The Choice Is Yours is a single featured on the Native Tongues Posse

Native Tongues Posse

The Native Tongues is a collective of late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop artists known for their positive-minded, good-natured Afrocentric lyrics, and for pioneering the use of eclectic sampling and later jazz-influenced beats. Its principal members are the Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, and A Tribe...

 affiliate Black Sheep

Black Sheep (hip hop group)

Black Sheep is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, composed of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. The duo is from New York but met as teenagers in North Carolina, where both of their families relocated. The group was an affiliate of the Native Tongues, which...

's debut album, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.

The song samples "Keep on Doin' It" by The New Birth, "Her Favorite Style" by Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly is a US psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies.-History:The...

, "Big Sur Suite" by Johnny Hammond Smith, "Impressions" by McCoy Tyner, and "I'd Say It Again" by Sweet Linda Divine.

In 2008, "The Choice is Yours" was ranked number #73 on VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

's 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs. The song was used in the video game NBA Street Vol. 2

NBA Street Vol. 2

NBA Street Vol. 2 is the sequel to NBA Street. It was released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and for the first time in the series, on the Xbox. Japan was only able to see a PlayStation 2 release of this game...

 as well as being featured in the films Step Up

Step Up (film)

Step Up is a 2006 American dance/romance film directed by Anne Fletcher starring Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan.Set in Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the tale of the disadvantaged Tyler Gage and the privileged modern dancer Nora Clark , who find themselves paired up in a showcase that...

and Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 American thriller film directed by Neil LaBute, co-produced by Will Smith, written by David Loughery and Howard Korder, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington. Jackson plays a racist LAPD sergeant who terrorizes his new next-door neighbors...

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The song also gained a new popularity after it was featured in a commercial for the 2010 Kia Soul

Kia Soul

The Kia Soul is a compact car designed at Kia's design center in California, unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, manufactured in South Korea and marketed globally beginning with model year 2010....

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Samples and Covers

"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" is sampled by N.O.R.E.

N.O.R.E.

Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

 on his eponymous debut album

N.O.R.E. (album)

N.O.R.E. is the solo debut album by rapper Noreaga. It was released on July 14, 1998. N.O.R.E. opened up with sales of 163,000 in its first week of release and eventually went platinum...

, on the track titled "Mathematics (Esta Loca)". It is also sampled in KRS-One's

KRS-One

Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...

 "Hip Hop vs. Rap", Home Team's "Pick It Up", and "Be Faithful

Be Faithful

"Be Faithful" is a song performed by American hip hop artist Fatman Scoop. It features and was produced by American hip hop production duo The Crooklyn Clan.The song heavily samples "Love Like This" by Faith Evans...

" by Fatman Scoop

Fatman Scoop

Isaac Freeman III, better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop is a hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw, loud voice....

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A reworked version of the song's chorus is featured in "Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim

Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...

. Nas

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

 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.

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 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	57
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	21
Hot Rap Singles	1
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	6