Out of Business

Out of Business
Studio album by EPMD
Released July 20, 1999
Genre Hip Hop
Length 47:22
Label Def Jam
538 256 (limited edition)
Producer artist
DJ Scratch
8-Off Agallah
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EPMD chronology
Back in Business
(1997)
Out of Business
(1999)
We Mean Business
(2008)

Out of Business is the sixth album from Hip Hop duo EPMD, which changed its initialism for the release from Erick & Parrish Making Dollars to Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 21, 1999.

A limited-edition version of the album was also released with a bonus greatest hits disc that features tracks spanning from 1987 to 1997. The versions of the tracks from its two first albums are rerecorded versions because EMI would not license these tracks to Def Jam for inclusion.

Contents

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer(s)
1 "Intro" DJ Scratch Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
2 "Pioneers" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
3 "Right Now" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
4 "Check 1,2" Parrish Smith, 8-Off Agallah Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
5 "Symphony" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, M.O.P.
6 "Hold Me Down" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
7 "Rap Is Still Outta Control" Parrish Smith, Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, Busta Rhymes
8 "The Fan" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
9 "Draw" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
10 "U Got Shot" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, 8-Off Agallah, 215
11 "House Party" Parrish Smith Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
12 "The Funk" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
13 "Symphony 2000" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, Redman, Method Man, Lady Luck
14 "Jane 6" Parrish Smith Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith

Greatest Hits disc

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s)
1 "It's My Thing" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
2 "You Gots to Chill '97" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
3 "Strictly Business" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
4 "So Wat Cha Sayin'" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
5 "The Big Payback" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
6 "Get the Bozack" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
7 "Please Listen to My Demo" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
8 "Gold Digger" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
9 "Rampage" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, L.L. Cool J
10 "Crossover" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
11 "Head Banger" EPMD Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, K-Solo, Redman
12 "Never Seen Before" Erick Sermon Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
13 "Da Joint" Erick Sermon, Rockwilder Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith

Album chart positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1999 Out of Business #13 #2

Singles chart positions

Year Song Chart positions
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles
1999 "Symphony 2000" #62 #28