Samples

• "Ebony Jam" by Tower of Power from the album In the Slot (1976)
• "Who's That Lady?" by Isley Brothers from the single "Who's That Lady?" (1964)
• "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin from the album Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
• "High Power Rap" by Disco Dave And The Force Of The 5 MCs (aka Crash Crew) from the single "High Power Rap" (1980)

References

• Bass ale and Guiness Stout - mixed together, an alcoholic drink known as a Black & Tan

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• Beginning sample is from "Ebony Jam" by Tower of Power
• Main sample is "Who's That Lady?" by Isley Brothers
• Sped-up beat sample is from "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin

Beastie Boys

"I dropped acid skiiing one time and lost my wallet" - Adam Yauch in 1989, possibly citing the origin of the lyric "I drop the L when I'm skiing"

"[It's] a song where I am starting to say what I'm feeling spiritually. The lyrics to that song aren't on the lyric sheet and I'm using a real distorted mic, so it's not really clear; but I got a lot of positive feedback from people. I was kind of taking a big risk for myself doing that, just in terms of my own confidence, but I got a lot of positivity on that." - Adam Yauch, 1995

Press

"...a selection of snippets of New York life loosely bound together by their shared brevity; it forms a sort of final summary of what Paul's Boutique is all about" - paraphrased from Rhyming & Stealing: A History of the Beastie Boys by Angus Batey, 1998