Strictly Business by EPMD Song Details

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.

BPM and Tempo

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.

Music Key

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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Popularity
Loudness
-4.727 dB
Acousticness
4%
Danceability
73%
Energy
83%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
92%
Speechiness
23%
Valence
42%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records