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Three years elapsed between the release of the band's second album, Paul's Boutique and their recording of this album and all songs were cut at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991. The album features the popular hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass the Mic"; the music videos for both songs are available on the Criterion Collection Beastie Boys Video Anthology DVD set. Pauls Boutique is an album by American rap group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Atwater Village is a neighborhood in northeast Los Angeles, California. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Criterion Collection logo The Criterion Collection is a privately held company that distributes authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on DVD. It was established in 1984 as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company. ... Beastie Boys Video Anthology is a 2000 DVD compilation of video clips by the Beastie Boys. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...

In contrast to their previous album, Paul's Boutique, the Boys returned stylistically to their punk rock roots on Check Your Head, playing their own instruments for the first time on record since their early EPs. Hence photographer Glen E. Friedman's idea to shoot photos with their instrument cases (one of which became the cover). The album was their first collaboration with Mario Caldato Jr.. Pauls Boutique is an album by American rap group the Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989 (see 1989 in music). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Glen E. Friedman (born 1962) is an American photographer and artist. ... Mario Caldato Jr. ...

The Beastie Boys toured with the Rollins Band in the fall of 1992 to support Check Your Head. Rollins Band is a rock music group led by singer and songwriter Henry Rollins. ...

Track listing

1. "Jimmy James" – 3:14
2. "Funky Boss" – 1:35
3. "Pass the Mic" – 4:17
4. "Gratitude" – 2:45
5. "Lighten Up" – 2:41
6. "Finger Lickin' Good" – 3:39
7. "So What'cha Want" – 3:37
8. "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" – :33
9. "Time for Livin'" – 1:48
10. "Something's Got to Give" – 3:28
11. "The Blue Nun" – :32
12. "Stand Together"– 2:47
13. "Pow" – 2:13
14. "The Maestro" – 2:52
15. "Groove Holmes" – 2:33
16. "Live at P.J.'s" – 3:18
17. "Mark on the Bus" – 1:05
18. "Professor Booty" – 4:13
19. "In 3's" – 2:23
20. "Namasté" – 4:01

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Japanese Bonus Tracks

1. "Dub The Mic (Instrumental)"
2. "Drunken Praying Mantis Style"
3. "Skills to Pay the Bills (Pass the Mic, Pt. 2)"
4. "Netty's Girl"

MCA vs. MC Serch

The last non-instrumental song on the album, "Professor Booty," features MCA delivering a diss rap aimed at MC Serch from 3rd Bass for insulting the Beastie Boys on The Cactus Album. For example: Adam Nathaniel Yauch, pronounced Yauk, also known as MCA and Nathaniel Hornblower, is a founding member of hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys. ... Hip-hop feuds and rivalries often referred to as beefs, have existed since the 1970s. ... MC Serch (born Michael Berrin on May 6, 1967) is a Jewish-American hip hop MC and former member of 3rd Bass. ... 3rd Bass was a rap group in the late 1980s and early 1990s, notable for being one of the first successful interracial rap groups. ... The Cactus Album (The Cee/Dee) was the old school rap debut album by 3rd Bass, released on Def Jam. ...

Partial List of Samples

The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for Check Your Head. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...

Jimmy James

• "Rockin' It" by Fearless Four
• "Fresh is the Word" by Mantronix
• "Beat Bop" by Rammelzee vs. K Rob
• "Surrender" by Cheap Trick (Live version from At Budokan)
• "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by The Turtles
• "3rd Stone from the Sun", "Foxy Lady", "Happy Birthday", & "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" by Jimi Hendrix

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• "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players
• "Under Mi Sensei" by Barrington Levy
• "Anywhere But Nowhere" by K.C. White
• "Acid", & "Bicentennial Nigger" by Richard Pryor
• "Duppy Conqueror" by Bob Marley & the Wailers

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• "Choir" by James Newton
• "Big Take Over" by Bad Brains
• "So What'cha Sayin'?" by EPMD
• "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" by Dr. John
• "Big Sur Suite" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
• "The Black Prince Has Arrived" by Jimmie Walker

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• "Aquarius" by 5th Dimension
• "Breakout" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith
• "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" by Bob Dylan^[1]
• "Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone
• "Freaks for the Festival" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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• "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane
• "I've Been Watching You" by Southside Movement

The Biz vs. The Nuge Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a record producer/rapper from the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, New York. ... The Southside Movement was an American soul and funk musical group from Chicago, Illinois. ...

• "Homebound" by Ted Nugent

The Blue Nun Theodore Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (a. ...

• "Hector" by The Village Callers

Stand Together

• "Silvadiv" by Back Door

Live at P.J.'s Back Door was a jazz-rock trio, formed in 1971. ...

• "Change Le Beat" by Fab Five Freddy

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• Dialogue from Wild Style (A hip-hop graffiti movie)
• "Mr. Roberts #1" from National Lampoon's That's Not Funny, That's Sick! (1977)

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• Dialogue from Wild Style (A hip-hop graffiti movie)
• "Give it Up" by Kool & the Gang
• "Loose Booty" by Funkadelic
• "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" by Jimmy Smith

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Chart positions

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Singles

Footnotes

1. ^ "Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal." BeastieMania.com - Song Spotlight: Finger Lickin' Good. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. This site has cited Boston Rock, June 1992, Issue 123 as the original source.