Erick Sermon Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records (Part 1)

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Erick Sermon’s been putting in work as a hip-hop headliner for a quarter century now. It all started in 1987, when the legendary Brentwood, Long Island duo EPMD dropped their first single, It’s My Thing b/w You’re A Customer. The E-R-I-C-K has been getting busy with the beats and rhymes ever since.

EMPD released four chart-crushing albums together and a slew of hit singles (including their biggest smash Crossover) before splitting up in 1992. But the break-up didn’t stop Erick Sermon’s rampage…

Check out the rest of this brilliant and insightful article with the stories behind his classic material via complex.