EPMD's ' "Strictly Business" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1999. This song is quite longer than the average track at 4 minutes and 39 seconds. With that being said, this track is also considered explicit and may be offensive to some people. There are a total of 27 in the song's album "Out Of Business (Deluxe Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #3. In terms of popularity, Strictly Business is currently not that popular. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.
With Strictly Business by EPMD having a BPM of 96 with a half-time of 48 BPM and a double-time of 192 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
G Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mad Izm | Channel Live | B Minor | 7 | 10A | 96 BPM | ||
| South Bronx | Boogie Down Productions | A Minor | 5 | 8A | 96 BPM | ||
| Stop the Violence | Boogie Down Productions | B Minor | 4 | 10A | 91 BPM | ||
| Cold Crush Brothers At The Dixie | Cold Crush | D Major | 10 | 10B | 107 BPM | ||
| Shimmy Shimmy Ya | Ol' Dirty Bastard | C Major | 5 | 8B | 96 BPM | ||
| Stop, Look, Listen | MC Lyte | B Major | 7 | 1B | 95 BPM | ||
| Do the James | Super Lover Cee, Casanova Rud | D♭ Major | 5 | 3B | 99 BPM | ||
| Hip Hop Drunkies | Tha Alkaholiks, Ol' Dirty Bastard | G Major | 7 | 9B | 98 BPM | ||
| Breakdown | FU-Schnickens | A Major | 7 | 11B | 98 BPM | ||
| Jussummen | Das EFX | C Major | 5 | 8B | 101 BPM | ||
| Slam | Onyx | B Major | 7 | 1B | 98 BPM | ||
| The Ruler's Back | Slick Rick | G Minor | 8 | 6A | 177 BPM | ||
| Chief Rocka | Lords Of The Underground | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 100 BPM | ||
| You Ain't Heard Nuttin Yet | Heavy D & The Boyz | G Major | 5 | 9B | 99 BPM | ||
| Rock Dis Funky Joint | Poor Righteous Teachers | G Major | 7 | 9B | 96 BPM | ||
| The Show | Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh | F♯ Major | 10 | 2B | 103 BPM | ||
| The Way We Swing | Digital Underground | B♭ Minor | 6 | 3A | 88 BPM | ||
| Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em | Eric B. & Rakim | F♯ Minor | 8 | 11A | 109 BPM | ||
| I Know You Got Soul | Eric B. & Rakim | F♯ Minor | 9 | 11A | 104 BPM | ||
| Black And Proud | Intelligent Hoodlum | D Major | 7 | 10B | 115 BPM | ||
| Monie in the Middle | Monie Love | B Major | 5 | 1B | 79 BPM | ||
| Pop Goes The Weasel | 3rd Bass | D Major | 6 | 10B | 200 BPM | ||
| Straight out the Sewer | Das EFX | A♭ Minor | 6 | 1A | 94 BPM | ||
| Come On, Let's Move It | Special Ed | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 110 BPM | ||
| Full Cooperation | Def Squad | A♭ Major | 6 | 4B | 132 BPM |