Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Business as Usual


EPMD are from New York. If you've always wondered what the fuck those letters stand for it's: Erick and Parrish Making Dollars. To me it stands for more than that. EPMD were rap music's best kept secret imho and they put bucket hats on the map back in 1986. The group blazed their own path alongside contemporaries like Tribe, De La and Public Enemy without sounding like any of them. The slang they coined over the course of their early career is astounding and Erick's lisp only added to the charm they displayed on each of the first 3 records. I can't help but smile when listening to this album and I definitely feel it's their strongest effort. If you don't like this all I have are 3 words for you: Get the Bozack!

EPMD

5 comments:

PANKERIJADA said...

no problem man!cheers ;)

Olde said...

I know it's the wrong album, but every now and then I still find myself doing the Steve Martin.

icoulddietomorrow said...

i just pillaged SO much stuff from your blog. thanks so much!

-Adam

Twin Uzis in Hyrule said...

right on bro!

Stiles said...

Ha! sick, had this on vinyl since i was 17, now i have the sleeve and thats it.
"record mode set the eq for dolby step back jack i say punk you don't know me"

cheers