First Appearance:Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, April 2011 Written by: Beastie Boys and Santi White
Additional Mixing by: Switch
Published by: Brooklyn Dust Music/Universal-Polygram International Publishing Inc. (ASCAP)/Little Jerk (ASCAP)
Saxophone by: Neal Usatin
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...
References
Grill - smile
Sample & Reference Breakdown
"20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift" - lyrics refer to those in "Subterranean Homesick Blues" by Bob Dylan ("20 years of schoolin'
and they put you on the day shift")
"What'cha, what'cha want now?" - lyrics refer to those in "So What'cha Want" ("So what'cha, what'cha want?")
Commentary:
Press
"A reggae-laced collaboration with electro-pop singer/songwriter Santigold, 'Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win,' is a danceable, irresistibly summery highlight" - Megan Gibson, Time, May 2011
