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Treat 'Em Right

1991 song performed by Chubb Rock

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ17148776 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Treat 'Em Right" is a 1991 song by rapper Chubb Rock. The song samples "There Was a Time" by Dee Felice Trio and "Love Thang" by First Choice.

The song was originally released on the Treat 'Em Right EP released in late 1990, which charted at No. 73 on the Billboard 200 and No. 22 on the R&B Albums. The song was then included on the Chubb Rock album The One and then was released as the album's lead single, becoming a transatlantic hit, charting at No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, No. 32 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles, No.

Editorial summary

“Treat 'Em Right” enters the record as 1991 song performed by Chubb Rock. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Treat, Right and song can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 1990—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Treat, Right and song.
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Why this record matters

“Treat 'Em Right” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Treat, Right and song provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17148776. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991 and 1990.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Treat 'Em Right” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.