Check Your Head on Beastie Boysin kolmas studioalbumi, joka julkaistiin 21. huhtikuuta 1992.
Albumi julkaistiin kolme vuotta edellisen albumin, Paul's Boutiquen jälkeen ja albumi nauhoitettiin G-Son studioilla Atwater Villagessa, Kaliforniassa vuonna 1991. Albumi sisältää suositut hitit "So Whatcha Want" ja "Pass the Mic"; molempien kappaleiden musiikkivideot olivat yhtyeen musiikkivideokokoelmalla Criterion Collection.
Kappalelista "Jimmy James" – 3:14 "Funky Boss" – 1:35 "Pass the Mic" – 4:17 "Gratitude" – 2:45 "Lighten Up" – 2:41 "Finger Lickin' Good" – 3:39 "So What'cha Want" – 3:37 "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" – :33 "Time for Livin'" – 1:48 "Something's Got to Give" – 3:28 "The Blue Nun" – :32 "Stand Together"– 2:47 "Pow" – 2:13 "The Maestro" – 2:52 "Groove Holmes" – 2:33 "Live at P.J.'s" – 3:18 "Mark on the Bus" – 1:05 "Professor Booty" – 4:13 "In 3's" – 2:23 "Namasté" – 4:01 (Japanin bonusraidat) "Dub The Mic (Instrumentaali)" Drunken Praying Mantis Style Skills to Pay the Bills (Pass the Mic, Pt. 2) Netty's Girl
Listasijoitukset Albumi VuosiListaSijoitus1992The Billboard 200101992Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums37
Singlet VuosiSingleListaSijoitus1992So What'cha WantThe Billboard Hot 10093 1992So What'cha WantHot Dance Music/Max-Singles Sales261992So What'cha WantHot Rap Singles181992So What'cha WantModern Rock Tracks221992Pass The MicHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales38
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Jimmy James "Rockin' It" (Fearless Four) "Fresh is the Word" (Mantronix) "Beat Bop" (Rammelzee vs. K Rob) "Surrender" (Cheap Trick (liveversio albumilta At Budokan)) "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" (The Turtles) "3rd Stone from the Sun", "Foxy Lady", "Happy Birthday", & "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" (Jimi Hendrix)
Funky Boss "Funky Worm" (Ohio Players) "Under Mi Sensei" (Barrington Levy) "Anywhere But Nowhere" (K.C. White) "Acid", & "Bicentennial Nigger" (Richard Pryor) "Duppy Conqueror" (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
Pass the Mic "Choir" (James Newton) "Big Take Over" (Bad Brains) "So What'cha Sayin'?" (EPMD) "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" (Dr. John) "Big Sur Suite" (Johnny "Hammond" Smith) "The Black Prince Has Arrived" (Jimmie Walker)
Finger Lickin' Good "Aquarius" (5th Dimension) "Breakout" (Johnny "Hammond" Smith) "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan)"Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal." This site has cited Boston Rock, June 1992, Issue 123 as the original source. "Dance to the Music" (Sly & the Family Stone) "Freaks for the Festival" (Rahsaan Roland Kirk)
So What'Cha Want "Just Rhymin' With Biz" (Big Daddy Kane) "I've Been Watching You" (Southside Movement)
The Biz vs. The Nuge "Homebound" (Ted Nugent)
The Blue Nun "Hector" (The Village Callers)
Stand Together "Silvadiv" (Back Door)
Live at P.J.'s "Change Le Beat" (Fab Five Freddy)
Mark on the Bus Dialogi elokuvasta Wild Style
Professor Booty Dialogi elokuvasta Wild Style "Give it Up" (Kool & the Gang) "Loose Booty" (Funkadelic) "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" (Jimmy Smith)
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