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
Forever by Your Side (song) Side". It was written and produced by the musicians John V. Anderson and Steve Williams, (the same authors as "Crazy"). It was a simple song from their album that was not released as a single. In 1986, "Forever by Your Side" won a Portuguese version in Brazil, called "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar". The lyrics in Portuguese were written by Brazilians Guto Angelicci and Carlinhos Kalunga, recorded by the Brazilian singer Adriana, and included in the complementary soundtrack for the Rede Globo's telenovela "Mandala" "(As 'Preteridas' de Tony Carrado)" in 1987. "Pra Sempre Vou Te Amar" was later recorded by