Strictly Business
LABEL: Fresh
SERIES: N/A
GROUPING: D.J. Tracks On Hip Hop Albums
RELEASE YEAR: 1988
CATALOGUE NO: LPRE-82006
RUNOUT GROOVES: LPRE-82006-X F/W HERBIE JR SRC (Side A) LPRE-82006-Y F/W HERBIE JR SRC (Side B)
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
FORMAT: 12" Vinyl
COMMENTS: Released in June 1988 (source: James Hamilton's column in Record Mirror)
WHAT JAMES HAMILTON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS RELEASE:
EPMD ‘Strictly Business’ (US Fresh Records LPRE-82006)
Lazily drawling sometimes Jamaican accented downtempo raps, a refreshing alternative to Run-DMC’s old fashioned shouting, with the JBs ‘Monaurail (Part 1)’-based 0-91⅔bpm ‘Let The Funk Flow’, ‘I Shot The Sheriff’-based 96⅓bpm title track, Steve Miller Band ‘Fly Like An Eagle’/Kool & The Gang ‘Jungle Boogie’-based 93¾bpm ‘You’re A Customer‘, The Whole Darn Family ‘Seven Minutes Of Funk’/Marva Whitney-based (0-)102bpm ‘It’s My Thing‘, Zapp ‘More Bounce To The Ounce’-based (0-)99⅔bpm ‘You Gots To Chill‘, Jimmy Castor ‘It’s Just Begun’/Kashif ‘The Mood’-based slithery scratching 0-109⅔bpm ‘DJ K La Boss‘, shuffling 105⅓bpm ‘I’m Housin’‘, “get offa my tip”-type 0-85⅙bpm ‘Get Off The Bandwagon‘, conversational 0-86⅚bpm ‘Jane‘, and (a brand new dancestep rival to Pee Wee Herman) 88½bpm ‘The Steve Martin‘. Do the Jerk!
SIDE B: D.J. K LA BOSS
MIXED BY: D.J. K La Boss (as part of E.P.M.D.)
LENGTH: 04:27
This release also has other tracks on it that are not a D.J. cut-up.
SIDE A:
STRICTLY BUSINESS - E.P.M.D.
I'M HOUSIN' - E.P.M.D.
LET THE FUNK FLOW - E.P.M.D.
YOU GOTS TO CHILL - E.P.M.D.
IT'S MY THING - E.P.M.D.
SIDE B:
YOU'RE A CUSTOMER - E.P.M.D.
THE STEVE MARTIN - E.P.M.D.
GET OFF THE BANDWAGON - E.P.M.D.
JANE - E.P.M.D.
