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Production Credits:
Get It Together Click for Lyrics
First Appearance: Ill Communication LP May 31, 1994
Written by: Beastie Boys/Jonathan Davis
Performed by: Beastie Boys/Jonathan Davis
Production Notes: Produced by Beastie Boys and Mario Caldato, recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village CA and Tin Pan Alley, New York, NY. Engineered by Mario Caldato and assistant engineer Settly. Sequenced at Bundy's Playhouse, mastered at Futuredisc by Tom Baker. Get It Together (A.B.A. Remix) and Get It Together (A.B.A. Instrumental) remixed by Mario Caldato. Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix), Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix) and Get It Together (Buck Wild Remix Clean) remixed by Buck-Wild for Still Diggin' Productions, recorded by Tony Smalios at Battery Studios, NY, and mixed by Tony Smalios at Soundtrack Studios, NY
Behind the Beats and Lyrics...
Samples:
- "Headless Heroes" by Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse by Eugene McDaniels
- "Inside Looking Out" by Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk by Grand Funk Railroad (ABA Remix)
- "Nothing is the Same" by Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home by Grand Funk Railroad (ABA Remix)
References:
- John Starks - shooting guard for The New York Knicks
- John Holmes - legendary porn star
- Ione Skye - Adam Horovitz's ex-wife
- Chachi & Joanie - popular characters from 70's TV show "Happy Days", later had a spin-off "Joanie Loves Chachi
- Grand Royal - the Beastie Boys now-defunct record label & magazine
- Patty Duke - a dance
- Evan Bernard - music video director (Money Mark, Cibo Matto, BIS, Buffalo Daughters)
- Biz Mark - Biz Markie, Beastie friend
- Moog - an electronic synthesizer
- Q-Tip - Beastie friend and member of A Tribe Called Quest
- Kung-Fu grip - the gripping action of children's action figures
- Farmer's Boulevard - street in Queens, New York City, NY
- Manhattan - New York City borough
- Brooklyn - New York City borough
- Timbos - nickname for Timberland boots
- Ma Bell - nickname for the Bell Phone Company
- Now & Laters - tangy, bite-size taffy candies
Sample & Reference Breakdown:
- "Born on the cusp in the month of November" - Mike D was born on November 20, 1965
- "Well, I'm a funky skull and I'm a Scorpio" - King Adrock was born on October 31, 1966, placing him under the zodiac sign of Scorpio
Commentary:
Beastie Boys: "The music was something that I made just messing around with my sampler at home, just a real simple but ill moog loop and some simple beats. I remember this being a really fun time, when we would all be working somewhat on stuff at home and then bring it into the studio, and we would all build on it. We would just write, record, and play ball. Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest would usually stop by when he was in town, just to hang out, listen to music, and play some ball. We'd been wanting Tip to get on a track for a while, so one night we played him the track, and he was like, "This shit is funky, I could rhyme on this." So Mario, as usual, wasted no time in handing him the mic. Tip freestyled a few takes, and then we fit our rhymes around his" - Michael Diamond, 1999
"I was pretty fucked up when we did [Get It Together]. I can't really remember making it, but I know Adrock took that beat from an old Moog record. The Beasties are the fucking Bugs Bunny of hip-hop. They just come up with the ill shit" - Q-Tip, 2000
"Praying mantis on the court and I can’t be beat/But yo Tip, what’s up with the boots on your feet?"
"At our own basketball court at Atwater, our recording studio the guys would call me ‘The Praying Mantis.’ I don't know. It's just my Atwater nickname. Maybe it was my technique - praying mantis-style" - Adam YauchPress & Print Media:
"...the thrown together "Get it Together" feature[s] the nastily ubiquitus Q-Tip pulling one of his notorious hear-track-rip-track episodes" - Bomb, July/August 1994
Live:
Performed in 16 known Concerts.
First known Performance:
17-May-1995 : Convocation Center, Cleveland, OH, United States
Last known Performance:
21-Aug-1998 : Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, United States
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