EPMD - Business Never Personal
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Artist: EPMDEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-07-26
Music Label: Def Jam
Soundtracks:
- Boon Dox
- Nobody's Safe Chump
- Can't Hear Nothing But the Music
- Chill
- Headbanger
- Scratch Bring It Back, Pt. 2 (Mic Doc)
- Crossover
- Cummin' at Cha
- Play the Next Man
- It's Going Down
- Who Killed Jane
Free Music Notes for Business Never Personal
Free Music Review: EPMD is in this to win this. A brand new LP so mind your business.
Hit: 4 Stars
After releasing their 3rd CD, Business as Usual, in 1990, EPMD returned with their 4th disc, "Business Never Personal" in 1992. "Business Never Personal" was EPMD's 2nd release on Def Jam.
Their debut CD, Strictly Business, was released in 1988 and Unfinished Business was released a year later in 1989. "Business Never Personal" was given a nice buzz by the 1st single "Crossover", which definitely had me anticipating this release.
I previously heard the track "It's Going Down", which was originally featured on the Juice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. "It's Going Down" was one of my favorites from the soundtrack and is also featured on "Business Never Personal". "Boon Dox" sets the tone for what was to be expected on this CD. As reviewer "Chandler" stated, there was definitely a "dark" production feel to the whole project and it sounds most of the time that EPMD wanted to show us that they weren't "soft" and they wanted to drive that point into the ground. "Nobody's Safe Chump" follows right where "Boon Dox" left off at and while the track is clearly nice, I was surprised that both tracks were only a total of 5 minutes put together. As soon as I heard "Can't Hear Nothing But The Music", I instantly forgave Erick and Parrish for the short length of the 1st 2 tracks. While the production may be "dark", it was clearly a top notch EPMD track. "Chill" does the same thing as any lack of lyrical creativity is instantly forgiven as soon as you hear the beat. The best track on "Business Never Personal" and one of my favorite rap collaborations of all time is "Headbanger". EPMD and K Solo deliver nice verses but Reggie "Redman" Noble clearly steals the show as he closes the track with one of his best verses of all time. "Scratch Bring It Back" is basically Part 2 of "Funky Piano" as EPMD gives props to their DJ. "Cummin' At Cha" is a nice track as the chorus comes from Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill A Man" and D Nice's "25 To Life". The track really should be Das EFX featuring EPMD as Diggedy Das Efx clearly steal the show. "Who Killed Jane" ends the CD on a nice note as Part 4 of the Jane saga is trying to figure out who killed Jane at the time. The only track that I particularly didn't care for was "Play The Next Man". It was a nice change of pace to the darkness of the rest of the CD, but it just didn't work for me. One other problem that I had with the CD was that it was only 11 tracks and had a running time of only 39 minutes. Don't get me wrong I would rather have 11 decent tracks than 16 tracks and 5 of them being filler, but as a fan of the group I would've liked to hear additional tracks on this CD.
Overall, "Business Never Personal" might not have been as nice as the first 3 EPMD CDs, but in my opinion, it should still be considered a classic. I have no idea why this CD is out of print. This CD should be available anywhere where CDs are sold , just like the majority of the old school hip hop classic CDs are. Def Jam needs to get to work on that and fast. After their "hiatus", EPMD went on to release Back in Business in 1997 and Out of Business in 1999. Those CDs had their moments but they definitely couldn't compare to their 1st 4 classics.
James' Top 5
1) Headbanger w/Redman & K Solo
2) Crossover
3) Can't Hear Nothing But The Music
4) Cummin' At Cha w/Das EFX
5) It's Going Down
Honorable Mention:
Chill
Boon Dox
Nobody's Safe Chump
Who Killed Jane
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