The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)

"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" is a song by the Native Tongues affiliate Black Sheep, from their debut album A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. It was released in October 1991 as the second single from the album. The song quotes the Roger Miller song, "Engine Engine Number 9".

"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"
Single by Black Sheep
from the album A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
ReleasedOctober 29, 1991
Genre
Length4:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Black Sheep
Music video
"The Choice Is Yours" on YouTube

Samples

The song samples drums from "Keep On Doin' It" by New Birth, a riff from "Impressions" by McCoy Tyner, and vocals from "I'd Say It Again" by Sweet Linda Divine. It also includes an interpolation of Roger Miller's Engine Engine Number 9.[1]

Music video

The music video, which was released in November 1991, features Dres rapping in front of a crowd at a rooftop nightclub.

Track listing

A-side

  1. "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" - 4:03 [not available on vinyl LP release]
  2. "The Choice Is Yours" (Radio Mix) - 3:23

B-side

  1. "Have U.N.E. Pull" (Remix) - 3:38
  2. "Yes (Everything's OK)" - 3:20 [not available on vinyl LP release]

Charts

Chart (1991/92) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 57
U.S. Hot R&B Singles[3] 21
U.S. Hot Rap Singles 1
U.S. Hot Dance Music[4] 6

Covers and sampling

  • "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" was sampled by N.O.R.E. on his eponymous debut album, on the track titled "Mathematics (Esta Loca)". It is also sampled in KRS-One's "Hip Hop vs. Rap", Home Team's "Pick It Up", and "Be Faithful" by Fatman Scoop.[6] Karmin sampled the beat in their song "Crash Your Party".
  • A reworked version of the song's chorus is featured in "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim. Nas also sampled the song in '90s remix to "Where Are They Now", a track where Nas laments the absence of the skilled rappers he had enjoyed in the early days of hip-hop. The Bloodhound Gang have also covered the song.
  • The first line of the chorus is sampled in the E3 presentation for Skylanders: Swap Force.[7]
  • The song is sampled in Tech N9ne's Hood Go Crazy.
  • Dres cameos in the music video for Gang Starr's 2019 single "Family and Loyalty", when the sample "And you can't beat that with a bat" is lip synced.

References

  1. "www.whosampled.com". www.whosampled.com. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 87.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 62.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 36.
  5. "Kia Soul ad brings back the hamsters, and the funk".
  6. "Search - Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled.
  7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: E3 Show: Skylanders SWAP Force Trailer l Skylanders SWAP Force l Skylanders. YouTube.
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