Da Joint

"Da Joint"
Adjacent photos of Parrish Smith and Erick Sermon, in blue and red filter, respectively; EPMD logo is above them on the left side and "The Joint 12″ Single" text is centered above them.
Single by EPMD
from the album Back in Business
B-side"You Gots 2 Chill '97"
ReleasedSeptember 1997
Recorded1997
StudioMirror Image, Long Island
GenreHip hop
Length3:27
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)Dana Stinson, Erick Sermon, James Brown, Parrish Smith
Producer(s)Erick Sermon, Rockwilder
EPMD singles 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,[1] "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the Billboard Hot 100,[2] peaking at 94 on the chart with approximately 100,000 copies sold in the first week.[1] "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".

Hype Williams was planning to shoot the music video for "Da Joint", but those plans never materialized. Instead, Steve Carr directed the music video.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Isenberg, Daniel. "Erick Sermon Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records (Part 2)". Complex. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "EPMD Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 11 August 2021.