EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)

[crds]

1. Strictly Business
2. I'm Housin'
3. Let the Funk Flow
4. You Gots to Chill
5. It's My Thing
6. You're a Customer
7. Steve Martin, The
8. Get Off the Bandwagon
9. D.J. K la Boss
10. Jane

Where it all started for Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, a timeless album, dope loops (including the first use of Zapp's "More Bounce To The Ounce") and effortless rhymes, one of the greatest rap albums of all time and one of 88's dopest.



8/10

[Durag]

Funny how your EPMD threads got overlooked. smh at people on this forum. Id give this album 9/10, great raps, funky beats with great drums and bass, and easily one of the best in hip-hops greatest year aka '88. Its between this and Business As Usual for my favourite EPMD album

[CharlesJones]

Good album. You Gots To Chill is the jam. It's My Thing and Let The Funk Flow songs i like also. I have to listen to this album again because i haven't heard it in a long time. You're A Customer song uses the same beat that they used on Jane 3 right? Which song on this album is the one that they sample Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff beat? Warren G sampled the EPMD song that uses I Shot The Sheriff beat on his 2nd album and his song is called I Shot The Sheriff.

[crds]

Good album. You Gots To Chill is the jam. It's My Thing and Let The Funk Flow songs i like also. I have to listen to this album again because i haven't heard it in a long time. You're A Customer song uses the same beat that they used on Jane 3 right? Which song on this album is the one that they sample Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff beat? Warren G sampled the EPMD song that uses I Shot The Sheriff beat on his 2nd album and his song is called I Shot The Sheriff.

That's the title track "Strictly Business" and they sampled Eric Clapton's version of "I Shot The Sheriff"

[Sage/SZA]

This album was dropped in 87. Unfinished Business was 88. I have this LP I wish DJ Scratch was they DJ for this one b.u.t. I still ove the CD. Jane is so funny. And I love You're A Customer. That beat is ill.

[crds]

This album was dropped in 87. Unfinished Business was 88. I have this LP I wish DJ Scratch was they DJ for this one b.u.t. I still ove the CD. Jane is so funny. And I love You're A Customer. That beat is ill.

Sage do you actually own their albums?, because if you look on the back of Strictly Business, you will see it says 1988 and Unfinished Business 1989.

I am willing to place money that Strictly Business was NOT released in 1987.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/alb...ictly_business
http://www.discogs.com/release/213129

[Maccabee Ridah]

Sage do you actually own their albums?, because if you look on the back of Strictly Business, you will see it says 1988 and Unfinished Business 1989.

I am willing to place money that Strictly Business was NOT released in 1987.

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/alb...ictly_business
http://www.discogs.com/release/213129

88 - Strictly Business
89 - Unfinished Business
90 - Business As Usual
92 - Business Never Personal
97 - Back In Business
99 - Out Of Business

^^ That's the discography I had found on one blog!!! Think it's pretty right!!

Back to thread:

CLASSIC!!! NO MORE, NO LESS - PURE CLASSIC!! 9/10 just cuz Steve Martin!!! Wackest track on whole album!! Never felt it!!

P.E.A.C.E.

[ShaDynasty]

whats crazy is listening to it and hearing that every other line is sampled or quoted by other rappers. Its a perfect album.

[RynMur]

10/10 Classic. Best EPMD album.

[Sage/SZA]

Damn I got confused it was in 88 maybe I'm confusin them with someone else lol my bad you guys. And yeah I got these two albums.

[Tony Bandana]

10/10

Funk at its best....lyrically before its time too .

[CharlesJones]

I didn't know they had a video for Strictly Business until I saw it on Youtube. I like the video.