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
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) had a foul odor. "The smell in that room, when everyone was done throwing pies, was like rotten eggs. You wanted to throw up." In 2011, Adam Yauch directed and wrote a surreal comedic short film entitled "Fight for Your Right Revisited" to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original video's release. The short film serves as a video for the single "Make Some Noise" from "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two". Most of the non-sequitur dialogue between characters were a result of improvisation by the cast. "Revisited" acts as a sequel to the events that took place in the original