"So Wat Cha Sayin'" is the first single released from,

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's second album, '' Unfinished Business''. Produced by

with scratches provided by

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, "So Wat Cha Sayin'" made it to three Billboard charts, peaking at #5 on the

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. The video was directed by

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, who previously directed EPMD's 1988 video for "

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". The song samples

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, and "If It Don't Turn You On (You Oughta' Leave It Alone)" by B.T. Express. The drums were sampled from a

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of "Fairplay" by

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that Erick Sermon was given by a DJ while EPMD was in London on tour. In 2001,

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did a cover version of this song on a song of the same name on Beanie Sigel's

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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

References

1989 singles 1989 songs EPMD songs Songs written by Erick Sermon Songs written by PMD (rapper) {{1980s-hiphop-song-stub