We Mean Business (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = We Mean Business

| type = studio

| artist = EPMD

| cover = We Mean Business.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2008|12|9}}

| recorded = 2007–2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = {{duration|m=41|s=41}}

| label = * EP

• Fontana

| producer = {{hlist|Erick Sermon (also exec.)|Parrish Smith (also exec.)|9th Wonder|DJ Honda|JFK|Marc Berto|Tyrone Fyffe}}

| prev_title = Out of Business

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Big Business

| next_year = TBA

| misc = {{Singles

| name = We Mean Business

| type = studio

| single1 = Blow

| single1date = 2007

| single2 = Listen Up

| single2date = 2008

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllHipHop

| rev1Score = {{rating|6.5|10}}{{cite web|last1=Bozzer|first1=Marc|title=EPMD: We Mean Business (Album Review)|url=http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2008/12/09/20740113.aspx|website=AllHipHop|date=December 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210161240/http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2008/12/09/20740113.aspx|archive-date=December 10, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

| rev2 = AllMusic

| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1446310|first=David|last=Jeffries}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Jake|last=Paine|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/reviews/id.1075/title.epmd-we-mean-business|website=HipHopDX|title=EPMD – We Mean Business|date=December 8, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

| rev4 = Okayplayer

| rev4Score = 74/100{{cite web|last1=Deezill|first1=Sean|title=EPMD – We Mean Business|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/february-2009/epmd-200902057305/|website=Okayplayer|date=February 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207095230/http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/february-2009/epmd-200902057305/|archive-date=February 7, 2009|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork Media

| rev5Score = 6.6/10{{cite web|last1=Cohen|first1=Ian|title=EPMD: We Mean Business|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12591-we-mean-business/|website=Pitchfork|date=January 16, 2009|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

| rev6 = RapReviews

| rev6Score = 7/10{{cite web|first=Steve 'Flash'|last=Juon|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2008_12F_wemeanbusiness.html|website=RapReviews|title=EPMD's "We Mean Business"|date=December 30, 2008|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

| rev7 = XXL

| rev7Score = L (3/5){{cite web|last1=Udoh|first1=Meka|title=EPMD: We Mean Business|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/epmdepmd/|website=XXL|date=January 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009112048/http://www.xxlmag.com/reviews/2009/01/epmdepmd/|archive-date=October 9, 2012|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

}}

We Mean Business is the seventh studio album released by rap duo, EPMD. It was released on December 9, 2008, through EP Records, making it the group's first album since 1999's Out of Business.