Check Your Head

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Check Your Head
Check Your Head cover
Studio album by The Beastie Boys
Released April 21, 1992
Recorded 1991 - 1992
Genre Hip hop
Length 53:29
Label Capitol Records
Producer(s) Mario Caldato, Jr.
Professional reviews
The Beastie Boys chronology
Paul's Boutique
(1989)		 Check Your Head
(1992)		 Ill Communication
(1994)


Check Your Head is an album by the Beastie Boys. It was released on April 21, 1992 (see 1992 in music).

Three years elapsed between the release of the band's second album, Paul's Boutique and their recording of this album and all songs were cut at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991. The album features the popular hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass the Mic"; the music videos for both songs are available on the Criterion Collection Beastie Boys Video Anthology DVD set.

In contrast to their previous album, Paul's Boutique, the Boys returned stylistically to their punk rock roots on Check Your Head, playing their own instruments for the first time on record since their early EPs. The album was their first collaboration with Mario Caldato Jr..

The last "hip-hop" song on the album, "Professor Booty," features Adam Yauch mocking rival MC Serch from 3rd Bass after he insulted the Beastie Boys on his album Derelicts of Dialect.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Jimmy James" – 3:14
  2. "Funky Boss" – 1:35
  3. "Pass the Mic" – 4:17
  4. "Gratitude" – 2:45
  5. "Lighten Up" – 2:41
  6. "Finger Lickin' Good" – 3:39
  7. "So What'cha Want" – 3:37
  8. "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" – :33
  9. "Time for Livin'" – 1:48
  10. "Something's Got to Give" – 3:28
  11. "The Blue Nun" – :32
  12. "Stand Together"– 2:47
  13. "Pow" – 2:13
  14. "The Maestro" – 2:52
  15. "Groove Holmes" – 2:33
  16. "Live at P.J.'s" – 3:18
  17. "Mark on the Bus" – 1:05
  18. "Professor Booty" – 4:13
  19. "In 3's" – 2:23
  20. "Namasté" – 4:01

[edit] Partial List of Samples

The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for Check Your Head.

Jimmy James

Funky Boss

Pass the Mic

Finger Lickin' Good

So What'Cha Want

The Biz vs. The Nuge

The Blue Nun

  • "Hector" by The Village Callers

Stand Together

Live at P.J.'s

Mark on the Bus

  • Dialogue from Wild Style (A hip-hop graffiti movie)
  • "Mr. Roberts #1" from National Lampoon's That's Not Funny, That's Sick! (1977)

Professor Booty

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1992 The Billboard 200 10
1992 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 37

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1992 So What'cha Want The Billboard Hot 100 93
1992 So What'cha Want Hot Dance Music/Max-Singles Sales 26
1992 So What'cha Want Hot Rap Singles 18
1992 So What'cha Want Modern Rock Tracks 22
1992 Pass The Mic Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 38
Beastie Boys
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Discography
Albums: Licensed to Ill - Paul's Boutique - Check Your Head - Ill Communication - Hello Nasty - To the 5 Boroughs
EPs and compilations: Pollywog Stew - Cooky Puss - Rock Hard - Some Old Bullshit - Aglio e Olio - The In Sound from Way Out! - The Sounds of Science - Solid Gold Hits
Singles: Brass Monkey - Fight for Your Right - Hey Ladies - Sabotage - Intergalactic - Ch-Check It Out
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