# Da Joint

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1997 single by EPMD

"Da Joint" Single by EPMD from the album Back in Business B-side "You Gots 2 Chill '97" Released September 1997 Recorded 1997 Studio Mirror Image, Long Island Genre Hip hop Length 3:27 Label Def Jam Songwriters Dana Stinson, Erick Sermon, James Brown, Parrish Smith Producers 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](/source/EPMD)'s fifth album, *[Back in Business](/source/Back_in_Business_(EPMD_album))*. Produced by [Erick Sermon](/source/Erick_Sermon) and [Rockwilder](/source/Rockwilder),[1] "Da Joint" became EPMD's second and final single to make it to the [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/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](/source/Head_Banger_(EPMD_song))".

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

## Track listing

**Side A**

1. "Da Joint" (Radio Edit) – 3:26

1. "Da Joint" (LP Version) – 3:27

**Side B**

1. "Da Joint" (Instrumental) – 3:26

1. "You Gots 2 Chill '97" (Radio Edit) – 3:27

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the single's liner notes.[3]

- [Erick Sermon](/source/Erick_Sermon) – producer, writer

- [Parrish Smith](/source/Parrish_Smith) – producer, writer

- Tommy Uzzo – recording

- Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez – mixing

- [Danny Clinch](/source/Danny_Clinch) – photography

## Charts

Chart (1997) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100[4] 94 US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[5] 42 US Hot Rap Singles (Billboard)[6] 17 US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[7] 5

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-complex_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-complex_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-complex_1-2) Isenberg, Daniel. ["Erick Sermon Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records (Part 2)"](https://www.complex.com/music/2012/03/erick-sermon-tells-all-the-stories-behind-his-classic-records-part-2/da-joint). *[Complex](/source/Complex_(magazine))*. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["EPMD Chart History"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/epmd/chart-history/hsi/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-linernotes_3-0)** EPMD (1997). *The Joint* (liner notes). New York City: [Def Jam](/source/Def_Jam). 314 571 679-1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["The Top 100 Chart"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1997-11-22). [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)). November 22, 1997. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1997-11-08). [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)). November 8, 1997. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Hot Rap Songs Chart"](https://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-song/1997-09-27). [Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)). September 27, 1997. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. September 27, 1997. p. 32.

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