Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check


"Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" is a song recorded by American hip hop artist Busta Rhymes. The song was his debut single as a solo artist, from his album The Coming.
A critical and commercial success, the song peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and also peaked at the same position in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In the United States, the song was released as a double A-side single with "Everything Remains Raw". The single received a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 39th Grammy Awards, losing to "Hey Lover" by LL Cool J. In addition, its music video received a nomination for Best Breakthrough Video at 1996 Video Music Awards.
In 2008, it was ranked number 56 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
In 2012, Rhymes was sued by the Sugarhill Gang for copyright infringement for an allegedly uncredited interpolation of the group's 1980 song "8th Wonder".

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Hype Williams and designed by visual artist and designer Ron Norsworthy, it features cameos from some members of A Tribe Called Quest. The video for the remix version of the song was directed by Michael Lucero and it features Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Samples and remixes

Samples Galt Macdermot's "Space".
J Dilla produced two remixes in 1996. Rashad Smith produced the World Wide Remix, Origin Unknown a remix in 1996 and DJ Scratch the Albany Projects Remix in 1997.
Jamaican Dancehall deejay Beenie Man use elements from the song for his song "Yaw Yaw".
Jamaican Dancehall deejay Spragga Benz sampled the song for his song WOW.
Rapper Tonedeff used lyrics of the song for his 1996 single Kids Can't Flow and Cut Killer used it on La Haine. Redman used vocals of the song for his release Rock Da Spot, later released on the album Muddy Waters.
In 2000, Slum Village inserted the vocals into the song Once Upon a Time which would later be released on Fantastic, Vol. 2.
Girl Talk sampled vocals on his 2008 album Feed the Animals for the track What's It All About. WBBL released Bust a Fuze in 2012 which contained sampled vocals of the song.
Slaughterhouse used the vocals of the song for the track Coffin on their 2012 album .
The vocals were also used for the song All In Check by DJ Butcher in 2013.
Large Professor used a part of the entire beat as an intro on his track "The Mad Scientist" on his vinyl album "The LP" released in 2009 on the label Paul Sea Productions.
In 1989, The Beastie Boys sampled Sugar Hill Gang's 8th Wonder, most notably in the lyric "got them all in check."
In her feature verse in Kendrick Lamar’s "Complexions " from the hit 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly, Rapsody alluded to Busta Rhyme and sampled the “Woo-hah!” when she said, “And frame of mind for them bustas, ain't talkin' ‘Woohah!’”