Strictly Business (EPMD song)

"Strictly Business"
Single by EPMD
from the album Strictly Business
B-side "Pimp Matrimony"
Released August 27, 1988
Format Vinyl, CD
Recorded 1987
Genre Hip hop
Length 4:47
Label Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records
Writer(s) Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, Bob Marley
Producer(s) EPMD
EPMD chronology
"Strictly Business"
(1988)		 "You Gots to Chill"
(1988)

"Strictly Business" is the debut single by EPMD from its debut album, Strictly Business. Written and produced by the duo, "Strictly Business" became EPMD's first charting single, becoming a minor hit on the R&B charts. Although not a huge success when it was released, "Strictly Business" has since become a hip hop classic, making it to several best hip hop songs lists.

The song's main sample is Eric Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff". Other sample's include "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang and "Long Red" by Mountain.

Single track listing

  1. "Strictly Business" (Vocal Mix)- 6:30
  2. "Strictly Business" (Radio Mix)- 3:30
  3. "Strictly Business" (Instrumental Mix)- 5:26
  4. "Strictly Business" (Acapella)- 4:01

Charts

Chart (1988) Position
U.S. R&B Singles 25
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 17
U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles 19

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