EPMD - Back in Business
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Artist: EPMDEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1997-09-23
Music Label: Fontana Def Jam
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Richter Scale
- Da Joint
- Never Seen Before
- Skit
- Intrigued
- Last Man Standing
- Get Wit This
- Do It Again
- Apollo Interlude
- You Gots 2 Chill '97
- Put On
- K.I.M.
- Dungeon Master
- Jane 5
- Never Seen Before (Remix)
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Free Music Review: Fun Album By The Legendary Duo
Hit: 4 Stars
I am not gonna front, this is my first EPMD album, but I do have Erick Sermon's first 2 (1993,1995)solos and his Insomnia comp from 1996, and I am a fan of his production. Erick Sermon's production does not dissapoint here either as he handles the lion's share. PMD handles a little as does Rockwilder contributing some co-production. There is a lot of deeper more lyrical East Coast rap out there, but there is room for some fun, beat driven funk, and these guys deliver no shortage of it. Much of the lyrical content includes boasting and flexing rap skills, calling out weak mc's, and a little doe doe smoke here and there. "Never Seen Before" really gives up the funk with a twangy soul sample. I like PMD's flow here, and the 2 show that they are still comin' hard on the mic. The remix is tangy laid-back funk PMD's rolling, funk inflected beat is bangin' on "Last Man Standing." Again, PMD's flow is on point, and the title is pretty self-explanatory. Erick Sermon does a pretty good job on the mic, though I prefer PMD's flow though. I like the Zapp "More Bounce To The Ounce" sample on the tight "You Gots 2 Chill '97," a remake to one of their earliest classics. They tell other mc's to chill because they will be shut down by EPMD's funk if they try to step to them. We get a neat Def Squad collabo with Redman and Keith Murray. Redman serves it as raw as ever; Erick Sermon steps his flow game up a bit here. Keith Murray as usual rips it to shreds with his cool, raspy rap voice. All four come correct as they once again flex their mic skills. The beat has a deep underground vibe. "Intrigued" has a cool funky underground vibe too. Das Efx keep it sewasidal and raw, and Drays and Skoob's flows are intact, a fun listen; Das Efx seems to steal the show here. "Jane 5" has an appropriate background Rick James sample, yet with a raw, old-school boom bap beat. I may not call this album a classic, but I thoroughly enjoyed rockin' this joint. It is a very fun and listenable banger by a duo with a complicated history. Nice to see them Back In Business here. I now need to cop their earlier material to see them at the top of their game.
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