Sledge says the black box is harder to open than AL Capone's vault. In 1986 Geraldo Rivera hosted a two hour live special on the opening of All Capone's secret vault underneath the Lexington Hotel in Chicago. Rivera, who pretty much legitimized tabloid journalism, had hyped the event mercilessly. The vault , when finally opened, contained a few pieces of trash in the floor.
The title refers to the 1954 song "Shake, Rattle and Roll" by Jesse Stone. Though originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, it became a big hits for Bill Haley & His Comets.
When Sledge is skeet-shooting Plague records in his apartment, his downstairs neighbor starts screaming through the floor. Sledge lives in apartment 13, a first floor unit.