Strictly Business (EPMD song)

"Strictly Business" is a song by EPMD from their 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, the song has since become a hip hop classic, making it onto several best hip hop songs lists.[1]

"Strictly Business"
Single by EPMD
from the album Strictly Business
ReleasedAugust 27, 1988
Recorded1987
GenreHip hop
Length4:47
LabelFresh/Sleeping Bag Records
Songwriter(s)Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith, Bob Marley
Producer(s)EPMD
EPMD singles chronology
"It's My Thing"
(1987)		 "Strictly Business"
(1988)		 "You Gots to Chill"
(1988)

The song's main sample is Eric Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff". Other samples include "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang and "Long Red" by Mountain. [2]

Consider the video for "Strictly Business." You’ve got a clown figure who calls himself MC Sheriff getting onstage in a club and getting shown up - and run out of town by - EPMD. They had their signature fisherman’s bucket hats on, and they even had a nod to the conscious collective with the backup singers/dancers in kente cloth dresses and locks as opposed to MC Sheriff’s ladies in white Lycra and perms. [3]

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
  1. "The Source Magazine Today in History".
  2. "Who Sampled Who Strictly Business".
  3. "You Tube Video Strictly Business".
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