STRICTLY BUSINESS
STRICTLY BUSINESS
Song Information
Artist: MANTRONIK VS EPMD
Composition/Lyrics/Vocals: Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
Arrangement: Kurtis Mantronik
Album: Dancemania WINTERS (1998)
BPM: 125
Length: 1:30
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
Not yet available.
Song Connections / Remixes
- STRICTLY BUSINESS is a faster remix of the hiphop song Strictly Business by EPMD, which originally appeared on their 1988 album of the same name.
- STRICLY BUSINESS samples several other songs:
- I Shot the Sherrif by Eric Clapton, a remix of the original song by Bob Marley.
- Jungle Boogie by Kool and the Gang.
- Long Red by Mountain.
Trivia
- Strictly Business was the title track of EPMD's first album of the same name.
- STRICTLY BUSINESS received brand new Single MANIAC and Double ANOTHER charts in DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Version.
- STRICTLY BUSINESS hasn't appeared on any DanceDanceRevolution title since DanceDanceRevolution 3rdMIX, and was the first license in the series removed. (According to bemanistyle founder Eddie, licensing issues with EPMD is the reason for its removal.)
- It was also the only Dancemania license from DanceDanceRevolution that wasn't revived in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, the Dreamcast Version of DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX and DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS.
- However, it does have an unused, redone banner and CD in the DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX data.
- It was also the only Dancemania license from DanceDanceRevolution that wasn't revived in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, the Dreamcast Version of DanceDanceRevolution 2ndMIX and DanceDanceRevolution BEST HITS.
Song Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from the original game to 2ndMIX rated from 1 to 8, 2ndMIX CLUB through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | - / - | 167 / 0 | 177 / 0 | 192 / 0 | - / - / - | 165 / 0 | 185 / 0 | - / - | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution Internet Ranking Ver.→3rdMIX | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| DanceDanceRevolution CS JP | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |