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Business (song)

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Released
  
July 22, 2003

Recorded
  
2001

Length
  
4:12

Format
  
CD cassette

Genre
  
Hip hop

Label
  
Aftermath Shady Interscope

"Business" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fourth studio album The Eminem Show (2002). "Business" was released as the final single from The Eminem Show in July 2003 but it was not released as an official single in the United States.

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Composition

"Business" is a hip hop song of four minutes and eleven seconds in length. It sees Eminem comparing himself and Dr. Dre, the song's producer, to fictional crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin, a comparison first explored in the music video for the previous Eminem single "Without Me". The lyrics are backed by a "cartoonish" beat: one of several Dr. Dre productions on The Eminem Show which, according to CultureDose writer Marty Brown, affords Eminem a "perfect sound-scape" to inspire emotions in the listener, calling the beat "a launchpad equally effective for humor or anger". Writing for Pitchfork Media, Ethan P. noted the "cartoonish" production to be similar in style to several of Eminem's early singles, claiming it to be fitting to the Batman and Robin theme on "Business", but noted that "this time he's actually talking about Batman and Robin!!". DX Magazine editor J-23 called this "classic" with Dre beats. Kris Ex On "Business": "Em names himself the gatekeeper of hip-hop and obliquely claims to be the best rapper alive: 'The flow's too wet/Nobody close to it/Nobody says it, but everybody knows the shit.'"

Track listing

  • UK CD1
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "Bump Heads" (DJ Green Lantern version) (featuring G-Unit) – 4:36
    3. "Business" (live in Barcelona – video) – 4:20
  • UK CD2
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "The Conspiracy" (Freestyle) (DJ Green Lantern version) – 5:14
    3. "Business" (live in Detroit – video) – 4:20
  • UK Cassette
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "Bump Heads" (DJ Green Lantern Version) (featuring G-Unit) – 4:36
    3. "The Conspiracy" (Freestyle) (DJ Green Lantern version) – 5:14
  • German CD single
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "The Conspiracy" (Freestyle) (DJ Green Lantern version) – 5:14
    3. "Business" (instrumental) – 4:20
    4. "Business" (live in Detroit – video) – 4:20
  • Australian CD single
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "Bump Heads" (DJ Green Lantern version) (featuring G-Unit) – 4:36
    3. "Business" (live in Barcelona – video) – 4:20
  • German 3" CD single
    1. "Business" – 4:20
    2. "The Conspiracy" (Freestyle) (DJ Green Lantern version) – 5:14
  • The Singles version
    1. "Business" - 4:13
    2. "Bump Heads" (DJ Green Lantern version) (featuring G-Unit) - 4:43
    3. "Business" (A Cappella) - 4:17
    4. "Business" (Live in Barcelona)

    References

    Business (song) Wikipedia
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