The duo also throws in a handful of references engineered to make the informed listener feel smart: the sample of Masta Ace's minor hit "Born to Roll, " the interpolation of the hook to OutKast's "Elevators (Me and You), " numerous allusions to A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory.
"All of the defendants have the greatest respect for Rosa Parks, but their music, like poetry, is protected by the First Amendment, " says Joseph Beck, a lawyer representing the Atlanta-based OutKast.