“Drunken Praying Mantis Style” is the first single from Beastie Boys' third studio album, Check Your Head, released on April 7, 1992.

Samples include:

• Busy Bee from his infamous battle with Kool Moe Dee at Harlem World
• Biz Markie; also used in “So What'cha Want"

This is Track 14 on Beastie Boys' third (full-length) LP Check Your Head. It was recorded and mixed at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA,Co-produced by Beastie Boys & Mario C with Mario C acting as engineer.After sequencing at PCP Labs, the album was released on 4.21.1992.

“Something’s Got to Give” is one of my all time favorites ‘cause of all the elements inside; mixing live music with samples of our live music, live vocals with samples of our vocals, the lyrics and their sentiment, and the fucked-up bass.
The music came from a tape of us jamming at Cole Practice Space. Maybe six months later we were listening back to a bunch of tapes and found this stuff. We looped like ten bars of music on Mike’s sampler and put them in a song type arrangement. Yauch wrote some lyrics, and me, Adam, Mike and Mark sang them. Mario went in the other room with a cassette of the music and sang the fucked-up high-pitched sound on a four-track, and then looped that. There’s no hidden message behind the lyrics; they’re pretty direct. To me this song just sounds funky. And I really like that the main instrument making the music is a DX7.
As a little footnote, the 'smile’ with laughing I found in ‘89 or so. I was at this predominantly white mall (in L.A. or Texas) and in this crowded camera store there was this thing called 'the Smile Machine’ or something like that. I pushed the little button and the batteries were all dead so it came out like the devil making fun of us all in the mall. It just stuck with me like the ‘just say no’ campaign. With how deep in America racism is, the image of the Smile Machine in the white mall fit nice in this song.” —Adam Horovitz, 1999, from Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science

“Something’s Got to Give” was performed in 145 known concerts…

• 1st Known Performance: 5.17.1992 — Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, US
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qd9vJauStEU
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq3T8YTlTwM
• Last known Performance: 6.12.2009 — Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, US

“Song for Junior" is track 14 on Beastie Boys’ 5th (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty, released 7.14.1998.

It was performed in 4 known concerts.

• 1st Known Performance: 6.11.1998 — Irving Plaza, New York, NY, US

• Last known Performance: 9.7.1998 — America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ, US

“Dropping Names” is Section F of “B-Boy Bouillabaisse,“ the 15th track from Paul’s Boutique. For the PB: 20th Anniversary Edition, it’s Track #20.

Samples include:

• “Into the Night“ by Sweet, from the album, Desolation Boulevard (1974)
• A 1979 Bob Marley interview
• “Hey Pocky A-Way“ by The Meters, from the album, Rejuvenation (1974)
• “The Well’s Gone Dry“ by The Crusaders, from the album, Southern Comfort (1974)
• “Ebony Jam“ by Tower of Power, from the album, In the Slot (1975)

“Song for the Man" is track #4 on Beastie Boys’ 5th (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty, released 7.14.1998. In addition to the Boys, the track features the following artists:

• Brooke Williams (vocals)
• Nelson Keane Carse (trombone)
• Paul Vercesi (alto sax)
• Money Mark Nishita (keyboards)

“Song for the Man“ was performed in 54 known Concerts.

• 1st Known Performance: 7.5.1998 — Werchter, Belgium

• Last Known Performance: 8.21.2007 — Wiltern Theatre, LA, CA, US

“Dr. Lee, PhD” is track 21 on Beastie Boys’ 5th (full-length) studio album, Hello Nasty, released 7.14.1998.

Samples include:

• “Dub Revolution“ from the album, Revolution Dub, by Lee Perry & The Upsetters (1975)

“Stop That Train” is Section C of “B-Boy Bouillabaisse,“ the 15th track from Paul’s Boutique — released 7.25.1989 on Capitol Records. Beastie Boys & Dust Brothers share writing and production credits. Engineered by Mario Caldato, Jr. and assisted by Allen Abrahamson, “Stop That Train” was recorded at Mario G’s and mixed at Record Plant. On the PB: 20th Anniversary Edition, it’s Track 17.

Samples include:

• “Draw Your Brakes“ by Scotty, from the album, Draw Your Brakes (1972)

• “I’ve Been Watching You” by The South Side Movement (1973)

“Dope Little Song" is a bonus track from the Ill Communication era, released 3.17.1994, on the “Get it Together” single.