Samples

• "Good Times" by Chic from the album Risqué (1979)
• "Good to Go" by Trouble Funk from the album Drop the Bomb (1982)

References

• DJ Hurricane - Beastie Boys' DJ
• Cey City - nickname for Cey Adams, a friend of the Beastie Boys
• Dust Brothers - Beastie Boys' producers
• Mike Gee (Michael Small) - a member of the rap group Jungle Brothers
• Jazzy Jay (John Byas) - old-school New York DJ who was also a former member of Afrika Bambaataa's Soul Sonic Force
• Bad Brains - influential hardcore band from Washington, D.C.
• Hollis Crew - Run-DMC posse based out of Hollis, Queens
• Whodini - a 1980's rap group
• Original Concept - a four-piece band from Long Island

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• Opening scratches - a sample from "Good Times" by Chic
• "Take the A Train" - a song by Duke Ellington

Press

"...a selection of snippets of New York life loosely bound together by their shared brevity; it forms a sort of final summary of what Paul's Boutique is all about" - paraphrased from Rhyming & Stealing: A History of the Beastie Boys by Angus Batey, 1998