Columbia Records asked the Beastie Boys to change the original title `` Do n't be a Faggot '' because they thought it was homophobic .
The original title for this album was Do n't Be a Faggot , but Columbia Records flatly refused to release the album with this title and pressured Russell Simmons ( their manager and Def Jam label head ) into having the Beastie Boys come up with another name .
Licensed to Ill