Samples

• "Time" by Pink Floyd from the album Dark Side of the Moon (2004)
• "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean from the album Put Your Hand in the Hand (2001)
• "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain from the album Climbing! (1970)
• "Last Bongo in Belgium" by Incredible Bongo Band from the album Bongo Rock (1973)

References

• Chuck Chillout (1962- ) - a rap DJ and producer
• Ultra Violence - the mayhem caused by the protagonist of A Clockwork Orange (original novel by Anthony Burgess which was turned into a Stanley Kubrick-directed film)
• Rambo - a 1982 action film and the name of the title character, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone; also referenced in "Shadrach"
• Die Hard - an action film series, starring Bruce Willis
• Bruce Willis (1955- ) - a television and film actor, best known for his role in the Die Hard films
• Son of Sam - David Berkowitz (1953- ), a notorious serial killer who terrorized New York in 1976-1977
• Dave Scilken (1969-1991) - a close friend of the Beastie Boys

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• Main beat is from "Last Bongo in Belgium" by Incredible Bongo Band
• Drum beat sample is from "Put Your Hand in the Hand" by Ocean
• Piano chord sample is from "Time" by Pink Floyd
• "Coordinator trim is my man, Dave Scilken" - refers to Beastie Boys friend Dave Scilken, who was hired as their "trim coordinator" for their Licensed to Ill tour
• Drum and guitar chord sample after "Gettin' paid, gettin' rich" is from "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain

Beastie Boys

"I read this review where the guy said that we still only use the same drugs and violence themes. I don't understand why people think [this song] is about us. We just get together and write stories." - Michael Diamond, August 1989

Press

"...nineteen-year-old Dave Scilken, a scrawny friend from Horovitz's Young and Useless days, has been hired as 'trim coordinator' for seventy dollars a week. His current position seems to entail two responsibilites: to find, outfit and train a hot dancer for the onstage cage, and to scout the crowd or local malls for pretty girls he can give backstage passes to" - Rolling Stone, 1987

"...another man's fantasy/nightmare, not theirs" - Spin, 1989

"...the one tune similar in style to the hugely successful rap-metal of the Beasties' debut, Licensed to Ill; it is, in fact, a funkier, more spohisticated doppelganger of the first album's 'Rhymin' and Stealin'" - excerpted from the 33 1/3 Series book Paul's Boutique by Dan LeRoy, 2006