Check Yo Self

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"Check Yo Self"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Ice Cube featuring Das EFX
from the album The Predator
ReleasedJuly 13, 1993
Recorded1992
1993 (remix)
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[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Ice Cube
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Ice Cube singles chronology
"It Was a Good Day"
(1993) 		"Check Yo Self"
(1993) 		"Really Doe"
(1993)
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"Check Yo Self" is the third and final single from American rapper Ice Cube's third solo album, The Predator (1992). It was released on July 13, 1993 by Lench Mob Records and Priority Records, and features New York City rap duo Das EFX. It topped both the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts while also reaching number 20 on the Hot 100 chart.[1] The song consists of 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 original mix uses a sample of the Sweet Inspirations version of the Ikettes's "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)", and also a sample from the intro of 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 "It Was a Good Day", most of the scenes follow and illustrate the 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. Cube also references his role in Boyz n the Hood, in the lyric "Oh boy, I make dough, but don't call me Doughboy, this ain't no fucking motion picture". After six months have passed, 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

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] Platinum 0 
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Silver 200,000 
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,000,000[10]

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Samples

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Original version:

Remix version:

See also

References

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  1. ^ Ice Cube - Billboard Singles. Allmusic.
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  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 37. September 11, 1993. p. 19. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hot Dance Music: Maxi-Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. August 28, 1993. p. 33. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top 100 Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LVI, no. 49. August 14, 1993. p. 10. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Year in Music: R&B" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 52. BPI Communications. December 25, 1993. p. YE-29. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 15, 1994. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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