Business Is Business (PMD album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Business Is Business
| type = Studio album
| artist = PMD
| cover = Business is Business.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 22, 1996
| recorded = 1995–1996
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length =
| label = Relativity
| producer = {{hlist|PMD (exec.)|Agallah|Charlie Marotta|DJ Scratch|Fabian Hamilton|Solid Scheme}}
| prev_title = Shade Business
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Underground Connections
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Business is Business
| type = studio
| single1 = Rugged-n-Raw
| single1date = September 10, 1996
| single2 = It's the Pee
| single2date = April 8, 1997
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|title=Business Is Business - PMD {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/business-is-business-mw0000612327|url-status=live|access-date=March 16, 2021|website=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427073055/http://www.allmusic.com:80/album/business-is-business-mw0000612327 |archive-date=2013-04-27 }}
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2Score = 6/10{{Cite magazine |last=Ashon |first=Will |author-link=Will Ashon |date=February 1997 |title=PMD: Business Is Business |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik021_february_1997_2.pdf |magazine=Muzik |issue=21 |page=111 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181504/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik021_february_1997_2.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}
| rev3 = RapReviews
| rev4 = The Source
| rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Reeves|first=Marcus|title=Record Report: PMD – Business Is Business|magazine=The Source|issue=87|date=December 1996|page=132|location=New York}}
}}
Business Is Business (stylized as Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$) is the second solo studio album by the American rapper PMD. It was released on October 22, 1996, through Relativity Records. The production was handled by Agallah, Charlie Marotta, DJ Scratch, Solid Scheme and Fabian Hamilton with PMD serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Das EFX, M.O.P. and Nocturnal.
The album debuted at number 180 on the Billboard 200 and number 29 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Two singles were released from the album, "Rugged-n-Raw" featuring Das EFX, and "It's the Pee" featuring Mobb Deep. Both were minor hits on the R&B and Rap charts.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:16
| title2 = Business Is Business
| writer2 = {{hlist|Parrish J. Smith|Angel Aguilar}}
| extra2 = 8-Off
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Leave Your Style Cramped
| writer3 = {{hlist|Smith|Charlie Marotta}}
| extra3 = Charlie Marotta
| length3 = 1:56
| title4 = Rugged-n-Raw
| writer4 = {{hlist|Smith|Aguilar}}
| extra4 = 8-Off
| length4 = 4:06
| title5 = What Cha Gonna Do
| note5 = featuring Das EFX
| writer5 = {{hlist|Smith|Andre Weston|William Hines|Chris Charity|Derek Lynch}}
| extra5 = Solid Scheme
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Never Watered Down
| note6 = featuring Nocturnal
| writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Yasin Muhammedi|Aguilar}}
| extra6 = 8-Off
| length6 = 4:16
| title7 = It's the Pee
| writer7 = {{hlist|Smith|Charity|Lynch}}
| extra7 = Solid Scheme
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Kool Kat
| writer8 = {{hlist|Smith|Marotta}}
| extra8 = Charlie Marotta
| length8 = 4:38
| title9 = Interlude
| length9 = 1:10
| title10 = It’s the Ones
| note10 = featuring M.O.P.
| writer10 = {{hlist|Smith|Jamal Grinnage|Eric Murray|Fabian Hamilton}}
| extra10 = Fabian Hamilton
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Nuttin' Move
| note11 = featuring Das EFX
| writer11 = {{hlist|Smith|Weston|Hines|George Spivey}}
| extra11 = DJ Scratch
| length11 = 4:15
| title12 = I’m a B-Boy
| writer12 = {{hlist|Smith|Spivey}}
| extra12 = DJ Scratch
| length12 = 3:54
| title13 = Rugged-n-Raw (Remix)
| note13 = featuring Das EFX
| writer13 = {{hlist|Smith|Weston|Hines|Aguilar}}
| extra13 = 8-Off
}}
Charts
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|102354|PMD – Bu$ine$$ I$ Bu$ine$$}}
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Category:Relativity Records albums