Check the Rhime was the first single from A Tribe Called Quest's second album The Low End Theory. It is one of A Tribe Called Quest's most famous songs and is well known for lines such as Q-Tip's "Industry rule #4,080: Record company people are shady"

In Popular Culture

Check the Rhime is also often used as bumper music for the Jim Rome show.

Music Video

The music video starts out in front of a house and moves to a cleaners store where the group is seen performing on the roof in front of a large crowd as Q-Tip and Phife trade lines. In the video Phife is wearing a Cleveland Indians hat.

Contains samples from Minnie Ripperton's - "This Love I Have"^{citation needed}

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