So Wat Cha Sayin'

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"So Wat Cha Sayin'"
Single by EPMD
from the album Unfinished Business
Released	March 17, 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:57
Label	Fresh
Songwriters	Erick Sermon, Parrish Smith
Producers	EPMD, DJ Scratch
EPMD singles chronology
"I'm Housin" (1988) "So Wat Cha Sayin'" (1989) "Gold Digger" (1990)

"So Wat Cha Sayin'" is the first single released from, EPMD's second 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 Hot Rap Singles. The video was directed by Adam Bernstein, who previously directed EPMD's 1988 video for "You Gots to Chill".^[1]

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.^[2]

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.

1. ^ Ducker, Eric. "On the Job Training: Part Two - Adam Bernstein". waxpoetics.com. Wax Poetics. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
2. ^ Isenberg, Daniel. "Erick Sermon Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records (Part 1)". complex.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

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