"Da Joint" | ||||
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Single by EPMD | ||||
from the album Back in Business | ||||
B-side | "You Gots 2 Chill '97" | |||
Released | September 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Studio | Mirror Image, Long Island | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Def Jam | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dana Stinson, Erick Sermon, James Brown, Parrish Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Erick Sermon, Rockwilder | |||
EPMD singles chronology | ||||
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"Da Joint" (sometimes spelt "The Joint") is the first single from EPMD's fifth album, Back in Business. Produced by Erick Sermon and Rockwilder, [1] "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100, [2] peaking at 94 on the chart with approximately 100,000 copies sold in the first week. [1] "Da Joint" was released a week before the Back in Business album, making it to the first release by the newly reformed EPMD since the group's 1992 single, " Head Banger".
Hype Williams was planning to shoot the music video for "Da Joint", but those plans never materialized. Instead, Steve Carr directed the music video. [1]
Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes. [3]
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 94 |
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard) [5] | 42 |
US Hot Rap Singles ( Billboard) [6] | 17 |
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard) [7] | 5 |
"Da Joint" | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Single by EPMD | ||||
from the album Back in Business | ||||
B-side | "You Gots 2 Chill '97" | |||
Released | September 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Studio | Mirror Image, Long Island | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Def Jam | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dana Stinson, Erick Sermon, James Brown, Parrish Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Erick Sermon, Rockwilder | |||
EPMD singles chronology | ||||
|
"Da Joint" (sometimes spelt "The Joint") is the first single from EPMD's fifth album, Back in Business. Produced by Erick Sermon and Rockwilder, [1] "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100, [2] peaking at 94 on the chart with approximately 100,000 copies sold in the first week. [1] "Da Joint" was released a week before the Back in Business album, making it to the first release by the newly reformed EPMD since the group's 1992 single, " Head Banger".
Hype Williams was planning to shoot the music video for "Da Joint", but those plans never materialized. Instead, Steve Carr directed the music video. [1]
Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes. [3]
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 94 |
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard) [5] | 42 |
US Hot Rap Singles ( Billboard) [6] | 17 |
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard) [7] | 5 |