Business Never Personal
by EPMD
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EPMD bestography
Business Never Personal is ranked 4th best out of 7 albums by EPMD on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by EPMD is Strictly Business which is ranked number 3141 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 480.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Business Never Personal track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Business Never Personal rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 43/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1992 Top 20 | 11/20 | - |
| 2025 | Hyggevinyl | Top 57 Music Albums of 1992 | 46/57 | 1 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | Top 46 Music Albums of 1992 | 35/46 | 1 |
| 2024 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2023 |  travelful | Top 79 Music Albums of 1992 | 65/79 | 1 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - EPMD (USA) - Ranked | 3/7 | - |
| 2021 | Larcx13 | Best of Hip Hop in the 90's | 94/100 | - |
| 2020 | HipHopGoldenAge | Top 40 Hip Hop Albums 1992 | 18/40 | 3 |
| 2020 |  Lachapelle | Top 17 Music Albums of 1992 | 15/17 | 1 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2016 |  ButterThumbz | Top 51 Music Albums of 1992 | 12/51 | 4 |
| 2016 | sonicdiscourse | 1992 To-Do List | 53/87 | - |
| 1992 | Select | Albums Of The Year 1992 | 33/50 | 2 |
| 1992 | OOR | Jaarlijst Oor 1992 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 36 | |||
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Business Never Personal ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 04/21/2025 17:20 | PapaShiz86 | 11,045 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2025 12:19 |  doombringer | 2,234 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2025 11:25 | cicadelic | 11,957 | 73/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2022 18:27 | LosWochos | 46,851 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2022 03:55 | Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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Graeme2 06/23/2014 21:31 | #115106
It's epmd, it's good but don't think it's anywhere near their best. Sounds muddy like redmans first which I think they produced. Still worth having.
ButterThumbz 05/01/2014 11:45 | #110499
EPMD turned out another classic with their fourth offering. This is up there with their first two and in retrospect this might even be their best.
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