EPMD - Back in Business
Date: 1997 Label: Def Jam Styles: Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap,
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Review
EPMD's long awaited reunion
album Back in Business finally hit stores in 1997. Erick Sermon and Parrish
Smith remain strong if unexceptional rappers, but the true news is in the music.
Much of Back in Business captures the wild spirit of EPMD's classic late-'80s
albums, complete with dense layers of sounds, samples, and funky beats. There's
enough skill and invention in the production -- and just enough energy in the
rapping -- to make Back in Business a welcome comeback.
