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“Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check” is Busta Rhymes’ first solo single and was released in (1996) from his solo debut album The Coming. It peaked at #8 in the U.S. #2 in the UK.
The song’s instrumental contains a sample from “Space” by Galt MacDermot. The punch line for the song is a reference to Big Bank Hank’s punch line in the 1981 Sugarhill Gang release “8th Wonder”: “See it’s up my back, it’s around my neck / Woo-hah! Got them all in check.In 1996,
In 1996, It was nominated Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards
It was ranked number 56 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
