Samples
The bridge of "Mathematics" contains DJ Premier's signature scratched vocals from various hip hop songs. The lyrics of those samples as well as information about their origin can be found below:
- "The Mighty Mos Def..." (from Mos Def's "Body Rock"),
- "It's simple mathematics" (from Fat Joe's "John Blaze"),
- "Check it out" (The Lady of Rage's vocals from Snoop Dogg's "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"),
- "I revolve around science..." (Ghostface Killah's vocals from Raekwon's "Criminology"),
- "What are we talking about here..." (dialogue from the film Ghostbusters)
- "Do your math.." (from Erykah Badu's "On & On"), and
- "One, two, three, four" (from James Brown's "Funky Drummer")
- The instrumental from "Baby, I Want You" by The Fatback Band is also sampled.
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