EPMD

USA

Formed: 1986

Years Active: 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Rap, R&B

Styles: East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hardcore Rap, Golden Age

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On the surface, the sample-reliant productions and monotone rapping styles of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith had little to recommend them, but the duo's recordings as EPMD were among the best in hip-hop's underground during the late '80s and early '90s. Over the course of four albums (from the 1988 classic Strictly Business to 1992's Business Never Personal), the group rarely varied from two themes: dissing sucker MCs and recounting sexual exploits. A closer look, however, revealed that the duo's rhymes were nothing less than incredible, simply...

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