Mic Check (Juelz Santana song)

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"Mic Check"
Mic Check.jpg
Single by Juelz Santana
from the album What the Game's Been Missing!
ReleasedDecember 23, 2004
Recorded2004
Genre Hip hop
Length3:36
Label Diplomat, Def Jam
Songwriter(s) Qaadir Atkinson, James Cleveland, Juelz Santana, Quincy Jones
Producer(s) Neo da Matrix
Juelz Santana singles chronology
"Crunk Muzik"
(2004)
"Mic Check"
(2004)
"There It Go (The Whistle Song)"
(2005)

"Mic Check" is a song by American rapper Juelz Santana, released as the first single from his second studio album What the Game's Been Missing! (2005). The song's instrumental is based around a sample of "The Roots Mural Theme" by Quincy Jones.

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Critical reception

Steve Juon of RapReviews praised Santana's vocal performance on "Mic Check" as an example of "the Santana rap fans are looking for – the one who's a little bit clever with punchlines, who times his flow to go on and off beat purposefully, the one who has a brash personality and sounds like he could dominate the game given half a chance." [1]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 76

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References

  1. Juon, Steve (November 29, 2005). "Juelz Santana :: What the Game's Been Missing! :: Def Jam Recordings". RapReviews. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  2. "Juelz Santana Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2022.