BLACK & GOLD CLASSIC

Time for a new edition of the BLACK & GOLD CLASSIC. Today we do the legendary:

EPMD

EPMD is an American hip hop group from Brentwood, New York. The group's name is a concatenation of the members' name "E" and "PMD" or an acronym for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referencing its members, emcees Erick Sermon ("E" aka E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" aka Parrish Mic Doc). The group has been active for more than 25 years (minus two breakups in 1993 and 1999), and is one of the most prominent acts in east coast hip hop.

Diamond J, DJ K La Boss, and DJ Scratch were DJs for the group.

The word "business" is used in every title of the group's albums. Every album also has a track titled "Jane".

"Strictly Business" is the debut single from EPMD and it´s from their debut album, Strictly Business. Written and produced by the duo.

"Strictly Business" became EPMD's first charting single, becoming a minor hit on the R&B charts. Although not a huge success when it was released, "Strictly Business" has since become a hip hop classic, making it to several Best hip hop songs lists.

The song's main sample is Eric Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff". Other sample's include "Jungle Boogie" by Kool & the Gang and "Long Red" by Mountain.

ENJOY!!!

EPMD / STRICLY BUSINESS

THE THORPE