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
Play Your Cards Right presented a parody of the format, "Play Your Iraqi Cards Right" (originally titled "Play Your Kurds Right"), when he was guest host on the satirical BBC TV series "Have I Got News for You" in June 2003. On 15 October 2005, it made a one-off return as part of "Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon", celebrating 50 years of ITV. It made another one-off return in 2007 again part of "Gameshow Marathon." "Play Your Cards Right" has also been turned into a successful Interactive DVD which was released in 2007, with an updated sequel released in 2008, both produced by DVDPro.