Samples

• "At the Fever" by Lovebug Starski from the album You've Gotta Believe (1983)

References

• Dick Butkus (1942- ) - former Chicago Bears football player
• Fat Morton Jelly Roll (1890-1941) - jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton
• Frisco - short for "San Francisco"
• Fresno - a city in south central California
• Rolos - chocolate and caramel candy

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• "Get on the mic 'cause you know you eat shellfish" - lyrics refer to those in "On the Bugged Tip" by Big Daddy Kane ("Get on the mic 'cause you know you eat chicken")

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