Check the Rhime

"Check the Rhime"
Single by A Tribe Called Quest
from the album The Low End Theory
B-side	"Skypager"
Released	1991
Format	digital download, 12" maxi single
Recorded	Summer, 1991
Genre	Jazz rap
Length	3:36
Label	Jive Records
Producer	A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest singles chronology
"Can I Kick It?" (1991) "Check the Rhime" (1991) "Jazz (We've Got)" (1991)

"Check the Rhime" was the first single from A Tribe Called Quest's second album The Low End Theory. It is one of the group's most famous songs and is well known for lines such as Q-Tip's "Industry rule #4,080: Record company people are shady". The Beastie Boys have a similar lyric in their song "In a World Gone Mad" rapping "Citizen rule number 2080/Politicians are shady". In 2008, it was ranked number 29 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

In popular culture

"Check the Rhime" is also often used as bumper music for The Jim Rome Show and The Scott Van Pelt Show.

Music video

The music video starts out in front of houses and moves to a cleaners store where the group performs on the roof, in Queens, New York in front of a large crowd.

Samples

• "Love Your Life" by Average White Band
• "Baby, This Love I Have" by Minnie Riperton
• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
• "Fly Like an Eagle" by Steve Miller Band