Da Joint

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"Da Joint"
Single by EPMD
from the album Back in Business
B-side "You Gots 2 Chill '97"
Released October 21, 1997
Format 12-inch, Cassette, CD
Recorded 1997
Genre Hip hop
Length 3:27
Label Def Jam
Writer(s) Dana Stinson, Erick Sermon, James Brown, Parrish Smith
Producer(s) Erick Sermon, Rockwilder
EPMD chronology
"Head Banger"
(1992)
"Da Joint"
(1997)
"Richter Scale"
(1997)

"Da Joint" (sometimes spelt "The Joint") is the first single from EPMD's fifth album, Back in Business. Produced by Erick Sermon and Rockwilder, "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 94 on the chart. "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".

Single track listing

  1. "Da Joint" (Radio Edit)- 3:26
  2. "Da Joint" (LP Version)- 3:27
  3. "Da Joint" (Instrumental)- 3:26
  4. "You Gots 2 Chill '97" (Radio Edit)- 3:27

Charts

Chart Position
Billboard Hot 100 # 94
U.S. R&B / Hip-Hop # 45
Hot Rap Singles # 17
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales # 5