[3] The hip hop and electropop song, written by will.i.am and Minaj, samples the 1979 hit single "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

[7] In an interview with MTV News, Minaj commented on her collaboration with the will.i.am, saying, "I worked with tons of producers on my album, shout out to all of them.

[10] The lead singer, Trevor Horn, commented on his song being sampled by the duo by saying, "We’re very happy because it means we made a little bit of money for it.

"[11] "Check It Out" features the nearly constant repetition of the piano and vocal hook from The Buggles' 1979 classic 'Video Killed the Radio Star,' which is famous for being the first video ever played on MTV in 1981.

Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio Blog states that the "Incessant 'Oh-a oh's' pretty much bore a hole in your head, the duo verbally flip the bird to their haters while on their way into the hottest dance club in town."

2 of "The Must List" writing, "The Black Eyed Peas front-man and hip-hop's reigning femme fatale make ingenious use of those famous coos from the 1979 Buggles hit "Video Killed the Radio Star" to create an irresistible party-starter.

"[13] The special remix also features the British singer Cheryl Cole, but both versions of the song were released in the UK for digital download on October 31, 2010, and CD on November 1, 2010.

[14] The music video for the single was shot over the weekend of September 26 in a studio in Los Angeles, directed by Rich Lee.

A man (who is Korean) introduces the pair to an audience of women similarly dressed in black and wearing squared sunglasses.

As the song begins playing from a boombox, Minaj – wearing a creatively shaped teal, cream and mauve hat, blonde wig and beige outfit – raps to the camera that she is a "savage/ Haters you can kill yourself".

Then two dancers, clad in futuristic clothing and goggles, begin grooving and suddenly multiply into five more clones all executing the same moves.

When the beat slows down for the song's bridge, Minaj is in a new outfit, a pink and white bodysuit with a black wig.

He resembles a black-and-white cartoon, whose face is white but hair is black, as he rhymes, "Step up to my level need to grow a little taller."

But given the flack he's taken in the last few days over his, um, unique choice in attire, she might have wanted to pregame with Will.i.am a little harder, regarding his stage fashion.

[21] Sean Michaels of The Guardian wrote, "It was a look more Max Headroom than Al Jolson, but never underestimate the Internet's capacity for righteous indignation,"[22] while fans "comparing his makeup to the racist 19th century blackface minstrel shows".

"[21] Minaj agreed with will.i.am's decision and attire in an interview with Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex, saying, "You can't expect him to make common folk happy.

Minaj performed in a blonde wig, kaleidoscopic Marc Bouwer couture dress, and Christian Louboutin ankle boots.