Chin Check

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"Chin Check"
Chin Check 12" Vinyl
Single by N.W.A featuring Snoop Dogg
from the album Next Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) and Not These Niggaz Again (shelved)
Released	August 23, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	3:43 (single edit) 4:24 (extended version w/ 9-1-1 intro)
Label	Priority
Songwriter(s)	O'Shea Jackson Calvin Broadus Lorenzo Patterson Andre Young
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre
N.W.A singles chronology
"Alwayz Into Somethin'" (1991) "Chin Check" (1999)
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Bitch Please" (1999) "Chin Check" (1999) "Game Don't Wait" (1999)

"Chin Check" is a hip-hop song released in August 1999 by American rap group N.W.A. The song was released as the Lead single for the soundtrack album Next Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), and features an uncredited appearance from Snoop Dogg, who serves as a replacement for the late Eazy-E. Production for the song was handled solely by Dr. Dre, making it the first N.W.A song to feature no input by former member DJ Yella since N.W.A. and the Posse.

As well as serving as a promotion for the Next Friday soundtrack, the song was also set to promote a third N.W.A album, titled Not These Niggaz Again, due for release in 2000 before its cancellation. Snoop Dogg was also rumoured to feature on the album, as he did on "Chin Check", as an official member of the group, filling in for Eazy-E, with Mel-Man, Dr. Dre's production partner at the time, slated to replace DJ Yella.^[1]

"Chin Check" marked N.W.A's first single since 1991's "The Dayz of Wayback", and their first collaboration with Ice Cube since he left the group in December 1989.

In 2006, the song, along with the follow-up single, "Hello", was released on The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge and as a bonus track on the rerelease of N.W.A's Greatest Hits.