It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back alongside the best rap records of the time." Some of the song titles make reference to other works from popular culture. The title of the song "Party for Your Right to Fight" is a rearrangement of the Beastie Boys' 1987 hit single "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)." The vocal sample of hip hop DJ Mr. Magic stating that his show would play "no more music by the suckers" was used on the song "Cold Lampin' with Flavor" after having been recorded from Magic's radio show by Flavor Flav. Magic had dissed the group with the line when
Fight for Your Life Turner, a black minister, and his family, where harsh epithets are exchanged and the minister is forced to take action to defend his family. "Fight for Your Life" has received a negative response from critics. "TV Guide" called it "a vile low-budget film that couldn't have found a receptive audience even during the height of tough blaxploitation pictures." Allmovie called it an "outrageous sleazefest" and "amazingly racist". "Fight For Your Life" was denied a British theatrical release in 1981, but a video release the following year allowed the public brief access to the film before it wound up on the