We're About the Business

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We're About the Business
WereAboutTheBusiness album.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2007
Genre
Length48:29
Label Raw Venture
Producer
  • Tom Goldfogle (exec.)
  • Carl Thompson (exec.)
  • Aaron Phillips
Chuck Brown chronology
Best of Chuck Brown
(2005)
We're About the Business
(2007)
We Got This
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The New York Times (favorable) [1]
The Washington Post (favorable) [2]
Vibe (favorable) [3]

We're About the Business is a studio album released on April 24, 2007 [4] by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. We're About the Business was Chuck Brown's highest-charting album ever, which peaked on May 12, 2007 at #2 on the "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" and #37 on the "Billboard Pop Albums". [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Chuck Town Intro" (featuring John Pressley)1:25
2."Love Theme" (from The Godfather )3:34
3."Block Party" (featuring Milton "Go-Go Mickey" Freeman and DJ Kool)4:16
4."Eye Candy" (featuring Raheem DeVaughn)5:31
5."Chuck Baby" (featuring KK)3:57
6."Peacemaker (Interlude)"0:39
7."Jock It In"3:25
8."Feelin' Good"2:47
9."Latin (Interlude)"0:12
10."We Come to Party"3:35
11."If You Had to Pick One (Interlude)"0:21
12."Everyday I Have the Blues"5:07
13."The Party Roll"3:59
14."Love Nationwide"4:31
15."Sound For The Town (Interlude)"1:18
16."Funky Get Down"4:00
Total length:48:29

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (2007)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2 [6]
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums 37 [6]

Singles

YearTitleChart positions
Adult R&B Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
2007"Block Party"19 [6] 60 [6]

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References

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