Hail Mary (2Pac song) retitled the song "So Much Pain", and left in 2Pac's second verse as it was in the original song. Numerous others, especially his rivals, took offense to Ja Rule trying to emulate 2Pac. As a result, 50 Cent, Eminem, and Busta Rhymes did a remix of "Hail Mary" in 2003. The lyrics were reworked to feature numerous shots at Ja Rule, including several lines aimed at his "imitation" of 2Pac. J. Cole interpolated the chorus of "Hail Mary" in a song entitled "Enchanted" from his mixtape "Friday Night Lights". R&B singer Monica sampled it on the song "U Deserve" on
Hail to the Thief "A Wolf at the Door" and "We Suck Young Blood", the reference to the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" in "2 + 2 = 5", and the allusion to the giant of "Gulliver's Travels" in "Go to Sleep". The liner notes give the album's full title as "Hail to the Thief (Or, The Gloaming)." Each track also has an alternative title, an idea Radiohead took from Victorian playbills showcasing moralistic songs played in music halls. Radiohead struggled to name the album; they considered titling it "The Gloaming" (), but this was rejected for being too "poetic" and "doomy" and so became