459) Strictly Business

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At the height of hip-hop's golden age, the summer of 1988, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, a.k.a. EPMD (Erick and Parrish Making Dollars), rolled out of Long Island with a new style of slow-grooving hip-hop funk. The title smash even samples "I Shot the Sheriff."

Total album sales: 500,000

Peak chart position: 80

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