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Out of Business is the sixth album from hip-hop duo EPMD, which changed its initialism for the release from Erick & Parrish Making Dollars to Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats. Originally scheduled for a February 1999 release, it was released July 20, 1999.

Out of Business
Studio album by EPMD
Released	July 20, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Mirror Image Recordings East (Dix Hills, New York)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	47:22
Label	Def Jam[1]
Producer	EPMD DJ Scratch Agallah
EPMD chronology
Back in Business (1997) Out of Business (1999) We Mean Business (2008)
Singles from Out of Business
"Symphony 2000" Released: June 29, 1999

A limited-edition version of the album was released with a bonus greatest hits disc that features tracks spanning from 1987 to 1997. The versions of the tracks from its two first albums are rerecorded versions because EMI would not license these tracks to Def Jam for inclusion.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[3]
RapReviews.com	[4]
Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Length
1	"Intro"	DJ Scratch	EPMD	2:18
2	"Pioneers"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	3:14
3	"Right Now"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	3:51
4	"Check 1,2"	Parrish Smith, Agallah	EPMD	3:16
5	"Symphony"	Erick Sermon	EPMD, M.O.P.	3:01
6	"Hold Me Down"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	3:34
7	"Rap Is Still Outta Control"	EPMD	EPMD, Busta Rhymes	3:33
8	"The Fan"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	3:03
9	"Draw"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	3:22
10	"U Got Shot"	Erick Sermon	EPMD, Agallah, 215	3:38
11	"House Party"	Parrish Smith	EPMD	3:52
12	"The Funk"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	2:08
13	"Symphony 2000"	Erick Sermon	EPMD, Method Man & Redman, Lady Luck	4:03
14	"Jane 6"	Parrish Smith	EPMD	4:22

Greatest Hits disc

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)	Length
1	"It's My Thing '99"	EPMD	EPMD	5:37
2	"You Gots to Chill '97"	EPMD	EPMD	3:27
3	"Strictly Business"	EPMD	EPMD	4:39
4	"So Wat Cha Sayin'"	EPMD	EPMD	4:29
5	"The Big Payback"	EPMD	EPMD	4:04
6	"Get the Bozack"	EPMD	EPMD	4:33
7	"Please Listen to My Demo"	EPMD	EPMD	2:49
8	"Gold Digger"	EPMD	EPMD	5:02
9	"Rampage"	EPMD	EPMD, L.L. Cool J	3:49
10	"Crossover"	EPMD	EPMD	3:48
11	"Head Banger"	EPMD	EPMD, K-Solo, Redman	4:51
12	"Never Seen Before"	Erick Sermon	EPMD	2:50
13	"Da Joint"	Erick Sermon, Rockwilder	EPMD	3:26

Samples

Intro

• "Going the Distance" by Bill Conti
• "Feel the Heartbeat" by The Treacherous Three
• "Afro Puffs" by The Lady of Rage
• "Funky Soul Makossa" by Nairobi
• "One More Chance (Remix)" by The Notorious B.I.G.

Pioneers

• "Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" by Public Enemy
• "It's Yours" by T La Rock & Jazzy Jay

Hold Me Down

• "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow

Draw

• "Per Qualche Dollaro in Più" by Ennio Morricone
• "How High (Remix)" by Method Man & Redman
• "To da Break of Dawn" by LL Cool J

U Got Shot

• "Brooklyn Zoo" by Ol' Dirty Bastard
• "Dove" by Cymande

The Funk

• "Do Your Dance" by Rose Royce

Symphony 2000

• "Requiem Pour Un Con" by Serge Gainsbourg
• "Uccellacci e Uccellini - Titoli Di Testa", from the Pier Paolo Pasolini motion picture, composed by Ennio Morricone and sung by Domenico Modugno

Jane 6

• "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex
• "Mary Jane" by Rick James

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	13
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7]	2

References

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Out of Business — шестой студийный альбом американского хип-хоп дуэта EPMD, выпущенный 20 июля 1999 года на лейбле Def Jam.

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