Check the Rhime
"Check the Rhime" is the first single from A Tribe Called Quest's second album The Low End Theory.[1] It peaked at 59 on Billboard on November 16, 1991.[2]
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| Single by A Tribe Called Quest | ||||
| from the album The Low End Theory | ||||
| B-side | "Skypager" | |||
| Released | September 9, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Jive Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Kamaal Fareed, Steve Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Onnie McIntyre, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Hamish Stuart, Malik Taylor, Leon Ware | |||
| Producer(s) | A Tribe Called Quest | |||
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In popular culture
"Check the Rhime" is also often used as bumper music for The Jim Rome Show and The Scott Van Pelt Show. The song can be heard in the background during the barbershop scene in Soul (2020 film)
Music video
The music video, directed by Jim Swaffield, starts out in front of houses and moves to a cleaners store where the group performs on the roof, in St. Albans, Queens in front of a large crowd. The cleaners featured in the video is still at the corner of 192nd St. & Linden Blvd. in St. Albans.
References
- Seidman 7/27/2013, Lacey. "VH1 ALBUM-VERSARIES: A Tribe Called Quest Reminisces About The Low End Theory At 20 (PART II of II)". VH1 News. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- "A Tribe Called Quest". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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