Chin Check
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"Chin Check" | ||||
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Single by N.W.A featuring Snoop Dogg | ||||
from the album Next Friday (soundtrack) | ||||
Released | August 23, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Gangsta rap, West Coast rap | |||
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Label | Priority | |||
Songwriter(s) | O. Jackson, Andre Young, L. Patterson, C. Broadus | |||
Producer(s) | Dr. Dre | |||
N.W.A singles chronology | ||||
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Snoop Dogg singles chronology | ||||
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"Chin Check" is a song by N.W.A featuring Snoop Dogg. The song is the lead single from the Next Friday soundtrack. The song was also released on The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge and as a bonus track on the N.W.A Greatest Hits album.
The song is remembered for being a "reunion song" for N.W.A, as it was the first song they performed together since their split and a tribute to member Eazy-E, who had died in 1995. It is also remembered for Ice Cube's pay of respect to his deceased bandmate, a verse where each member sings the lyric "Fuck that!", and the disturbing introduction of the song that features a woman dialing 9-1-1 for help because four men have broken into her house, only to be violently shot (which is emphasized by what sounds like a shotgun blast).
"Chin Check" marked N.W.A's first and only single since 1991's "The Dayz of Wayback", and their first collaboration with Ice Cube since he left the group in December 1989.
Reception[]
Vibe gave the song a negative review stating that Dr. Dre's beat was "bland" and that MC Ren and Ice Cube sounded "geriatric" and "lukewarm" respectively.[1]
Chart positions[]
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks | 1 |
References[]
- ^ Relic, Peter (February 2000). "'Various Artists' Next Friday". Vibe. Vibe Media Group. 8 (1): 169. ISSN 1070-4701.
External links[]
- 1999 singles
- 1999 songs
- Friday (franchise) music
- N.W.A songs
- Snoop Dogg songs
- Songs written by Snoop Dogg
- Songs written by MC Ren
- Songs written by Ice Cube
- Songs written by Dr. Dre
- Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre
- Songs in memory of deceased persons
- 1990s hip hop song stubs