References

• Kool and the Gang's album Live at PJ's (1971)
• Joe & Tony's Barber Shop

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• "This one's for you and you and you" - lyrics are reminiscent of the skit "Busy Bee at the Amphitheater" by Busy Bee on the Wild Style soundtrack ("I got you and you and you and you")
• "Gonna' break it down to the nitty grit/I'm gonna tell you motherfuckers why you ain't shit" - similar to Kool Moe Dee during his infamous battle with Busy Bee at Harlem World who rapped "we gonna get right down to the nitty grit, gonna tell you a little something why you ain't shit"
• "Gonna run to Joe & Tony's and get my hair cut nice" - refers to Joe & Tony's Barber Shop, a barber shop located at Lispenard and Church Street in Manhattan
• "Give me little clap, a soul clap" - lyrics refer to those in "Street Rap" by Busy Bee from the Wild Style soundtrack ("C'mon gimme a lil' soul clap")

Press

"...fuzzadelic bass and great pots-and-pans drum dynamics" - Boston Herald, 1992

"The dead-on, icy, blues-organ grooves of [Money Mark's] vintage Hammond and Leslie combo percolate over various punk rock mutations" - Boston Herald, 1992

"...evokes a schmaltzy hotel lounge act" - Newsweek, 1992

"...a cheesy Vegas-style lounge act" - Rapsheet, 1992

"...where [the Beastie Boys] pick up instruments and create the guitar and keyboard funk sessions that are [Check Your Head's] true vibe" - The Source, 1992