Beastie Boys

"The guitar is definitely the Funkadelic guitar--that sound. That's my cut, though. You hear Yauch messing around [on the upright bass] and then you hear Mark [Nishita]. And if you listen, you can hear Mike walk up to the drums, sit down, pick his sticks up. And whap-uh-uh-uh-uh." - Adam Horovitz, July 1994

"That was just something we played together, after not playing together for a few months. It was just a mood and a moment. At the same time, it definitely comes from a lot of different shared influences that we all have." - Michael Diamond, July 1994

"That shit is dope. That's the way it happened. Me and Mark [Nishita] were jamming, and Mario [Caldato] turned on the DAT. That's just recorded direct to two-track." - Adam Yauch, July 1994

Press

"...forms a kind of benediction to [Ill Communication], it's a jam recalling the funky, acid-damaged space-rock of Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain'"- Pulse, July 1994

"...[a] slick, funk-inspired instrumental" - Time, 1994

"The Boys loosen up on their instruments, especially in [this] subzero cool [track]..." - Rolling Stone, 1998

"The Beastie Boys have sampled us [a late 70's NYC funk/hip-hop group called ESG], the Beastie Boys have stolen from us - they insist that a tune called 'Transitions' is their record when it's really just a rip-off of 'UF' (one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history)." - Carol Cooper, ESG's manager