"Da Joint" (sometimes spelt "The Joint") is the first single from

EPMD EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is a concatenation of the members' names "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. ...

's fifth album, '' Back in Business''. Produced by

Erick Sermon Erick Sermon (born November 25, 1968) is an American rapper, musician, and record producer. He is best known as one-third—alongside PMD & DJ Scratch—of 1980s/1990s hip hop group EPMD and for his production work. Career Sermon started profe ...

and

Rockwilder Dana Stinson (born February 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Rockwilder, is an American hip hop record producer and rapper. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast hip hop artists ...

, "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at 94 on the chart with approximately 100,000 copies sold in the first week. "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".

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was planning to shoot the music video for "Da Joint", but those plans never materialized. Instead,

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directed the music video.

Track listing

;Side A #"Da Joint" (Radio Edit) – 3:26 #"Da Joint" (LP Version) – 3:27 ;Side B #"Da Joint" (Instrumental) – 3:26 #"You Gots 2 Chill '97" (Radio Edit) – 3:27

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes. *

– producer, writer *

Parrish Smith Parrish J. Smith (born May 13, 1968), better known as PMD ('Parrish Mic Doc' or 'Parrish Making Dollars'), is an American rapper from Brentwood, New York, a member of EPMD and Hit Squad. Career He attended Brentwood High School, and has rel ...

– producer, writer * Tommy Uzzo – recording * Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez – mixing *

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– photography

Charts

References

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