EPMD, Strictly Business - 45m 7s

Tracks & Durations

1. Strictly Business	4:45
2. I'm Housin'	3:58
3. Let The Funk Flow	4:17
4. You Gots To Chill	4:23
5. It's My Thing	5:43
6. You're A Customer	5:28
7. The Steve Martin	4:39
8. Get Off The Bandwagon	4:21
9. D.J. K La Boss	4:30
10. Jane	2:57

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Review

Imagine a time in history when artists didn't have to clear any samples in their music. EPMD's 1988 debut, Strictly Business, like the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, was recorded during the clearance-free sample heyday, and we're all a lot better off because of it. Long before Dr. Dre and Digital Underground were doling out legal cash to George Clinton and Kool and the Gang, EPMD was sampling them--and others--brilliantly on tracks like "You Gots to Chill" and "It's My Thing." (They even double-sample "Jungle Boogie," using it on both "You Gots to Chill" and "You're the Customer"--that takes some damn nerve.) The EPMD production sound gets in your pants and moves things against your will, making Strictly Business an essential time capsule from the Wild West-era of sampling. --Todd Levin

Other Versions

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Strictly Business

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 45m 29s (+0m 22s)

Strictly Business

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 45m 30s (+0m 23s)

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