Check the Rhime
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Composition
The song samples "Live Your Life" by Average White Band; this is why the band members are credited.
Music video
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]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Certifications
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References
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- 1991 singles
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- Song recordings produced by Q-Tip (musician)
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- Songs written by Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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- Songs written by Leon Ware
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