So Wat Cha Sayin'

{{More citations needed|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox song | name = So Wat Cha Sayin' | cover = So Watcha Sayin.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[EPMD]] | album = [[Unfinished Business (EPMD album)|Unfinished Business]] | released = March 17, 1989 | recorded = 1988 | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = 4:57 | label = [[Fresh Records (US)|Fresh]] | writer = Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith | producer = [[EPMD]], [[DJ Scratch]] | chronology = [[EPMD]] | prev_title = [[I'm Housin]] | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = [[Gold Digger (EPMD song)|Gold Digger]] | next_year = 1990 }} "'''So Wat Cha Sayin''''" is the first single released from, [[EPMD]]'s second album, ''[[Unfinished Business (EPMD album)|Unfinished Business]]''. Produced by [[EPMD]] with scratches provided by [[DJ Scratch]], "So Wat Cha Sayin'" made it to three Billboard charts, peaking at #5 on the [[Rap Songs|Hot Rap Singles]]. The video was directed by [[Adam Bernstein]], who previously directed EPMD's 1988 video for "[[You Gots to Chill]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ducker |first1=Eric |title=On the Job Training: Part Two - Adam Bernstein |url=http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/on-the-job-training-2/ |website=waxpoetics.com |publisher=Wax Poetics |accessdate=2018-08-21}}</ref>

The song samples [[One Nation Under A Groove (song)]] by [[Funkadelic]], and "If It Don't Turn You On (You Oughta' Leave It Alone)" by [[B.T. Express]]. The drums were sampled from a [[dubplate]] of "Fairplay" by [[Soul II Soul]] that Erick Sermon was given by a DJ while EPMD was in London on tour.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Isenberg |first1=Daniel |title=Erick Sermon Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records (Part 1) |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/daniel-isenberg/erick-sermon-tells-all-the-stories-behind-his-classic-records-part-1 |website=complex.com |accessdate=2024-04-03}}</ref>

In 2001, [[Beanie Sigel]] & [[Memphis Bleek]] did a cover version of this song on a song of the same name on Beanie Sigel's [[The Reason (Beanie Sigel album)]] album with Beanie covering Erick Sermon's verses & Bleek covering Parrish Smith's verses.

==Track listing== #"So Wat Cha Sayin'" (Club Version) – 4:55 #"So Wat Cha Sayin'" (Dub Version) – 4:53 #"So Wat Cha Sayin'" (Radio Version) – 3:45

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1989) ! Peak<br />position |- | US Hot R&B Singles |align="center"| 23 |- | US Hot Rap Singles |align="center"| 5 |- | US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales |align="center"| 40 |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:1989 singles]] [[Category:1989 songs]] [[Category:EPMD songs]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Adam Bernstein]] [[Category:Songs written by Erick Sermon]] [[Category:Songs written by PMD (rapper)]]