Check Yo Self

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"Check Yo Self"
The Predator
ReleasedJuly 13, 1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length3:42
LabelPriority
Songwriter(s)Ice Cube
Producer(s)
Ice Cube singles chronology
"It Was a Good Day"
(1992) 		"Check Yo Self"
(1993) 		"Really Doe"
(1993)
Audio
"Check Yo Self" on
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"Check Yo Self" is the third and final single from American rapper

the Beastie Boys' track "The New Style
", which uses the phrase "check it" throughout the chorus.

While the single version of the song (also titled Radio Remix "The Message") has been censored, the longer, uncensored version of The Message remix 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)" appeared in the soundtrack of the movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. A new recording, based on the original version of the song, featuring Chuck D was featured in the 2010 film Due Date. In January 2010, Snoop Dogg released a cover version of the song. Guitarist Wayne Krantz included an instrumental version of the song (based on the "message remix" version) on his 2012 album Howie 61.

Music video

The music video for "Check Yo Self" uses the remix version. Similar to the video for his previous single "

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. Cube also references his role in Boyz n the Hood
"Oh boy, I make dough, but don't call me Doughboy, this ain't no fucking motion picture". After six months pass, Ice Cube is able to win over the female deputy watching him. She 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

  1. "Check Yo' Self" (radio remix "The Message")
  2. "Check Yo' Self" (remix instrumental)
  3. "It Was a Good Day" (radio remix edit)
  4. "It Was a Good Day" (remix instrumental)
  5. "24 with an L"

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum 1,000,000[12]

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Samples

Original version:

Remix version:

See also

  • R&B number-one hits of 1993 (USA)

References

  1. ^ Ice Cube - Billboard Singles. Allmusic.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 134.
  3. ^ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 37. September 11, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Ice Cube: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LVI, no. 49. August 14, 1993. p. 10. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  9. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  10. ISSN 0006-2510
    . Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  11. ^ "British single certifications – Ice Cube – Check Yo Self". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  12. ISSN 0006-2510
    . Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  13. ^ "American single certifications – Ice Cube – Check Yo Self". Recording Industry Association of America.
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