Business (song)
July 21, 2003
Business (English for " business " ) is a song by the American rapper Eminem. The song is the fifth single from his fourth studio album, The Eminem Show, and was released on 21 July 2003. Also, the song in the box set The Singles is included.
Content
The track focuses on the collaboration between Eminem and his mentor and frequent producer Dr. Dre. In the intro of the song Eminem is called by Dr. Dre to a gig, after which Eminem referred to in the first stanza as one of the best rap artist and his collaboration with Dr. Dre to that of Batman and Robin, or Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein compares. The chorus is said that one has no time for games and must move on to the business, is also a jab at the Insane Clown Posse, with Eminem then had beef, contain. In the second verse, the rapper emphasizes the veracity of his texts and criticized many colleagues whose song content are all fictional. This criticism is a typically ironic way with the phrase " There is no woman that looks good, cleans and cooks! " Uttered. The third and final stanza stresses once again the chemistry between Eminem and Dr. Dre and that the duo was essential for the rap music. Here, Eminem also points to his " dreaded" appearance along with Elton John and the song Stan at the Grammy Awards in 2001 for comparison.
Production
Business was produced by Dr. Dre. He used no samples of other songs. The song was also recorded sounds and Larabee West studio in the Sierra.
Single
Music Video
The video is a live recording of the song during an appearance by Eminem in Barcelona.
Cover design
The single cover shows Eminem in the center of the image, the background is kept completely in white. The writing business is in blue letters below the picture. Here, the E, like Eminem is common imaged upside down.