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July 30, 1999

EPMD Scores Week's Highest Debut

EPMD Scores Week's Highest Debut
July 28, 1999

EPMD Scores Week's Highest Debut

Rap duo's "Out of Business" lands at No. 13 and Limp Bizkit spends a second week behind the Backstreet Boys
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459) Strictly Business

EPMD

Business Never Personal

Innovation has always powered black pop, and in hip-hop the flavor of the month changes almost every week. One moment fans are down wit' "OPP," then – blam! – "They Want EFX." In an atmosphere of constant expansion, EPMD has proved, better than anyone else, that sonic consistency can susta...

1992 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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Once described as "the rap equivalent of a rock & roll garage band," EPMD (stands for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars") got into the hip-hop business not to spout its political agenda, but to have fun and get paid.

Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith grew up together on Long Island, home to rappers Eric B. and Rakim, De La Soul, and Public Enemy's Flavor Flav. In 1987, while on a college break,...

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