Root Down (explicit)

~ Recording by Beastie Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Root Down3:33Beastie BoysAnthology: The Sounds of ScienceBeastie BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-11-01
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), powerHouse Books, Grand RoyalCDP 7243 5 22940 2 2, ISBN 1-57687-105-3

Relationships

assistant engineer:Settly (New Orleans-based instrumentalist and record producer)
engineer:Mario Caldato Jr.
producer:Beastie Boys
Mario Caldato Jr.
bass [Fender Jazz, Zelinger] and double bass [acoustic uprights]:MC Adam Yauch
drums (drum set) [trap kit]:Mike D (member of Beastie Boys)
guitar:Adrock
keyboard:Money Mark
percussion:Eric Bobo
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint)
sampled by:Funky Shit by Prodigy (UK electronic group, main member Liam Howlett)
Make Me Wanna by Girl Talk (US producer and mashup artist Gregg Gillis)
That’s the Funk Assault by Funk Assault (Italian-Swiss techno duo)
samples:Root Down (and Get It) by Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
mash-ups:Gimme Back My Root (Therapy? vs. Beastie Boys) by DJ Schmolli
Root Down Reprise by dj BC (Bob Cronin, Mashup creator)
Root Jam by Renegade Boys
edits and music videos:Root Down
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/18tgx070tbAM4TKxEwzWaG [info]
recording of:Root Down

Root Down

writer:Adam Horovitz
Michael Diamond (member of Beastie Boys)
Adam Yauch
publisher:Brooklyn Dust Music
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
lyrics quoted in:That’s the Funk Assault