Is Strictly Business EPMD’s best track? I’m really starting to think so. The bass/piano combo on the fours hammers the underlying beat. Plus it’s one of their finest lyrical efforts.
Exhibit A
Try to answer to the master on the mc rap artists
No joke on the lyric -it’s hard to be modest
I knew i was the man with the master plan
To make you wiggle and jiggle like gelatin
Exhibit B
Total chaos — no mass confusion
Rhymes so hypnotizing known to cause an illusion
Like a magician who draws a rabbit out a hat son
I’m drawin’ more, like a 44-magnum
Exhibit C
You’re just a soldier … and I’m a green beret
I do not think twice about the mcs I slay
So if you want to battle, I highly recommend this:
Bring your dog, mom, and dad … because i’m strictly business
A pretty good case could be made.