| Check the Rhime | |
| Cover: | Check the Rhime.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | A Tribe Called Quest |
| Album: | The Low End Theory |
| B-Side: | Skypager |
| Released: | September 9, 1991 |
| Genre: | Alternative hip hop |
| Length: | 3:36 |
| Label: | Jive |
| Producer: | A Tribe Called Quest |
| Prev Title: | Can I Kick It? |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Jazz (We've Got) |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"Check the Rhime" is the first single from A Tribe Called Quest's second album The Low End Theory.[1] The song was written by group members Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. It was recorded at the legendary Greene St. Recording studio in New York City. The song peaked at number 59 on Billboard on November 16, 1991.[2] Rolling Stone listed "Check the Rhime" as one of the group's 20 essential songs, noting that Phife Dawg "quickly proves himself Q-Tip's lyrical equal."[3]
The music video, directed by Jim Swaffield, starts out in front of houses and moves to a dry cleaning business in St. Albans, Queens, New York City, where the group performs on the roof in front of a large crowd. The dry cleaners shop featured in the video is still at the corner of 192nd St. & Linden Blvd. in St. Albans. In 2016, a mural was commissioned on the wall of the business after the death of the group's founding member, Phife Dawg.[4] [5]