up of Rastafarians, formed in 1978
• Mike G. - member of the innovative rap group the Jungle Brothers
• Hollis Crew - the posse of Run-DMC, based out of Hollis, Queens
• Whoudini - new school rap group that had a series of successful singles in the mid eighties
• Original Concept - Band, their DJ was Dr. Dre, the "Yo! MTV Raps" host and former Beastie Boys D.J.
• _33% God_  MP3 (160k) (B-Side)
• samples:
• guitar wah wah from Rose Royce -  _Daddy Rich_ MP3, from the _Car Wash_ soundtrack
• "Can you feel it? Can you feel it?" from _Jazzy Sensation_ MP3 by Afrika Bambatta
• "Here's something fresh" - Rock Master Scott and Dynamic 3 - _Request Line_ MP3 off of _Roof Is On Fire_ 12" on Reality (1984)
• _Dyn-O-Mite_ by Jimmie Walker off of _Dyn-O-Mite_ (1975)
• _Dis Yourself In '89 (Just Do It)_  MP3 (B-Side)
• samples:
• "Breakdance" and "spin on your back", are from the West Street Mob's, _Breakdance - Electric Boogie_ MP3 off of 12" on Sugar Hill (1983)
• Average White Band -  _Cut the Cake_ MP3 off of _Cut The Cake_ 12" on Rhino (1975)

• Rhythm Heritage - _Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow_ MP3 (vK) off of _Disco-Fied_ 12" on ABC (1976), better known as the theme to the 70's TV show _Baretta_
• Incredible Bongo Band - _Apache_ MP3 (1973)
• Scream after "hey ladies in the place" from Wilson Pickett's, _Mustang Sally_ MP3  (1966)
• _Foxey Lady_ MP3 (192k) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience off of _Are You Experienced?_ 12" (1967)
• "Girl I've been watching you" -  Gregory Abbot -  _Shake You Down_ MP3 off of _Shake You Down_ (1986)
• Stevie Wonder's, _Boogie On Reggae Woman_ MP3 (192k)off of _Fulfillingness' First Finale_ 12" on Motown (1974)
• High squeaky voice saying "no one expects the Spanish Inquisition" is that of Michael Palin, from Monty Python's _Spanish Inquisition_
• _And What You Give Is What You Get_ (b-side)
• samples:
• "And what you give is what you get..." is from The Jam -  _Start!_ MP3 off of _Sound Affects_ 12" on Polydor (1980)
• "Do it" - scratched right before the piano part is from _The New Rap Language_ MP3 by the Treacherous Three (1980)
• Steve Miller
• "god Damn!" - George Carlin
• Descending guitar riff about midway through the song is from Black Flag's _Rise Above_ MP3 (160k) on the _Damaged_ CD on SST (1981)

• The high-pitched "Dance" is from Prince's _Kiss_ MP3
• _Some Dumb Cop Gave Me Two Tickets Already_ MP3 (b-side)
• sample: main track is from Young-Holt Unlimited -  _Soulful Strut_ MP3

 
• reference: Ricky Powell - longtime Beastie Boy friend
• produced by the Dust Brothers
• moniker "originally appropriated" by _The Chemical Brothers_
• produced: _Odelay_ CD by Beck

• _An Evening At Home With Shadrach, Meschach, Abednego_ 12"
• back cover of 12" appropriates the back cover of _Organ Stardust_ 12" by Ashley Tappen

• _Check Your Head_ CD/cassette on Grand Royal (1992)

• _Jimmy James_ MP3
• Jimmy James & The Blue Flames - pre-Experience band
• vocal introduction sample by Cheap Trick off of _Live At Budokan_