References

• "Do It, Fluid" - a 1974 song by the Blackbyrds
• Stonehenge - monumental circular setting of large standing stones in Wiltshire, England
• Druids - the learned class among the ancient Celts, thought to have built Stonehenge
• Son of Sam - David Berkowitz (1953- ) - a notorious serial killer who terrorized New York City in 1976-1977
• Phone Fiber Optic Distraction - the major phone companies' competitive introduction of fiber optics in the transmissions of signals
• Information Superhighway - a large-scale communications network providing a variety of interactive services
• Manhattan - a borough of New York City
• Westchester - Westchester County, New York
• Coney Island - an area in southern Brooklyn with an amusement park and beach
• L.E.S. Manhattan Island - Lower East Side, the eastern section of Manhattan, in New York City, lying to the east of 5th Avenue
• Detroit - a city in southeast Michigan
• Ellis Island - an island in Upper New York Bay, southwest of Manhattan; also a former U.S. immigrant examination station
• Richter scale - an instrument that measures the magnitude of earthquakes
• Luke Skywalker - a character in Star Wars movie series; son of Darth Vader
• Darth Vader - an evil Dark Lord in the Star Wars movie series; father of Luke Skywalker; also referenced in "Crawlspace"
• Elvis Costello (1954- ) - an influential musician of the post-punk 70's scene
• Abe Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States
• Billy Joel (1949- ) - a musician, singer, and songwriter
• "We Didn't Start the Fire" - a 1989 song by Billy Joel
• Glendale Boulevard - a street in Los Angeles, California

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• "Like the Blackbyrds, I'm a do it fluid" - refers to the 1974 song "Do it, Fluid" by The Blackbyrds
• "Building rhymes like buildings, like a Stonehenge Druid" - The Druids were believed to have built the massive stone structure Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England
• "Falls brings the winter (yeah) and on back to springtime" - possibly a reference to the Beach Boys song "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" on their 1967 album Smiley Smile
• "Check it out because my head is like a sieve" - lyrically similar to "Earache My Eye" by Cheech and Chong ("My teacher's talking to me and she tells me how to live, but I don't listen to her 'cause my head is like a sieve")
• "Got rhymes gallot" - Double Trouble boast the same in "Double Trouble at The Amphitheatre" on the Wild Style soundtrack (1983)
• "I've got attractions like I'm Elvis Costello" - refers to Elvis Costello's band The Attractions
• "My brain is flowing honest like Abe Lincoln" - Abraham Lincoln's nickname was "Honest Abe"
• "Why did Billy Joel say 'We didn't start the fire'?" - refers to the 1989 song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

Press

"...the tight and tidy 'Do It' dish[es] out the snarly, clever raps and stripped-down grooves that recall Licensed to Ill and their last album, Check Your Head, which was three years in the making" - Impact, June 1994