1999Released
3:33

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Interesting facts and trivia about Mic Check. By Songfacts®.

The original version played live at the Mumia Abu-Jamal benefit in 1999 and had the lyric in the chorus: "From the field, to the factory - mic check, ha ha ha!"

The song is sometimes called "Mic Check (Once Hunting, Now Hunted)" referring to the police who were once "Hunting from 9-to-5, through factory lines" and are now hunted on "This modern day auction block."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Mic Check.
BKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
97BPM

Album

The album Mic Check is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Mic Check.
Epic
(P) 1999 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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