Rubin felt the track "No Sleep till Brooklyn" needed a guitar solo, so he called King to lay down the part.
Comedian Christopher Titus sarcastically referenced the song in his 2001 comedy special Norman Rockwell is Bleeding when describing an event from his youth in which he was on drugs and Licensed to Ill was playing "at a soothing billion-and-five decibels".
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The music video for "No Sleep till Brooklyn" was co-directed by Ric Menello and Adam Dubin.
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The Canadian teen drama Instant Star named its second season premiere two-part episode after this song.
On January 3, 2014, at 9 AM, after playing "No Sleep till Brooklyn" by The Beastie Boys, WRKN began stunting with a "Wheel of Formats", with the launch of a new format on January 6 at 9:23 AM.
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