Unfinished Business (EPMD album)

Unfinished Business
Studio album by EPMD
Released August 1, 1989
March 4, 1991 (second pressing)
Recorded 1988-1989
Genre Golden age hip hop
Length 57:05
Label Fresh/Sleeping Bag Records
LPRE-12 (first pressing)

Priority
0499 2 57136 2 6
P2-57136 (second pressing)
Producer EPMD
EPMD chronology
Strictly Business
(1988)Strictly Business1988		 Unfinished Business
(1989)		 Business as Usual
(1990)Business as Usual1990
Singles from Unfinished Business
  1. "So Wat Cha Sayin'"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Rolling Stone[1]
Answers.com link
Robert ChristgauB+
RhapsodyFavourable link
The Source
TopTenReviews link

Unfinished Business is the second album from Hip Hop duo EPMD. Released August 1, 1989, the album built upon the success of the group's previous album Strictly Business, which was released the previous year. The lead single, "So Wat Cha Sayin'," was the only charting single released from the album. In 1998 the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums[2] and, in 2005, was ranked #7 on comedian Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all-time list for Rolling Stone magazine.[3] It was the second album from the group to hit #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 16, 1989. It was one of three albums that Priority/EMI Records acquired from Sleeping Bag Records when it ceased operations in 1991.

Track listing

# Title Performer(s) Time
1 ”So Wat Cha Sayin'" EPMD 4:57
2 ”Total Kaos" EPMD 4:34
3 ”Get the Bozack" EPMD 4:12
4 ”Jane II" EPMD 3:33
5 ”Please Listen to My Demo'" EPMD 3:01
6 ”It’s Time 2 Party" EPMD 4:37
7 ”Who’s Booty" EPMD 4:18
8 ”The Big Payback" EPMD 4:50
9 ”Strictly Snappin' Necks" EPMD 4:29
10 ”Knick Knack Patty Wack" EPMD,
K-Solo		 4:56
11 ”You Had Too Much to Drink" EPMD,
Frank B.		 7:21
12 ”It Wasn't Me, It Was the Fame" EPMD 6:20

Chart positions

Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 53
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums 1

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
US
R&B		 US
Rap		 US Dance
Sales
1989 "So What Cha Sayin'" 23 5 40

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA322&dq=rolling+stone+gang+starr&cd=1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=rakim&f=false. Page 281
  2. ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm
  3. ↑ http://rateyourmusic.com/list/tha_flu/chris_rocks_top_25_hip_hop_albums
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