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"Check Yo Self" Single by Ice Cube featuring Das EFX from the album The Predator Released July 20, 1993 Format 12" single Recorded 1992 Genre Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, G-Funk Length 3:42 Label Priority
53816Writer(s) O. Jackson Producer DJ Muggs Certification Platinum (RIAA) Ice Cube singles chronology "It Was A Good Day"
(1992)"Check Yo Self"
(1993)"You Know How We Do It"
(1994)"Check Yo Self" is the second hit single from Ice Cube's third solo album The Predator. It was released in July 1993 and features New York rappers Das EFX. It topped both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts while also reaching number 20 on the Hot 100 chart.[1] The song retains two main versions, the original and a remix which utilizes the same beat as Grandmaster Flash's "The Message," titled "Check Yo Self (The Message Remix)". The supporting vocals in this song are featured by the Wu-Tang Clan.
The song is featured on Ice Cube's Bootlegs & B-Sides album and was later released on his Greatest Hits album. The clean version of "Check Yo Self (The Message Remix)" can be found within the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on the West Coast Hip hop radio station Radio Los Santos and in the soundtrack of the movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. The original version of the song was featured in the 2010 film Due Date. In January 2010, Snoop Dogg released a cover version of the song.
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Music video
The music video for "Check Yo Self" makes use of the remix version. Similar to the video for his previous single "It Was A Good Day," most of the scenes follow and illustrate respective lyrics of the song. The video continues where "It Was A Good Day" left off, with Ice Cube's home being surrounded and invaded by the LAPD before he is handcuffed and taken under arrest, presumably for murder. Ice Cube is then brought to L.A. County jail where he spends the majority of the video experiencing the conflict described in the lyrics, such as disputes between cellmates and breaking up with his girlfriend. After six months pass, Ice Cube is able to win over the female guard watching him who helps him break out by dressing him up in a uniform. The two make their way outside to a police cruiser and drive off into the night.
Track listing
- Check Yo' Self (radio remix "The Message")
- Check Yo' Self (remix instrumental)
- It Was a Good Day (radio remix edit)
- It Was a Good Day (remix instrumental)
- 24 with a L
Charts
Peak positions
Chart (1993) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 20 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[1] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks[1] 1 UK Singles Chart 36 End of year charts
End of year chart (1993) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 86 Samples
Original version:
- "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett
- "The New Style" by Beastie Boys
- "I'm Blue" by The Sweet Inspirations
Remix version:
- The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- "Deeez Nuuuts" by Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz, Nate Dogg and Warren G
References
- ^ a b c d Ice Cube - Billboard Singles. Allmusic.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
See also
Ice Cube Studio albums AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted · Death Certificate · The Predator · Lethal Injection · War & Peace Vol. 1 · War & Peace Vol. 2 · Laugh Now, Cry Later · Raw Footage · I Am the WestExtented plays Compilations Singles "Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)" · "Steady Mobbin'" · "True to the Game" · "Wicked" · "It Was a Good Day" · "Check Yo Self" · "Really Doe" · "You Know How We Do It" · "Bop Gun (One Nation)" · "What Can I Do?" · "The World Is Mine" · "We Be Clubbin'" · "Men of Steel" · "Pushin' Weight" · "Hello" · "You Can Do It" · "Until We Rich" · "$100 Bill Y'all" · "Why We Thugs" · "Go to Church" · "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" · "Do Ya Thang" · "I Rep That West"Other Songs Related articles Das EFX Krazy Drayzy · SkoobStudio albums Other albums The Very Best of Das EFX · Rhino-Hi-Five: Das EFXSingles "They Want EFX" · "Mic Checka" · "Straight Out the Sewer" · "Freakit" · "Baknaffek" · "Kaught in da Ak" · "Real Hip Hop" · "Microphone Master" · "East Coast Husslaz"Featured artist "Check Yo Self" · "Rugged-n-Raw"Related articles Categories:- 1993 singles
- Ice Cube songs
- Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
- Singles certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
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