# You Gots to Chill

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1988 single by EPMD

"You Gots to Chill" Single by EPMD from the album Strictly Business Released April 30, 1988 Recorded 1988 Genre East Coast hip hop Length 4:26 Label Fresh Sleeping Bag Songwriters Erick Sermon Parrish Smith Producer EPMD EPMD singles chronology "It's My Thing" (1987) "You Gots to Chill" (1988) "Strictly Business" (1988) Music video "You Gots to Chill" on YouTube

"**You Gots to Chill**" is a song by [EPMD](/source/EPMD), released as a single from their 1988 debut album *[Strictly Business](/source/Strictly_Business_(EPMD_album))*. It reached number 22 on the U.S. [R&B chart](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs). The song prominently features a sample from "[More Bounce to the Ounce](/source/More_Bounce_to_the_Ounce)" by [Zapp](/source/Zapp_(band)) and "[Jungle Boogie](/source/Jungle_Boogie)" by [Kool & the Gang](/source/Kool_%26_the_Gang). This song is widely considered a hip hop classic and has been paid homage by various rappers who have quoted the lyrics to this song in their own music, including [Snoop Dogg](/source/Snoop_Dogg) and [LL Cool J](/source/LL_Cool_J), among others. It was number 74 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs.

## Music video

The official music video was directed by [Adam Bernstein](/source/Adam_Bernstein), who would also direct the video for "[So Wat Cha Sayin'](/source/So_Wat_Cha_Sayin')" a year later.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ducker, Eric. ["On the Job Training: Part Two - Adam Bernstein"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223224/http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/on-the-job-training-2/). *waxpoetics.com*. Wax Poetics. Archived from [the original](http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/features/articles/on-the-job-training-2/) on 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

v t e EPMD Erick Sermon PMD Studio albums Strictly Business Unfinished Business Business as Usual Business Never Personal Back in Business Out of Business We Mean Business Singles "Strictly Business" "You Gots to Chill" "I'm Housin" "So Wat Cha Sayin'" "Gold Digger" "Rampage" "Give the People" "Crossover" "Head Banger" "The Joint" "Symphony 2000" Related articles Discography Hit Squad

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