Out of Business is the sixth studio album by American hip hop duo
EPMD.[6][7] The album was originally scheduled for a December 1998 release under
Def Jam Recordings, but had been delayed numerous times as a result of a merger between
Seagram's
PolyGram (Def Jam's parent company) and
Universal Music Group's
MCA Records,[8][9] combining Def Jam and
Island Records' operations together under the
Island Def Jam Music Group. Ultimately, the album was released on July 20, 1999.[10] It is the first official Def Jam album released under the newly-formed Island Def Jam Music Group and the group's last album released under the label as they left the imprint a year later before going inactive for the second time.
The duo changed its
initialism for the release from 'Erick & Parrish Making Dollars' to 'Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats'.[12] A limited-edition issue of the album was released with a bonus
greatest hits album.[10]
Track 1 is a re-recording of "It's My Thing" from 1988 Strictly Business.
Track 2 is a re-recording of "
You Gots to Chill" from 1988 Strictly Business, which previously appeared in 1997 Back in Business as "You Gots 2 Chill '97".
Track 3 is a re-recording of the song of the same from 1988 Strictly Business.
Out of Business is the sixth studio album by American hip hop duo
EPMD.[6][7] The album was originally scheduled for a December 1998 release under
Def Jam Recordings, but had been delayed numerous times as a result of a merger between
Seagram's
PolyGram (Def Jam's parent company) and
Universal Music Group's
MCA Records,[8][9] combining Def Jam and
Island Records' operations together under the
Island Def Jam Music Group. Ultimately, the album was released on July 20, 1999.[10] It is the first official Def Jam album released under the newly-formed Island Def Jam Music Group and the group's last album released under the label as they left the imprint a year later before going inactive for the second time.
The duo changed its
initialism for the release from 'Erick & Parrish Making Dollars' to 'Erick & Parrish Millennium Ducats'.[12] A limited-edition issue of the album was released with a bonus
greatest hits album.[10]
Track 1 is a re-recording of "It's My Thing" from 1988 Strictly Business.
Track 2 is a re-recording of "
You Gots to Chill" from 1988 Strictly Business, which previously appeared in 1997 Back in Business as "You Gots 2 Chill '97".
Track 3 is a re-recording of the song of the same from 1988 Strictly Business.