EPMD helped usher in a new era in New York hip-hop when they arrived with their funk drenched samples and bass-heavy beats. The sound created by Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith was different and fresh, ...

In 1988, hip-hop began to blossom into what is now dubbed as the “Golden Age of Hip-Hop.” Artists such as Eric B & Rakim (Paid in Full), Biz Markie (Goin’ Off), DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince ...

Hop hop icons EPMD wowed the crowd at the launch of a service that allows artists and musicians to license and sample music for their own creations. The rap duo, Eric Sermon and Parrish Smith, ...

‘Strictly Business’ may be EPMD’s debut album, but it left calling cards for their future work – and influenced numerous MCs that followed it. Business? Not cool, is it? Stiffs in suits and ties ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Strong Island rap duo EPMD released their third studio album, Business as Usual on the Def Jam imprint. Although upon its release it wasn’t as commercially popular as ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Jan. 11, 1991: After back-to-back successful albums with 1988's Strictly Business and 1989's Unfinished Business, Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith, ...

EPMD, Long Island’s long-running, pioneering hip-hop duo, marks its 30th anniversary this year, and comes to the Middle East in Cambridge this Saturday to celebrate. Over the course of four albums ...

"We always felt in our heart, everything that we was listening to, that we can do better and that we can hang with the best of them." In 1988, as New York rattled and popcorned with tense, funky drums ...