Samples

• "Bellevue Patient" by Funkmaster Wizard Wiz from his album Bellevue Patient (1985)
• "The Symphony" by Marly Marl featuring Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G., Rap and Big Daddy Kane
• "Sex for Teens (Where It's At)" by Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D (1969)

References

• Mike - Mix Master Mike, the Beastie Boys DJ and turntable extraordinaire
• Page 6 - the New York Post's gossip page
• Carl Sagan (1934-1996) - America's most famous astronomer whose PBS television series "Cosmos" remains the most-watched program in public-television history
• Canal Street - a Manhattan street that is known for its many street vendors and jewelry stores that sell knock-offs of expensive brands; the Beastie Boys studio, Oscilloscope Laboratories, is located on Canal Street
• Sasquatch - also known as Bigfoot, a large apelike creature reportedly sighted in the United States and Canada
• Kugel - a pasta/noodle-like middle-European Jewish dish
• Kings County - a county located in New York, now coterminous with the borough of Brooklyn
• Albee Square Mall - a shopping mall on Fulton Street in Brooklyn
• Brooklyn - a New York City borough
• Regina - capital city of South Saskatchewan, Canada
• Foghorn Leghorn - a Warner Bros. southern rooster cartoon character
• Yosemite Sam - a Warner Bros. cartoon character; nemesis of Bugs Bunny
• Toucan Sam - mascot for Kellogg's Fruit Loop cereal
• Hoover Dam - one of the world's largest dams, located on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada

Sample & Reference Breakdown

• "Shabba doo, shabba dee, shabba dee, shabba doo" - Shabba Doo is the street name of breakdancer Adolfo Quinones in Breakdance: The Movie and 1984's sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
• "And if you don't like it then hey fuck you" - a sample from "Bellevue Patient" by Funkmaster Wizard Wiz
• "'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks" - refers to astronomer Carl Sagan's trademark attire--a turtleneck with a sport jacket
• "So put a quarter in your ass 'cause you played yourself" - a sample from "The Symphony" by Marly Marl featuring Master Ace, Craig G., Kool G., Rap and Big Daddy Kane
• "Wa-how, what a loser" - a sample from "Sex for Teens (Where It's At)" by Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D

Beastie Boys

"This song's on goofy island but it's chucking rocks over at b-boy island. It's building a catapult." - Beastie Boys, using their "Three Islands" approach in describing the songs on their new album.