Samples

• Graffiti Rock, a 1984 television show created by Michael Holman
• "Samba de Amor" by Yusef Lateef from the album Tens Years Hence (1975)

References

• Scooby Snack - a dog treat or a hit of acid
• Sears - one of the world's largest retailers of general merchandise
• The Gap - a large chain of clothing stores
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (1939- ) - a soul/jazz/funk/rock session drummer
• Pat Sajak (1946- ) - host of the television game show Wheel of Fortune
• "The Payback" - a song by James Brown
• Archie Shepp (1937- ) - a jazz tenor saxophonist
• "Kick Out the Jams" - a 1969 song by MC5
• Les McCann (1935- ) - a jazz vocalist and pianist; also referenced in "The Vibes"
• Bobby Knight (1940- ) - a controversial college basketball coach
• Broadway - a street that runs through Manhattan into the Bronx
• Yusef Lateef (1920-2013) - an accomplished jazz-fusion tenor sax soloist
• Accountant Britt - Britt Pahan, the Beastie Boys accountant

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• "I spin my fortune on a wheel like Sajak" - Pat Sajak is host of the television game show Wheel of Fortune, in which contestants spin a giant wheel for prizes
• "So I kick out the jams and tell you who I am" - refers to the song "Kick Out the Jams" by MC5
• "And I talk to the people like Les McCann" - refers to the song "Talk to the People" by Les McCann

Press

"...the band pays tribute to many of the jazz and funk musicians whose beats and basslines they've sampled and whose music has continued to spur their own creativity onwards" - excerpted from Rhyming & Stealing: A History of the Beastie Boys by Angus Batey, 1998